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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Until hours before California Gov. Gavin Newsom greeted President Donald Trump with a bro-hug on the Los Angeles tarmac Friday, his advisers had spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’ social media accounts, hoping for clues for where Trump was going to talk about the wildfire damage.
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. It was pulled on Thursday night. Given he continues to face ongoing threats due to his public-facing role
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, Mark Morales and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A New Jersey mayor says his city has been “unlawfully terrorized” after federal agents detained multiple people Thursday during what Immigration and Customs Enforcement called “a targeted enforcement operation.” The agents “raided” a local business and detained “undocumented residents as well as citizens, without
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Dana Karni, Kareem Khadder, Jeremy Diamond, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Israel is preparing to receive on Saturday four female soldiers held hostage by Hamas. The militant group said Friday that it intends to release Karina Ariev, 20, Daniella Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Liri Albag, 19. Israeli
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Today, the fire concerns continue, with Red Flag Warnings up through 10 this morning and winds remain gusty in those fire-prone areas. As we move into Saturday, an area of low pressure arrives, bringing cooler and wetter conditions. Dew points and humidity values will rise, helping the battle against those fires burning to our West.
Continue ReadingBy Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Tareq ElHelou, CNN (CNN) — Thirteen-year-old Zakariya Barbakh had spent most of his life shuffling between hospitals across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Israel. Born without a lung, he had struggled to breathe. Doctors had predicted he would need a transplant if he were to reach
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos. Storm Éowyn, an extratropical “bomb” cyclone that has formed in the North Atlantic and intensified
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday is visiting North Carolina — a state he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats” as it rebuilds from Hurricane Helene’s flooding — with questions about disaster relief taking center stage in his first days back in office. Trump will then travel to
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Jen Baddour volunteered as a poll greeter on University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus during November’s election, where a bell was rung at the polling site for anyone voting for the first time. She told young voters there, “Listen, you’re not going to see or hear the fireworks
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A private American security company will take over a key checkpoint on the road to northern Gaza in the coming days as Israeli forces withdraw from the area on Saturday, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. Armed personnel from an American security contractor will
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.” Trump’s comments came as he’s also traveling to California, where wildfires have
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli government says its military will not withdraw from Lebanon by Sunday’s deadline, in violation of a ceasefire agreement that ended months of conflict with Hezbollah. Israel was expected to withdraw all of its forces from southern Lebanon as part of the deal but the
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Palm Springs City Council moved forward at its meeting on Thursday to unanimously approve the Palm Springs International Airport Master Plan conceptual development plan. The approval includes the selection of the hybrid Rental Car Center, a single-story structure with two sub levels located north of the terminal, next to the baggage claim. The design maintains
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Holly Yan and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires and new blazes flaring up earlier this week, expected rainfall this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster
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Palm Springs City Council Thursday night voted to deny an appeal and uphold its certification of the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and approval of the development permit for a large warehouse north of Interstate 10. The structure, located at the northwest corner of North Indian Canyon Drive and 19th Avenue, will be nearly 740,000
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Yumi Asada, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese official. A court in
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As settlement to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in August 2023, The EPA on Thursday ordered the operators of Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal to upgrade the Park’s drinking water and wastewater systems to make them safe and pay a $50,000 penalty. Between 2019 and 2021 the EPA banned Oasis Mobile Home
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Palm Springs Police officers arrested a burglary suspect on Wednesday, assisted by a PSPD drone and a K-9 Unit. Officers say they responded to a report of a burglary in progress on the 2300 block of Girasol Ave in the Chino Canyon area just before 5:00 p.m. They saw that the front door of the
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The California Winter League had its 16th Opening Day on Thursday in Palm Springs. According to the CWL website, the league gives free agent baseball players a chance to develop their skills. The CWL started its 16th season in Palm Springs today. @KenjiitoKESQ was out there to catch all the action, including an interview with
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Three local businesses are teaming up to help horses and ranchers affected or displaced by the recent wildfires in Los Angeles. Those fires have devastated thousands of lives and homes, leaving many people with nothing. Tragically, many animals have also been left without shelter, food, and care. That’s why three local businesses owners decided they
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