By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of police officers swept into Columbia University on Tuesday night to end a pro-Palestinian occupation of an administration building and sweep away a protest encampment, acting after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and
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North Indian Canyon Drive will be open for traffic Friday for the first time since Tropical Storm Hilary ravaged the Coachella Valley in August. The city announced that N. Indian Canyon Dr. at the Mission Creek Crossing would open Friday at 5:00 p.m. The roadway is a major path in and out of the city.
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We now know who won the 2024 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway! Congratulations to Lori Pillatzke of Rancho Mirage! Pillatzke has won a brand new home in La Quinta valued at $850,000. You can still donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20114b?fr_id=155189&pg=entry&NONCE_TOKEN=3A6F63C5F1197ED3788FF17BC30D9283 The money raised will help make sure no family receives a
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Some 40,000 meals will be served each day during the Paris Games to over 15,000 athletes from 200 different countries housed at the Olympic village. Fresh bread, select cheeses and a broad veggie offer will be among the meals to be offered during the 2024 Paris Olympics
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks are in a bee delay. The start of Tuesday night’s game at Chase Field was delayed after bees swarmed the top of the protective netting directly behind home plate. Bee swarms are common during the spring in Arizona and have caused numerous spring training delays
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Update 5/2/24 A revised proposal will be brought to the city council for consideration during a meeting on May 23, city officials said. The city said councilmembers requested that staff gather feedback on the proposed changes to the dining deck program, which was the topic of the meeting on March 29. “Based on that initial
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy will win the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District, CNN projects, further narrowing – at least in the short term – Republicans’ paper-thin majority in the US House. Kennedy will succeed fellow Democrat Brian Higgins in the Buffalo-based district after his victory
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Large numbers of New York City police officers entered Columbia University late Tuesday, hours after the mayor said a pro-Palestinian protest that has crippled the Ivy League school for two weeks “must end now.” The scene unfolded shortly after 9 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new Louisiana congressional map giving the state a second majority-Black House district has been rejected by a panel of federal judges. Tuesday’s 2-1 decision fuels new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. Challengers of the new map said it
Continue ReadingBy JEAN FERNAND KOENA and SAMBU ASSANA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A spokesperson for an internationally backed court in the Central African Republic says the panel has issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s exiled former President François Bozizé for human rights abuses. The Special Criminal Court was set up
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy has won a special election for the upstate New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the seat that Higgins left mid-term in February to run a Buffalo theater. Kennedy benefited from a 2-to-1
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The Riverside County Office of Education awarded scholarships to 9 high school students today. The “Student of the Year” awards featured soon-to-be graduates from all three desert school districts. Each student was awarded $2,500, which is going towards their college tuition. The awards were a culmination of the year-long Greater Coachella Valley Student of the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Large numbers of New York City police officers begin entering Columbia University campus.
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — South Dakota GOP Sen. Mike Rounds said Gov. Kristi Noem’s revelation in her book that she shot a dog on her family farm could hurt her with voters if former President Donald Trump chooses her as his running mate. “I don’t see how it helps,” Rounds
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal court on Tuesday tossed out a newly drawn congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana – in a potential blow to Democrats seeking to seize control of the US House in November’s elections. The map, which slashed diagonally through the middle of the state
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine has escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers, or 6 miles, alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane. Lidia Stepanivna Lomikovska and her family decided to leave the frontline town of Ocheretyne last week after Russian
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Palm Springs firefighters and other municipal employees will begin weed abatement and other brush clearance on the west end of the city Wednesday as part of a program to eliminate hazards heading into Southern California’s wildfire season. The workers will begin the day at the Historic Tennis Club Neighborhood near the North Lykken Trailhead, Palm
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is hosting a fundraiser alongside Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, according to an invitation obtained by CNN. The May 15 Cincinnati event is advertised as a lunch discussion with Vance listed as a “special guest.” Host committee members are requested to donate or raise $250,000.
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip in an Amazon package, a feverish search, a California rescue and a tearful reunion. Her family is still waiting to “reintroduce cardboard to
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip in an Amazon package, a feverish search, a California rescue and a tearful reunion. Her family is still waiting to “reintroduce cardboard to
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