A suspected DUI driver led police on a pursuit that started in Coachella before crashing in Thermal Friday evening. The incident started at around 7:20 p.m. when Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies located a possible DUI driver in the area of Avenue 52 and Cesar Chavez Street. A spokesperson for the agency said deputies attempted a
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz (AP) — Kiki Iriafen had 27 points and 14 rebounds, Cameron Brink had 20 points and 16 rebounds and No. 6 Stanford handled Arizona State 80-50 on Friday. Hannah Jump had 13 points as Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer won her 1,204th game, extending her NCAA career record for
Continue ReadingBy Mike Valerio and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii officials announced Friday the identity of the last of the 100 known victims who were killed last year when the deadliest wildfire in the US in more than a century scorched Maui. The remains of Lydia Coloma, 70, were the final set awaiting positive identification
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. Kenya’s parliament had passed a motion in November allowing the deployment of 1,000 officers to lead a multinational force in Haiti. But
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On Saturday, Cathedral City leaders will gather to plan for the upcoming year. Officials will be looking at the five-year-strategic plan and also what projects were impacted by Tropical Storm Hilary. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with the City Manager Charlie McClendon says there are a number of projects that were impacted by Tropical
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz (AP) — Kiki Iriafen had 27 points and 14 rebounds, Cameron Brink scored 20 points with 16 rebounds and No. 6 Stanford handled Arizona State 80-50 on Friday. Hannah Jump had 13 points as Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer won her 1,204th game, extending her NCAA career record for
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz (AP) — Kiki Iriafen had 27 points and 14 rebounds, Cameron Brink scored 20 points with 16 rebounds and No. 6 Stanford handled Arizona State 80-50 on Friday. Hannah Jump had 13 points as Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer won her 1,204th game, extending her NCAA career record for
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration told Congress it intends to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed off on Sweden’s accession to NATO on Thursday – a development that caps off more than a year of quiet, complicated negotiations. The State Department sent the formal notification about
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Stephan Jaeger sank a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at Torrey Pines South for a one-shot lead in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Friday, moments after Thomas Detry’s third shot landed well past the hole and spun back into the
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made over 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting emergency responses to his fake bombing, shooting and other threatening reports, pleaded guilty on Thursday to four crimes. Ashton Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made over 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting emergency responses to his fake bombing, shooting and other threatening reports, pleaded guilty on Thursday to four crimes. Ashton Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday. The airport said
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The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce will honor entertainer and songwriter Peggy Lee with the 467th star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars. Lee’s star will be unveiled at 100 S. Palm Canyon Dr. in Downtown Palm Springs on Friday, March 8th, at 2:00 p.m. Lee was nominated by Palm Springs community leader
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken on additional importance since Russia’s invasion
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military commission said. However, under a previously secret provision of the plea agreement disclosed after the panel’s recommendation
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Saturday, Jan. 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On Friday, hundreds in the Jewish community and their allies gathered at Palm Desert Civic Center Park to honor Holocaust victims. The community prayed, sang worship songs, and highlighted the horrors of the Holocaust. Six million Jews and millions of other Nazism victims lost their lives. Palm
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