NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are searching for a man who slashed a subway conductor in the neck. The union representing transit workers meanwhile is calling for better protections on the rails. The Transportation Workers Union Local 100 says the attack happened around 3:40 a.m. Thursday at a station in Brooklyn.
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former U.S. ambassador said Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades, bringing an unexpectedly fast resolution to a case prosecutors described as one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S.
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan village has agreed to a $320,000 settlement with a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunken driving. It turns out that a Fowlerville police officer badly misread a breath test. Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test. But it was mistakenly read by Officer Caitlyn
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In honor of Rare Disease Day, we honor four-year-old Matty, who lives without the middle part of his brain. Mathius, also known as Matty, is a Coachella boy with a rare genetic disorder since birth. It is called Agenesis of the corpus callosum. Matty is intellectually disabled. His mother, Kassie Ortiz, found out her son
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When observing a hoard of golden-backed frogs at a roadside pond in Karnataka, India, a group of naturalists noticed something odd about one of the amphibians — the animal had a tiny mushroom sprouting out of its side. How the seemingly healthy frog came to grow its fungi companion
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey is leaving the board of WeightWatchers, ending a nearly decade-long stint as a director of the beleaguered company that has faced sudden competition from Ozempic. Winfrey notified the company of her decision earlier this week, telling them she won’t be standing for re-election at its annual
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Gracias a la rápida labor de las autoridades fue arrestado el conductor de un vehículo que ayer a las 7:30 de la mañana atropello a un peatón que caminaba por la intersección de la calle Tahquitz Canyon y Calle Encilia en Palm Springs, por fortuna la victima solo sufrió heridas leves, pero el chofer del
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The top elections official in a rural Nevada county roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud that led to a controversial hand-count in the 2022 midterms is resigning, according to a resignation letter the county received. The reason for Nye County Clerk Mark
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Debido a un desperfecto en el equipo de transmisión ayer a las 6 de la tarde ocurrió un apagón en el área de las calles Fred Waring y Warner Trail donde 1,500 hogares se quedaron sin luz dentro del Palm Desert Country Club. De inmediato las cuadrillas trabajaron arduamente para restaurar el servicio.
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Un juez federal en Austin, Texas, ordenó este jueves al gobierno estatal suspender la aplicación de una controvertida ley que permitiría a los agentes estatales arrestar y detener a personas sospechosas de haber ingresado ilegalmente al país. “Si se permite que proceda, la SB 4 podría abrir la puerta a que cada
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chloe has revisited its vibrant 1970s essence, infused with Karl Lagerfeld’s indelible influence, propelling the brand into a new era while honoring its pioneering ready-to-wear legacy under new designer Chemena Kamali. Thursday’s fall-winter 2024 show became a meeting point for fashion dynasties. Kamali’s collection, a dance
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger Donald Trump both headed to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday in a sign of how central immigration has become to the 2024 election and how much each man wants
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En medio del escándalo que enfrenta el hospital de Palm Springs por la inconformidad de las enfermeras, ayer fue cerrada una de las cocinas donde había muchas cucarachas y las enfermeras divulgaron un video en el que se ven los bichos y una fuga de agua en la unidad de cuidados intensivos de neurología. Los
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A judge has ruled Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones must take a paternity test to determine if he is the biological father of a 27-year-old woman who filed suit against him in 2022. The woman, in a lawsuit, claims Jones and
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Khader Al Za’anoun, CNN (CNN) — Calls are growing for an investigation into one of the worst single tragedies to occur during Israel’s war with Hamas took, after scores of Palestinians were killed trying to access food aid in Gaza City on Thursday. At least 112 people were
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Gracias a que el Buró de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside aprobó $416 mil dolares en fondos adicionales el albergue para indigentes de Desert Hot Springs permanecerá abierto lo que resta del año. El lugar cuenta con 26 camas para pasar la noche, además tiene regaderas, ofrece alimentos a los desamparados e información de ayudas
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The Senate is expected to vote
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Se espera que esta semana concluya la selección del jurado del juicio que enfrentara un sujeto de 29 años acusado de desaparecer a su novia embarazada a la cual creen que mato en el 2020 después de un pleito en su casa ubicada en la comunidad de San Jacinto cerca del Valle de Coachella. Según
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have appealed an Illinois judge’s decision ordering election officials to remove the Republican’s name from the state’s March 19 primary ballot. The appeal, filed minutes before midnight Thursday, came hours after a Cook County Judge issued her decision. She placed a hold on it until Friday
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Chitnis Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — The Erickson family of Oakland looks forward to Feb. 29 every four years with joy and gratitude thanks to the special meaning it holds in their lives. Their twin boys were born 11 minutes apart, one arriving in the final minutes
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