A person was extricated from a pickup truck after it crashed into a power pole Friday afternoon in the Thermal area, causing an hours-long outage. The crash was reported near Harrison Street and Middleton Street at around 3:45 p.m. According to CAL FIRE, one person was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. There were
Continue ReadingBy FU TING Associated Press A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on Chinese social media after getting into the final round of a math competition, beating many others from elite universities while raising questions about the education system. Fashion design student Jiang Ping finished 12th in the Alibaba Global
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A judge has paused parts of a new Washington state parental rights law derided by critics as a “forced outing” measure. News outlets report King County Superior Court Judge Michael Scott on Friday paused portions of the law while a lawsuit brought by civil liberties groups and others is pending. The law
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid was held without a point, so Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers’ other top players stepped up to put them one win from the Stanley Cup. Draisaitl made his first major impact in the final by setting up Warren Foegele’s early goal, Adam
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shaine Casas looked at the scoreboard, took off his cap and slapped the water furiously as if he had just won the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at Friday’s U.S. Olympic Trials. Second place seemed just fine to the 24-year-old Californian given what happened three years ago when
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a heavy band of rain makes its way from India’s southwest coast to its northeastern borders, quenching farmers’ thirsty fields. India’s monsoon season is arguably the single most important weather phenomenon for the country, and a good monsoon can noticeably
Continue ReadingKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Delaney Schnell leads on the women’s 10-meter tower after the semifinals, and Andrew Capobianco is setting the pace in men’s 3-meter springboard at the U.S. Olympic diving trials. Schnell is looking to add a second event to her Paris schedule after qualifying in synchronized 10-meter with Jess Parratto. A silver medalist
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With Game 5 between the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Hershey Bears being the final game of the season in the valley, Acrisure Arena has made quite the impact for the community. “It’s been a tremendous impact,” Senior Vice President of Acrisure Arena John Page said. “When you look at the jobs that have been created,
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel has earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The winner of five gold medals in Tokyo finished finished third in the first individual event, the 100 freestyle. But Dressel will get
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The Indio Police Department is reminding everyone about the dangers of illegal fireworks, especially when it comes to wildfires and potential injury or death. The department has a zero tolerance policy for illegal fireworks and is taking proactive measures to enforce laws regarding the sale, possession and discharge of illegal fireworks within the City, according
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. government inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan will gradually resume. U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar made that announcement Friday, a week after they were suspended over an assault on inspectors. Salazar says in a statement that the U.S. Agriculture Department inspectors “will gradually begin to return
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel has earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The winner of five gold medals in Tokyo finished finished third in the first individual event, the 100 freestyle. But Dressel will get
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — About two years after 13 children and teens sued Hawaii over the threat posed by climate change, both sides reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize the state’s transportation system over the next 21 years. It’s another example of a younger generation channeling
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A 51-year-old woman accused in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs must stand trial on murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. In addition to murder, Sheila Johnson of Desert Hot Springs was also ordered to stand trial on a misdemeanor count of being an unlicensed operator and a felony count of
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The former CEO and chairman of Ontrak, a publicly traded health care company based in Nevada, was found guilty Friday of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Terren Scott Peizer, a resident of Puerto Rico and Santa Monica, California, of one count of securities fraud
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The former CEO and chairman of Ontrak, a publicly traded health care company based in Nevada, was found guilty Friday of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Terren Scott Peizer, a resident of Puerto Rico and Santa Monica, California, of one count of securities fraud
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — A New Mexico judge denied a motion Friday from Alec Baldwin’s attorneys asking the court to dismiss the actor’s involuntary manslaughter indictment in a shooting on the set of the film “Rust,” in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died. A separate motion to dismiss from Baldwin’s team will
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted Friday by a San Francisco jury of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco
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