Around 7:30 PM tonight, Cal Fire responded to a report of a structure fire in the 64800 block of La Costa in Desert Hot Springs. According to Cal Fire, the initial 911 report indicated an entrapment, however when they arrived, there were no parties trapped or requiring rescue from the structure. The fire was contained
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PAARL, South Africa (AP) — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first cautious steps in her new forever home in a sanctuary in South Africa. Freya’s relocation to the Drakenstein
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Many Coachella Valley residents are gearing up for the Fourth of July by buying “Safe and Sane” fireworks. “Safe and Sane” fireworks do not become airborne when lit and are marked with a seal of approval from the California State Fire Marshall. These state approved fireworks, which are only permitted in Indio, Coachella and Desert
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing. “As the weaving of Iranian carpets progresses in millimeter, precise,
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills were historic. The people featured on the bills, Eiichi Shibusawa,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for his third RBI of the game, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Tuesday night. The Dodgers scored two runs with two outs to salvage a game in which they owned leads
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Elections in the United Kingdom have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as the lexicon of U.S. politics and modern political spin. Voters go to the polls on Thursday. The key terms include “first past the post.” That the system that will elect new
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Producers of the western movie “Rust” may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial obligations to the immediate family of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal in 2021. New Mexico tax
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Frozan Ahmadzai is one of 200,000 Afghan women who have the Taliban’s permission to work. She should have graduated from university this year in pursuit of her dream of becoming a doctor, but the Taliban have barred women from higher education and excluded them from many jobs. Now, instead
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak has covered thousands of miles in the past few weeks, but he hasn’t outrun the expectation that his time as Britain’s prime minister is in its final hours. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley says a 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a man at a Sydney university has faced previous charges, which were dismissed by a court. Local media report that the boy was accused of threatening to shoot fellow students at his Sydney school, but
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker hit home runs, Mitch Spence gave up one hit over 5 1/3 innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Tuesday night. Brett Harris added a two-run double for Oakland, which had lost seven of its previous eight games and
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New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) is coming to Acrisure Arena this Saturday as a stop on their Magic Summer 2024 Tour Reimagining their smash 1990 tour of the same name, Donnie, Joey, Jordan, Jonathan & Danny are bringing back the magic for fans old and new, this time with special guests Paula Abdul and
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 10 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the Washington Mystics rallied past the Los Angeles Sparks 82-80 on Tuesday night. Myisha Hines-Allen had 16 points for Washington, which trailed 64-52 entering the fourth. Walker-Kimbrough made a 3-pointer with 2:55 left, lifting the Mystics to their
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe pulled a high 71.3 mph changeup into the seats in right field to quickly put the Texas Rangers ahead to stay. He then went the opposite way in his next at-bat, hitting a 96.5 mph fastball that just cleared the wall in left field. “I don’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — There’s plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump. Previous presidential campaigns offer lessons. None convey reasons for optimism. Going back to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, several presidents eligible for reelection faced significant
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown’s “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American novel.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance is reverberating across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election — and their own —and even change the course of American history. The Democratic president has vowed to stay in the race against Republican Donald
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASSIS BRASIL, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of migrants sleep in a mosquito-infested six-bedroom wooden shelter in the Brazilian Amazon, their dreams of a better life in the U.S. on hold because of President Joe Biden’shalt on asylum. Johany “Flaca” Rodríguez, 48, was ready to leave behind the struggles of life in Venezuela. She
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The best of Black culture’s policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, spiritual gurus, business movers and shakers, health experts and, of course, musical talent are poised to converge in New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend as part of the Essence Festival of Culture. The festival kicks off Thursday and
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