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Update 1/29/25 The Riverside County coroner’s office identified the person killed Monday night as James Edward Montenegro, 34, of Coachella. Original Report – 1/28/25 COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — A deadly assault in Coachella on Monday night left one person dead and a suspect in custody, authorities said. Deputies were dispatched to the 51800 block of Calle
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received. The Democratic lawmakers confronted Kennedy with
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received. The Democratic lawmakers confronted Kennedy
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received. The Democratic lawmakers confronted Kennedy
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, and most left feeling overwhelmingly unsatisfied by the answers they received. The Democratic lawmakers confronted Kennedy
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By Michael Williams and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants. The memorandum calls for the Defense and Homeland Security Departments to provide additional detention space at Guantanamo
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Deputies arrested a robbery suspect Wednesday morning in Palm Desert. The robbery was first reported just before 11:20 a.m. on the 44000 block of San Pablo Avenue. “The victim stated he caught a male attempting to break into his vehicle, and when he confronted the suspect, the suspect threw a rock at him but missed,”
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The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians announced Monday the launch of a grant program for the food and beverage businesses, including restaurants and bars, located on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. The Food and Beverage Tax Grant Program will offer up to $100,000 in potential grants to the approximately 65 food and beverage businesses.
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Update 12:40 p.m. A federal judge in New York on Wednesday sentenced a tearful former United States Senator Robert Menendez to 11 years in prison for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and for acting as an agent of Egypt while he served as the
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According to the United States Department of Agriculture, shoppers can expect to see egg prices to increase by 20% in 2025. The USDA cited an aggressive strain of avian flu, which strained supply after killing about 17.2 million egg-laying hens in November and December, and inflation for the rising costs. Stay with News Channel Three
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By Kaitlan Collins and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded the federal aid freeze, according to a memo from a Trump administration official obtained by CNN. This is a breaking story and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2025 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team, she said, used the president’s pause on foreign aid to thwart a plan in which
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, Alayna Treene and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The White House Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday rescinded a memo that froze federal grants and loans and created widespread confusion this week. “OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. If you have questions about implementing the President’s Executive Orders, please contact your
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Rene Marsh, Samantha Waldenberg and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on school funding Wednesday that fulfill promises he made on the campaign trail, including on school choice and ending funding for schools that support what the White House calls “radical indoctrination.” In the week and
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A US Air Force pilot safely escaped after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training mission at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday, officials said. The pilot experienced an “inflight malfunction” but managed to eject, according to Col. Paul Townsend, commander of
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration is ending the case against his former co-defendants in the classified documents investigation brought by former special counsel Jack Smith. The Justice Department has stopped pursuing an appeal brought by Smith to revive the criminal charges against Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — The three Israeli hostages due to be released in Gaza on Thursday have been named by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which also confirmed that five Thai nationals will be freed. “The list of names received from Hamas today by the mediators Qatar and Egypt
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey was overwhelmed with rage when he first saw the man he believes caused his son’s suicide. The suspect was extradited from Nigeria to the US over the weekend on charges that he targeted 17-year-old Gavin Guffey in a sexual extortion, or “sextortion” scheme, that
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The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is hosting a food box distribution Wednesday morning in Indio. It’s taking place from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 47-470 Van Buren Street. If you or someone you know is facing food insecurity, you are invited to come by and pick up a box of food—no questions asked.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — A primary target of the blitz of Trump administration immigration raids is an emerging organized crime group from Venezuela. A series of immigration executive actions by President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term included a recommendation that the State Department start the
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