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Fourth District Supervisor Manuel V. Perez today lauded a $1 million assistance program approved by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to help first-time homebuyers. The creation last week of the Fourth District American Rescue Plan Act First Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program is intended to help with down payments and closing costs, according
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics. One day after welterweight Imane Khelif of Algeria reached the women’s welterweight final with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Breaking, or breakdancing, is the only completely new sport at the Paris Games. But at its root, it’s also an art form that connects mind, body and soul. Judges will score breakers using the Trivium judging system, which was created for the debut of breaking at the 2018 Youth Olympic
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Defense counsel for the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo Bay claimed Wednesday that a move by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to revoke a previously-agreed-upon plea deal violated military regulations and exposed the system as “corrupt.” “We have had an unprecedented act by a government official to pull back what
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By Brad Parks, Amy Simonson and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called on Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to resign Wednesday over his handling of the fatal officer-involved shooting of Sonya Massey – a request Campbell dismissed as “political maneuvering during a tragic event.” “We join the Massey family in calling
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Government officials often send text messages as an effective means of warning the public about emergencies. But in New York City, some residents are receiving weather warnings from a voice in the sky as drones equipped with loudspeakers are being deployed to specific neighborhoods prone to flooding. Here’s
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The debate about whether the NFL will expand the regular season once again seems to have been resolved and now it’s a matter of how soon the league adds an 18th game. Commissioner Roger Goodell has talked openly about it, union chief Lloyd Howell recently told
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Tenacious D is on a break but will be back, according to Jack Black. At the premiere of his new sci-fi feature “Borderlands” on Tuesday night, Black spoke about cancelling the remainder of his band Tenacious D’s tour after bandmate Kyle Gass, made a much-criticized remark about the assassination
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 200 firefighters on the southern Greek island of Crete are striving to contain a large wildfire that has forced authorities to evacuate one village and ready others for evacuation. The fire service says 222 firefighters are battling the flames in the Rethymno district of western Crete, including 32 flown
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The amount of deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon went down by nearly half in the last year, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since measurements using current methods began in 2016. Destruction in Brazil´s savannah region, known as the Cerrado, increased by 9%, however.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La decisión de Hamas de nombrar a un líder político de línea dura no ha servido de consuelo a los gazatíes desplazados, hambrientos y que buscan una salida a su miseria tras casi 10 meses de guerra. El grupo extremista palestino nombró el martes a Yahya Sinwar para dirigir su oficina
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four hotel workers in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death after scouring video showing them piling on top of the Black man during an incident that Mitchell’s family says is disturbingly similar to George Floyd’s death. Mitchell’s family spent weeks pressuring prosecutors to charge the
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY (AP) — Police in Panama say they have arrested 15 people who allegedly ran a smuggling ring to move Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap. The dangerous, jungle-clad gap connects Colombia and Panama, and represents a major route for migrants to reach the U.S. border. In recent years, Chinese have become the fourth-largest
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has narrowly recommended to the governor that he spare the life of a man on death row. The board voted 3-2 on Wednesday to recommend clemency for 52-year-old Emmanuel Littlejohn. Littlejohn is scheduled to receive a lethal injection next month for his role
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at cloning, a process of creating an identical copy of an original. Facts Reproductive Cloning is the process of making a full living copy of an organism. Reproductive cloning of animals transplants nuclei from body cells into eggs that have had their nucleus removed. That egg is
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Coachella Valley residents weren’t able to feel the shaking from yesterday’s magnitude-5.2 earthquake that struck roughly 20 miles from Bakersfield. But some of the people who were affected received an early warning from the MyShake mobile app. The app, which is created by the University of California, Berkeley, began development in 2011. The university partners
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed claims of racial discrimination while allowing claims of sex discrimination to proceed in a federal civil rights lawsuit regarding a Texas student who has faced suspensions and disciplinary actions over the length of his locs hairstyle. US District Court Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry says it’s ordered Egyptian airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours on Thursday after a notice from Tehran to do so because of military exercises. The warning comes amid soaring tensions in the region following last week’s assassination of Hamas’ leader in Tehran. The ministry
Continue Reading mondemanola (CNN Español) — Qué diría Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sobre las elecciones en Venezuela era una de las preguntas que sobrevolaban en Argentina desde que, sin mostrar evidencias, el CNE proclamó ganador de la contienda a Nicolás Maduro. Fueron seis días de silencio hasta que finalmente en México, en una charla organizada por el
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story August 7, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston, get ready to be inspired and amazed as the unparalleled Simone Biles brings her glittering Gold Over America Tour to our city this October! On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the Toyota Center in Houston will transform
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