Coachella Valley Firebirds goalie Ales Stezka is “day-to-day with an upper-body injury,” team spokesperson Evan Pivnick confirmed to News Channel 3 on Monday morning. Stezka was hurt late in the third period during Saturday night’s game against the Ontario Reign. During the last three minutes of regulation time, Ontario crowded goalie Ales Stezka. Stezka fell
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday announced a new Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force to crack down on the illicit financial networks supporting the cartels and drug traffickers that help funnel the drug into the United States. The new strike force, part of the department’s efforts to tackle the
Continue ReadingWOODSTOCK, Ala. (AP) — A man who appeared in the hit podcast “S-Town” died after being shot by police during a weekend standoff. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Monday that 32-year-old Joseph Tyler Goodson was pronounced dead after the standoff in the community of Woodstock, Alabama, that was featured in the podcast. It said
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has the victory he was seeking in a weekend referendum on whether to claim sovereignty over an oil-rich area of neighboring Guyana. But lackluster turnout suggests that his government is losing influence and is tone deaf to people’s
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The International Ice Hockey Federation is making neck guards mandatory for all levels of competition in the tournaments it runs. That includes the Olympics and men’s and women’s world championships. It would not include pro leagues like the NHL. The move comes after American Adam Johnson was killed when
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a recreational marijuana measure approved by voters last month. Changes proposed in committee Monday call for banning home growing of cannabis, increasing the approved tax rate and changing how those taxes are distributed. Voters approved
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El viernes pasado ocurrió un aparatoso accidente en el Expressway 86 cerca de la Avenida 81 en Oasis donde el conductor de un trailer que transportaba baterías de autos perdió en control, se salió del camino y el vehículo se incendió. El chofer resulto gravemente herido y fue transportado al hospital vía helicóptero, mientras que
Continue ReadingCon gran éxito ayer se realizó el triatlón Ironman en La Quinta, Thermal e Indian Wells, por lo que llegaron al Valle de Coachella mas de 3 mil atletas y sus familias desde distintas partes de Estados Unidos, México y Canadá. En las calles se podía ver a las personas con pancartas apoyando a sus
Continue ReadingAyer a las 4 de la madrugada la policía de Coachella recibió una llamada que reportaba una balacera en el área de la vieja carretera 86 y Airport Blvd en la línea limítrofe con Themal, cuando los agentes llegaron a investigar no encontraron víctimas ni al pistolero.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found in rural Indiana in 1982 have been identified as those of a Wisconsin woman who was 20 when she vanished more than four decades ago. The remains are those of Connie Lorraine Christensen, who was from the Madison, Wisconsin-area community of Oregon. Lauren Ogden, chief deputy coroner
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorney Gloria Allred has confirmed that she is representing the family of the girl Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey has been accused of having an improper relationship with. Allred has been a famous advocate for women in cases against powerful men and celebrities for
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say the bodies of five young men have been found stuffed in a vehicle on a dirt road in north-central Mexico. The governor of the state of Guanajuato pledged an “exhaustive” investigation into the killings. The car and the bodies were found Sunday in a rural area on the
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Majors listened silently, head-cocked and eyes down, as a Manhattan prosecutor and his defense attorney offered competing accounts of a violent confrontation in the backseat of a car that led to assault charges against the film star and put his rapid Hollywood ascent on pause.
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uber’s stock is set to join the S&P 500 index later this month, the latest sign that the ride-hailing and delivery company is turning its business around after struggling through much of the pandemic. The San Francisco company will be added to the benchmark index
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards is presenting Colman Domingo with the Spotlight Award, Actor for his performance in the film ‘Rustin.’ The festival’s chairman, Nachhattar Singh Chandi, describes the Emmy award winning actor’s performance as the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin as “career defining.” The film chronicles the life of Bayard Rustin who, along
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at women in business, education, government and sports who have broken through the glass ceiling and become the first in their respective positions in the United States. Business 1739 – Elizabeth Timothy is the first woman newspaper publisher, of the South Carolina Gazette. 1867-1919 – Madam
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look into the life of former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota. Personal Birth date: December 9, 1947 Birth place: Aberdeen, South Dakota Birth name: Thomas Andrew Daschle Father: Sebastian Daschle Mother: Betty Daschle Marriages: Linda (Hall) Daschle (1984-present); Laurie (Fulton) Daschle (divorced in 1983) Children: with Laurie
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A spokesperson for France’s civil aviation safety agency says a small twin-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the southern Paris suburbs. French media said the aircraft landed near a populated area in the town of Villejuif on Monday. The communications director for the safety agency known as BEA
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