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By Alayna Treene and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night. CNN previously reported the buyout offers were expected, according to a Trump administration official and an
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Scientists created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 as a symbolic gauge of how close humanity is to destroying the
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Scientists created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 as a symbolic gauge of how close humanity is to destroying
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A stolen vehicle pursuit started in Indio and ended in Desert Hot Springs Tuesday morning. The incident started just before 10:40 a.m. when deputies located a stolen vehicle in the area of Desert Gardens and Avenue 48 in Indio, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told News Channel 3. Authorities said deputies attempted a traffic enforcement
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Within minutes of the White House freezing billions in federal grants and loans, a federal judge temporarily blocked the funding pause from taking effect. US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan issued a brief administration stay of the policy during a virtual hearing on Tuesday afternoon. The stay blocks the policy from taking effect until 5:00
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Hundreds of visitors are flocking to the mountain tops after the higher elevations received their first measurable snowfall of the year. Places like Big Bear, Idyllwild, and the Palm Springs Ariel Tramway got the most snowfall between Sunday and Monday. Idyllwild saw anywhere between four and five inches through Monday night, and the town became
Continue ReadingKTUL, CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Tuesday to approve a proposal requiring parents to report their immigration or citizenship status when enrolling their children in school. The board discussed the proposal for about 20 minutes before approving it and other proposals in a 6-0 vote. The
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The acting top federal prosecutor in Washington under President Donald Trump is furious about recent leaks to the press and also specifically directed staff to scrutinize a former official’s work on January 6 cases after she rebuked him on TV, according to internal emails obtained by
Continue ReadingBy Ted Barrett, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to filibuster a GOP-led bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials. The measure was designed to punish the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials. The court issued those warrants last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense
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INDIO (CNS) – A 29-year-old man must stand trial for murder stemming from the death of a 20-year-old man whose body was found in the open desert of Desert Hot Springs, a judge has ruled. Gabriel “Vago” Magdaleno was held to answer last Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on a felony count
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said reported drone sightings that sparked panic in New Jersey last month were drones authorized to fly by the Federal Aviation Administration and “not the enemy.” Leavitt made the announcement — the most significant since drone paranoia took off in December —
Continue ReadingBy Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — A freed Israeli hostage says she drew “hope and strength” from other captives while she was being held by Hamas in Gaza. Naama Levy, 20, who was kidnapped by the Palestinian militant group during the October 7, 2023, attacks, was freed alongside three other female Israeli soldiers on Saturday,
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UPDATE – 01/27/25 8:45 P.M. The Riverside County Coroner’s office has identified Elizabeth Wright, 45, of Yucca Valley as the woman who died in the collision. Desert Hot Springs, Calif (KESQ) – At around 5 a.m., Desert Hot Springs Police Officers responded to the area of Palm Drive, south of Varner Road, for a report
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Rome, Italy (AP) — Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and two government ministers for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the Italian premier announced on Tuesday. Meloni revealed the investigation over allegedly aiding and abetting Ossama Anjiem, also
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of soldiers are challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to reprise a ban on transgender Americans serving in the military in court, reigniting a legal fight over the controversial effort that was met with pushback by federal courts – but not definitively settled – during his first
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Hansler, Andy Rose, Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it was not as sweeping
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, leaving Congress at the end of his second term and opening up a highly competitive battleground Senate seat. Peters announced the decision in an interview with the Detroit News, saying, “I always thought
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops backed by regional and UN intervention forces. The takeover of Goma is yet another territorial gain for the Alliance Fleuve Congo
Continue ReadingBy Curt Merrill and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — CNN is tracking mass shootings in the United States using data from the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group formed in 2013 to track gun-related violence. Both CNN and GVA define a “mass shooting” as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb, Evan Perez and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national security secrets. As a Republican congressional aide and Trump national security staffer, Patel fought
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