By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Helicopters are battling a wildfire in remote mountainous area of Hawaii’s Central Oahu as flames burn native koa and ohia trees. No structures or homes were threatened and no evacuations were ordered. Multiple helicopters from the Honolulu Fire Department, the U.S. Army and the state dropped buckets
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Adolis García gathered Texas Rangers hitters in a clubhouse side room Tuesday afternoon and told them his World Series was over. Max Scherzer was finished, too, injuries costing the American League champions their top slugger and potential Game 7 starting pitcher. “Pull together guys. Let’s finish
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to announce that it will develop a national strategy to combat Islamophobia, according to people briefed on the matter, as it faces skepticism from many in the Muslim American community for its staunch support of
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A battle is quietly brewing between Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the state’s deployment of razor wire at its border with neighboring New Mexico – its latest effort to curb illegal immigration on federal land without a permit. The International Boundary and Water
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The age of the dinosaurs ended 66 million years ago when a city-size asteroid struck a shallow sea off the coast of what is now Mexico. But exactly how the mass extinction of 75% of the species on Earth unfolded in the years that followed the cataclysmic impact
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — The sudden death of China’s former Premier Li Keqiang has spurred an outpouring of grief and mourning across the country. But for many, it also appears to offer a rare opening to air pent-up discontent with top leader Xi Jinping and the direction he has taken the country. Li, who
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Cam Talbot made 30 saves as the Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto 4-1 on Tuesday night in a game in which Maple Leafs winger William Nylander extended his season-opening point streak to a franchise record nine games. Talbot improved to 4-2-1 in his first season with the Kings after signing a one-year
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Valley doctors are warning of a comeback in mpox cases in Southern California. And in light of Greater Palm Springs Pride this week, they want to make sure people are vaccinated and take precautions. This month, two new cases were reported in Riverside County, the first since July. And there are 10 new cases in
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police say they have arrested an armed suspect and ended an eight-hour standoff at a post office north of Tokyo. The man had entered the post office with a gun in Warabi about an hour after a shooting at a hospital in the nearby city of Toda
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Riverside County Supervisors authorized the county’s Flood Control & Water Conservation District to hire a construction company to make emergency repairs Tuesday. The repair work is for a channel near Cathedral City compromised during Tropical Storm Hilary. The board signed off on the district’s $300,000 contract with Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction for repair and fortification
Continue Reading The Board of Supervisors today approved the Riverside County Office of the Registrar of Voters’ five-year contract with a Hayward-based printing firm to manage the preparation and distribution of voter information guides countywide. In a 5-0 vote, the board authorized the registrar’s office to enter into the $15 million compact with Consolidated Printers Inc.,
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A suspected DUI driver was arrested after a rollover crash with a three-year-old in the passenger seat over the weekend in Yucca Valley. The crash was reported on Friday just after 11 p.m. at the intersection of Twentynine Palms Highway and Kickapoo Trail. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies learned the driver, a 21-year-old Yucca Valley
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A 41-year-old man was convicted again today of murder and other felony charges in connection to the financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs retiree in 2008. Daniel Garcia was convicted of one felony count each of murder, conspiracy to commit a crime, using the personal identity information of another to obtain credit, and using
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There are new developments in a missing persons story out of the High Desert. An attorney associated with the case told CBS 8 in San Diego that human remains, believed to be those of missing Chinese tourist Fang Jin, were found in the Anza-Borrego Desert. The attorney told CBS 8 that they had been found
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Primary voters will narrow the list of candidates for U.S. Senate in California down to two finalists in March. It’s a long list, which features some prominent Democrats with sizeable war chests made up of millions of dollars. There are also some Republicans in the race, including Coachella Valley resident and former Los Angeles Dodgers
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Danish energy developer Orsted is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey, adding uncertainty to a nascent industry the Biden administration is counting on to help transition away from the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels. The company said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy PAOLA FLORES and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s government severed diplomatic relations with Israel on Tuesday, accusing it of carrying out “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, and Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors to Israel as they criticized the Israeli military offensive against Hamas militants. Bolivian officials cited the
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police officers used a patrol vehicle Tuesday to strike and kill a man who the department says fatally stabbed a female at an apartment complex and then ran into the street and “began to walk toward occupied vehicles” while armed with a knife. Police Capt. Joshua Martinez said officers
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Springboks have returned to a heroes’ welcome in South Africa after retaining their Rugby World Cup title with a 12-11 win over New Zealand in the final in France last weekend. Thousands of supporters braved the cold and wet weather on Tuesday to welcome the squad
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — A 2018 class-action lawsuit over a lack of locker rooms for female athletes at Hawaii’s largest public school has reached a settlement that attorneys say will ensure athletic gender equity at the high school. The lawsuit alleged disparate treatment including stand-alone locker rooms only for boys and a failure to provide coaches
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