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Month: February 2024

With ‘Eternity in a Moment,’ Japanese artist Mika Ninagawa portrays everyday wonders

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — With “Eternity in a Moment,” the Japanese photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa has created an immersive installation in Tokyo where a visitor walks through rooms with various motifs. She tells The Associated Press that her recent works have explored the humble yet miraculous in everyday life, a

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DHSHS student learn about the devastating impacts of drunk driving

Thursday morning, students and faculty from Desert Hot Springs High School participated in the “Every 15 Minutes” program.  Desert Hot Springs Police Dept. partnered with the California Highway Patrol to simulate a drunk driving collision to raise awareness of the devastating impacts of drunk driving. The event included mock emergency responses from first responders just

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Strikes kill 13 in Gaza as Biden describes Israel’s military response as ‘over the top’

By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 13 people in Rafah in the Gaza Strip after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town. President Joe Biden called Israel’s military response

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Zelensky fires Ukraine’s military chief in major shakeup nearly two years into war

By Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Andrew Carey and Christian Edwards Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the dismissal of Ukraine’s top commander, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, in the biggest military shakeup since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion almost two years ago. The president’s move follows tensions between Zelensky and his hugely popular

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Thieves take off with 200-foot radio tower and transmitter in Alabama, knocking a local AM station off the air

By Jamiel Lynch and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A small-town radio station manager had a big surprise when he learned the station’s 200-foot radio tower and transmitter in Jasper, Alabama, was missing. Brett Elmore, the general manager of WJLX, said his landscaper had been doing a cleanup of the property Friday when the crew discovered the tower

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Special counsel report concludes Biden willfully retained classified information but will not face charges

By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur released a searing report Thursday that concluded President Joe Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified military and national security information but recommended he not face charges after a yearlong investigation into his

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Takeaways from special counsel’s report into Biden’s handling of classified documents

By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report released Thursday did not charge President Joe Biden with a crime, but it painted a picture of a forgetful commander in chief who failed to properly protect highly sensitive classified information – a depiction

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