President Donald Trump recently announced another wave of judicial nominees, and among them is an openly gay conservative, Patrick Bumatay. Trump nominated Bumatay to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco, the nation’s largest federal appeals court. It hears cases from nine Western states and has 29 judges; […]
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The general election is right around the corner which means residents are receiving dozens of political mailers. While the message can sometimes be convincing, it can also be misleading. “I feel that it’s everyone’s responsibility to vote, if you don’t vote, I don’t want to hear about it later on,” Thom Allen, a registered Cathedral […]
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Coachella Valley residents attended California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment Symposium at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert campus. The auditorium was packed with people who wanted to know what they could be doing, as a community, to help slow down the effects of climate change. College of the Desert Professor Alan Hurt says the issues that come […]
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Witnesses say it looks like an atomic bomb went off in the Florida panhandle, in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. The town of Mexico beach was the target of the storm’s eye. Packing winds of up to 155 miles per hour. Homes were completely destroyed. The death tolls, now at 6, continues to climb. […]
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Another disastrous day on Wall Street means another disastrous day for investors. The Dow closed down at 545 points, that’s in addition to Wednesday’s huge 832 point drop. With stocks turning south and rising interest rates, investors, especially seniors with 401k plans are beginning to sweat but local experts are recommending investors sit tight. Chris Clapinski, a […]
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President Donald Trump has signed into law two bills that would allow pharmacists to tell consumers when paying cash would be cheaper than using insurance for their prescriptions. Under bipartisan legislation he signed Wednesday, health plans or middlemen can no longer prohibit pharmacists from telling customers when they would be better off not using their […]
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President Donald Trump directly accused Hillary Clinton of engaging in a conspiracy with Russia to affect the 2016 election during a campaign rally here Wednesday night. “There was collusion between Hillary, the Democrats and Russia,” Trump said, just after his supporters had chanted “lock her up” about Clinton. “There was a lot of collusion with […]
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Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe Thursday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Alexei Ovchinin lifted off as scheduled at 2:40 p.m. (0840 GMT; 4:40 a.m. EDT) Thursday […]
