Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died at age 86. Prescott’s family announced his death on Thursday. They said the politician had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and died peacefully in a care home on Wednesday. Prescott was a former merchant seaman who brought grit, humor and working-class
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Twelve people have been arrested in Serbia in connection with a roof collapse early this month at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 15 people and severely injured two. Prosecutors in Novi Sad said Thursday that the suspects, who have not been identified, are facing
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of drinking tainted alcohol in the Southeast Asian country. A British woman, another
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Former publisher Jimmy Lai has denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in testimony at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. The 77-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper was testifying for a second day Thursday at his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — One of Asia’s richest men, controversial Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% on Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, the path ahead for the Federal Reserve looked straightforward: With inflation cooling and the job market slowing, the Fed appeared on track to steadily cut interest rates. In September, its officials predicted they would reduce their benchmark rate four times next year, on top
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth, a former Fox News
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Some local students are recognized with this month’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ award for exhibiting good deeds and positive behavior. The Greater Palm Springs chapter of Do The Right Thing is a partnership between Palm Springs Police and News Channel 3. Congratulations to Sebastian Navea Robles from Andrew Jackson Middle School, Zoe Karroll-Gonzalez from George
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday. Hegseth, a former Fox News
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The Firebirds fell 3-2 to the Colorado Eagles in a shootout on Wednesday night at Acrisure Arena. "Hockey Fights Cancer" night as the Coachella Valley Firebirds host the Colorado Eagles. Thank you to Firebirds PXP man @Evan_Pivnick for the time, sharing some heartfelt perspective on what tonight means to him and many others who have
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Nick Begich’s flip of Alaska’s lone House seat will pad Republicans’ slim House majority — but with several members departing to join President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and just three races left to be decided, the party could enter the new year with very little room for error. That narrow
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A Thai court has handed down the death penalty to a woman accused of fatally poisoning at least a dozen people, the first ruling in a high-profile serial murder case that has gripped the nation. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn killed her friend last year by spiking
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Palm Springs International sent out a Thanksgiving travel alert ahead of the holiday week. It was expecting 34,000 passengers during the week of Thanksgiving. Peak days during the holiday week were expected on Tuesday, Wednesday, and the Sunday following Thanksgiving- with the busiest times between 10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. PSP recommended travelers to arrive
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Sebastian Mack scored 21 points, Tyler Bilodeau hit 4 of 4 from 3-point range and finished with 20 points and UCLA beat Idaho State 84-70 on Wednesday night. Eric Dailey Jr. added 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting for UCLA (4-1). Bilodeau made 8 of 14 from the field and Mack made
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 shots, Jason Zucker scored the game’s only goal, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Wednesday night. Luukkonen had six saves in the first period, six in the second and 12 in the third to get his first shutout of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday dropped heavy snow and record rain, flooding some areas, after killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in the Pacific Northwest. Forecasters warned the risk of flash flooding and rockslides would continue, and scores of flights
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday dropped heavy snow and record rain, flooding some areas, after killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in the Pacific Northwest. Forecasters warned the risk of flash flooding and rockslides would continue, and scores of flights
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — James Harden scored 24 points and the Los Angeles Clippers won their sixth game in a row at their new arena, beating the Orlando Magic 104-93 on Wednesday night. Harden shot just 5 of 14 from the field, but he made 11 of 12 free throws to go
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Scott Glover and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows. The 22-page
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Devon Barnes’ 23 points helped UTEP defeat UCSB 79-76 on Wednesday night. Barnes shot 5 of 12 from the field, including 3 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 10 for 14 from the free-throw line for the Miners (3-1). Otis Frazier III added 21 points while going 9 of
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