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On Saturday, June 15, The Shops at Palm Desert welcomes fathers and their families to a special pizza party celebrating dads this upcoming Father’s Day weekend. The free pizza party will be held from 10 Am to 12 PM in the YMCA space on Level 1 near Macy’s at The Shops at Palm Desert. The
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota’s Republican primary for governor, setting him up for a likely general election victory in the conservative state in November. The state’s lone congressional representative beat Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller in the race to succeed Republican Gov. Doug Burgum,
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Party Bus, a 3-year-old bull bred for bucking, has performed in his first and last rodeo. Party Bus — named after his father, Short Bus — made national headlines last weekend at his first rodeo when he jumped the fence of a crowded arena in central
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s Republican primary victory in South Carolina on Tuesday was powered by a strong performance in vote-rich Charleston County, as well as in two key counties she lost in her 2022 primary bid, according to an Associated Press analysis of initial vote results. Mace’s
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Marine 2nd Lt. Jawaun Stanley has closely followed Los Angeles Chargers safety Alohi Gilman’s career. Stanley watched his former roommate prepare for the upcoming season on Tuesday. The Chargers’ first day of minicamp included an afternoon walkthrough at Camp Pendleton in front of 5,000
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli has won a special election in eastern Ohio for a U.S. House seat that has sat vacant for months, expanding the GOP’s narrow majority in the congressional chamber. Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to fill the remainder of Republican Bill
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Members of the LBGBTQ+ community are twice as likely to face food insecurity, according to the non-profit “Feeding America.” “We’re looked at as other in a lot of different categories, and LGBTQ plus people, they face challenges with employment, with housing, etc, so it extends into their food life as well,” said Charles Huff, director
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Former Australian rugby league international Jarryd Hayne has had his rape conviction overturned on appeal. The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal on Wednesday ruled that a judge erred in not allowing the complainant to be further cross-examined during Hayne’s trial. Hayne was released on bail several hours later. The appeal
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has asked the state Supreme Court to authorize another execution using nitrogen gas. The request comes months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method. The attorney general’s office asked the court to authorize an execution date for Carey Dale Grayson,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican Michael Rulli won the special election for Ohio’s 6th Congressional District, helping his party expand its narrow House majority. Rulli, a Youngstown-area state senator and an executive for his family’s grocery store chain, defeated Democratic Air Force veteran Michael Kripchak in the race for the sprawling district along the Ohio River in
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota’s Republican primary for governor, setting him up for a likely general election victory in the conservative state in November. The state’s lone congressional representative beat Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller in the race to succeed Republican Gov. Doug Burgum,
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli has won a special election in eastern Ohio for the U.S. House seat formerly held by the GOP’s Bill Johnson. The 55-year-old Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak Tuesday to fill the remainder of Johnson’s unexpired term. The two will face
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Desert Sands USD started their Summer Meal Service yesterday, All those 18 years old and younger are able to receive free breakfast and lunch whether attending summer school or not. The meal must be eaten on site. Below are a list of locations where students can get meals this summer:
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal judges spent two hours on Tuesday wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom. The hearing held
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A panel of federal judges spent two hours on Tuesday wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom. The hearing held
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from a critic to ally of former President Donald Trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the House floor. Mace defeated challengers Catherine
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Seager returned to Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time in the regular season since leaving the organization as a free agent after the 2021 season. But he wasn’t in the Texas Rangers’ lineup. Seager remains day-to-day with a left hamstring injury.
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican Maine state lawmaker Austin Theriault has won the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Theriault defeated Mike Soboleski in Tuesday’s Republican primary in a district rocked by a mass shooting last year. Theriault was
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace won the Republican primary for the state’s 1st Congressional District, staving off two challengers and a push by allies of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whom she voted to oust. By taking a majority of the vote Tuesday, Mace avoids a June 25 primary
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from an enemy to ally of former President Donald Trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the House floor. Mace defeated challengers Catherine
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