By Tara John, Tamara Qiblawi, Oren Liebermann, Avery Schmitz and Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon blew up nearly simultaneously on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack that surpasses a series of covert assassinations and cyber-attacks in the region over recent years in its scope and execution. The Iran-backed militant
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Today, colleges across the country are working in an effort to help get students registered to vote. Here in the valley, College of the Desert and Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus have registration services for their students and the community. College of the Desert’s Social Justice Club has arranged for non-partisan volunteers to
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been sworn in for a second term after being elected in a landslide vote marred by apathy and questions around the vote count. The ceremony to inaugurate Tebboune’s second five-year term took place at the People’s Palace, in the capital. Tebboune’s two challengers, Islamists Abdellali Hassan
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Blake Snell struck out 12 over six innings and allowed just one hit to carry the San Francisco Giants past the faltering Baltimore Orioles 10-0 on Tuesday night. The Orioles have lost seven of nine to fall four games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East. Baltimore held a
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Desert Hot Springs native DannyLux hit another major milestone in his career, receiving his first Latin Grammy nomination. DannyLux’s album “Evoluxion” was nominated for Best Contemporary Mexican Album, a new category. The Latin Grammys will be held on Nov 14. DannyLux, born Daniel Balderrama, is known for the subgenre of “Alternative Sierreño,” a unique take
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. The
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump told a Michigan crowd Tuesday night that steep tariffs he would impose on products imported from China, Mexico and other countries would rejuvenate the state’s automotive industry and drive an economic boom. Trump, in his first campaign event since Sunday’s apparent assassination
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The cousin of a New Yorker hit by a stray police bullet says the man underwent cranial surgery to reduce swelling from a bullet wound. Greg Nougues says his cousin Gregory Delpeche was riding the subway to work when Delpeche was hit Sunday as NYPD officers fired at a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, who spent five-and-a-half years wrongfully detained in Russia, revealed Tuesday that he had spent the final five days leading up to his release in solitary confinement. “I couldn’t leave my cell, but I made it home,” he said in his first public comments since returning from Russia and completing
Continue ReadingFLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s meeting next week with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is scheduled to be in the United States this weekend, along with the leaders of Australia and Japan, for a summit of the so-called Quad hosted by President Joe Biden in his Wilmington, Delaware, hometown.
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Vatican prosecutor has opened a new investigation into the alleged leak of information about its “trial of the century” probe into a London property investment. The leak emerged during the course of a broader, separate Italian investigation into the actions of a financial police official who is accused of abusively accessing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CARACOLLO, Bolivia (AP) — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation. In his most brazen show of force yet against current President Luis Arce, Morales sent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create false images or videos in political ads ahead of the 2024 election. A new law, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, has held nationwide protests. It demanded an audit of the voter roll for the upcoming December general election. Millions of supporters reportedly participated in Tuesday’s protests. That’s according to NDC member Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on TV3. Protests took place in all
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create false images or videos in political ads ahead of the 2024 election. A new law, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it is teaming up with yet another energy company as part of a mission to transform portions of government-owned property once used for the nation’s nuclear weapons program into prime real estate for renewable energy endeavors. The federal agency will be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A federal court in Brazil has dismissed charges against one of three men arrested in the killings of an Indigenous peoples expert and a British journalist in the Amazon, ruling there wasn’t sufficient evidence to try him. The Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region also decided Tuesday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An attack on a military base in eastern Colombia killed two soldiers and injured at least 21, Colombia’s military says, as tensions escalate between Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s largest remaining rebel groups. Colombia’s military blamed the National Liberation Army for the attack, with President Gustavo Petro
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The Flying Doctors will return to the Coachella Valley for its annual health and wellness fair offering free medical, dental, and vision services. Medical volunteers will gather at: Desert Mirage High School86150 66th Avenue Thermal, CA The clinic will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, you
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