By BILL TROCCHI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 26 of his 31 points after halftime and the Sacramento Kings rallied from a 23-point, first-quarter deficit to beat the Atlanta Hawks 117-110 on Friday night. Domantas Sabonis had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who snapped a two-game skid. Trey Lyles
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As we close out 2023, we’re taking a look at some of the bigger crime stories in the Valley. Homicides are down but other types of crime are on the rise, reflecting what’s happening across the nation. The Gold Store on South Palm Canyon in Palm Springs targeted by thieves with masks and hammers in broad daylight
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Residents at the Tri-Palm Estates and Country Club in Thousand Palms are sharing their concerns about the aftermath and damage from Hilary. They are concerned with the piles of dirt that HOA crews have moved to the washes between Ramon Road and Colonial and Colonial and Pine Valley. “Quit dumping stuff in the wash and to
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rifle stolen from a Las Vegas gun show was among the weapons used by a man who shot and killed his mother in the desert near his childhood home two days after Christmas, setting off a violent high-speed police chase as he carjacked bystanders and
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rifle stolen from a Las Vegas gun show was among the weapons used by a man who shot and killed his mother in the desert near his childhood home two days after Christmas, setting off a violent high-speed police chase as he carjacked bystanders and
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A British warship arrived in Guyana on Friday afternoon amid rising tensions from a border dispute between the former British colony and Venezuela. The HMS Trent’s visit led Venezuela to begin military exercises a day earlier in the eastern Caribbean near its border with Guyana as
Continue ReadingBy MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has again vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s wrongful death statute by letting families recover damages for emotional suffering from the death of a loved one. Hochul declined Friday to sign the Grieving Families Act for the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An Oakland, California, police officer was shot and killed Friday while answering a report of a burglary at a marijuana dispensary, authorities said. Tuan Le, 36, was one of several who responded to a report of a burglary in progress at the cannabis business near Jack London Square at about 4:30
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona man was rescued after spending days stranded in the cold backcountry of California’s Los Padres National Forest, thanks to the dim light of his flashlight and the keen eyes of a first responder who was rescuing someone else. The 65-year-old motorist was rescued earlier this week, the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. The class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 said
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For the past 15 years, News Channel 3 has partnered with the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation to bring viewers the Coachella Valley Spotlight. Each month, we have recognized an organization making a difference in our community. Do the math, and that means hundreds of local nonprofits have received media coverage on our stations,
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A cargo vessel carrying lithium-ion batteries has been ordered to continue to Alaska after a fire was reported in its cargo hold. The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday the fire is contained but ongoing. The 410-foot (125-meter) cargo ship Genius Star XI was directed to continue to the port at Dutch
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old California boy who told police an intruder attacked his family has been arrested on suspicion of killing his parents and severely wounding his 11-year-old sister, authorities said Friday. The boy is suspected of killing his father, Lue Yang, and mother, Se Vang, both 37, at the family’s rural home near the Fresno County
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old California boy who told police an intruder attacked his family has been arrested on suspicion of killing his parents and severely wounding his 11-year-old sister, authorities said Friday. The boy is suspected of killing his father, Lue Yang, and mother, Se Vang, both 37, at the family’s rural home near the Fresno County
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Carma Hassan and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A total of 122 anglers were successfully rescued from an ice floe that detached from the main ice on a northern Minnesota lake Friday evening, and no injuries were reported. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said the fishermen were stranded when an ice floe
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho judge on Friday denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban. Instead, 4th District Judge Jason Scott narrowed the case to focus only on the circumstances where an abortion would
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal accident investigation report says a former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility. The plane later crashed, killing the pilot and two others on board. All three men killed
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The biggest question surrounding J.J. McCarthy going into the Rose Bowl isn’t if this will be the junior quarterback’s final game in maize and blue. That one can wait a couple of weeks. The more immediate concern for the top-ranked Wolverines is making sure McCarthy
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on charges not in the cryptocurrency fraud case presented to a jury that convicted him in November is not necessary, prosecutors told a judge Friday. Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in a letter that evidence
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea, with the world’s lowest birth rate, may soon find itself without enough troops to keep its military fully staffed as it deals with new threats in an increasingly tense Western Pacific region, analysts say. Always wary of North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, South
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