Despite the controversies surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games, there are hardcore Olympic super fans who can’t wait for the Games to begin. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks to two of them.
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Housing advocates fear there could be a million people across the state who could be evicted if the moratorium ends in nine days, but tonight there is help for valley families that haven been financially impacted by the pandemic. “United Way of the Desert” is providing up to $500 to eligible applicants through its COVID
Continue ReadingBy Christina Carrega and Evan Perez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday he doesn’t want to conduct a broad investigation of potential politicized actions during the previous administration, instead leaving any such review to the Justice Department’s internal watchdog. Some Democrats have called for Garland to take on a comprehensive review of the past
Continue ReadingBy Christina Carrega, CNN The Biden administration “strongly supports” ending the racial disparity of sentencing federal offenders who are convicted for crack versus powdered cocaine, according to head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, who testified Tuesday in support of a measure to do just that. The Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of
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olivertapia (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,8 sacudió Perú, al sur de la capital, Lima, la noche de este martes, de acuerdo con un reporte preliminar del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El epicentro del sismo se ubicó inicialmente a 40 kilómetros al oeste suroeste de la
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KESQ News Channel 3 will kicking off the 9th annual “9 Cities Challenge” Blood Drive at our station this Friday! Join us and donate blood at 31276 Dunham Way in Thousand Palms from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. You will receive a “Count on Me!” T-Shirt with your donation! In the past when the community
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN United States Marine Corps fighter jets aboard a British aircraft carrier flew combat missions over the Middle East this week — the first time US warplanes have gone into combat from a foreign warship since World War II, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday. The missions against ISIS
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La variante del coronavirus delta, que se detectó por primera vez en la India, va camino a convertirse en la dominante en Estados Unidos, donde expertos en enfermedades infecciosas dicen que podría causar un «resurgimiento» del covid-19 este año más adelante. Y es posible que ya represente una de cada cinco
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A bill in Connecticut makes calls from prison free for the inmates and their families, becoming the first state to do so. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Josh Elliott and Sen. Martin M. Looney, will make all voice communication, including video and electronic mail services, free to those incarcerated
Continue Reading By Keith Allen, CNN A grand jury in Texas declined Tuesday to indict the eight former detention officers involved in the in-custody death of Marvin Scott III, according to a news release from Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. Scott died in March after being placed on a restraint bed, pepper-sprayed, and having a spit
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen, CNN The New York City Democratic mayoral primary winner will be determined using ranked-choice voting tabulation, CNN projects. Voters in the Big Apple had the option to rank up to five of the 13 candidates in the race. Since no candidate will win a majority of the vote outright, the New York
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Tonight News Channel 3 has learned exclusively a man visiting the valley collapsed and later died during last week’s record heat. Geoffrey-Martin Cyr, 55, was visiting Palm Springs for the weekend. In a photo shared by friends, he is seen lounging by the pool Friday afternoon, where they said he laid for more than an
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El aumento de la delincuencia violenta en todo el país se ha convertido en un motivo de preocupación creciente dentro de la Casa Blanca, donde el presidente Joe Biden y sus ayudantes han escuchado con alarma cómo las autoridades locales advierten que se avecina un brutal verano de homicidios. Biden tiene previsto
Continue ReadingA scuba diver in Cheboygan, Michigan, found a 95-year-old message in a bottle at the bottom of the Cheboygan river. After posting about it on Facebook, she was able to contact the daughter of the man who wrote the message. CNN affiliate WWTV has more.
Continue ReadingA scuba diver in Cheboygan, Michigan, found a 95-year-old message in a bottle at the bottom of the Cheboygan river. After posting about it on Facebook, she was able to contact the daughter of the man who wrote the message. CNN affiliate WWTV has more.
Continue Reading Chicago community leaders and politicians are working together to try to slow the pace of gun violence. CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports.
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, CNN “I’m not saying I’m God or I can prevent anything from happening, but I know in my heart I did what I can at 1 or 2 in the morning to help put this guy in a safer environment.” That’s how Jervon Hicks describes his mission as an outreach worker and
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By Keith Allen, CNN More than 150 Houston Methodist Hospital employees were officially out of a job Tuesday, 10 days after a judge dismissed a lawsuit against the hospital by employees who opposed a Covid-19 vaccine mandate as a condition of employment, a hospital spokesperson said. The 153 employees either resigned in the two-week suspension
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