CNN By Antonia Mortensen and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, adding that his mild kidney issues are not concerning. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father, although critical, show a slight improvement. Even today there
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A juvenile was arrested Friday night for an armed robbery of a Palm Springs Five Guys restaurant. Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills announced the incident via Instagram. According to Mills, the juvenile stole money from the store with a BB gun. The suspect fled the scene shortly after, leading to a foot pursuit. The
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump keeps lying not only about the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. In a Saturday speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump correctly noted that he earned 77 million votes in 2024 — then falsely said his vote total was “actually
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Did you feel it? A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck 18 kilometers north of Cabazon Saturday afternoon, according to USGS. The quake was reported at 2:46 p.m. in the San Bernardino Mountains. An interactive map shows the epicenter of the earthquake was between Big Bear City and Cabazon.
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, Tami Luhby, Josh Campbell, Eva McKend and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s latest move targeting the federal workforce, employees began receiving emails Saturday afternoon asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Musk announced that “failure to respond will be taken as
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to strip Maine of its federal funding if it refuses to comply with his executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports, marking the White House’s latest front in the nation’s culture wars. In a tense exchange with the president, Maine
Continue ReadingBy Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — Lachelle “Shelly” Jeannine Waite was 18 years old when her older sister, Annette, found her dead in their family home in 1986. After nearly four decades, police in Phoenix, Arizona, have finally arrested a suspect. Alfred Earl Green was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing Waite, according to Phoenix
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — A police officer was killed and five other people were wounded when a man took medical staff hostage and opened fire at a York, Pennsylvania, hospital on Saturday morning, officials said. The gunman, identified by authorities as Diogenes Archangel Ortiz, 49, was also killed, authorities said.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui correctional center on what he called “Freedom Friday” thanks to new DNA evidence. Hours after a judge ruled that the outcome of another potential murder trial against
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and several are wounded following a knife attack at a town market in eastern France, in what French authorities have described as an act of terror. “Horror has just gripped our city. A man attacked passers-by at the covered canal market with a knife, several
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By Jennifer Hansler and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The United States has proposed its own United Nations resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine after refusing to back one drafted by Kyiv and backed by Europe. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described it as “a simple, historic resolution … that we
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire responded to a fire early Saturday morning in the 35600 block of Placid Place at the request of the Cathedral City Fire Department. The fire happened before 2 a.m. Thick smoke blanketed the area for a little more than an hour. News Channel 3 has out
Continue ReadingBy Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) on Saturday reported operating earnings for the fourth quarter rose 71% after taxes year-over-year to a record $14.5 billion. Operating profit in 2024 rose 27% to $47.4 billion from $37.3 billion a year earlier. Berkshire reported full-year net income of $89 billion, down 7.5%
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The woman’s call came around 7:20 p.m. last Sunday. Her husband and his 12-year-old son had gone hiking on the Red Mountain trail in southern Utah. She began to worry after the pair failed to show up hours later at a spot where she was supposed to pick them
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh and Victoria Butenko Kyiv (CNN) — A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one President Zelensky would accept,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations. “It is a strange offer to try and take from a country
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A US Border Patrol agent whose killing in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border has been tied to a cultlike group is scheduled to be buried with full military honors Saturday at a national cemetery. David Maland, 44, died Jan. 20 during the stop on Interstate
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on administrative leave for cooperating with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and asked for help finding another job. Days later, courtesy of President Donald Trump, he had one:
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Darya Tarasova and Kosta Gak, CNN Kyiv & London (CNN) — The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues, according to videos and testimony obtained by CNN. Frontline
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Columbia, South Carolina (AP) — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the US in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die on March 7. On Friday, he became the first South Carolina
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CNN By Emma Tucker, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Zoe Sottile, CNN New York City (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last year, appeared for a largely procedural court hearing Friday amid a groundswell of support from fans who braved the harsh New York City cold and lined up
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