Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India is one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of wheat and rice, but extreme weather is taking a toll on these vital crops. Research organizations in that country and around the world have worked for decades to evolve seeds that are better able to cope with drought,
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The Cathedral City Market, just off the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Dinah Shore, has a new owner. This comes after “Calmwater Capital” provided “Rhino Investment Group” with a $20.8 million dollar loan for its acquisition of the Cathedral City marketplace. “Rhino Investments is a repeat borrower with a successful track record of adding
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ running mate, face off Tuesday in the only scheduled vice presidential debate this year. CNN is tracking how much time each candidate speaks during their meeting on
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%. The cryosphere observation team at the Swiss Academy of Sciences reports that high temperatures in July and August and a
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Angelus Oaks remains under an evacuation order today as the Line Fire creeps closer to the mountain community. Firefighters were seen dropping water from helicopters and fire retardant from air tankers earlier today along Highway 38, no more than half a mile away from the town. Fire officials say they’re taking advantage of calmer winds,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — The International Olympic Committee’s three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are terminating their contracts. TThis leaves the IOC without a Japanese sponsor with the focus now expected to shift to the Middle East and India for new sponsorship income. Japanese sponsors have turned away from the
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Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California state Assembly approved a bill Tuesday backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking, particularly in late summer months when demand for gas goes up. The legislation would authorize state energy regulators to set requirements for companies to maintain a certain
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The Cultivating Inland Empire Latino Opportunity (CIELO) Fund was gearing up for its annual celebration. The organization was launched in 2022 and aimed to uplift and serve Latino organizations across the Inland Empire. Officials said they invested in research and worked to provide scholarships and grants to the Latino community. The celebration and fundraising event
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Tuesday’s missile attack in Israel is the latest in a series of regional conflicts. It’s not only impacting people in that region, but locally in the Coachella Valley. Rabbi David Lazar of the Congregation Or Hamidbar has family in Israel, including his daughters. His daughters had to seek shelter as a result of the attack,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is laying out a five-point policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year. It includes extending the tax cuts approved when Donald Trump was president, reducing the size of the federal workforce and giving parents more choice on where they can send their children to school.
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — A woman with the rare condition of two uteruses delivered twins, one from each womb, last month at a hospital in northwestern China, according to health officials and state media. The mother, identified only be her last name Li, welcomed a boy and a girl via caesarean section, the Xi’an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California state Assembly approved a bill Tuesday backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking, particularly in late summer months when demand for gas goes up. The legislation would authorize state energy regulators to set requirements for companies to maintain a certain
Continue ReadingCAMPBELL, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a blaze at a railroad tie recycling facility in western Wisconsin. Multiple media outlets reported that the fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Omaha Track in the town of Campbell on French Island, just outside the city of La Crosse. The facility grinds up scrap railway ties
Continue ReadingDJIBOUTI (AP) — Two vessels carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, killing 45 people, the U.N. migration agency said Tuesday. The boats had departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, the International Organization for Migration said. Thousands of migrants from African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries seeking
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News says Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” that was scheduled to air next Monday. The network says its planned back-to-back interviews with Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will now proceed with Democrat Harris alone, although its invitation to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A woman associated with MS-13 has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for her role in luring four young men to be killed at the hands of more than a dozen members of the violent transnational gang in the New York City suburbs. U.S. Judge Joseph
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ZUMPANGO, Mexico (AP) — An airplane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva back to Brasilia landed safely on Tuesday at Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles airport after circling for hours due to a technical problem. Brazil’s air force confirmed the safe landing of the aircraft, an Airbus A319, at 7:16 p.m. local
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it spotted two Russian ships and two Chinese vessels passing through the Bering Sea in formation on Saturday, in a sign of the growing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic. It says the Chinese and Russian coast guard ships were spotted about five miles inside
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Amazon has removed a memoir from its site that purports to detail an abusive relationship between late actor Kim Porter and hip-hop mogul Sean ”Diddy” An Amazon spokesperson confirmed to removal of “Kim’s Lost Words: A journey for justice, from the other side…” in a statement Tuesday. Porter and Combs’ children have denounced
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Two hikers were rescued from a trail in Palm Springs after experiencing heat illness. The incident was first reported at around 12:50 p.m. on Frank Bogert Trail, located at Andreas Hills Drive. According to the Palm Springs Fire Dept., two hikers were unable to finish the hike due to heat illness. A stokes basket was
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