By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The dangerous Delta variant poses a risk to the United States as the country works to ease out of the Covid-19 pandemic, but experts say the nation has the tools needed to overcome the threat — if the public takes advantage of them. “Covid-19 vaccines are available for everyone ages 12
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By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are warning residents their personal information may have been leaked to the dark web following a ransomware attack on the city last month. The city announced Tuesday that hackers obtained more than 18,000 city files. The leaked files are mostly police citations and internal
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Bitcoin returned above the $30,000 mark on Wednesday, highlighting the extreme volatility that has plagued cryptocurrencies in recent months. The digital currency has jumped 5.4% over the last 24 hours, reaching $34,368 per coin, according to CoinDesk. That’s a U-turn from Tuesday, which saw bitcoin plunge below $30,000 for the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. China’s longest-serving ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, has announced he is standing down after
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Este viernes 3 dará inicio la novena campaña anual de donación de sangre “9 Cities Challenge” en nuestra estación. Únase y done sangre en el 31276 Dunham Way en Thousand Palms de 8:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m. Recibirás una Camiseta con tu donación! , en el pasado, cuando el suministro de sangre a la comunidad
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ShortFest está de regreso, con casi 300 películas de todo el mundo, será el primer festival de cine de California en regresar con proyecciones en persona desde que comenzó la pandemia de coronavirus el año pasado. ShortFest, que se extenderá hasta el próximo lunes en el Palm Springs Cultural Center, contará con 295 películas, incluidos
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks and Jon Passantino, CNN Vanessa Bryant and other families have settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the company that owned and operated the helicopter that crashed last year in Southern California, killing her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, their daughter and seven others. Attorneys for Bryant filed a joint notice of settlement
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday voiced support for two professional athletes who announced recently that they’re part of the LGBTQ community, saying he’s “proud” of their decisions to publicly share their identities. “To Carl Nassib and Kumi Yokoyama — two prominent, inspiring athletes who came out this week: I’m so proud
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Luke McGee, CNN Britain was a very different place in 2006. Tony Blair was Prime Minister, the financial crisis that would go on to devastate the global economy had yet to arrive, and a member of parliament named Boris Johnson was eyeing up a run for mayor of London as the Conservative party’s
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke on the Senate floor moments after Republicans voted in unison to not open debate on the Democrats’ signature voting rights and election bill, saying saying GOP opposition was “indefensible.”
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN If the expansive voting rights bill suffocated in the Senate on Tuesday was the most critical defense of American democracy in decades, it seems odd that a President who put that very goal at the core of his administration didn’t do more to pass it. The bill was seen by
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The number of births in the United States fell by 4% last year, much of it likely due to the pandemic, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s “the largest annual decline in the number of births since 1973,” CDC researchers wrote in
Continue ReadingDespite 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
Continue Readingolivertapia (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
Continue Reading 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 ReadingÁngela 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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