Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election has been returned to the trial in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution. The case was formally sent back Friday to U.S. District Judge Tanya
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. All aim to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different. Peter Spens has been commissioned to paint beach volleyball for a third
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Desert Hot Springs invites the public to join the LifeStream blood drive at the DHS Health and Wellness Center on Wednesday, August 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Blood donations can save up to three lives, LifeStream shared. To participate, book an appointment at https://www.lstream.org/cityofdhs/ or walk in during the event. Every donor will
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service “should have had eyes” on the roof where an attempted assassin fired shots at Donald Trump last month, acting Director Ronald Rowe said Friday. “This was a Secret Service failure,” Rowe told reporters. “That roof should have been covered. We should have
Continue ReadingCNN By Ethan Cohen and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday. Harris will become the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major-party ticket. The announcement came during a
Continue ReadingADDISON, N.Y. (AP) — A New York official says a village’s former clerk will be the first politician to forfeit their pension under a state anti-corruption law after she stole over $1 million. The state’s comptroller says Thursday that Ursula Stone pleaded guilty in May to a corruption charge for stealing from the Village of
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By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Chevron is moving its headquarters out of California, the company announced Friday. The oil giant said it would be relocating its corporate offices from San Ramon, where they have been since 2002, to Houston. This will be the first time Chevron will be headquartered outside of California
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors are asking a Delaware judge to vacate her ruling requiring the company to rescind a massive and unprecedented pay package for Musk. Friday’s hearing follows a January ruling in which Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick concluded that Musk engineered the
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Memphis police officer and a motorist who was driving with a gunshot wound have been killed in a car crash. Police say officers were called to the location of a crash involving a Nissan and a Memphis Police Department squad car at about 3 a.m. Friday. Police said
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. The complaint, filed together with the Federal Trade Commission in a California federal court, comes as the U.S. and the prominent social media
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Originally Published: 02 AUG 24 13:21 ETBy Ethan Cohen and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday, Harris will become first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major-party ticket. The announcement came
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A bus that was transporting a professional baseball team from Iowa to a game in Illinois caught fire. Earlham Fire & Rescue said in a Facebook post that members of the Sioux City Explorers made it off the charter bus safely early Friday. The fire department blamed a mechanical issue for sparking the
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday. Harris will become the first Black woman and first Asian American to lead a major-party ticket. The announcement came during a virtual
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AP Business Writer The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. The complaint, filed together with the Federal Trade Commission in a California federal court, comes as the U.S. and the prominent social media
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes. Famous figures like former U.S. President Donald Trump and “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army has acknowledged for the first time that some of its soldiers have been killed by drug cartel bomb-dropping drones. The defense secretary did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties suffered in the attacks, which apparently occurred in the western state of Michoacan. But Gen. Luis
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The CA Fast Food Workers Union is asking for another minimum wage increase. This comes four months after the minimum wage for fast food workers increased from $16 to $20. The union is now asking the minimum wage be raised to $20.70 by the beginning of next year to keep up with the cost of living.
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Mariah Carey, the queen of Christmas and best-selling female artist of all time, will bring her annual Christmas extravaganza to the Coachella Valley. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time will visit 20 cities across the country, including Acrisure Arena in Greater Palm Springs, California on Wednesday, November 13. Produced by Live Nation, this tour marks Carey’s grandest holiday spectacle to date
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Justice Department sues TikTok, alleging the social media company violated a children’s online privacy law.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — On the other side of the Atlantic from Wall Street, a market more wholesome than cutthroat has sprung up at the Paris Olympics. The commodity at the center of it all? Pins. The city has seen an influx of collectors from all over the world, each eager to begin or
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