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Come help Pack the Bus

It’s almost time to Pack the Bus! Sunline Transit agency is partnered with KESQ News Channel 3 to provide school supplies to hundreds of children at the Galilee Center. The school supplies drive is located at the Walmart on Monterey in Palm Desert, beginning at 7:00 AM and ending at 7:00 PM. Last year, 480

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US announces $325 million in funding to boost Puerto Rico solar projects as power outages persist

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery storage installations across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with chronic power outages. The U.S. Department of Energy program will target community centers and healthcare facilities, as well as common

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Appeals court says any change to Mississippi felon voting ban should come from lawmakers, not judges

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state’s practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies. The list of disenfranchising crimes includes nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft. In Thursday’s ruling, a majority

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Biden’s health and age under even further scrutiny amid questions over his political future

By Kyle Feldscher, Jeff Zeleny and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Joe Biden isolates at his Delaware beach home after testing positive for Covid-19, he is growing increasingly isolated from many corners of his Democratic Party as he faces deepening questions about whether he should continue his reelection campaign. The announcement of Biden’s

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US rock band manager Travis Leake sentenced to 13 years in Russian penal colony, following drug charges

By Sergey Gudkov, CNN (CNN) — American citizen Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony in Russia, state media RIA Novosti reported Thursday, after he was detained on drug charges last year. A Moscow court had accused the “former paratrooper and musician” of engaging in a narcotics business, according to RIA. Leake pleaded

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Israeli lawmakers vote overwhelmingly against Palestinian statehood, challenging US policy

By Andrew Carey, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Biden administration received another rebuff from Israel Wednesday night – this time from the country’s parliament – over the United States’ long-standing support for the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state. A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been US policy for decades, but absent negotiations

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The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv official says Ukraine’s army has pulled out from a village in the eastern Donetsk region, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught. The official said Thursday the village of Urozhaine was reduced to rubble and rendered indefensible. Russia seized Urozhaine

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France’s divided National Assembly votes to keep centrist speaker as political turmoil persists

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker. Speaker Yaël Braun-Pivet has been the speaker of the National Assembly since 2022 and retained her post Thursday after three rounds of vote in the lower house of parliament. The 53-year-old Braun-Pivet received the

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Greenhouses are becoming more popular, but there’s little research on how to protect workers

Associated Press From opposite ends of the world, the uncomfortable conditions Shamim Ahamed and Purvi Tiwari experienced doing separate Ph.D. research inside greenhouses inspired them to study the heat in the indoor structures. Tiwari, a researcher at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in India, realized the heat-amplifying effect of greenhouses is a big concern that should

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Greenhouses are becoming more popular, but there’s little research on how to protect workers

Associated Press From opposite ends of the world, the uncomfortable conditions Shamim Ahamed and Purvi Tiwari experienced doing separate Ph.D. research inside greenhouses inspired them to study the heat in the indoor structures. Tiwari, a researcher at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in India, realized the heat-amplifying effect of greenhouses is a big concern that should

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