By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. While you prepare to hit the road towards the path of total darkness or anticipate hours of traffic coming out of your watch party, you’ll need something to listen to. And we’ve got your back. Across 20 tracks,
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army says extremist-linked rebels have killed at least a dozen people in a raid on a rural community in the east, in the latest violence near the border with Uganda. Allied Democratic Forces rebels with ties to the Islamic State group have long operated in
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Kirk Lynn, it was like a scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He was in a library at Yale, gingerly opening three bankers boxes. Inside were hundreds of pages of an unknown and unfinished play by Thornton Wilder. He says his face “just
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this is not a joke,” Masisi told German tabloid Bild. The African leader criticised the German government – particularly
Continue ReadingTROY, Mo. (AP) — Forty-six years after a Missouri hunter found a body in the Mississippi River, the victim has been identified as a 15-year-old girl from Iowa. Authorities in Lincoln County, Missouri, announced Tuesday that DNA evidence and other scientific investigation were key in determining the body was that of Helen Renee Groomes, who
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The University of Texas at Austin has sent layoff notices to an estimated 60 staff members who previously worked in diversity, equity and inclusion roles, according to the Texas NAACP and the Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors. The staffing cuts come as the university works
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The head of Russia’s national security council says the United States shares blame for the attack by gunmen on a Moscow concert hall that killed 145 people, even though a branch of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility. Since the March 22 attack at the
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says that when the nation’s top teachers visit the White House this year, they’ll be recognized at their own state dinner. Biden made the announcement Wednesday during a nationally televised appearance with Missy Testerman of Tennessee, the newly named National Teacher of the Year. White
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Police in Paris have removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the Paris City Hall plaza as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games. Migrant aid groups are concerned that the police operation in central Paris on
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A new art installation will be unveiled in downtown Indio on Wednesday afternoon. ‘Happy Alley’ is located on Miles Avenue between Towne Street and Oasis Street. The area consists of murals on both the north and south sides. On the north side of the alley, there is a mural of umbrellas and another of palm
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are holding steadier Wednesday following their worst day in weeks. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading and clawing back a bit of its 0.7% loss from the prior day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 64 points, or
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A 12-year-old student suspected of fatally shooting a classmate and wounding two others in Finland told police that he was bullied at school. The suspect, a sixth grader who attended the school in the city of Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, was apprehended less than an hour following
Continue ReadingBy Robert Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) has named its seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza on Monday, praising their “beautiful souls,” as international condemnation over the incident grows. A dual US-Canada national, a Palestinian, three Brits, an Australian, and a Pole were
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday, as Wall Street’s momentum flags following its huge run over the last six months. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading, coming off its worst day in four weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was also
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Rugby players from a women’s team based in a Paris suburb say they were targeted by racist remarks during a French Cup match over the weekend. The club is located in the Paris suburb of Bobigny in the poorest region of mainland France where many residents are immigrants or
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced raising a combined $65.6 million in March and entered April with $93.1 million in cash on hand, the groups said on Wednesday. The announced totals represent an improved financial position for Trump and the RNC compared to last month, when
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police have arrested former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on his return to the country amid an ongoing corruption probe. The Civil Guard said that Rubiales was questioned by police at Madrid’s airport after he was detained on exiting the plane that brought him back
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN (CNN) — Trump critic George Conway has made a $929,600 donation to the Biden Victory Fund, the legal maximum amount possible. The longtime conservative attorney, who was once married to former Trump campaign manager and senior counselor Kellyanne Conway, will also headline a fundraiser benefiting President Joe Biden’s
Continue ReadingBy BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a billowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged through his front yard to measure fresh snow that fell during one mid-March day. Billy Barr first began recording snow and
Continue ReadingBy BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a billowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged through his front yard to measure fresh snow that fell during one mid-March day. Billy Barr first began recording snow and
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