By Ibrahim Dahman and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 31 people on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the highest day’s death toll in over two months. The reported toll includes six children, the ministry said, while a further 30 people have been injured, including some
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Carmel, Indiana (CNN) — Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day. So she breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as she watched Melania Trump’s documentary and saw that — after a day that included three balls and
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By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Christian Menefee, a former Harris County Attorney, won the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, ending a long vacancy and narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority in the US House. Menefee defeated former Houston city councilmember Amanda Edwards, also a Democrat. Texas’ 18th Congressional District has
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has taken the extraordinary step of inserting herself into a federal probe of the 2020 election as she hunts for elusive evidence of voter fraud. Gabbard was on the scene Wednesday after FBI agents executed a search warrant for the Fulton County elections
Continue ReadingBy Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — For a brief moment following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, President Donald Trump appeared to recalibrate. Faced with mounting outrage over the second killing of a US citizen in an encounter with federal agents, Trump swiftly moved the head of his Minnesota immigration crackdown out of the state.
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, Amelia, with her purple bob and pixie-girl looks, seems an unlikely candidate for the far right to adopt as an increasingly popular meme. Yet, for the past few weeks, memes and AI-generated videos featuring this fictional British teenager have proliferated across social media, especially on X.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) — Dozens of demonstrators gathered Friday afternoon in La Quinta for an anti-ICE protest, calling for accountability and voicing support for local immigrant communities. The demonstration began at 3 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 111 and Jefferson Street, directly outside a Home Depot. Protesters of all ages lined the roadway,
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — Shadow Hills girls basketball continues to be the standard on the court here in the Coachella Valley. The Lady Knights are league champions for the fifth straight season, which includes a 30-0 record in league play over the last three years. In fact, their last league loss was in January of
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Massive crowds of protesters are marching across the nation to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown Saturday — the same day a judge handed the federal government a win by denying a request to halt an operation that has seen thousands of agents dispatched to Minnesota’s Twin
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By CNN staff (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after Congress passed a law last year forcing the Trump administration to do so. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference the Justice Department
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – Students from Coachella Valley High School, along with students from other campuses, walked out of class and marched to Coachella City Hall on Friday morning. The student-led demonstration was organized in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a national day of action. “I’m so thankful to have
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival came to an end on Friday. The three-day festival featured literary powerhouses and some of the biggest names in politics and culture today. News Channel 3 caught up with popular author Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six and the Seven Husbands
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – As ICE operations spark violence, protests, and political fallout nationwide, law enforcement leaders are being forced to answer hard questions about deadly force, de-escalation, and who is held accountable when civilians die. Tonight, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco tells News Channel 3’s Karen Devine what he believes went wrong in
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – The FIND Food Bank is raising awareness about food insecurity across the Coachella Valley as demand for assistance continues to grow. Community leaders, donors, nonprofit partners, and elected officials gathered in Indian Wells for FIND’s annual Guardians Breakfast. The event focused on educating stakeholders about hunger in Riverside County and
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The first measles case in a Los Angeles County resident since August has been confirmed, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced today. Â Â The patient, who was not identified, had recently traveled internationally, according to the department. There are no identified public exposure locations in Los Angeles County
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By Anabella González, Michael Rios (CNN) — Venezuela’s acting president has announced a proposed amnesty law that could lead to the release of hundreds of political prisoners, as well as the closure of a notorious detention center, in her latest concessions since the US capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Delcy RodrÃguez said Friday that the
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BIG BEAR, Calif. (KESQ) – A raven cracked one of the bald eagle eggs at the Big Bear nest. The eggs were left unguarded for several hours. At around 3:30 p.m., a raven got up into the nest and took off the eggs, eventually cracking the shell. The raven pecked at the second eggs, but
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By Uriel Blanco, Sol Amaya, Michael Rios, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Mexico has found itself walking a diplomatic tightrope after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba. As both a key trading partner of the US and a crucial supplier of oil to Cuba, Mexico could
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Update – 2/4/26 Mark Anthony Vasquez was located safe, authorities confirmed over the weekend. Original Report – 1/30/26 RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities are asking for the community’s help in locating a missing Coachella Valley man last seen in Riverside on January 23. Mark Anthony Vasquez, 48, was last seen walking in the area of
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Las Vegas man charged with carrying a loaded firearm without a permit to a Donald Trump rally in the Coachella Valley could have his charges dropped after a six-month period. On Thursday, Vem Miller was found eligible for misdemeanor diversion for a period of six months. He could have his
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