By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden offered Tuesday to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potential high-stakes face-off even as a separate special counsel probe unfolds and his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection. The Democratic president’s
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden offered Tuesday to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potential high-stakes face-off even as a separate special counsel probe unfolds and his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection. The Democratic president’s
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Ayer a las 11:20 de la mañana los bomberos recibieron una llamada que reportaba un incendio de maleza en el área de las calles Washington cerca de Sun City Palm Desert donde la semana pasada se registró otro incendio. Gracias a la rápida labor de los bomberos el fuego de ayer solo destruyó cinco acres
Continue ReadingEl concilio de La Quinta aprobó la construcción de 252 apartamentos a pesar de la oposición de algunos residentes. El proyecto estará en el área de la calle Washington y la Avenida 50, cabe recordar que muchos residentes criticaron los posibles impactos del proyecto en el tráfico y el estacionamiento. El desarrollador y su equipo
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Ya se presentó en la corte un sujeto de 21 años que la semana pasada junto a otro individuo presuntamente entraron a robar a la tienda “Dollar General” de Desert Hot Springs y a punta de pistola amenazaron a los empleados mientras huían. Debido a que la policía llego en dos minutos pudieron encontrar a
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad, aceptó la designación del presidente Daniel Noboa para ser colaboradora de la paz y viajar a Tel Aviv, pero pidió al presidente sentarse a conversar con ella pues acusó una campaña en su contra. El pronunciamiento de la vicepresidenta este martes surgió luego de que
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Rupert Murdoch is set to be deposed on Tuesday in voting technology company Smartmatic’s mammoth $2.7 billion election defamation lawsuit against Fox News, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. The deposition of the right-wing media mogul, which was first reported by Reuters, is set to take place in Los Angeles. Murdoch founded Fox
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Since late 2021, filmgoers who flock to the altar of their local movie theater have borne witness to a kind of gospel: “We come to this place for magic.” “We come to AMC Theaters to laugh, to cry,” to begin our cinematic journey with Nicole Kidman stomping through a
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La policía arrestó a una mujer de 44 años que provoco momentos de pánico a una familia ya que intentó secuestrar a una niña de 9 años que estaba jugando frente a su casa ubicada en Twentynine Palms. La acusada jaloneó a la pequeña para llevársela, por fortuna el padre salió e impidió el rapto
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia drivers are likely to begin paying higher prices for gasoline and diesel as state motor fuel taxes return on Thursday. Gov. Brian Kemp’s rollback of the state taxes of 31.2 cents per gallon of gasoline and 35 cents per gallon of diesel ends at 11:59 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders Tuesday even though he is recovering from the flu and lung inflammation, the Vatican said. Francis was scheduled to leave Rome on Friday to address the COP28 meeting first thing Saturday
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida official was dead or dying in a hallway in the governor’s office complex for 24 minutes before anyone noticed he had collapsed after leaving a meeting last year. Peter Antonacci was appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve as the first director of the Office of Election Crimes
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fragile truce between Israel and Hamas held for a fifth day Tuesday, as the militant group released more hostages to delay the expected resumption of the war. Israel came under pressure from the United States to better protect
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter was memorialized Tuesday as a matriarch who felt more comfortable among the impoverished and vulnerable than world leaders, as a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter in the front row, mourned her. The tribute
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered on Wall Street in afternoon trading on Tuesday following a strong report on consumer confidence and a boost to hopes that the Federal Reserve is finished with its aggressive interest rate hikes. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%, but remains on track to
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days. Instead, it took 17 days to reach 41 construction workers who were trapped when a landslide collapsed a mountain tunnel in northern India earlier this month. The excruciating wait finally ended at nightfall on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media are reporting that four miners died after a pipeline filled with water burst in a coal mine deep below ground in southern Poland. The all-news station TVN24 reported that the fatal accident occurred in a mine in the coal-mining region of Silesia, not far from the borders of Slovakia
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — As authorities in Vermont push forward with their investigation of the weekend shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, they are weighing whether to treat the violence as a hate crime. The three young men were shot and seriously injured Saturday while walking near the University
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Federal Reserve official raised the possibility that the Fed could decide to cut its benchmark interest rate as early as spring if inflation keeps declining steadily. The official, Christopher Waller, cautioned that inflation is still too high and that it’s not yet certain if
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — An early blast of cold and snow shut down schools in Cleveland on Tuesday and made driving on heavily traveled Interstate 90 in northern Ohio treacherous. A lake-effect snow warning was issued by the National Weather Service for areas from Cleveland eastward into Erie, Pennsylvania. Just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, the weather
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