Palm Springs police are investigating an attempted murder following a shooting early Saturday morning in downtown Palm Springs according to the department. Officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 200 block of N. Palm Canyon Drive at approximately 1:44 a.m. and located two victims involved in the incident. One individual sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot
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Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, will honor Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and healthcare provider DAP Health at its 2024 Palm Springs Equality Awards on Saturday. Held at the Riviera Resort & Spa, the event is bringing together advocates, political leaders and allies to celebrate ongoing work toward LGBTQ+ civil rights
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are elevating running back Dalvin Cook from the practice squad, adding an option for the NFL’s worst rushing offense going into a prime-time meeting with rival San Francisco. Cook signed with the Cowboys late in the preseason but was inactive through six games. Dallas’ running back by committee
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan. “I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation,” the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang coalition has reinforced its attacks on one of the few communities in Haiti’s capital not under control of criminal groups, seeking to take it over. After a week of clashes with the police in the Solino neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, members of the gang coalition, Viv Ansanm, attacked once again
Continue ReadingJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of people marched in South Africa to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg, an annual event that has been critical in advocating equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community. The march in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on Saturday was a colorful spectacle but also an opportunity for the LGBTQ+ community to
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Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump dijo en el podcast de Joe Rogan el viernes que estaría dispuesto a eliminar los impuestos sobre la renta, mientras promovía su propuesta de aranceles generalizados y elogiaba las políticas económicas de finales del siglo XIX. Mientras hablaba sobre aranceles, Rogan le preguntó a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of supporters of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson have marched through London as anti-racism demonstrators mounted a nearby counter protest. The so-called Unite the Kingdom march — planned by Robinson and supposed to feature him as speaker — led to calls Saturday for his freedom after he was arrested
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By Marie Saavedra, Edie Kasten Click here for updates on this story EVANSTON, Illinois (WBBM) — At Lincoln Elementary School in north suburban Evanston, some fourth graders may have lessons for us all. The young voters—for an in-class poll—were very excited to learn about the process firsthand. Their teacher set it all up in a
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Nima Rinji Sherpa’s ears are still tinged black from wind chill, an occupational hazard of climbing to heights where humans struggle to breathe, and where the weather can turn deadly in an instant. This month, Nima became the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world’s highest peaks,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential candidate’s phone is hacked. A fake video falsely shows ballots burned in Pennsylvania. National security officials warn that U.S. adversaries may incite violent protests after Election Day. These developments — all revealed in the past week — show how Russia, China and Iran have increased the pace of
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By Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — As Election Day draws near, you don’t have to look far to see campaign signs in yards all across Middle Tennessee. But there’s another sign, usually involving a playful animal, that’s sending a very different message. That message originates from the
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An officer at a New Mexico county jail has been accused of orchestrating attacks on two inmates who suffer from mental illness. The Albuquerque Journal reports that it has obtained an incident report from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office that says security footage showed inmates attacking other inmates while under the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a bus tipped over in central Mexico after colliding with a trailer that detached from a truck transporting corn, killing 24 people and injuring five. The crash happened at midnight Friday when the bus was leaving Tepic in the western Mexico state of Nayarit bound for Ciudad Juarez
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Ten days before the American presidential election, uncontrollable war in the Middle East appears to have been avoided for now, much to the relief of President Joe Biden’s aides at the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team in Delaware. “It looks like they didn’t hit anything
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By Aaron Cantrell Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A Nashville couple has filed a lawsuit against King Jewelers in Green Hills, claiming the store failed to insure their engagement ring containing a valuable Tanzanite crystal, which was later stolen off a FedEx truck. Chelsea King and Dawson Blankinship’s relationship
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Donovan, the beloved radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns and a TV sports fixture for more than four decades, died Saturday. He was 68. Donovan retired from his broadcast career earlier this year and stepped away from his game-day duties with the team before this season while
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN | Video by Mackenzie Happe and Zoë Todd, CNN Swannanoa, North Carolina (CNN) — Before the storm, the natural beauty of this place was Cindy Riley’s source of comfort and peace, its river and creeks part of what called her to move back home after decades away. While Swannanoa may not
Continue ReadingA NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday. NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin were flown to the hospital for additional medical checks Friday after parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast aboard a SpaceX
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home has been found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in central Florida. Jurors handed down the verdict against Sarah Boone on Friday after deliberating for about 90
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