The Palm Springs Police Department released video footage today of a man appearing to steal over $2,500 of landscaping tools from a truck and trailer. The theft occurred at 7:54 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Camino Sur, police said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palm Springs PD (@palmspringspd) The
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss plans to present extremely personal testimony about Hunter Biden’s drug addiction from three of his former romantic partners, according to a new filing in the felony gun case against the president’s son. In a filing Monday evening, prosecutors laid out their case
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press An Alabama district attorney on Monday asked a judge to order a new trial for a death row inmate. Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr filed a brief expressing his support for Toforest Johnson’s bid to receive a new trial. Carr wrote Johnson’s conviction was built on flawed evidence and
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Two business owners in Palm Springs are trying to gain back some sense of normalcy, after a car rammed into both of their store, causing thousands of dollars of damage. Jeffrey Bernstein, the Mayor of Palm Springs, just so happens to be one of those business owners. He owns Destination PSP on Palm Canyon. Bernstein
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Drexel University in Philadelphia is threatening to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war surpassed the 3,000 mark nationwide. Drexel’s campus in Philadelphia was on lockdown Monday, with classes being held virtually as police kept watch over the demonstration. Many Drexel
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails on Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will have to book a slot and pay a fee soon. Crowds, littering and climbers who try to rush too fast to the summit are causing safety and conservation concerns at
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association has elected Doug Hamlin as its executive vice president and CEO. Hamlin, who recently served as director of NRA publications, replaces Wayne LaPierre. The former CEO resigned earlier this year just before a trial on charges he wrongly used millions of dollars of the organization’s money to pay
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up inspections of water facilities that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, the agency said Monday, citing an increase “in frequency and severity” of cyberattacks on the nation’s water plants. “EPA inspectors have identified alarming cybersecurity vulnerabilities at drinking water systems across the
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it. The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Studio Ghibli, the Japanese anime factory of surreal ecological wonders that has for 39 years spirited away moviegoers with tales of Totoros, magical jellyfish and floating castles, was celebrated Monday by the Cannes Film Festival with an honorary Palme d’Or. In the 22 years that
Continue ReadingCARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Adela Cernousek of Texas A&M got her first collegiate win on the biggest stage, cruising to a three-shot victory at La Costa on Monday to win the NCAA individual title. Cernousek, a junior from France, entered the final round with a six-shot lead over Lottie Woad of Florida State, the Augusta
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI on Monday said it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds “eerily similar” to her own. In a post on the social media platform X, OpenAI said it is “working to pause” Sky
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — OpenAI on Monday said it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds “eerily similar” to her own. In a post on the social media platform X, OpenAI said it is “working to pause” Sky
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-wracked New Caledonia. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed Australia had received clearance from French authorities for two flights to evacuate citizens and other tourists from New Caledonia amid violent unrest that has beset the
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU and HAN GUAN NG Associated Press JINAN, China (AP) — Shi Mei and her husband earn a decent enough living by growing corn and millet on their small farm in eastern China’s Shandong province. In 2021, they diversified by investing in solar energy — signing a contract to mount some 40 panels
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as “Trump wins!!” and “Economy booms!”
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA G0ODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. Over the next half hour, she broke
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday at the site for the new Ronald M. Auen Learning Center at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The center will give more students access to stem education programs. The donor for the center was excited for the future project. “Well it makes me feel like its all come into
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters Monday and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial altogether because of his behavior on the stand, which included making comments
Continue ReadingBy CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Sale allowed only five hits in seven innings to continue his strong run and the Atlanta Braves snapped their season-worst, four-game losing streak by beating the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday night to split a doubleheader. The Padres won the first three games of
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