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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Nicolas Cage first read the script for “Longlegs” and considered playing the titular serial killer, he knew exactly where he’d draw his inspiration from: his mother. “Not that she was Satanic,” Cage clarified in a recent interview, but said witnessing her struggle with mental illness throughout his life
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Baseball fans and others interested in supporting the new Oakland Ballers independent minor league team can now purchase ownership stakes in the expansion club. The B’s announced the opportunity early Thursday with the launch of a community investment campaign they hope “will revolutionize the sports ownership model by
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Update 7/12/24 Investigators confirmed the suspect in Thursday’s bank robbery is believed to be the same as the one at the U.S. Bank in Palm Desert on June 26. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office shared a photo of the robbery at Mechanics Bank. The suspect was described as a white male adult, between 50 and
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — For weeks, the White House press corps has been boiling – and not from the Washington, DC, heat. They’re frustrated. Some feel the White House misled the press before President Joe Biden’s stumbling performance at last month’s CNN presidential debate. Others have been exasperated by the White House’s response since
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two organizations that gathered voter signatures to qualify proposed constitutional amendments for the Montana ballot have filed a lawsuit alleging that the secretary of state changed the rules about whose signatures may be accepted after the signatures were gathered and while county election officials were verifying them. District Court
Continue ReadingALGONA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been convicted of murdering a police officer who was trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. The Des Moines Register reports jurors on Thursday found 43-year-old Kyle Ricke guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram. The 33-year-old officer was shot
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A statewide referendum vote is set in South Dakota for the Nov. 5 general election on a so-called “landowner bill of rights” related to a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline project proposed for the Midwest. Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s office validated the referendum petition on Wednesday. The referendum targets the law sponsored by
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La ganadora de las últimas elecciones presidenciales de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció este jueves un nuevo miembro designado para lo que será su gabinete cuando asuma el cargo. El nuevo nombramiento fue el de Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, quien será el futuro jefe de la Oficina de Presidencia. Este es el
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Former child actor Benji Gregory, who played the young boy on the 1980s television sitcom “ALF,” has died in suburban Phoenix. He was 46. Gregory, whose legal name was Benjamin Gregory Hertzberg, died on June 13, according to records from the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner. The cause of his
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Evo Morales, expresidente de Bolivia y líder del oficialista Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), dijo que el levantamiento de militares en Bolivia el 26 de junio fue un “show bien montado entre el presidente Lucho Arce con el comandante de entonces Juan Zúñiga”. En entrevista con Carmen Aristegui en CNN, el
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A museum in Australia has moved Picasso artworks to a women’s restroom, skirting a discrimination complaint by a male visitor who couldn’t enter an exhibit where the works were previously hung. Two paintings and a drawing by Pablo Picasso were originally featured in American artist and museum curator Kirsha
Continue ReadingOfficials in Athens say a Greek coast guard vessel has been involved in a minor collision with a Turkish fishing boat in Greek waters off a tiny Aegean Sea islet rock. A coast guard statement says nobody was injured in the incident off Greece’s Zourafa in the northeastern Aegean, and neither vessel appeared to have
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say people in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm. The U.N. and the prime ministers of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines pleaded Thursday for at least $9
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A museum in Australia is being forced to allow men into art exhibit originally conceived for women only, after a tribunal ruled it “discriminatory,” following a complaint by a disgruntled man who was denied entry. Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has been ordered to stop
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A museum in Australia has come clean: The Picasso paintings hanging in its women’s restroom were forged by one of its own curators. The American curator and artist Kirsha Kaechele — who is married to the owner of Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) — admitted in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two top officials in Nevada are asking the state Supreme Court to step into a fray over a vote earlier this week by Washoe County commissioners not to certify recount results in two local races. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron Ford filed a petition with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — An influential Catholic charitable organization says it will cover up mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women. The Knights of Columbus said it would place fabric over the mosaics at its shrine in Washington, and at the chapel of its headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut. It
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Bank of America has awarded its first round of grants totaling up to $435,000 for nonprofits across the Inland Empire, including the Coachella Valley. The supported nonprofits provide workforce development, health resources and other needs to Coachella Valley individuals and families. The Coachella Valley recipients include: College of the Desert Foundation DAP Health Gaililee Center
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The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission held a groundbreaking ceremony July 11 for it’s upcoming Women’s and Children’s Shelter expansion in Indio. The $2.5 million expansion will add 60 beds to the current shelter, including a kitchen, laundry facilities, common area and a playground. The rescue mission says women and children experiencing homelessness is a big
Continue Reading Paulina Nares (CNN) — Después de una serie de películas inundadas de romance en medio del programa espacial como “Figuras ocultas” y “First Man”, “Fly Me to the Moon” utiliza inteligentemente la misión Apolo 11 como telón de fondo de un romance a la antigua usanza. Sin mucho peso en la parte cómica de la
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