Border Patrol agents at the Highway 86 checkpoint found a tractor-trailer attempting to smuggle 26 undocumented immigrants into the United States. The truck and trailer pulled up to the checkpoint Wednesday at approximately 9:40 p.m. According to a news release by the El Centro Border Patrol, agents conducted an immigration check on the driver during
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The 11 painted dog puppies born at the Living Desert last month have done plenty of growing in the last few weeks, according to a ‘Pupdate’ put out on the Living Desert’s Facebook page Thursday morning. The 11 endangered African Wild Dogs came into the world to parents Beatrix and Kiraka on January 18. This
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A dog was shot by a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy during an investigation in Palm Springs on Wednesday, according to Robyn Flores, public information officer for RSO. The dog is expected to survive. Wednesday afternoon, members of RSO’s Post Release Accountability and Compliance Team (PACT) were investigating a vehicle associated with a parolee-at-large at a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WDSU) — One New Orleans woman doesn’t want anything to do with a peacock that’s become part of her neighborhood, and that’s causing a rift between her and her fellow homeowners. Catherine Broussard, who lives in the Carrollton neighborhood where the bird roams, said she
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A woman who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Indio nearly two weeks ago has been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau. 35-year-old Indio resident Christina Nicholson died in the early morning hours of February 3. The accident was reported in the roadway on the 81400 block of Highway 111 in Indio.
Continue ReadingThe Culinary Union, Nevada’s largest labor union and political organizing force, will not endorse a candidate ahead of the February 22 Democratic caucuses there, the union’s leaders announced Thursday — just days after it criticized Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over his health care plan. “We respect every single political candidate right now. We know they
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Veterans needing a lift to medical appointments are now in luck, thanks to a pilot transportation program that began today in Riverside County. The program is a partnership between the county and SunLine Transit Agency, and runs through June 30, or until all funds are expended, according to the office of Supervisor V. Manuel Perez.
Continue ReadingThe office of the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections in Florida was allegedly hit by a ransomware attack in September 2016, according to the county elections supervisor. Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link, who assumed her position in January 2019, said Wednesday she did not learn about the alleged attack until
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NORTHGLENN, CO (KCNC) — The owner of a farm in Northglenn where 30,000 bees were stolen says someone thought they could take them since the property was being sold. They tell CBS4 the bees and hives were posted on Craigslist for more than $600. An experienced beekeeper who
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LITTLETON, CO (KCNC) — A Littleton man has made a business out of getting rid of one of the biggest nuisances in the Denver metro area… geese. Tim Eubank is the owner of Up and Away Goose Control, a business that uses dogs to chase geese of private
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS ) — A 23-year-old woman remains hospitalized Thursday after she was slashed hours earlier in what police are calling a random attack on the subway. The incident happened shortly before 10 p.m. on Wednesday on board a 6 train pulling into the Brook Avenue station
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Interstate 10 could be reduced to one lane in each direction this morning and again tonight as crews install protective barriers for a construction project scheduled to last almost three years, Caltrans officials said. The I-10 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, dubbed the I-10 Tune-Up, is a three-phase project spanning nearly 20 miles from Pennsylvania Avenue in
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Emergency crews conducted an explosives investigation in Cathedral City on Thursday. According to CCFD, a homeowner called into the department to report that he had 2 military explosives and wanted to turn them in. Fire crews responded then waited bomb squad personnel from the Twentynine Palms Ordnance team and RSO to arrive. By the early
Continue ReadingThe war in Afghanistan has lasted so long that kids born after it began are now old enough to fight in it. Now, news that US President Donald Trump could approve the first step to a US peace deal with the Taliban may herald a fragile but significant foreign policy breakthrough — and bring some
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, AR (KFSM) — Arvel and Gail Ross of Altus go to Kopper Kettle Candies in Van Buren every year around Valentine’s Day to fill a box they’ve had for more than 25 years. “I brought it in here and they asked me how long I’ve had
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — Three suspects have been arrested and three more are wanted by the NOPD in connection to more than two dozen car burglaries. An 11-year-old male was arrested in connection to 22 auto burglaries. All of the burglaries occurred in the Gentilly Terrace area.
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Eleven days of exalting all things mid-century architecture and design will kick off tonight with a space-themed party at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Modernism Week, now in its 15th year, spans from Thursday to Feb. 23, and will feature more than 350 events including tours of famous mid-century homes, according to organizers. A $175-a-head
Continue ReadingIt might sound strange, but Bernie Sanders right now has a lot in common with Donald Trump from 2016. Like Trump, after coming in a close second in Iowa and winning New Hampshire, Sanders is now his party’s front-runner for the presidential nomination. Like Trump, Sanders carries big momentum into a third contest in Nevada
Continue ReadingThe widow of a New Jersey man has sued a Pennsylvania senior living facility after her husband suffered a stroke and a heart attack during a three-hour car service ride from the facility back to his home, eventually resulting in his death, according to a complaint filed in federal court on Monday. Eugene Hamill of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DOVER, PA (WPMT) — A rabid coyote that attacked two people and a dog in York County was killed Feb. 11. The coyote attacked the dog of a man in Dover Monday morning, and the man was also scratched in the scuffle when he intervened. Later that day
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