Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a three-day visit to Beijing with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan said on Thursday that the United States
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Undocumented immigrants in California could be eligible for state assistance in buying a home under a bill the state Legislature sent to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday. The proposal, which prompted contentious debate in the Legislature, would specify that people who meet all other requirements for a loan under a state
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Undocumented immigrants in California could be eligible for state assistance in buying a home under a bill the state Legislature sent to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday. The proposal, which prompted contentious debate in the Legislature, would specify that people who meet all other requirements for a loan under a state
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Belén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Honduras anunció este miércoles su intención de dar por terminado el tratado de extradición que el país había firmado el 15 de enero de 1912 con Estados Unidos, según lo informó en un comunicado el canciller de la República, Enrique Reina. El anuncio lo hizo el funcionario
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. Stand News had been one of the city’s
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It’s a packed Week 2 of high school football with games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Friday 8/30 Grand Terrace – 21@Palm Springs – 33F*Game played at Rancho Mirage High School due to damage to stadium damage at PSHS Central – 20@Palm Desert – 14FLa Salle – 6@Xavier Prep – 49FPalo Verde Valley – 0@Shadow
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Seth Brown hit a pair of home runs, including a go-ahead three-run shot in the eighth, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Wednesday night. “To show the fight to answer back in that fashion, just shows the character of the group really,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay
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Jury selection got underway today for the trial of a parolee accused of fatally stabbing a convenience store customer during a confrontation in Indio. Vicente Angel Munoz, 32, of La Quinta is charged with murder, a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony and parole violations for the 2020
Continue ReadingCNN By Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy this week during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. An individual physically blocked Trump’s team from accompanying him during the Monday visit, two Trump campaign
Continue ReadingBy Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy this week during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. An individual physically blocked Trump’s team from accompanying him during the Monday visit, two Trump campaign officials
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and how those spaces should be used instead. The nation is the latest to embrace a movement to abolish colonial-era symbols as it reckons with its past
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By Richard Roth and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles was targeted with repeated gunfire just meters from an Israeli checkpoint, according to a statement by the humanitarian agency. “Despite being clearly marked and receiving multiple clearances by Israeli authorities
Continue ReadingGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Four significant breaks in the water pipeline that serves the Grand Canyon means visitors won’t be able to stay overnight in hotels inside Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim through the Labor Day holiday. Here are some things to know about the Transcanyon Waterline. When was the pipeline
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours. The order from Justice Alexandre de Moraes is the latest development in an ongoing feud
Continue ReadingREDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in southern California are searching for a missing couple last seen leaving their home on a nudist ranch over the weekend. Stephanie Menard, 73, and her husband, Daniel, 79, were reported missing Sunday to the Redlands Police Department by a worried friend, the Los Angeles Times reported. Police said the
Continue ReadingREDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in southern California are searching for a missing couple last seen leaving their home on a nudist ranch over the weekend. Stephanie Menard, 73, and her husband, Daniel, 79, were reported missing Sunday to the Redlands Police Department by a worried friend, the Los Angeles Times reported. Police said the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong storm lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as it started a crawl up the length of the archipelago and raised concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage. Tropical storm Shanshan made landfall Thursday morning as a powerful typhoon on
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New COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available as soon as this week amid a surge of the disease here in California. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the distribution of the updated Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for the upcoming season. The companies are now set to begin shipping millions of doses. Doctors at
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — There have been some pretty incendiary public family feuds through the decades, but none more infamous than that of Liam and Noel Gallagher, the brothers behind ’90s Britpop band Oasis. After all, who else can say that they argued with their sibling for 15 minutes about who is more
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