Arrests as well as citations for illegal use of handicapped parking placards at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival both increased in 2025 over 2024, the Indio Police Department said. There were 223 arrests over the two-weekend festival in 2025 and 193 in 2024, an increase of 16.5%. Arrest charges included drug and alcohol…
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This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings, as of Monday, April 28. Notable this week: Newport Harbor, which beat Huntington Beach in two of their three Sunset League games last week, soars from No. 15 to No. 4 in the rankings. … Huntington Beach remains at No. 1. … Laguna Beach keeps winning and…
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By Karen Brown, New England Public Media, KFF Health News Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. Related Articles COVID worsened…
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By SARAH EL DEEB, MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and LEE KEATH KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nearly seven months pregnant, Yasmine Siam couldn’t sleep, living in a crowded tent camp in Gaza and shaken often by Israeli bombardment. She couldn’t find proper food and hadn’t eaten meat for more than a month. Weak and losing weight,…
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California consistently ranks as the most regulated state in the country—getting so bad, in fact, that comedian Bill Maher recently told Gov. Gavin Newsom that he needs to “take a chainsaw” to California’s overgrown regulatory code. And while many Californians might worry about environmental, social, or safety consequences of deregulation, there is at least one…
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By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Another federal judge in Washington has expressed skepticism on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting a prominent law firm, saying he was concerned that the clear purpose of the edict was punishment. Related Articles Rep. Gerry Connolly steps down as top Oversight Democrat and won’t seek…
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By LEAH ASKARINAM WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia announced on Monday he is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and will not be seeking reelection next year due to his cancer returning, ending his long career in public life. Related Articles Another federal judge expresses skepticism…
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When Lynn Steger Strong’s “Float Test” opens, Jude, the narrator, is gathering with her three siblings and their father in Florida in the aftermath of her mother’s death. They’re mourning and unsettled, but they were also haunted by her in life. This was a mom who carefully packed delicious school lunches – but with an…
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A couple of weeks ago, Kamala Harris got the full New York Times treatment — a lengthy article speculating whether she would run for governor of California next year or prepare for another shot at the White House in 2028. As the Times is wont to do, the piece was full of quotes and suppositions…
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When the gates closed at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival Sunday night, there was a lot to look back on. The three-day festival was jam-packed with country music and fan frenzies, and one of the fashion themes over the weekend was inspired by Friday Night Lights. Fans at the Empire Polo Club dressed in chaps,…
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