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Month: December 2024

Riverside County will discuss update on East Valley Infrastructure Initiative

A year after forming a new effort to generate funding for infrastructure improvements in eastern Coachella Valley communities, Riverside County will update the public on how the initiative is going. The Public Financing Authority for the Eastern Coachella Valley Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) will meet today following the Board of Supervisors meeting, at 2 p.m. or

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1-star McDonald’s reviews and sympathetic merch: Companies try to stop online support for CEO killer suspect

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — After police found the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” printed on shell casings near the site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down, merchandise bearing those words started to appear online. The phrase might be linked to a 2010 book critiquing the health insurance industry titled,

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Report on attempts to kill Trump urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional task force investigating the attempts to kill Donald Trump during his presidential campaign is recommending changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of election season and considering moving the agency out of the Homeland Security Department. The 180-page report by the bipartisan

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NASA Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 4, 1957 – The Soviets launch Sputnik 1,

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Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is threatening to veto legislation that would expand the federal judiciary. House Republicans have teed up a vote this week on legislation that would gradually expand by 66 the number of federal judgeships across the country. Democrats negotiated the bill and helped pass it through the Senate,

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Citizens against smog: Protesters in North Macedonia demand action against pollution

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Protesters across North Macedonia have taken part in demonstrations to demand better air quality in cities that are among the most polluted in Europe. In the capital, Skopje, the protesters gathered Tuesday outside the Environment Ministry, some wearing gas masks to highlight the problem blamed by authorities for some 3,500

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How to bridge a retirement shortfall

If you want to get yourself thoroughly depressed, spend a little time looking at statistics about Americans’ retirement preparedness. Though many people are hurtling toward a retirement shortfall, you can consider several prudent strategies to help make up for a savings gap. Employing modest changes like working longer and delaying Social Security means they’re apt

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