By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — In its largest acquisition ever, Home Depot is expanding its business targeting professional contractors and builders as the home fixer-upper market stalls. Home Depot announced Thursday that it is spending $18.3 billion to buy SRS Distribution, a huge building-projects supplier that counts professional roofers, landscapers and pool
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday’s wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made crime a focus of his third White House campaign and accused President Joe Biden
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s unemployed people will need to do more to prove they are searching for jobs to collect state benefits under a new law that will take effect next year. The controversial bill was passed by the GOP-majority Legislature on the final day of the 60-day
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of an effort to deter violence underground and to make the system feel safer. The scanners will be introduced in certain stations after a legally mandated
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La ciudad de Indian Wells recibió $5 millones de dólares de parte del gobierno federal para su proyecto de protección de inundaciones. El dinero se invertirá en el Whitewater Channel donde instalaran una tubería a lo largo de 7,400 pies, además colocaran protectores de concreto para evitar deslaves y ayer el Condado de Riverside dijo
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Update 3/28/24 – 8:00 PM The Palm Springs City Council unanimously approved the hazard mitigation plan. Derelict land in Palm Springs is causing residents concerns, as they ask questions about disaster plans and the city’s priority placement of Fire mitigation. David Lee is a resident who bikes around the neighborhood and has even witnessed a
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En la corte de Indio le dieron descanso a quienes participan en el juicio que enfrenta un sujeto de 29 años acusado de una serie de ataques a automovilistas y ciclistas en Palm Springs. Se trata de Joaquín Moraga quien fue arrestado en junio del 2022 después de ser identificado como el presunto protagonista de
Continue ReadingBy Ricardo Tovar Click here for updates on this story APTOS, California (KSBW) — Here at KSBW, we are wishing a happy belated birthday to Celene Jandreau. She turned 100 years old Friday and has spent the last quarter of that living in Santa Cruz County. Celene made the front page of the LA Times
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Baltimore estaba durmiendo cuando un barco completamente cargado, a la deriva y sin energía, se estrelló contra el puente Francis Scott Key, derribándolo en segundos. Si el desastre hubiera ocurrido durante el día, cientos de automóviles y camiones podrían haber estado en el puente sobre un canal que conduce a uno
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Abusada Click here for updates on this story AKRON, Ohio (WEWS) — With the solar eclipse just a week and a half away, many are asking what to do with their pets, and the answer isn’t to get them glasses. Instead, vets say to keep an eye on them. They may act a
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Después de una excelente investigación la policía arrestó a un sujeto que junto con otros tres entraron a robar a una tienda de los outlets de Cabazon al inicio de este mes. Se cree que el individuo es parte de un grupo de ladrones que tiene como objetivo tiendas de calzado en el sur de
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot will buy SRS Distribution, a materials provider for professionals, in a deal valued at approximately $18.25 billion including debt. It is Home Depot’s largest acquisition in its history and with it, it steps more aggressively into the fast growing professional builder and contactor business. Retail sales that
Continue ReadingBy Kalé Searcy Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Since she was a little girl, dribbling down the court has been a natural instinct. “I love basketball, we all love basketball,” Marquis Haynes, CEO and founder of the Keys Foundation, said. Haynes was drawn to the agility and the heart
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Hong Kong (CNN) — Xiaomi presentó formalmente su esperado auto eléctrico, el nuevo sedán Speed Ultra 7 (SU7), el jueves por la noche en Beijing. Lei Jun, fundador y CEO de la popular marca china de teléfonos inteligentes, se burló del lanzamiento a principios de esta semana diciendo que quería que el primer
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court has ruled that congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had previously deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters. A panel of three federal judges from the state on Thursday called it “plainly impractical” to make changes
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Garbage piling up in landfills isn’t just an eyesore, it’s also a climate nightmare, belching out large amounts of planet-warming methane gas. In the United States, the problem could be much worse than previously thought, according to a new study measuring methane pollution at hundreds of landfills across the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate shortly after Congress returns to Washington next month. The Republican speaker said Thursday he would send the two articles on April 10. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to swear in senators as jurors
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La organización no lucrativa Un futuro Valle de Coachella anuncio que recibió un apoyo económico de $200 mil dolares que se invertirán en la preparación profesional de los estudiantes de las comunidades de bajos ingresos. Un futuro Valle de Coachella opera desde el 2010 y gracias a su contribución han logrado que 1,200 estudiantes obtengan
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days. The Pennsylvania group that handles Phil, and his groundhog wife, Phyllis, says the couple have become parents. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said in a Facebook
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Mathews Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Maternal mortality is a devastating crisis affecting mothers and babies in the United States and around the world. To save lives in Africa, a government official partnered with a Louisville medical nonprofit. SOS International’s efforts, locally and globally, are producing lifesaving
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