Kofa Kings secured the crown at Teacher of the Year banquet
Kofa High School’s Kaisa Tabor was named Yuma County’s 2023 Teacher of the Year.…
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Prosecutor wants 1 trial for 10 charged in patient’s death
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor has asked a judge to approve a request to put seven sheriff’s deputies…
Continue Reading Disabled rights protests before Paris Olympics draw pledges
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — People in France with disabilities have protested by showing how difficult and frustrating it is…
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Imperial Valley first responders team up for emergency exercise
Local emergency responders, law enforcement, and community clinics came together for an emergency exercise at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley…
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Hutchinson announces presidential campaign
The Republican candidate made the announcement Wednesday from his hometown of Bentonville. Hutchinson, age 72, served as governor for two terms…
Continue Reading 3 teens arrested after Colorado driver killed by thrown rock
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Three teenagers have been arrested on first-degree murder charges in connection to the death of a 20-year-old Colorado woman,…
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Funding to support oral histories in boarding school era
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government is embarking on an effort to record the oral histories of survivors and descendants of boarding schools…
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CBP agents seize thousands of Apple product knockoffs
More than a thousand knockoff Apple products, worth nearly $290,000, were seized at Washington Dulles last…
Continue Reading Immigrants waiting 10 years in US just to get a court date
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. immigration offices have become so overwhelmed with processing migrants for court that some…
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Imperial County DA hosted National Crime Victims’ Rights Week luncheon
In a press release, the luncheon occurred on Monday, April 24, and members of community organizations and law enforcement attended to show their…
Continue Reading Kenya cult death toll rises to 95 as government sets curfew
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The latest death toll in Kenya’s cult investigation has risen to 95 as the government…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Missouri rule limiting transgender health care
By JIM SALTER and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has blocked a first-of-its-kind rule restricting access…
Continue Reading Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Communities along the Upper Mississippi River scrambled Wednesday as the always-massive river…
Continue Reading Asa Hutchinson formally launches 2024 campaign in Arkansas
By ANDREW DeMILLO and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Asa Hutchinson has formally launched his Republican campaign for…
Continue Reading Senate committee advances Biden labor secretary nominee
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nomination for the next labor secretary, Julie Su, has advanced…
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GM to end Chevy Bolt production, company says
GM CEO Mary Barra told investors on Tuesday that production would stop by the end of this…
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Arizona and California release their COVID updates
Arizona and California, as well as Yuma and Imperial Counties, have released their weekly COVID…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro gives testimony to police on Jan. 8 riot
By LAÃS MARTINS Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has given testimony at the Federal Police headquarters…
Continue Reading Trump accuser begins to testify in rape lawsuit trial
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A writer suing Donald Trump has taken the stand to tell jurors that the…
Continue Reading Prison sex abuse must be rooted out, Justice official says
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Sexual abuse in the nation’s federal prisons must be rooted out,…
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