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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who searched a secure computer network without permission, or a legitimate reason, pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor charges and was immediately sentenced to a year of probation. Matthew Enrique Estrada, 53, of Blythe on Friday admitted two counts of unlawfully accessing privileged information via government computers.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The headliners for the 2027 Coachella Music and Arts Festival could soon be set, according to a report from TMZ. Sources told TMZ that Dua Lipa, SZA, and Tame Impala are nearly confirmed as performers. It would be the first time Dua Lipa has performed at Coachella. SZA performed at the
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Springs man who sexually assaulted multiple girls throughout Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, enticing them with illegal drugs and using them to make child pornography, was sentenced today to 22 years in state prison. Jesse James Garcia Airada, 29, pleaded guilty in August to two counts of
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Organizers behind Desert X, a biennial outdoor art exhibition held in the Coachella Valley, announced today they have secured $200,000 in donations ahead of its November deadline, making it possible to launch production and have next year’s 10th anniversary free to the public. “Your generosity goes directly into the production
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By Austin Culpepper, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday was skeptical of the Trump administration’s urgency to rush construction of a controversial 250-foot triumphal arch that the president wants to begin next week. Judge Tanya Chutkan asked an administration attorney, “What’s the harm to the government to wait three or four
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Justice Department today lost its second bid to have an appeals court stop California election officials from processing more than 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may be non-citizens but are registered to vote in next week’s election. The renewed effort was filed with the 9th Circuit Court
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By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed US approval of a potential $2.1 billion sale of 500 vital Patriot interceptor missiles on Friday, but warned that it may take “a few years” for them to arrive. “We are asking our American partners to find a solution for the time when there
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – With children expected to fill neighborhood streets for Halloween, California Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to slow down and watch carefully for trick-or-treaters. The warning hits close to home in the Coachella Valley. On Oct. 31, 2007, 13-year-old Crystal Delgado was hit and killed while crossing near Vista Chino and
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – An additional 131 vote centers will open Saturday throughout Riverside County for the Nov. 3 general election, bringing the countywide total to 152, election officials said today. Twenty-one vote centers opened last weekend for Riverside County residents who want to cast ballots in person rather than by mail. The locations, listed at
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: November 11, 1955 Birth place: Brilon, Germany Birth name: Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz Father: Joachim Merz, judge Mother: Paula Sauvigny Marriage: Charlotte Gass (1981-present) Children: Three Education: Studied law at the University of Bonn and the
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By John Fritze, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge opened a formal investigation Friday into whether Justice Department attorneys and others within the Trump administration misrepresented the president’s plans to renovate a golf course in Washington, DC, ratcheting up a dramatic showdown between the White House and the courts. In a fiery hearing
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By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the new case against former FBI Director James Comey is now set to decide whether placeholder charges can survive as prosecutors attempt to get an indictment from a Washington, DC, grand jury. During a hearing Friday, the Justice Department said it is working
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The G20 foreign ministers meeting kicked off in Atlanta on Friday without a “family photo” after numerous representatives were expected to walk out rather than be pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Two Western officials told CNN more than a third of attending officials had threatened to
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By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Adam Cancryn, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Flying on Thursday to South Carolina to headline his 25th midterm rally this month, President Donald Trump and his political team made a decision, according to one of his advisers: Instead of holding an in-person rally this weekend in Kansas — a red
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CNN By Chris Boyette, Isabel Rosales, Julianna Bragg, Vivian Phillips, Holly Yan (CNN) — A convicted murderer who escaped a Tennessee prison last weekend had already crossed state lines before prison officials alerted external law enforcement agencies, according to District Attorney Danny Goodman Jr. Jacob Morley had been in Marion, Illinois, by 4:40 a.m. Monday,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris that killed 132 people, including two survivors who later died by suicide, and wounded 494 people. The attackers, armed with assault rifles and explosives, targeted six locations across the city. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks. Timeline and
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A billboard stretching across one of Egypt’s biggest highways was hacked on Thursday to broadcast pornographic footage, according to the government and local media. The advertisement billboard, which sits on the bustling 26th of July Axis in Cairo, made waves on social media as many people stopped their cars
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a select list of convicted American serial killers and notable open or unsolved cases. Serial murder is defined by the FBI as two or more killings separated by a span of time. Serial murders are relatively rare. Fewer than one percent of homicides during a given year are
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By Devon M. Sayers, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection a month ago, is speaking out for the first time, saying she is recovering, “but healing is not the same as being okay.” “There hasn’t been a moment since that night when I haven’t
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Farmers dumped manure on the streets of Turin on Friday as mass demonstrations unfurled across more than 50 cities in Italy. Fired up by a wave of similar protests elsewhere in Europe, tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets to protest soaring living costs
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