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SunSeeker

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Sat May 17, 2025, 05:20 PM 17 hrs ago

Car explosion outside Palm Springs reproductive health facility leaves 1 dead [View all]

Source: KTLA.com

A car explosion outside a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs left one person dead late Saturday morning.

Preliminary information from local media outlets indicated that the explosion occurred at American Reproductive Centers, which is located at 1199 North Indian Canyon Drive, around 11 a.m.

No information surrounding the decedent’s identity or where they were when the explosion occurred was available.The FBI also announced they would be deploying assistance, including investigators, bomb technicians and an evidence response team, to the scene to help local authorities. ATF investigators are also being deployed, officials said.

The FBI also announced they would be deploying assistance, including investigators, bomb technicians and an evidence response team, to the scene to help local authorities. ATF investigators are also being deployed, officials said.

Read more: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/explosion-rocks-building-in-palm-springs/amp/



I bet that's one place Noem won't do a photo op. Let's see if she calls this terrorism...
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Glass broke at a liquor store around the corner. applegrove 17 hrs ago #1
Here's the center's website GJGCA 17 hrs ago #2
Is it reasonable to consider the possibility that a Christian extremist is responsible? John1956PA 17 hrs ago #3
So-called "abortion abolitionists" are also against IVF for precisely that reason. WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #6
And, last I remember, MarineCombatEngineer 17 hrs ago #7
The city itself no; the area round about, yep GJGCA 16 hrs ago #17
Yeah, I probably should have stressed that, MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #20
I looked at the center's website, and one thing it listed was they're happy with LGBTQ clients muriel_volestrangler 15 hrs ago #24
Hegseth will awaken khristian Nationalists magicarpet 15 hrs ago #27
I immediately had similar thoughts. ShazzieB 15 hrs ago #23
Most likely 1) Angry customer, 2) Jilted partner, 3) maga thought "abortion clinic", 4) anti-IVF christian absolutist Bernardo de La Paz 13 hrs ago #34
I will never give that word a capital letter again wolfie001 11 hrs ago #39
So it looks like the vehicle was in the parking lot in the back MarineCombatEngineer 17 hrs ago #4
Watching the news now. sheshe2 17 hrs ago #8
Looking closer at the video, MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #9
I will put my money on that one. sheshe2 16 hrs ago #13
I can think of two main possibilities Warpy 15 hrs ago #29
I think you hit the nail on the head. MarineCombatEngineer 14 hrs ago #30
Workplace violence is always a possibility though the ones you mentioned seem more likely. Liberty Belle 12 hrs ago #37
I considered that, but the target would be more specific Warpy 10 hrs ago #43
Looks like the person pulled right up to the door of the building in the parking lot and detonated the bomb. LiberalArkie 2 hrs ago #49
They said the explosion caused damage to 5 blocks! sheshe2 10 hrs ago #44
That's the case 99.99% of the time. Bengus81 2 hrs ago #52
My first thought was it was a Tesla Deplorean exploding. AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #19
I confess that my first thought was it's a cybertruck. MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #21
Looks like pro job: shaped charge into clinic, engine blown all the way to garbage bins at back, no sideways force. nt Bernardo de La Paz 13 hrs ago #35
Wow that definitely was a massive explosion Historic NY 2 hrs ago #50
Thats OKC level n/t gay texan 2 hrs ago #54
Sounds planned to me Jilly_in_VA 17 hrs ago #5
That seems quite likely - this report says all staff were safe and accounted for, and there were no patients muriel_volestrangler 16 hrs ago #12
Looks like the deceased was a passerby on the street. SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #18
Damn - sorry to hear that. I've also seen "several injured" in another report muriel_volestrangler 15 hrs ago #22
Maybe a body, but seems too small in relation to curb. Not sure it was necessary to post that, esp w advertising Bernardo de La Paz 13 hrs ago #33
Now they're saying that was a pody part, not a full body. SunSeeker 11 hrs ago #40
Yes, looks like the bomber was the person killed. SunSeeker 11 hrs ago #42
Apparently this is a IVF clinic. It has nothing to do with abortions. Jacson6 16 hrs ago #10
"Abortion abolitionists" have been targeting IVF clinics here and there with protests and harassment in recent months. WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #11
But if they are bombing IVF clinics they are destroying embryos or in their twisted mind human beings. Jacson6 16 hrs ago #14
Fortunately, no embryos were lost. SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #15
Also the gays Kali 15 hrs ago #26
I remember an episode to that effect. John1956PA 16 hrs ago #16
With all those different teams and agencies involved dickthegrouch 15 hrs ago #25
People who employ bombs are among the top tier of the worst human beings on earth. colorado_ufo 15 hrs ago #28
Almost as bad as arsonists. Arson is often uncontrolled and more than the target gets destroyed Bernardo de La Paz 13 hrs ago #32
Yea that's so true!! bluestarone 1 hr ago #55
Ok, I'm caught up now. BootinUp 13 hrs ago #31
While a right-wing attacker seems plausible, we don't know that yet. Liberty Belle 12 hrs ago #36
Sounds like the dead person was probably the shooter: Liberty Belle 12 hrs ago #38
"shooter"? Where do you get that? Bernardo de La Paz 11 hrs ago #41
Where is the Puppy Perforator? Old Crank 7 hrs ago #45
It is looking like the perpetrator was killed Old Crank 6 hrs ago #46
The FBI is investigating the explosion at a California fertility clinic as an act of terrorism Eugene 6 hrs ago #47
"the writings left behind, in which the suspect communicated a belief that the world should not be populated" SunSeeker 5 hrs ago #48
There are probably "better" targets, but not easier ones. Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #51
Sometimes the real world hits too close to home. LastLiberal in PalmSprings 2 hrs ago #53
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