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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum backed by a statewide teachers union that would give voters the final say on whether to give $380 million in public funding for a proposed $1.5 billion Oakland Athletics stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. The Monday ruling from Carson City
Continue ReadingBy Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — One of the most storied hotel companies in the United States is inching closer to a brand new, $3.7-billion resort in Las Vegas — a resort 23 years in the making. Fontainebleau Las Vegas will be the sister property of Fontainebleau Miami Beach, a sprawling and now iconic landmark
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate are proposing tweaks to their plan to help fund repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium that would scale back the state’s contribution and impose a surcharge on non-baseball event tickets. The Legislature’s finance committee is set to vote on the
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press Chile’s National Forestry Corporation has permanently closed a popular glacier, sparking outrage from adventurers and local guides. The decision came after an enormous calving earlier last month prompted a government study in the southern Aysén region. It found the glacier Exploradores in Laguna San Rafael national park is rapidly melting
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says two couples who allegedly stenciled dozens of blue Stars of David on buildings in Paris and two of its suburbs are linked by a third party living abroad. The prosecutor said the foreign link was based on a telephone conversation of one couple in Russian. The interior minister
Continue ReadingBy JENNA DEANGELIS Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Teenagers in communities across the country all took to the stage at the same time Monday to amplify the push to end gun violence. CBS New York captured the performance in New York City. A call to end gun violence took
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Alexandra Ferguson Jerusalén y Gaza (CNN) — Los trabajadores palestinos expulsados la semana pasada a Gaza desde Israel acusaron a las autoridades israelíes de “tortura”. Señalaron que los obligaron a desnudarse, los encerraron en jaulas, los golpearon con saña y, de acuerdo al relato de uno de ellos, les aplicaron descargas eléctricas. “Nos quebraron y
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS commissioner says for the agency to keep building on its customer service and enforcement priorities it needs a reliable funding stream. IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Tuesday at an event with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen the debate over IRS funding comes down to a fundamental
Continue ReadingBy CHARLIE DE MAR Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Social Security Administration is trying to reclaim billions of dollars from some of the poorest and most vulnerable; payments the Social Security Administration sent, in some cases for years, but now says the people never should have received. It’s a
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The political and economic ramifications from the Israel-Hamas war may provide an impetus to plans for a pipeline conveying offshore natural gas to Cyprus for processing and shipping to foreign markets, the east Mediterranean island nation’s energy minister said Tuesday. The fighting in the Gaza Strip
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation testified Tuesday that he had the ultimate authority in the yearslong case as he made an unprecedented appearance before Congress to rebut Republicans’ explosive claims that the probe has been plagued with interference. U.S. Attorney David Weiss’
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Una familia está de luto por la muerte de su ser querido que ayer a las 8:25 de la mañana conducía su vehículo por el área de las calles Palm Canyon y Sunrise en Palm Springs, donde por alguna razón perdió el control, choco con un semáforo y con un auto estacionado, al llegar los
Continue ReadingVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires that amid dry conditions and high winds. The declaration allows Virginia to mobilize additional resources, staff and equipment to help with the response, the governor’s office said in a news release. The operation involves the Virginia National Guard, the
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Un voraz incendio movilizo a los bomberos ayer al mediodía cuando una camioneta cargada con gel antibacterial se incendió en el área de la Avenida 20 y la calle Palm Drive en Desert Hot Springs. Dos bomberos que trabajaron para controlar el fuego resultaron heridos y fueron transportados al hospital con quemaduras en su cuerpo.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A man with a gun was arrested in a park near the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, police said. The man was in the park outside Senate office buildings and across from Washington’s Union Station when he was arrested, the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement posted online. Roads in the area
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La policía reportó un fatal accidente ocurrido ayer a las 6:30 de la tarde sobre el freeway 10 donde conecta el Hwy 62 en North Palm Springs donde un peatón que caminaba por la autopsita fue atropellado. Al llegar los bomberos y paramédicos los agentes del CHP cerraron dos carriles mientras el forense y los
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army said Tuesday that its forces are battling Hamas fighters inside Gaza’s largest city, signaling a major new stage a month into a war that has claimed thousands of lives and leveled swaths of the territory. Prime Minister Benjamin
Continue ReadingBy SARA MACHI Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Talk about a cool opportunity. NASA is calling on middle and high school students to submit their experiment ideas. The NASA TechRise Challenge is closing in just one week, and NASA will run the winner’s tests aboard a flight. “The whole idea
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Ya se presentó en corte uno de cuatro sujetos acusados de asaltar una joyería en Palm Desert. Se trata de Julián Hermosillo quien hace unos días fue arrestado, anteriormente ya habían capturado a Mason Barron, Raymond García y Byron Lee, todos son residentes de Los Ángeles y vinieron a robar negocios ubicados en la zona
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has laid out hurricane reconstruction plans for the resort of Acapulco that seem to give as much priority to building military barracks as re-opening hotels. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he hopes owners will be able to reopen as many as 35 of the resort’s 377 hotels by
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