INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 53-year-old man accused in a stabbing on the CV Link pleaded not guilty to charges on Wednesday. Jacob Ethan Masters was charged with cruelty to elder/adult and assault with a deadly weapon, according to court records. He was arraigned at the Larson Justice Center in Indio Wednesday before Riverside County
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By Kaanita Iyer, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein are asking a Justice Department watchdog to review the agency’s release of files related to the late convicted sex offender, saying the files released so far have failed to protect survivors. In a letter sent to the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 35-year-old Moreno Valley man suspected of stealing more than $20,000 in landscaping and construction equipment in Palm Springs was arrested, authorities said today. The suspect was booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of grand theft and an enhanced penalty, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A search was underway today for a 78-year-old Indio woman who vanished weeks ago, but may be somewhere in Riverside or San Diego counties. Laura Ann Brown was last seen in November in the vicinity of Avenue 48 and Jefferson Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. The agency issued
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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Over the last several months, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul have seen a dramatic escalation in federal immigration enforcement along their chilly streets, with agents arresting thousands – including some US citizens – in neighborhoods, shopping centers, schools and at protests. The surge is the result of the Trump
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Por Uriel Blanco y Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El proceso de excarcelaciones que el Gobierno de Venezuela comenzó en diciembre “se mantiene abierto” y busca “abrir espacio para el entendimiento”, dijo este miércoles la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, en un breve mensaje a los medios. De acuerdo con Rodríguez, 406 personas han sido excarceladas
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans see an immigration officer’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renee Good as an inappropriate use of force, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. Roughly half view it as a sign of broader issues with the way US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is operating, with less
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Contempt proceedings will officially move forward against both Clintons on Capitol Hill after Hillary Clinton failed to appear for a deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe. Republican Chairman James Comer said Wednesday that the panel will meet in a week to consider contempt of
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy and a pedestrian were hospitalized after a crash stemming from a pursuit Wednesday morning in Palm Desert. The crash was reported just after 8:30 a.m. near Frank Sinatra Drive and Drexell Drive. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the incident started as a pursuit in the
Continue Reading Por Jennifer Hansler, Ibrahim Dahman y Tal Shalev, CNN EE.UU. anunció el inicio de la siguiente fase del plan de alto el fuego en Gaza el miércoles, al tiempo que se formó una nueva comisión para administrar el enclave devastado por Israel. El enviado especial de EE.UU., Steve Witkoff, dijo que la segunda fase del
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) Silvercrest CEO William Frank Rodriguez appeared in court Wednesday in connection with a 2024 deadly hit-and-run crash in Cathedral City. Rodriguez faces a felony hit-and-run charge tied to a crash that killed 60-year-old Christina Barrington. Prosecutors allege Rodriguez fled the scene without stopping to render aid. The hearing was continued until March
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By Elise Hammond, Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking for the man accused of killing a couple in their Columbus, Ohio, home to be sent back to the Buckeye State to face charges. Michael David McKee was arrested over the weekend in Illinois on two counts of murder in the deaths of
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By René Marsh, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — As the Smithsonian faced a deadline to comply with the White House’s request for extensive documents about its museum exhibitions, Lonnie Bunch III, the historian who leads the institution, has been treading a careful line between maintaining independence and complying with the Trump administration’s demands. On
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new parental controls the popular video platform announced on Wednesday. YouTube, like many
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By Kathryn Squyres, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 candidates have filed to run for former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district in northwest Georgia. The group includes veterans, farmers and business owners. Seventeen are Republicans. Some have challenged Greene in the past or have held local office, while others are newcomers to politics. Few
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As Americans across the country demonstrate their opposition to Donald Trump’s immigration offensive, the president and his administration aren’t classifying them as protesters. Instead, they’re calling them “agitators.” In the words of the Trump administration, Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent while protesting enforcement actions in
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are teaming up again. The duo will star in a new stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, “Sunday In The Park With George,” according to an announcement made on social media Wednesday. The musical will debut in summer 2027 at
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CNN By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that Iran had backed away from executing a detained Iranian protester for joining anti-government demonstrations after his case drew the attention of human rights activists and the US State Department. “We were told that
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Horses can detect fear in humans by smell, becoming more likely to startle and more wary of people who are scared, a new study has found. Researchers collected samples of odor compounds from the armpits of human study participants and then observed how the horses behaved when they were
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — There are few things Arabella Carey Adolfsson enjoys more than going fishing near her lakeside home in Sweden during the summertime, or getting her camera out and taking photographs of the natural beauty surrounding her. She and her husband Stefan, a Swede, often take their boat out from Torpön,
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