The Coachella Valley Firebirds are once again partnering with FIND Food Bank this holiday season to help those in need throughout our local communities. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the team launched the ‘Season of Giving Canned Food Drive’ today. Fans who bring a canned food donation to Firebirds games, concert events, or
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Desert Hot Springs Police Department posted a video addressing the community late Thursday night in response to an officer-involved shooting that left a dog dead. They remain adamant that the dog attacked the officer and was left with no choice but to shoot the dog. Click Here to See the Video DHSPD is referring to.
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — GOP presidential candidates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy shared their wives’ experiences with miscarriages at the Family Leader Thanksgiving forum on Friday. “Unfortunately, we lost that first baby,” DeSantis said, describing how he and his wife, Casey, struggled to grow their family. “And it
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his right wrist, ending a disappointing campaign for the Cincinnati Bengals’ star quarterback in the first year of a $275 million contract. Burrow and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor say the injury will likely require surgery. The 26-year-old Burrow
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A judge today awarded $105,000 in punitive damages to a man who alleges he was wrongfully beaten by security team members at Dodger Stadium on opening day 2018. The Los Angeles Superior Court panel assessed $100,000 of Francisco Rodriguez’s damages against the Dodgers and $5,000 against Dodgers security officer Erik Pena. The punitive damages phase
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Police in North Carolina confirmed an officer who was involved in an initial encounter with a woman, who was later seen on video getting struck 17 times by a second officer, hit her in the face but claimed the woman assaulted him first. In
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carson Wentz flew out to sign with the Los Angeles Rams during their bye week last Wednesday and then rushed back home to North Dakota. Several hours later, his wife went into labor and eventually gave birth to their third daughter last Friday. “It’s been
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper and Kirsten Appleton, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police are using forensic evidence, video and witness testimony and interrogations of suspects to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Women and girls caught in the rampage were brutalized sexually, as well as physically tortured and killed, witnesses to the
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A tropical disturbance is moving across the western Caribbean and has knocked out power to thousands in Jamaica as it causes landslides and floods. The disturbance was about 85 miles northeast of Montego Bay, Jamaicaa, on Friday night, with top winds of 35 mph. It was moving northeast at
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge on Friday found that former President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but rejected an effort to keep him off the state’s primary ballot because it’s unclear whether a Civil War-era Constitutional amendment barring insurrectionists
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The Riverside County District Attorney’s office plans to appeal the decision to release a convicted child rapist 29 years into a 170-year prison sentence. The state Board of Parole Hearings agreed to release Cody Woodsen Klemp, 67, against the objections of the victim and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, the DA’s office announced on
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians made their second trade Friday, swapping relievers with San Diego and acquiring right-hander Scott Barlow from the Padres for Enyel De Los Santos. The 30-year-old Barlow is back in the AL Central after spending most of his big league career with the Kansas
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California authorities said Friday they have not ruled out that a hate crime was committed in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator following a confrontation with a college professor, whose lawyer says video footage will clear his client. Ventura County District Attorney Erik
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California authorities said Friday they have not ruled out that a hate crime was committed in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator following a confrontation with a college professor, whose lawyer says video footage will clear his client. Ventura County District Attorney Erik
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a soon-to-expire New York law that gave victims of sexual abuse a one-year window for claims that would otherwise be barred
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a soon-to-expire New York law that gave victims of sexual abuse a one-year window for claims that would otherwise be barred
Continue ReadingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester has been found guilty of hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him. The federal jury on Friday also convicted 53-year-old Samuel Arthur Thompson of producing, receiving and possessing sexual images of children, possessing
Continue ReadingBy MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President George Weah has conceded defeat after nearly complete provisional results showed challenger Joseph Boakai won this week’s runoff election. In an address to the nation late Friday, Weah said that “the Liberian people have spoken and we have heard their voice.” He urged
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Dionte Bostick had 20 points in Cal State Northridge’s 98-67 win over Life Pacific on Friday night. Bostick was 7 of 13 shooting (4 for 5 from 3-point range) for the Matadors (3-1). De’Sean Allen-Eikens scored 19 points while shooting 8 for 13 and 2 of 3
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