Yuma Sector: Two migrants found dead in two days
In the first three days of June, Border Patrol agents in Yuma have recovered two bodies and responded to three 911…
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More than 53,000 people between 40 and 49 years can now get the COVID vaccine in Mexicali
Mexicali residents between the ages of 40 and 49 years old can now receive the COVID vaccine.…
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U of A Yuma Alumni announce 2021-2022 scholarship recipients
The University of Arizona YumaCats Alumni Chapter announced 20 scholarship recipients for the 2021-2022 school…
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Calexico police search for attempted kidnapping suspects
The Calexico Police Department (CPD) is looking for a suspect in connection with an attempted kidnapping in the parking lot of a local grocery…
Continue ReadingWhite House urges companies to take cyberattack threat more seriously
The White House has issued a rare open letter to companies calling on them to treat the threat of ransomware attacks with greater urgency, following…
Continue ReadingAt least 10% of the world’s giant sequoias lost in a single wildfire, report suggests
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN About 10 to 14% of the world’s giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single wildfire that swept through…
Continue ReadingCNN Heroes: Chef Q. Ibraheem
The pandemic put the brakes on her catering business and supper club. Through her nonprofit program, Kids with Coworkers, Chef Q kept a food insecure…
Continue ReadingWhen the pandemic brought her business to a halt, this chef tackled food insecurity with farm-to-table meals
By Laura Klairmont, CNN Before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Chef Q. Ibraheem ran an upscale catering business and underground supper club in…
Continue ReadingFamed trial lawyer F. Lee Bailey, whose clients included O.J. Simpson, dies at 87
By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN F. Lee Bailey, a prominent and controversial defense attorney, died Thursday at age 87. His death was confirmed to CNN…
Continue ReadingJuneteenth by the Numbers 2020
By Toby Lyles, CNN Editorial Research Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African-Americans and others mark the…
Continue ReadingReward being offered in suspected road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy in California increased to $450,000
By Amir Vera and Sarah Moon, CNN The reward for information in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy in a suspected road rage shooting in California…
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Border Patrol rescues 3 in Jacumba mountains
Border Patrol agents rescued three lost individuals in the Jacumba Wilderness near Ocotillo on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingA Florida teacher is suing her school district for allegedly retaliating against her after she spoke out about racism
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN After the murder of George Floyd and the summer of protests that followed led to greater dialogue among her students, Amy…
Continue Reading‘It’s shameful.’ Massacre survivors’ lawyers demand Tulsa be the next city to pay reparations
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Two years after the Tulsa massacre left some 300 Black people dead and a once-booming neighborhood destroyed, another…
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1 person killed in three-car crash in Somerton
One person was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Somerton early Thursday…
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Members of Congress send letter to Biden to reopen borders
Members of Congress continue to request reopening the border as soon as possible to improve binational economic…
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Chamber of Commerce to urge states to help with childcare
The United States Chamber of Commerce is asking states to use new government funding to help working…
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Derek Chauvin’s attorney alleges misconduct, wants new trial
A new court filing by Derek Chauvin’s attorney cites multiple allegations of misconduct during his…
Continue ReadingFlorida children’s home pauses emergency shelter program after youths are charged with attempted murder of deputies
By Jason Hanna, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN A central Florida children’s group home says it is pausing its emergency shelter program…
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Tennessee man’s death ruled a homicide, body found near Slab City
The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office said Tommi-Deane Jackson’s body was recovered from the Coachella…
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