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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Donald Trump has amassed another win at a Republican caucus held in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier than allowed. Thursday’s caucus is the third Republican contest held this election season with delegates at
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor and other state officials are calling out a conservative state school board member for insinuating in an online post that a member of a girl’s high school basketball team was transgender, when in fact she is not. The post by Natalie Cline
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La audiencia incidental del amparo donde se resolvería sobre la suspensión definitiva de las corridas de toros en la Plaza México, en la capital mexicana, fue aplazada hasta el 13 de febrero, tras un amparo de organizaciones defensoras de animales, según acuerdos judiciales publicados este jueves. De acuerdo
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The Tour de Palm Springs returns to the Coachella Valley this weekend. Drivers are advised to be aware of road closures in areas where thousands of cyclists will run by. This year’s event kicks off with an Expo on Friday, Feb. 9 from noon – 8 p.m. with bike ride and walking tours on Saturday,
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Parlamento Europeo aprobó este jueves una resolución denominada “nuevos actos de represión contra las fuerzas democráticas en Venezuela, contra la candidata presidencial María Corina Machado”, ganadora de las primarias opositoras y cuya inhabilitación fue confirmada el 26 de enero por el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia del país. La
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — US senators and pharmaceutical CEOs faced off in a hearing Thursday about why prescription drugs have higher price tags in the United States than in other nations. The chief executives of three major pharmaceutical companies – Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb – testified before the Senate
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, KSL By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — US senators and pharmaceutical CEOs faced off in a hearing Thursday about why prescription drugs have higher price tags in the United States than in other nations. The chief executives of three major pharmaceutical companies – Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb – testified
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas and other personal items. FBI Agent Andrew Cohen said Thursday the purchases included two vehicles for
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers have unsuccessfully sought a mistrial in the case against two men charged with the murder of Jam Master Jay. They say prosecutors improperly guided a witness to testify Thursday that one defendant confessed to her decades ago that he killed the Run-DMC star and
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage after drinking bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company before the product was recalled from store shelves in 2021. The Clark County District Court
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage after drinking bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company before the product was recalled from store shelves in 2021. The Clark County District Court
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — When the deadly coronavirus become a global pandemic in March 2020, indoor public spaces were shuttered and stay-at-home orders were issued to ensure health and safety. In a flash, Nevada saw its leisure and hospitality lifeblood quickly cut off. In Las Vegas, the cacophony of voices,
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El exdiputado del partido oficialista Morena Saúl Huerta Corona fue sentenciado este miércoles a 22 años de prisión por un tribunal federal del estado de Puebla, acusado del delito de violación en contra de un menor de edad, informó en un comunicado este jueves la Fiscalía General de Puebla. La sentencia
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is set to reopen on Thursday after road repairs caused by storms, The tramway was closed from Monday, February 12 through Wednesday, February 14. The tentative reopening date is Thursday, February 15 with the first car up at 10:00 a.m. “This week’s storms prevented all permanent repairs from being completed, so additional closure days are now required,”
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — It has been six months since a wildfire leveled most of Lahaina, a centuries-old town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Authorities say 100 people were killed and three are still missing from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Thousands of residents who lost their homes in the
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Students from nine Coachella Valley high schools took part in the 19th annual Academic WorldQuest competition this past Thursday at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus. The Academic WorldQuest event, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Desert, is a team competition in which students are challenged on their knowledge of world affairs. The topics
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. The penguins began hatching in November 2022, ending a four year period without any new chicks, and continued through January of
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry officially called for a highly anticipated crime-focused special legislative session on Thursday that could overhaul the state’s current criminal justice system, reversing hard-fought and historic reforms that happened under Landry’s Democratic predecessor. Among the two dozen tough-on-crime-related items on Landry’s broad
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Utilityman J.D. Davis became the seventh straight player to win in salary arbitration, beating the San Francisco Giants on Thursday and getting a raise from $4.21 million to $6.9 million rather than the team’s $6.55 million offer. Joshua Gordon, Margaret Brogan and Brian Keller made the decision one day after listening
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