By Max Saltman, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Cuba is working to restore the electricity supply after another island-wide blackout left more than 10 million people without power. The electrical grid suffered “a total disconnection” on Saturday due to a problem at a thermoelectric plant in the province of Camagüey, which generated a cascading effect,
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s attempt to strike a US-UK base over 2,000 miles (over 3,000 kilometers) off its coast has renewed questions about Tehran’s military capabilities and how far its missiles can reach. On Friday morning local time, Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if an agreement isn’t reached to fund the Department of Homeland Security as Transportation Security Administration workers go without pay and travel disruptions mount. “If the Democrats do not
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CNN By Marshall Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night,” his family
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night,” his family said
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Desert Recreation District is inviting local students in need to their prom dress giveaway this weekend, running Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. They’ll be giving dresses to Coachella valley juniors and seniors, and are offering dresses in a variety of sizes and colors. The dress giveaway
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The heat hasn’t let up yet! We hit the hottest temperature so far this year in Palm Springs at 108°. While we didn’t make it to the 110° mark, that cements us with four consecutive days smashing records, with more heat sticking with us this weekend. An Extreme Heat Warning
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — At 20 airports in the United States, security screening is handled not by the Transportation Security Administration, but by private companies — and their checkpoints aren’t seeing long lines. Airports like San Francisco International, Kansas City International, Orlando Sanford, and 17 smaller facilities participate in TSA’s Screening
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By Joseph Ataman, Isobel Yeung, Brice Laine and Sarah Dadouch, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanon is a nation that’s no stranger to war, but this conflict feels different. Just 18 months ago, Israeli bombs rained down across the country for weeks. Intent on defanging the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and uprooting it from its strongholds,
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — In the days after winning the Democratic nomination for Senate, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke to the two women with whom she could make history next year. “We both were just gleeful. I can tell you that much,” Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland said of her call
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after a man attacked a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, earlier this month, William Weimer received a call from employees at a Phantom Fireworks store in nearby Livonia. Agents at the store told Weimer, Phantom’s vice president and general counsel for over three decades, they had
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, Stephanie Elam, Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Days before The New York Times published bombshell allegations of sexual abuse that would upend the legacy of famed labor rights leader Cesar Chavez, Delia Garcia answered a phone call from her longtime friend, Dolores Huerta. “She said, ‘Let’s have a conversation, and I need
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has accused California Attorney General Rob Bonta of trying to delay his office’s investigation into the 2025 special election, which is based on a discrepancy between handwritten ballot intake logs and the number of votes reported to the state.
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PALM DESERT, (Calif.) — PBR is back in town for the fourth year at Acrisure Arena. The PBR Pendelton Whisky Velocity Tour is making its 23rd stop on the calendar, gearing up for the finals in May in Corpus Christi, TX. Bucking bulls, brave riders, lotta dirt, cowboy hats, boots, jeans, loud country music –
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Replying to a friend’s message, ordering a pizza or hailing a ride on your handheld device may seem like simple tasks in a fully wired 21st-century city like Moscow. But residents of the Russian capital are finding that their smartphones have been dumbed down amid an unprecedented
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By Laura Sharman, Kara Fox, Moriah Thomas, CNN (CNN) — As the US-Israel war with Iran enters its fourth week, the Trump administration granted a temporary license for Iran to sell around 140 million barrels of crude oil to calm jittery markets. Israel says that US and Israeli strikes will “increase significantly” this week. This
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MECCA, Cali. (KESQ) — Riverside County granted four million dollars for Mecca and North Shore and Climate Resiliency Plan. On August 1, 2024, the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) granted Riverside County a project development grant in the amount of $4,018,788.45 for the Mecca and North Shore Climate Resiliency Plan. Officials say they are currently in
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LOS ANGELES, Cali. (KESQ) — After months of negotiations, including multiple strikes, UNAC/UHCP health care professionals have voted to ratify new contracts with Kaiser Permanente. During this negotiation period, union members walked off the job in January in what became the longest open-ended strike by nurses and health care professionals in U.S. history, lasting nearly
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Since 1959, when Fidel Castro seized power, Cubans on the island have endured navigating a system defined by scarcity, surveillance and state control. Today, that system is under a level of strain not seen perhaps since the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, when the
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police attacked a group of journalists outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, including a CNN producer who suffered a fractured wrist in the violent incident. Police officers also damaged photographic equipment and confiscated memory cards from journalists who were outside the Lion’s Gate of the
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