Palm Springs International Airport officials project an estimated 35,000 passengers will depart from the airport between Tuesday and Sunday during Thanksgiving week. The busiest days are expected to be Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after, with about 7,000 travelers expected to fly out on each of these peak days. Here is some information to
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a glittering banquet at Buckingham Palace, as Britain rolled out the red carpet for a formal state visit aimed at strengthening trade and defense ties between the two countries.
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER, MARK THIESSEN and JOHN RABY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A landslide that ripped down a sopping, heavily forested mountainside in southeast Alaska killed three people, injured a woman and left three other people missing as it smashed into three homes in a remote fishing community, authorities said Tuesday. Rescue crews
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court sided Tuesday with Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by the lawyer for a woman trying to force the international soccer star to pay millions more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid her after she accused him of raping her in
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court sided Tuesday with Cristiano Ronaldo, rejecting an appeal by the lawyer for a woman trying to force the international soccer star to pay millions more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid her after she accused him of raping her in
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, Betsy Klein and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu grabbed Brett McGurk’s arm as he walked out of a tense meeting of the Israeli Cabinet over securing the release of hostages Hamas was holding in Gaza. “We need this deal,” Netanyahu told the White House Middle East
Continue ReadingCNN By MJ Lee, Betsy Klein and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu grabbed Brett McGurk’s arm as he walked out of a tense meeting of the Israeli Cabinet over securing the release of hostages Hamas was holding in Gaza. “We need this deal,” Netanyahu told the White House Middle
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A local band director is out rehearsing for his part in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in New York City. Coachella Valley High School band director Daniel Granillo will be one of at least four local band directors who will be in the parade on Thursday. On Tuesday, the CVHS band shared photos of Granillo taking
Continue ReadingPLANO, Texas (AP) — A small plane has crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas. The Tuesday crash killed the pilot and caused a nearby car to catch fire. Authorities say nobody on the ground was injured. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Mooney M20 went down at about
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press An influential Iowa evangelical leader is endorsing Ron DeSantis for president before the leadoff Republican caucuses. Bob Vander Plaats announced his endorsement Tuesday on Fox News. His support gives a boost to DeSantis as he goes all in on Iowa in an effort to trip up Republican front-runner Donald
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Skylar Harris, CNN (CNN) — A man who lived frugally all his life left an unexpected gift of $3.8 million after his death to his small New Hampshire town with less than 4,000 residents. Geoffrey Holt, who died on June 6, left his fortune to the town of Hinsdale, which borders Massachusetts,
Continue ReadingBy GAURAV SAINI and SIBI ARASU, Press Trust of India NEW DELHI (AP) — Sunil Kumar watched helplessly in July as his home and 14 others were washed away by intense monsoon rains lashing the Indian Himalayas. “All my life’s work vanished in an instant. Starting over feels impossible, especially with my three children relying
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Originally Published: 21 NOV 23 20:05 ET Updated: 21 NOV 23 20:48 ET By Rob Picheta and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s cabinet has approved a deal that would see the release of at least 50 hostages – women and children – from Gaza, according to an Israeli government statement, in what is expected
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A 30-year-old Banning woman accused of sexually abusing a child for nearly a year pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony charges. Reyna Virginia Rincon was arrested in July following a Banning Police Department investigation. Rincon posted $100,000 bail that kept her out of custody. She is charged with two counts of lewd acts on
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has put a military spy satellite into orbit on its third attempt. The North’s space authorities said the launch vehicle placed the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Tuesday night. The North’s claim couldn’t be independently confirmed immediately. Observers
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The man who fatally shot five coworkers in April at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote in his journal that he wasn’t sure if his mental health struggles would preclude him from purchasing a gun. And later, after acquiring one, he wrote that it took 45
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A 42-year-old man suspected of a commercial burglary in Palm Desert and other burglaries across the Coachella Valley pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Adrian Padilla of Indio was charged with one felony count each of grand theft over $950 and being a felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm, according to
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who worked as a stand-in at “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s said in a lawsuit Tuesday that Bill Cosby drugged and sexually abused her after offering to mentor her in her acting career. It is the latest in a string of lawsuits filed
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday. Carter was 96. She is to be buried Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Plains, Georgia, the
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the
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