By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Late last week, Robert Telles, the former Nevada politician accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative reporter, took the stand and alleged he had been framed in a vast conspiracy. He alleged the real estate company Compass Realty, his office co-workers, Las Vegas police, the DNA lab and prosecutors
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A school bus filled with students was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene Monday afternoon in La Quinta. The crash happened at around 3:17 p.m. on Avenue 50 and Washington Street. According to the Desert Sands Unified School District, the school bus was stopped due to a separate crash that it was not
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A lawsuit over the location of the “Forever Marilyn” sculpture in Palm Springs has been settled. The city of Palm Springs announced it has settled the lawsuit filed by the Committee to Relocate Marilyn (CReMa). This comes after the city agreed to move “Forever Marilyn” to the Downtown Park. “P.S. Resorts and the Committee to
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A student at Rice University in Houston was found dead in her dorm room Monday in an apparent murder-suicide, sending the campus into a nearly two-hour lockdown as students concluded their first day of classes, according to police and university officials. The body of the junior
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It’s the first day of classes at College of the Desert. The 2024-2025 school year will welcome 14,000 students across 5 campuses. “We’re excited to welcome students back, we have been working on taking their feedback and that was why we launched the welcome day event last Friday,” said Nicholas Robles, the PIO for the
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Cactus to Clouds is the latest in a series of new concessions to open at Palm Springs international Airport. The space transforms the former fountain atrium of the Sonny Bono concourse to bar/restaurant seating for roughly 60 people, offering increased capacity for the high tourism season. The sit features mid-century modern design and colorful flair. The name
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Two Xavier football players were injured during a game Friday between Coachella Valley High and Xavier Prep. As of this weekend, both players are recovering back home, according to a statement by the school. The team’s quarterback, King Pellum, sustained a serious head injury. The game was paused and a medical helicopter landed in the
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The 13 U.S. servicemembers killed during evacuations in Kabul, Afghanistan three years ago will posthumously receive the Congressional Gold Medal next month. House Speaker Mike Johnson will present the award to the servicemembers’ families on September 10. (Top row left to right) Maxton Soviak, Kareem Nikoui, David Espinoza, Rylee McCollum, Jared Schmitz, Taylor Hoover, Nicole
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The state and national Democratic parties are suing to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia’s State Election Board. The lawsuit argues the rules could be used by county officials to refuse to certify an election, potentially causing delays in finalizing the state’s results. Democrats say the rules violate a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has issued a temporary pause on the Biden administration’s new protections that would allow immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens a path to citizenship. The order Monday by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker comes after 16 states, led by Republican attorneys general, challenged the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The buildings in Brazil’s modernist capital, Brasilia, have been enveloped in smoky air the past two days. Brasilia’s environment institute recorded its first smog alert since its creation in 2007, and public events were canceled. The central part of the country is just the latest region affected by smoke
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago will plead guilty to desertion and four other charges and take responsibility for his conduct, his lawyer said Monday. Travis King’s attorney, Franklin D. Rosenblatt, told The Associated Press that King intends to admit guilt to a
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Riverside County’s short-term rental regulations for properties in Idyllwild-Pine Cove and the Temecula Valley Wine Country yielded more than 500 cease-and-desist orders and $56,000 in citations during their first six months on the books, according to a report the Board of Supervisors will review tomorrow. The Transportation & Land Management Agency will present its semiannual
Continue ReadingBy Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — At least 30 people have been killed following the collapse of a dam in Sudan’s northwest Red Sea State, according to the United Nations’s emergency relief agency. Hundreds more are believed missing, Reuters reported. Flash flooding decimated 20 villages and damaged a further 50 after the Arba’at Dam collapsed
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of defrauding multiple businesses of more than $1 million. Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother, Janice Turner, entered the pleas during an arraignment hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra, the Sun Sentinel reported. Bond had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Planned Parenthoods are challenging the state over a new law that kicked the organization out of the Medicaid program. Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said Monday that they are filing complaints with the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission. At issue is a new law to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran University and UCLA.
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is putting out yet another climate SOS to the world. This time he says those initials stand for “save our seas” as he tours vulnerable Pacific island nations getting hit extra hard by rising sea level. Reports on Monday from the United Nations
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Florida to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Monday’s decision blocks a lower court order against the ban while the matter is appealed. The 2-1 decision was issued by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The law that
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Democrats, with the backing of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, on Monday sued to block controversial new election rules in Georgia that they warned could lead to post-election “chaos” in the presidential battleground state in November. The lawsuit, filed in Georgia state court by the Democratic National Committee, the
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