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There are countless things that make the Coachella Valley so special. One of those things is our abundance of dates. The Coachella Valley has the perfect climate for growing these tasty little fruits. Date Palms need a hot and dry climate, making our desert perfect for growing date palms. But, we also have the right
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California voters will have the final say on Proposition 1 during next month’s primary election. It’s the only statewide initiative on the March 5 ballot, and is the product of two bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last October. It proposes major changes to the way Californians can access mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 48 people in southern and central Gaza overnight, half of them women and children, health officials said Thursday. European foreign ministers and U.N. agencies called for a cease-fire, with alarm rising over the worsening humanitarian crisis and
Continue ReadingBy Beau Bowman Click here for updates on this story ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — An Ankeny teacher was booked Wednesday into Polk County Jail after being accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. Rachel Whiteside, 34, of Ankeny, is facing several charges stemming from alleged exploitation of a student. Whiteside, a teacher
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La sección 21 de la Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona condenó este jueves al futbolista brasileño Dani Alves a cuatro años y seis meses de prisión tras declararlo culpable de una agresión sexual que tuvo lugar a finales de 2022. Además, le impuso cinco años de libertad vigilada una vez
Continue ReadingBy Deanna Clement Click here for updates on this story VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — On Tuesday afternoon, a Volusia County grand jury handed down the indictment of a woman arrested following her son’s death, according to the state attorney’s office. Talia Nelson’s 14-year-old son Zakye died on Jan. 1. Daytona Beach police said the
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High pressure is building in across the Western States, clearing skies and warming temps a bit. That ridge of high pressure will shape the forecast through weekend, allowing daytime highs to rise to near 80. Today you’ll notice some increase in those temps into the middle 70s. Warm through the weekend, then Monday a weak
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En un documental de 2022 de CNN Films, Alexey Navalny lanzó un mensaje al pueblo ruso. Si lo matan, dijo, “no está permitido rendirse”. La tarea que se impuso Navalny, de oponerse y sacar a la luz los males del régimen de Putin, queda ahora en manos de la dispar, desunida
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By Khader Al Za’anoun, Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A small, curly-haired boy walks wearily through the chapel of St. Philip, in Gaza City, northern Gaza, as Israeli drones whir overhead. Smashed concrete and blown-up buildings surround the luminous white walls and pink, stained-glass windows of the church, which has been
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for transparency around the investigation into allegations of misconduct leveled against Red Bull boss Christian Horner. An independent investigation was launched by Red Bull in February after Horner was accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior towards a member of the racing team.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Karl Marx once gifted a signed copy of “Das Kapital” to scientist Charles Darwin, but the book remained largely unread, providing an “amusing insight” into the dynamics between these two intellectuals, according to experts. In “Das Kapital,” economist and philosopher Marx explored how the capitalist system works and, he
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is staging its first new production of Verdi’s opera “La Forza del Destino” in nearly 30 years. The opera is musically glorious but notoriously sprawling and difficult to follow, jumping over different countries and many years. For the new production, which opens on
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Guinness World Records has ruled against a Portuguese dog that died last year keeping the title of oldest canine ever. Following a review, GWR said Thursday it “no longer has the evidence it needs to support Bobi’s claim as the record holder.” Bobi, a reportedly 31-year-old guard dog, had lived on
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A prominent opposition figure is urging Russians not to give up after the death of fellow activist Alexei Navalny, and he alleged a state-backed hit squad was taking out the Kremlin’s political opponents. Vladimir Kara-Murza made the remarks in a video posted to social media from a penal colony in
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has left its key interest rate unchanged at 45%, pausing a series of aggressive rate hikes aimed at taming high inflation. The central bank said on Thursday it’s keeping the benchmark rate on hold. It’s the bank’s first interest rate decision under its newly appointed governor, Fatih Karahan.
Continue ReadingBALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York pleaded guilty to two felony counts and faces 47 years to life in prison. Craig Ross Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday under a plea deal to first-degree kidnapping and predatory sexual assault of a child.
Continue ReadingBy Christian House, CNN (CNN) — Saul Leiter had a thing for umbrellas. They pepper his mid-century photographs of New York, popping up over years of work: pink umbrellas, red umbrellas, yellow umbrellas. Their owners remain hidden underneath, dry and out of sight, upstaged by their vivid canopies. In “Saul Leiter: An Unfinished Word,” a
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a crazy S.O.B.” in a fundraiser Wednesday in San Francisco, according to the pool reporters traveling with the US president. “We have a crazy S.O.B. that guy, Putin, others. And we always have to be worried about a nuclear conflict. But
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — For three days in early 2012, as a hotly contested presidential primary consumed the Republican Party, the Conservative Political Action Conference basked in the spotlight. Thousands of conservative die-hards and hundreds of reporters descended on Washington that February for the annual gathering of the
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T, who was the hardest hit, is actively working to restore service to all of its customers. AT&T had more than 58,000 outages around noon
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