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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure – including vital energy systems – in Ukraine, an independent UN investigations panel said on Monday. Russian forces have been targeting Ukrainian power infrastructure since the early months of the war in 2022, and massively
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia and its allies dispatched top security officials to Iran for talks on Monday amid fears of a fresh US-Israeli offensive that could plunge the Middle East into further instability. Pakistani military chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin joined Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, Prince Khalid
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Today highs will be near seasonal norms (88), but we cool off this week, and showers are likely by Sunday. A series of fronts moves through this week, bringing slightly cooler temps, and by the weekend we’ll be down in the 70s.
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – As Halloween parties approach, law enforcement is warning about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit prescription pills. Desert Hot Springs Police Lieutenant Saucier and Amber Royer, founder of Out of the Ashes, are urging people to avoid taking pills that weren’t prescribed to them. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Voter identification is in the spotlight in California this year as Proposition 39 looks to make changes to elections. Prop 39 would keep citizens from voting unless they present a form of government-issued identification. A “Yes” vote on the proposition would change California’s state constitution to require voters to provide
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) — A passenger was killed, and the driver was seriously injured following a motorcycle crash Sunday morning on Highway 74 near the Devil’s Ladder Trail. Authorities were dispatched to the scene around 9:15 a.m. following reports of a single-motorcycle crash. According to the California Highway Patrol, the motorcyclist was riding their
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — First Tee Coachella Valley participants will honor Coach Kyle “Peanut Butter Cups” Winn, who served as program coordinator/director and executive director at First Tee and passed away earlier this year. Participants in today’s golf-a-thon pledged to play 18 to 100 holes throughout the day to raise funds for First Tee
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Decorated golf carts, community groups and families gathered along El Paseo Sunday for the 2026 Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade, with actor and television host Anthony Anderson serving as grand marshal. This year’s theme, “Better Together,” celebrated the local schools, businesses and community organizations taking part. News Channel 3’s team
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By Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — US forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Donald Trump, according to two US officials. Sufficient forces are now deployed in the region to carry out the
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Story by Hilary Whiteman, Photos by Dan Peled Dalby, Australia (CNN) — The first rainfall in months splashes off the windshield as the mayor of Western Downs Andrew Smith drives to the site of a proposed AI data center behind a cattle feedlot in rural Queensland. It’s feeding time and 16,000 cattle are standing under
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By Lex Harvey, Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Okinawa earlier this month, multiple Japanese media outlets have reported, in a case that has prompted renewed outrage over the conduct of US troops in the country. Lance Corporal Devin
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A woman accused of assaulting two men in allegedly antisemitic attacks in New York City was charged with hate crimes connected to those incidents, according to police and court records. The accused assailant, identified as Anna Mochalova, 32, faces two separate charges of assault in the
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CNN, WCTV, DOUG TRAN, X, @FAMU By Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent in connection with a mass shooting Saturday night that left 11 people wounded, Tallahassee police said. Anthony Rivers III, who was arrested
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Sofia, Bulgaria (AP) — The presidential election in Bulgaria on Sunday ended inconclusively, with the next head of state to be picked in a runoff, according to election officials. A record low turnout, attributed by observers to a general mistrust in politicians resulting in voter apathy, will pit two contrasting political visions
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz, Aleena Fayaz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals panel expressed significant skepticism Sunday over the Justice Department’s desire to inject itself into California’s midterm vote-counting process by forcing election officials to set aside the votes of suspected noncitizens who have been issued mail ballots.
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Belgrade, Serbia (AP) — The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government. It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who
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By Eduardo Cuevas, Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — The threat of an ammonia leak from a burning seafood plant in a coastal Oregon city has been contained, authorities said, hours after a fire erupted, prompting evacuations over fears of potential health risks. Between 30 and 40 people were inside Pacific Seafood in Newport when flames
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By Brittany Shammas and Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: Help is available: For help in the US, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or chat 24/7 on online.rainn.org. The woman thought she had told the two men, “Please stop.” She thought she had shaken her head. But she couldn’t be sure,
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Polls opened Tuesday morning in Israel for one of the country’s most significant elections in its history. Voters now face a familiar question: Should Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, stay in power? Nearly every recent election has been a referendum on Netanyahu. This time, many
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Voters will pick the winners of next month’s midterm elections, but it is the conservative Supreme Court that has set the rules. Long before early voting got underway to decide control of Congress, the court exerted an unusually profound impact on the election with a series of decisions that
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