‘Tis the season for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s annual tradition: the snow guessing contest! From October 1 until the first measurable inch of snow falls at the Tramway’s Mountain Station, you have a chance to guess the date of the first snowfall. The first ten entrants to guess correctly will receive 4 regular Tram
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Federal regulators confirmed Saturday they are reviewing the crash of a semitruck carrying a toxic substance in central Illinois, resulting in “multiple fatalities” and dangerous air conditions that prompted the evacuation of area residents. Jennifer Gabris, a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. Musk late Friday shared a video that showed migrants and aid workers on a boat. The right-wing account that first put the content on X, formerly
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Kayla Tausche and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to placate his House Republican conference in the fight over spending, the White House is holding out hope that a bipartisan deal brokered days ago in the Senate can eventually overcome the standoff. Until then, however, President Joe
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Several people were injured after the Flying Scotsman, the historic steam locomotive that’s celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands, authorities said Saturday. The National Railway Museum said the “shunting incident” took place at
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government has rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. Musk late Friday shared a video that showed migrants and aid workers on a boat. The right-wing account that first put the content on X,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Before being assigned to investigate President Joe Biden’s son, Leo Wise built a reputation in Baltimore as a tough and hard-charging federal prosecutor, taking on powerful, and seemingly untouchable, figures — whether a gang of corrupt cops, a police commissioner, a top local prosecutor
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — With the possibility of a government shutdown just hours away, lawmakers in Congress are scrambling to try to find a way to extend government funding past Saturday’s critical midnight deadline. A shutdown could affect millions of Americans and have significant impacts across the country, from federal agencies to
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say commercial flights to and from Italy have resumed for the first time in a decade. Flight MT522, operated by the Libyan carrier Medsky Airways, departed Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli for Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport on Saturday morning. Air authorities in Libya say a return flight is scheduled
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars. To get ready, borrowers are cutting expenses, taking on additional work, and looking for options to reduce their monthly payments. Megan McClelland, 38, said she has
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars. To get ready, borrowers are cutting expenses, taking on additional work, and looking for options to reduce their monthly payments. Megan McClelland, 38, said she has
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — As far back as 1998, Duane Keith Davis was telling a cable channel that he was a front-seat passenger in a car from which a fellow passenger fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur. In 2009, Davis, known as “Keffe D,” confessed to police a role in the case,
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — As far back as 1998, Duane Keith Davis was telling a cable channel that he was a front-seat passenger in a car from which a fellow passenger fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur. In 2009, Davis, known as “Keffe D,” confessed to police a role in the
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank. The Israeli military said that soldiers late Friday shot at two Palestinians who hurled Molotov cocktails at an army post near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The militant group Hamas claimed the slain man
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed into law the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown passed by Congress just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out. The Senate passed
Continue ReadingBy LILIT DEMURYAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s press secretary said Saturday that said 100,480 people had arrived in Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh. The region had
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is hailing a two-notch upgrade by credit ratings agency Moody’s that has brought the east Mediterranean island nation back into investment-grade territory a decade after a financial crisis left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. President Nikos Christodoulides said Saturday he was “deeply satisfied” with the upgrade that was
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday has risen to 54 after two wounded patients died in hospitals overnight. A suspected suicide bomber or bombers blew themselves up Friday among a crowd in the Mastung district. No
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The Palm Springs Unified School District shared a GoFundMe page for a teacher who unexpectedly died. Ana Castillo died on Sept. 28. She was a Head Start teacher on the way to earning her MA, according to the GoFundMe. “She loved the children and families she worked with. It was her passion and she woke
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New information obtained by News Channel 3 reveals new details about former Desert Health Care District Dr. Conrado Bárzaga’s contract and final pay, suggesting he was terminated without cause. The documents reveal he was paid a severance of 6-months salary, totaling nearly 150-thousand dollars, along with over 34-thousand dollars in vacation time among other things. The
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