RICK EYMER
Associated Press
STANFORD (AP) — Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for two touchdowns and ran for another in helping UCLA end an 11-year drought against Stanford with a 34-16 victory over the Cardinal on Thursday.
Jack West became Stanford's third different starting quarterback of the season, the first time that's happened since 1974. After early success, his inconsistent play led to...
MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century.
That changes Friday with spacewalk No. 421.
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will make "HERstory," as NASA is calling it, with the first all-female spacewalk. All four men aboard the International Space Station will remain...
JILL COLVIN and KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to turn impeachment rancor into a political rallying cry Thursday, using a Texas rally to bash Democrats as "crazy" and unpatriotic as they push forward with their investigations.
Setting a dire tone, Trump told his supporters, "At stake in this fight is the survival of American democracy...
DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
The portion of Americans with no religious affiliation is rising significantly, in tandem with a sharp drop in the percentage that identifies as Christians, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.
Based on telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, Pew said Thursday that 65% of American adults now describe themselves as Christian, down...
INDIO (CNS) - Felony charges were filed today against a man accused in a marijuana honey oil lab explosion in a Palm Springs apartment that left a woman with serious injuries.
Ryan Martin, 25, of Palm Springs pleaded not guilty to one count each of causing a fire that caused great bodily injury and conspiracy to commit a crime.He's being...
Hemet Unified School District superintendent Christi Barrett said the school board, teachers, staff and voters have made significant progress in turning the district into a “Premier Choice School District” for its 22,082 student population at the annual “State of District” breakfast, Thursday, Oct. 10.Barrett told the guests, including HUSD teachers, administrators, county school officials, Hemet city officials and state...
INDIO (CNS) - A judge today delayed a decision on whether to publicly release grand jury transcripts in the bribery case against former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and two Coachella Valley developers, saying he wanted time to review the material to see it contains potentially inadmissible evidence.Pougnet, 56, and developers Richard Hugh Meaney, 53, and John Elroy Wessman,...
THERMAL (CNS) - Fourteen students from Desert Mirage High School in the eastern Coachella Valley were taken to a hospital today with respiratory problems due to smoke from a nearby debris fire that has been burning since Monday, and the campus was evacuated along with two other schools.Desert Mirage High School, Las Palmitas Elementary School and Toro Canyon Middle...
INDIO (CNS) - Jury selection entered its third day today for the murder trial of a man who allegedly set his mother on fire during a dispute outside her Coachella Valley workplace.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Israel Ramirez Guardado, 38, who is accused of killing 61-year-old Francisca Ramirez in North Shore last year.The defendant, who is acting...
ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the European Union told House impeachment investigators Thursday that President Donald Trump instructed him and other envoys to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Ukraine policy and that he was "disappointed" by the directive. He spoke to lawmakers for around 10 hours.
Lawmakers leaving...