Month: May 2024
Highway collapse in southern China kills at least 36 people
BEIJING (AP) — A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in a mountainous area in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city government said that 23 vehicles have been found after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long section of the highway
Continue ReadingTrump returns to campaign trail for first time since hush money trial began
By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Wednesday for the first time since his New York criminal hush money trial began in earnest last month. He spent his one allotted weekday out of the courtroom hosting rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, two critical
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¿Por qué se celebra el 1 de mayo el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores? ¿Qué ocurrió en Chicago en 1886?
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Aunque para la mayoría de países del hemisferio norte el primero de mayo evoque imágenes de cintas de colores y promesas de días más calurosos, en realidad es un día de protestas y manifestaciones en todo el mundo, cuyas raíces modernas se remontan a una explosión en Chicago que cambió
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Los líderes de la ciudad de Indio inician la construcción de un nuevo complejo de parques deportivos
Se llevó a cabo la ceremonia de inauguración para un nuevo complejo de parques deportivos a lo largo de Avenue 44 y Jackson el miércoles. Líderes de la ciudad, padres y niños asistieron al gran momento. La inauguración significa que la construcción del parque de 38 acres ya está oficialmente en marcha en un proyecto
Continue ReadingUCLA faces criticism for failure to act to stop attack on pro-Palestinian encampment
By KRYSTA FAURIA, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Administrators and campus police at UCLA faced intense criticism Wednesday for failing to act quickly to stop an attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus by counter-demonstrators who threw traffic cones and chairs, released pepper spray and tore
Continue ReadingRams sign longtime Eagles backup RB Boston Scott to a 1-year contract
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Veteran running back Boston Scott agreed to a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday. Scott spent most of the past six seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, rushing for 1,295 yards and 16 touchdowns while catching 71 passes for 566 yards and another score. He played in 75
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City of Indio leaders break ground on new thirty-eight acre sports park complex
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at 3:00 p.m. for a new sports park complex along Avenue 44 and Jackson on Wednesday. City leaders, parents, and kids all showed up for the big moment. The groundbreaking means that construction on the 38-acre park is now officially underway on the project more than 15-years in the making.
Continue ReadingPolice killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state’s attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local
Continue ReadingSearchers find a charred pit on Mexico City’s outskirts that may be a clandestine crematorium
By MARTÍN SILVA REY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers say they’ve found what could be a clandestine crematorium on the edge of Mexico City. It’s the first time in recent memory that anyone claimed to have found such a body disposal site in the capital. One of the so-called “searching mothers” announced
Continue ReadingKamala Harris says another Trump term would mean ‘more suffering, less freedom’ as six-week Florida abortion ban goes into effect
By MJ Lee, Donald Judd, Ebony Davis and Michael Williams, CNN Jacksonville, Florida (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida on Wednesday just hours after a controversial ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect in the state, as the Biden campaign ratchets up its strategy of blaming former
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House passes antisemitism bill as Johnson highlights campus protests
By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The House voted on Wednesday to pass the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a vote that comes amid heightened concerns over antisemitism with Israel at war with Hamas and as pro-Palestinian protests have sprung up on college campuses across the country. Supporters of the legislation say it
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Shake Shack to open first Coachella Valley restaurant in Palm Desert
Shake Shack is coming to the Coachella Valley. Shake Shack will open its first location in the Coachella Valley later this year at The Shops on El Paseo in Palm Desert. “Shake Shack is coming to the desert. We are excited to bring our delicious burgers, fries and shakes to Palm Desert in the El
Continue ReadingColumbia University student journalists had an up-close view for days of drama
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Student journalists on the Columbia University campus knew what was coming long before police with riots shields arrived to begin arresting the pro-Palestinian protesters who had occupied a building. They had watched the situation spiral as the protesters stood their ground, refusing to abandon Hamilton Hall. Several began sleeping on
Continue ReadingViolence erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza
By JOHN ANTZAK, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Counter-protesters “forcefully” attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA early Wednesday, the university’s chancellor said, and activists clashed with police officers who destroyed their tents at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, part of a series of escalating violence
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Muslim organizations blast UCLA officials, saying they failed to intervene during brawl
By The Associated Press Muslim organizations and students blasted UCLA officials and police in a Wednesday news conference, saying they failed to intervene as students in pro-Palestinian encampment on the Los Angeles campus were verbally harassed, pepper sprayed and beaten during a brawl with counter-protesters earlier in the day. “The community needs to feel the
Continue ReadingThe Latest | Muslim organizations blast UCLA officials, saying they failed to intervene during brawl
By The Associated Press Muslim organizations and students blasted UCLA officials and police in a Wednesday news conference, saying they failed to intervene as students in pro-Palestinian encampment on the Los Angeles campus were verbally harassed, pepper sprayed and beaten during a brawl with counter-protesters earlier in the day. “The community needs to feel the
Continue Reading Chris Hemsworth dice que se convirtió en una parodia de sí mismo en la última película de “Thor”
Belén Liotti (CNN) — Chris Hemsworth comentó que sintió que había creado una parodia de sí mismo en su aparición más reciente como Thor. El actor australiano fue elegido por primera vez como el superhéroe de Marvel a los 25 años. Quince años después, Hemsworth ya lleva 29 películas, nueve de ellas de la franquicia
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Arrests at 2024 Stagecoach Music Festival increased by 26% compared to last year
Arrests at the 2024 Stagecoach Music Festival increased by 26% compared to last year, the Indio Police Dept. announced on Wednesday. Campers arrived for Stagecoach Thursday morning. From Thursday to Sunday night, there were a total of 124 arrests, up from 98 in 2023. Drug/Alcohol/Intoxication: 63 False Identification: 49 Possession of Drugs for Sales: 6
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | Trump explica su plan de corte militarista para deportar a entre 15 y 20 millones de personas
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No es habitual que los principales candidatos presidenciales, de cualquier lado del espectro político, salgan de los confines de los comentarios preparados, los discursos de campaña y las audiencias afines, por lo que merece la pena prestar atención cuando realmente responden a preguntas detalladas. El expresidente Donald Trump concedió una de
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