By Bill Kirkos, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Attorneys for a Chicago TV station employee detained by federal agents Friday dispute accusations from the Department of Homeland Security that she was taken into custody because she threw objects at a Border Patrol car, instead saying she was simply walking to a bus stop on her way
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When former FBI Director James Comey was charged last month, prosecutors weren’t ready or willing to turn over the criminal case file to his lawyers. As of Tuesday, after days of disputing what case documents they have to provide, prosecutors handed his lawyers what they needed to, a person
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Days after the signing of a new state law that bans the sale or transfer of Glock and Glock-style handguns, firearms advocates filed a lawsuit in San Diego federal court this week challenging the ban. Assembly Bill 1127, which was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, bars California
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Part of the Justice Department’s investigation of John Bolton centers around notes he was making to himself in an AOL email account — at times writing summaries of his activities like diary entries — when he was President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, and whether they contained classified information,
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A line of strong storms moving through SoCal will pass through the Valley early this afternoon before clearing into the evening. A strong area of low pressure is curling through the Los Angeles basin this morning, and will move inland into the afternoon. A quilt of watches and warnings for gusty winds, flooding potential, and
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Walmart wants to use artificial intelligence to leapfrog rival Amazon in online shopping. The world’s largest retailer is teaming up with OpenAI to let customers browse and make purchases directly through ChatGPT. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Walmart wants to use artificial intelligence to leapfrog rival Amazon in online shopping. The world’s largest retailer is teaming up with OpenAI to let customers browse and make purchases directly through ChatGPT. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — If President Donald Trump is worried the $20 billion economic lifeline he’s sending to Argentina in the middle of a US government shutdown might cause him political headaches, he didn’t show it Tuesday. Instead, as he sat for lunch with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, Trump said in no
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors seized $15 billion in cryptocurrency from an investment scheme known as “pig butchering” that they allege emanated from forced labor camps in Cambodia. The Justice Department said it’s the largest forfeiture action in its history. Prosecutors unsealed an indictment Tuesday charging Chen Zhi, a Chinese émigré who
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the activist who championed transgender rights and protested in the historic Stonewall rebellion that galvanized the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement, has died. She was 78. Griffin-Gracy died October 13 “in the comfort of her home and surrounded by loved ones in Little Rock, Arkansas,” according
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs International Airport issued a statement on Tuesday regarding the decision not to broadcast a video by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. Noem’s “Public Service Announcement” is supposed to air at security checkpoints. “It is TSA’s top priority to make sure
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Over 30,000 health care workers are set to protest and strike against Kaiser Permanente Tuesday morning through Sunday morning. They’re asking for fair wages, better staffing and improved patient care. It’s a cause local health care workers are now joining. Over 60 workers gathered outside the Kaiser Permanent clinic in
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A fire that erupted today in a garbage truck on the south end of Banning consumed part of the vehicle and extended into vegetation before crews got it under control. The non-injury blaze was reported at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Longhorn Road and Roadrunner Trail, at the foot
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A man who worked as a Pentagon contractor and State Department adviser has been charged with removing classified information from a government facility after investigators found over a thousand documents with classified markings at his house in Virginia. Some of the documents that Ashley Tellis, an expert in South
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Mexico City (AP) — More than 300 communities in central and eastern Mexico remained cut off by deadly landslides and flooding on Tuesday, as thousands of soldiers and civilian workers scrambled to reopen blocked roads. The government confirmed that at least 64 people have died due to the torrential rains. Dozens are still
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Monday’s release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees marks a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza , though it’s unclear whether it signals the end of conflict. US President Donald Trump, the chief architect of the plan, traveled to Israel
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By Ivana Kottasová, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups in several areas across Gaza, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution, as worries grow about the security situation following Israel’s withdrawal from parts of the territory. Reports of violence have been shared
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 46-year-old man was killed in an off-road vehicle crash in an unincorporated area north of the Salton Sea Saturday evening, the California Highway Patrol confirmed. The crash was reported just before 7 p.m. on Gas Line Road, west of Summit Road. According to CHP, Polariz RZR crashed into a chain
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By Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — A woman seen on a home surveillance video being taken by force by a man in Wichita, Kansas, has been located safely, police said Tuesday. Investigators said they received a call around 3 p.m. from a woman claiming to be the individual they had been trying to identify. Detectives
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. Trump said that the vessel was “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization” but did not name any organization or
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