National HIV Day is on Thursday, June 27. DAP Health hosted free rapid HIV testing at multiple Walgreens locations — blood draws with results available in 20 minutes. Tens of thousands of people become HIV positive every year in the U.S. and some don’t even know it. This can be an issue not only for
Continue ReadingIvonne Valdés (CNN Español) — Organizaciones y funcionarios participantes en la 54° Asamblea de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) realizada este miércoles resaltaron su preocupación por las garantías para la libertad electoral, en particular en Venezuela, rumbo a la elección presidencial del 28 de julio. Más de 450 líderes de organizaciones de la
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Agujeros de bala tiñen las paredes manchadas de sangre de la casa de la familia Miqdad, en el campo de Nuseirat, en el centro de Gaza. Las imágenes de CNN de la casa muestran un oso de peluche de color crema sobre un armario blanco, con plásticos rotos esparcidos por las
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Perú, Alberto Fujimori, fue hospitalizado este miércoles después de sufrir una caída que le causó una fractura en la cadera, informó su hija, la excandidata presidencial Keiko Fujimori, a través de una publicación en su cuenta de X. La caída del exmandatario ocurrió durante la madrugada, cuando
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — First, Victor Wembanyama, now Zaccharie Risacher. These days, American college players have to wait their turn in the NBA draft. It’s someone else’s time at the top. Vive la France! The Atlanta Hawks took Risacher with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night and France landed three players in
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Bill Cobbs, a prolific character actor who had a long career in Hollywood with key roles in films such as “Air Bud,” “Night at the Museum” and “The Bodyguard,” has died in Riverside at the age of 90, it was announced today. The actor’s brother, pastor Thomas G. Cobbs, shared the news Wednesday on Facebook.
Continue ReadingFREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into the atmosphere over the last five years, an air quality board said Tuesday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Continue ReadingFREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Tesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into the atmosphere over the last five years, an air quality board said Tuesday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El presidente de Bolivia, Luis Arce, llamó al país a “organizarse y movilizarse contra el golpe de Estado, a favor de la democracia” después de que soldados y vehículos militares blindados se posicionaran alrededor de edificios gubernamentales en La Paz el miércoles. “No podemos permitir que intentos de golpe de Estado
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say the man arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in southern Colorado is suspected of killing a man by shooting him in the head and wounding two others. Henry Corral was taken into custody following an intensive search. Authorities say he fled after crashing his vehicle and then
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Palm Desert High School hired Ricky Gingras as the next baseball head coach, which is pending board approval. BREAKING NEWS: @PDHS_Athletics announced Ricky Gingras as their new head baseball coach. Gingras is a former Aztec baseball player. @CoachV45 will still serve as the Athletic Director of Palm Desert. @KESQ @BlakeArthur24 pic.twitter.com/MmdfHKCHfS— Kenji Ito (@KenjiitoKESQ) June
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College of the Desert trustee Rubén Pérez pled guilty to DUI charges last month, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed. On May 15, Pérez was sentenced to four days in custody, which he would serve under a work release program. He was also sentenced to 36 months of summary probation. According to the Riverside County
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace as President Luis Arce said his country faced an apparent attempted coup. The uprising was, in a sense, the culmination of tensions that have been brewing in Bolivia for months with protesters streaming into the nation’s capital amid
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A local non-profit, in collaboration with Riverside County, hosted a clinic that offered free spaying and neutering surgeries on Wednesday. The non-profit, Loving All Animals, hosted the clinic at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms in an effort to curb overcrowding in animal shelters. Overcrowding has been a problem in animal shelters across
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ir a lo seguro no es una opción para el fotógrafo Greg du Toit. Este sudafricano lleva dos décadas fotografiando leones, rinocerontes y elefantes, y ha vivido más aventuras y peligros que la mayoría de la gente en toda su vida. A diferencia de muchos en su campo, du Toit dice
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bill Cobbs, a veteran Hollywood actor known for roles in “Demolition Man,” “That Thing You Do!” and “Air Bud,” among many others, has died, according to a family member. He was 90. The news was confirmed by Cobbs’ brother Thomas Cobbs, who wrote on Facebook that the actor died
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90. Cobbs died Tuesday at his home in the Inland Empire, California, surrounded by family and friends, his publicist Chuck I. Jones said. Natural causes is
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology mogul Elon Musk, will build the vehicle that
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology mogul Elon Musk, will build the vehicle that
Continue ReadingIRVING, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed in a fast food restaurant in suburban Dallas in a shooting that police say was targeted. Irving police said Wednesday that they had identified a suspect, who has not yet been arrested. Police said there wasn’t a threat to the public. Television footage showed that screens had
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