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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect who allegedly injured a resident during a 2021 burglary was in custody today. Officials received a report of a residential break-in near the 72000 block of Mesa View Drive at 4 a.m. Aug. 15, 2021, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department statement. The suspect “entered the residence
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Texas woman who snatched her daughter from a Thousand Palms elementary school in a custody dispute with the girl’s father was sentenced today to three years of felony probation. Sara Lee Almodovar, 39, pleaded guilty last year to child stealing and assault on a school employee in connection with the
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Monday is St. Patrick’s Day – a day of festivities and good cheer. But alcohol is often included on the holiday, so police are urging everyone to be safe and plan ahead. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with Desert Hot Springs Police Corporal Sean McGuire, who says the department is stepping up enforcement on
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Retirement is a daunting prospect for every professional athlete. It’s even more panic-inducing if you’ve devoted 20-plus years of your life to little else but perfecting your craft, ruthlessly pursuing titles and accolades. That seemed to be the case for Kobe Bryant in the final years of his trophy-laden
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Iran is using aerial drones, facial recognition systems, and a citizen-reporting app to enforce mandatory hijab laws on women, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report highlights Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code. Central to this crackdown
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump excoriated the Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies in a campaign-style speech at the department’s historic Great Hall on Friday. The hourlong speech served as both a victory lap for beating the two
Continue ReadingCNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump excoriated the Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies in a campaign-style speech at the department’s historic Great Hall on Friday. The hourlong speech served as both a victory lap for beating the
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County’s unemployment rate started 2025 higher than where it ended 2024, as a result of payroll losses throughout the regional economy, according to figures released today by the California Employment Development Department. The countywide jobless rate in January, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 5.3%, compared to 5% in December.
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Ukrainian troops in the Russian region of Kursk to surrender, as diplomatic back-and-forth continues over a potential US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine. At a meeting with members of Russia’s security council on Friday, Putin accused Ukrainian troops in the region
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome in our great country.” “Ebrahim Rasool is a race-baiting politician who hates America and hates” President Donald Trump, Rubio alleged in a post on X. “We have nothing
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By Morgan Rimmer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. The stopgap measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk of
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in a Friday speech at the Department of Justice in which he discussed the legal system and crime but also a wide range of other topics, including immigration, the war in Ukraine and former President Joe Biden. Trump also made numerous
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Update – 3/14/25 – 1:00 p.m. The US Geological Survey confirmed that the earthquake did not occur. “The posting was a result of an errant message sent during system testing,” Paul Laustsen, public affairs for USGS, told News Channel 3. Original Report – 3/14/25 – 11:00 a.m. A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded at the
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “provisionally” approved State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22% increase in its homeowners insurance rate today — but only if the company can justify it with data in a public hearing scheduled for next month. Lara first turned down a rate hike last month, after
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister. Personal Birth date: March 16, 1965 Birth place: Fort Smith, the Northwest Territories, Canada Birth name: Mark Joseph Carney Father: Robert Carney, teacher Mother: Verlie Carney, teacher Marriage: Diana Fox Carney (1995-present) Children: Cleo, Tess, Amelia and
Continue ReadingBy Belén Zapata , Gerardo Lemos and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Advocates in Mexico are calling for an immediate and independent investigation after the discovery of what they’re describing as an “extermination camp” in Jalisco that cartels allegedly used to kill missing persons. Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, a group dedicated to finding disappeared people,
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As it pushes to implement a plan to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is counting on an argument about out-of-control federal judges to prove irresistible to some Supreme Court conservatives. Rather than waiting to ask the court to rule directly on the merits of birthright citizenship, which President
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Motorists inclined to imbibe wine, spirits, green beer and other beverages in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day should not chance their luck drinking and driving, Riverside County sheriff’s officials said today. The sheriff’s department is slated to deploy deputies for saturation patrols and other traffic duties a week from today as
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department is investigating whether individuals involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year violated federal anti-terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday. The DOJ is looking into “whether Columbia’s handling of earlier instances violated civil rights laws that included terrorism crimes,” Blanche
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Iditarod dogsled race. The event is named after the Iditarod Trail, an old mail and supply route, traveled by dogsleds from Seward and Knik to Nome, Alaska. March 14, 2025 – Jessie Holmes wins the 53rd running of the Iditarod. The race became 1,128 miles
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