DLNews Health: “Measles Resurgence: Worst U.S. Outbreak Since Elimination, Coachella Valley Confirms Case” In 2000, the United States proudly declared measles eliminated, a milestone many thought would hold for generations. Yet here we are in 2025, facing the most severe outbreak in a quarter centur...
DLNews Guest Columnist: The Vaccine Backslide That Could Shorten Our LifespansBy Leanne Clark-ShirleyThe federal government is on the brink of reversing a century of medical progress for older adults.As a social scientist, it's not often that I weigh in on medical policy. But as president of the Ame...
JTFMax: Free Speech “Don’t Mute America: Disney’s Free Speech Showdown” Free speech in America is supposed to be louder than a brass band at a Fourth of July parade. Yet lately, it feels like someone keeps reaching for the mute button. The latest flare-up? More than 100 former ABC News journalists ...
DLNews Local Theatre Entertainment: Golden Tickets Await at PCT’s Season Opener Palm Springs’ Palm Canyon Theatre is striking a sweet chord this fall as it opens its 29th season with Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, playing October 3–12, 2025. The beloved tale unfolds with a cast of 4...
JTFactsMax World at War: Forget peace efforts: Putin is leading us by the nose again. Three days ago, Washington played host to a mega-summit that briefly convinced optimists that peace in Ukraine might finally be more than a coffee-break fantasy. There was chatter of a direct Zelensky–Putin meeting...
Turning a Curiosity-Driven Discovery into Lifesaving Tests with the Aid of Patent Rights By James E. Dahlberg At the University of Wisconsin–Madison and research institutions across the nation, researchers are working every day to unlock breakthroughs in medicine, robotics, artificial intelligence, ...
JTFMax "We Have Evidence": German Spy Chief Warns Russia Poised to Test NATO’s ResolveBND Intelligence Signals Chilling New Phase in Putin’s Westward Ambitions BERLIN — In an extraordinary warning from the heart of Europe’s intelligence community, Germany’s outgoing Federal Intelligence Service (BND...
What's a fair price for a drug that's never developed?By John StanfordLast month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began meeting with patients who use the 15 drugs it selected for the second round of Medicare price "negotiations" -- including weight-loss treatment Wegovy. CMS will use th...
DLNews Business: Tax scams are among the most stubborn cons. They reappear often, each time with a slightly different spin. Some of the most common scams involve posing as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and trying to trick people into paying up or sharing personal information. Common tax scams ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- LGBTQ+ groups are celebrating President Joe Biden's executive order reversing a Trump-era ban on transgender people in the military.The ban took effect in April 2019 and prevented transgender people from enlisting, joining the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or attending mili...
DLNews Entertainment: The Board of Directors for the Morongo Basin's all-volunteer, non-profit Community Theater organization, Theatre 29, held their yearly reorganization meeting on December 13, 2022, and elected new officers, Board Members, and committee chairs for 2023. Elected for two-year ter...
Jack Lyons November 9th, 1931 -October 13th, 2022. Beloved theater critic, writer, producer, and raconteur, Jack Lyons passed away after a short battle with advanced prostate cancer on October 13th in Desert Hot Springs, California, where he had resided for 30 years. Originally from the Windy Ci...