The Riverside County Coroner’s office have identified both the suspect and the victim of a murder-suicide that took place in Rancho Mirage over the weekend. According to a release on Wednesday, the suspect has been named as 61 year-old Carl Ashcroft of Simi Valley. Kathryn Ashcroft, 55, has been identified as the victim. Deputies
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s Black and Latino students are at a disadvantage in nearly every measure of educational opportunity, with less access to advanced classes, counselors and even certified teachers, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Education Department. The findings reflect inequities that have lasting
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of NBA Hall of Fame forward Larry Bird. Personal Birth date: December 7, 1956 Birth place: West Baden, Indiana Birth name: Larry Joe Bird Father: Joe Bird Mother: Georgia (Kerns) Bird Marriages: Dinah (Mattingly) Bird, (1989-present); Janet Condra (1975-1976, divorced) Children: with Dinah Bird:
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Moms for Liberty says it’s removed two Kentucky chapter chairs from leadership positions after they posed in photos with members of the far-right group the Proud Boys. The two women had appeared in Facebook photos with several men dressed in yellow and black Proud Boys clothing
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has scheduled its presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, keeping the state first despite national Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar. New Hampshire law requires the state’s Republican and Democratic primaries to be held at least seven days before any similar contest and
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Japan’s former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Personal Birth date: December 6, 1948 Birth place: Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan Father: Wasaburo Suga, strawberry farmer Mother: Tatsu Suga, schoolteacher Marriage: Mariko Suga Children: 3 sons Education: Hosei University, B.A. in Law, 1973 Other Facts Suga
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — UNESCO is urging Cambodian authorities not to carry out forcible evictions at the renowned Angkor Wat temple complex. A new report by rights group Amnesty International details the impact on evicted residents and accuses the U.N. cultural agency of failing to challenge the Cambodian government over the
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The Indio Police Department has been awarded a $70,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The grant will support our ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on our roads. “We are happy to be awarded this funding from the Office of Traffic Safety,”
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s still spring in Brazil, but a dangerous heat wave is sweeping the country, prompting health alerts and driving up energy demand as people turn to air conditioning and fans to stay cool. The National Institute of Meteorology said most Brazilians face
Continue ReadingBy David Wright and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Eugene Vindman, the twin brother of retired US Army Col. Alexander Vindman – one of the high-profile witnesses during former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment – is set to announce plans to run for Congress, according to a source familiar with his plans. Vindman will be
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Terry R. Taylor, who in two trailblazing decades as the first female sports editor of The Associated Press transformed the news agency’s emphasis into multilayered coverage of rigorous reporting, entertaining enterprise and edgy analysis, has died. She was 71. Taylor died Tuesday at her home
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked a judge on Wednesday to approve subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials related to whether political pressure wrongly influenced the criminal case against him. Biden’s attorneys allege there were “certain instances that appear to suggest incessant, improper, and partisan
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After four failed attempts, the U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which would call for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip” in the Israel-Hamas war. Several diplomats say they expect it to be adopted. The
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists in parliament. The defense Wednesday came as part of a debate a day before the Socialist leader seeks the endorsement of the chamber to form a new government. Sánchez
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state commission in Ohio has voted to approve fracking for oil and gas drilling in state parks and designated wildlife areas. The vote Wednesday comes amid an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support for the measure in the form of identical letters urging
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Robotic explorers investigating Mars are currently out of touch with space agencies on Earth after hitting a giant communications roadblock. Mission controllers at NASA won’t send any commands to its fleet of orbiters and rovers, including Perseverance and Curiosity, for the next 10 days due to the Mars solar
Continue ReadingBy SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar police have imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after the torching of some polling stations ahead of a presidential election set for Thursday. Protests organized by opposition leaders boycotting the election over alleged irregularities have intensified in recent weeks. The opposition leaders have urged
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US warship shot down a drone that is believed to have originated from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, according to two US officials. The USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, engaged a drone that originated from Yemen on Wednesday and was heading
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Kevin Hart has been chosen to receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in American humor. The honor caps a three-decade career that has seen the comic rise from the open mics of Philadelphia to become one of his generation’s most successful performers.
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A mistrial has been declared for a Texas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Austin. The mistrial for Austin Officer Christopher Taylor was declared Wednesday after jurors were unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberations. Taylor has been on administrative leave since the
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