The First Alert Weather Team has issued a First Alert Weather Alert for incoming west winds bringing gusty conditions locally. ROAD CLOSURE ALERT: N. INDIAN CANYON AT THE WASH. Closed due to blowing sand and low visibility. pic.twitter.com/QXUiJIzZvR— City of Palm Springs (@CityofPS) November 28, 2022 The City of Palm Springs closed North Indian Canyon
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A Coachella Valley based school, is now set to be the first Federally accredited Tribal College in California. California Indian Nations College, also known as CINC has invested in students like Claudia Armenta. Now $5 million of state money will allow more students to share that experience. “This is history, and I feel like its
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Update 12/6/22 4:00 p.m. Wallis now leads by 69 votes after today’s update from the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters. Wallis: 84,723Holstege: 84.654 The county’s next update will be on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. There are still approximately 1,850 ballots left to process. According to the California Secretary of State, anyone can request a
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is considering shifting its blood donation policy away from blanket assessments toward questionnaires that focus more on individual risk, it said Wednesday. The agency is using data from a donor eligibility study and other blood surveillance information that “will likely support a policy transition to
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BEIJING (AP) — China says president and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is holding talks with visiting European Council President Charles Michel in Beijing. The two trading giants are experiencing frictions over trade, Russia and Taiwan. The official Xinhua News Agency gave no details about the discussions Thursday. However, EU officials say the one-day
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By ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank. The Islamic Jihad militant group said both men were members. The military said troops were carrying out an arrest raid Thursday and were met by gunfire. The forces responded, and the
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sleep plunges the soldier back into the horrors of Ukraine’s battlefields. He can hear bombs falling again and picture explosions. He imagines himself frantically running, trying to save himself and others. The nightmares are so vivid and frightening that he pleads with his doctor for help.
Continue Reading By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Award-winning “Squid Game” actor Oh Young-soo will stand trial on charges of indecent assault after a woman accused him of inappropriately touching her in 2017, a South Korean court said. The district court in Seongnam city said Thursday that prosecutors indicted the 78-year-old Emmy nominee
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal, Jason Hanna, Veronica Miracle, Jason Kravarik and Travis Caldwell, CNN Six people may have lived in the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death last month, police say. “Investigators are aware of a sixth person who could have potentially lived at the residence. That person was not at the residence on
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With extremely tight election races, like the 47th State Assembly District, comes the possibility of a recount. Nearly 170,000 ballots cast in the race for the 47th State Assembly, yet only a couple dozen votes separates Christy Holstege and Greg Wallis. “It should be a valid election,” said Judith Flaskamper. Palm Desert resident Flaskamper is
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Oregon passed one of the nation’s toughest gun control laws, but the new permit-to-purchase mandate is facing a legal challenge with days to go before it takes effect. A federal judge in Portland will hear oral arguments about whether to put a hold on
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Videos of hundreds protesting in Shanghai started to appear on WeChat on Saturday night. Showing chants about removing COVID-19 restrictions and demanding freedom, they would stay up only a few minutes before being censored. Elliot Wang, a 26-year-old in Beijing, was amazed. “I started refreshing constantly,
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Videos of hundreds protesting in Shanghai started to appear on WeChat Saturday night. Showing chants about removing COVID-19 restrictions and demanding freedom, they would only stay up for only minutes before being censored. Elliot Wang, a 26-year-old in Beijing, was amazed. “I started refreshing constantly, and
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Since the recovery of sunken treasure began decades ago from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina, tens of millions of dollars worth of gold has been sold. But scientists, historians and collectors say that the real fortunes will begin to hit the auction
Continue ReadingCNN, WSOC, WBTV By Nicole Chavez and Rikki Klaus, CNN The killing of Shanquella Robinson is being investigated as a femicide, an unfamiliar term for many in the United States as this gender-motivated crime has not been defined by US legislation despite being a global issue. Robinson, a 25-year-old former student at Winston-Salem State University
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Voters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat are casting ballots in crucial local elections. The vote is seen as a barometer of his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s popularity ahead of a general election in 2024. Thursday’s polls are the first of two phases of voting in
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The extensive Indian diaspora will help the South Asian country reach a special milestone this year. Asia’s third largest economy is on track to receive more than $100 billion in yearly remittances in 2022, according to a World Bank report published Wednesday. This will be the first time a country
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Emboldened by the results of November’s midterms, abortion rights supporters say they are preparing for even bigger fights in state legislatures and pivotal elections to come, including 2024 races for Congress and president. Victories for abortion rights ballot measures and candidates who support abortion provided a roadmap
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