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BEIJING (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry has accused the European Union of making unreasonable demands in its investigation into imports of Chinese electric vehicles before announcing it was raising tariffs by as much as 38%. Ministry spokesman He Yadong said the European side had demanded excessive amounts of information from Chinese automakers and then unfairly
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person. The 35-year-old Gabriel Attal was France’s
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Private schools in Britain conjure up images of rolling lawns, pristine tennis courts, and dormitory rooms, serving as gilded hothouses of privilege. Eton College, perhaps the most famous, has educated no fewer than 20 UK prime ministers. These schools may soon become even more exclusive if the opposition
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia, the chip company that’s become Wall Street’s most influential stock, is rising again and helping to keep U.S. indexes around their record highs despite a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading Thursday after setting an all-time high for the 31st
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Leading shipping groups have urged governments “with influence” to put a stop to Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea after a second freighter sank this week. At least three seafarers have been killed in the attacks so far. The latest sinking is likely to have led
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The California Highway Patrol is reporting two separate crashes early Thursday Morning. The collisions happened around 5 a.m. with a wreck involving three vehicles East of Date Palm Drive, near Cathedral City. Three people from that crash were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. According to CHP the number three and four lanes
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Breeding Click here for updates on this story MARSHALL, Texas (KTBS) — Two veterans are being honored for the sacrifices they gave for their country. They’re being given homes for free. There was a celebration in Marshall, Texas, Wednesday morning as one of the veterans got his home. Marine veteran Joseph Hammers and
Continue ReadingCNN By Rebekah Riess, Carlos Suarez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Musician Travis Scott was arrested and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail early Thursday morning on charges of trespassing property after being given a warning and disorderly intoxication, county jail records show. Scott, whose legal name is Jacques Bermon Webster, a hip-hop artist with
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen is resting, taking light exercise and undergoing physiotherapy after spending three nights in the hospital after he toppled off a London stage during a fight scene earlier this week. The 85-year-old veteran actor thanked the public for their many messages of support following his fall at the Noel Coward
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Highs will start to climb as soon as tomorrow, with even higher temps by early next week! Today looks reasonable by comparison: A Heat Advisory goes into effect Saturday for the Inland Empire, with an Excessive Heat Warning for the Valley starting Tuesday of next week. Highs will be hotter next week thanks to a
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With a $1.5 million grant, College of the Desert (COD) is launching an educational initiative aimed at young adults who have been through juvenile detention systems. The program is expected to start on campus in the fall of 2024. The California Community Colleges’ Rising Scholars Network is funding the program with a $1.5 million grant.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Conservative Virginia Congressman Bob Good is asking for patience as he hopes the final ballot count from Tuesday’s primary will allow him to fend off a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Good chairs the hard-right House Freedom Caucus. He trailed state Sen. John McGuire by a little more than
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Romania’s president has withdrawn from the race to become NATO’s next secretary general. It leaves outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte all but certain to head the world’s biggest military organization from October. President Klaus Iohannis’s office said in a statement Thursday that Romania’s security council has
Continue ReadingBy TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish rescuers say that a cruise ship has rescued 68 migrants and found five bodies in a wooden dinghy that was drifting off the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. An oil tanker first spotted the drifting boat south of the island of Tenerife. Authorities diverted the
Continue ReadingBy ALFREDO PEÑA and MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA Associated Press TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, rumbled ashore early Thursday and moved inland over northeast Mexico, bringing heavy rains to the parched region and leaving at least three dead. The storm was expected to weaken rapidly over land, but carry
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The Desert Recreation District has opened five pools for the summer, with day passes available at low prices. DRD has partnered with the Palm Springs Unified School District and the Cathedral City Council to offer swim lessons and sessions at Cathedral City High School this summer. The pool opens to all Cathedral City residents on
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped last week. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 238,000 from a 10-month high of 243,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which evens out weekly ups and downs, rose
Continue ReadingBy Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Demand for scent detection dogs is on the rise. Conservation Dogs of Hawaii (CDH) is an Oahu nonprofit that launched a biosecurity program this spring. This canine detection team scours a ship looking for pests. “A detection dog is a sniffer dog
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — In the first few minutes of her new documentary film, the writer and director Lagueria Davis pays a visit to her aunt, Beulah Mitchell. At Mitchell’s house, they look through a room filled with boxes of dolls stacked up to the ceiling. Davis — who says in the documentary she
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart on Thursday and offered to supply fossil fuels, including natural gas, to Vietnam during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing
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