The Department of Veteran Affairs issues call for help
The Department of Veteran Affairs is in desperate need of…
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Amberly’s Place urges public to be on the lookout for elder abuse
A local advocate wants the public to be on high alert when it comes to our senior…
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Texas HS valedictorian slams ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
Paxton Smith, the valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, swapped her school-approved speech for one about the restrictive “heartbeat”…
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A man who killed his wife on an Alaskan cruise after she demanded divorce was sentenced to 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors say
A Utah man who admitted to beating his wife to death aboard a cruise ship in Alaska in 2017 was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years in prison followed…
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IID once again prepares to defend water rights
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) finds itself on the defense once more. This time it’s protecting Imperial Valley’s water from the Coachella…
Continue ReadingCapitol Police officer gets emotional reliving January 6th
In a CNN exclusive, CNN’s Whitney Wild spoke to two Capitol Police officers who relived the vivid details of the January 6th…
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Realtor groups ask Supreme Court to block CDC’s eviction moratorium
A coalition of Realtor groups asked the Supreme Court Thursday night to block the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s order that…
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Microsoft wants to make voting more trustworthy. This partnership will help
In late February 2020, Microsoft carried out the first official test of its ElectionGuard voting security software in an election in Fulton,…
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Manchin signals he’s not ready to buck Republicans on key issues
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a pivotal swing vote for the party, is making very clear he’s not ready to abandon Republicans for…
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Arizona’s state-run vaccine clinics to close at the end of June
Arizona’s state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites, including the one at the Yuma Civic Center, will shut down later this…
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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…
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