By Lauren Fox and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — It was 2022 and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had just finished debating his Democratic opponent Val Demings when former President Donald Trump was on the line. According to a source familiar with the conversation, Trump was calling to relish in Rubio’s performance, telling the Republican senator that he’d done well and offering
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A former Camp Pendleton Marine who solicited sexual pictures and videos from a 13-year-old Florida girl has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison. Schyular Quinton Willis, 24, was arrested last October at Camp Pendleton after the victim’s father reported to police that Willis and his daughter were exchanging inappropriate text messages,
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to establish standards for Rancho Community Event Facilities conducted on date palm and agriculture farms in unincorporated areas of the Western Coachella Valley Area Plan and Eastern Coachella Valley Area Plan. The Board will consider changes to existing ordinances that will set up permitting requirements for ranchos
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is pardoning US veterans who were convicted by the military over a 60-year period under a military law that banned gay sex, three US officials told CNN. In a statement on Wednesday, Biden said he was “righting an historic wrong” by pardoning service members
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer Linda Ronstadt. Personal Birth date: July 15, 1946 Birth place: Tucson, Arizona Birth name: Linda Marie Ronstadt Father: Gilbert Ronstadt, hardware store owner Mother: Ruth Mary (Copeman) Ronstadt, homemaker Children: adopted: Carlos and Mary Clementine Education: Attended University of Arizona,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti. Personal Birth date: July 15, 1953 Birth place: Port Salut, Haiti Birth name: Jean-Bertrand Aristide Father: Joseph Aristide, farmer Mother: Marie (Pierre-Louis) Aristide Marriage: Mildred (Trouillot) Aristide (January 20, 1996-present) Children: Michaelle and Christine
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Denise Royal and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon said Tuesday she had “a hard time seeing” any problems with the warrant the FBI obtained to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in the summer of 2022. While she didn’t rule from the bench on the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Is Karen Read a rage-filled cop killer, or the convenient patsy of a vast police cover-up? That’s the question put to a Massachusetts jury on Tuesday in closing arguments of her murder trial in a case that has riveted the Bay State. The case stems from
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The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose 1 cent today to $4.716, a day after it dropped two-tenths of a cent. The average price is four-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, 27.9 cents lower than one month ago and 6.5 cents below what it was
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at soldier on soldier attacks in the US military. 2009 Fort Hood Shooting November 5, 2009 – Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 people and an unborn child and injures 32 more during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood military base (now Fort Cavazos)
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An effort to establish the first publicly funded religious charter school in the country has been blocked by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The court Tuesday ordered the state to rescind its contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in a 6-2 decision with one recusal. “Under Oklahoma law,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has lifted portions of the gag order restricting what the former president can say about witnesses in the trial, such as Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, two days before Trump will square off against President Joe Biden
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Three western Riverside County residents were arrested in connection with a theft at a pool supply business in Palm Springs. The incident started in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to PSPD, Palm Springs police officers on the graveyard shift responded to an alarm activation at a pool supply business in south Palm Springs.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials familiar with the matter told CNN, to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems. The change would mark another significant shift in the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy, as the
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California residents will be able to watch Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address online this week, After sending the text of the address to the state Legislature Tuesday morning, Newsom will record the speech on video. “His pre-recorded speech will premiere simultaneously across the office’s social media channels and
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s Washington, DC, law license has been suspended, according to a newly released order from a local court that pointed to his recent conviction on three gun crimes. The order was issued by Chief Judge Anna Elizabeth Blackburne-Rigsby of the DC Court of Appeals,
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday ordering the government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military. Since Israel’s founding, ultra-Orthodox Jews have been exempt from mandatory military service. The court also said that the government could no longer fund any religious schools (called “yeshivas”) whose students
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Fireworks illegal in Palm Springs: Fire Department Warns of fire hazards during July the 4th celebrations Fireworks are coming to town for the Fourth of July. Palm Springs does not allow any fireworks, and the fire department is spreading the word. Fireworks can be dangerous when inexperienced users light them, and they are a
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — A historic showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is set for Thursday on CNN when the presumptive major party nominees meet for their first debate this election cycle. The debate will be the earliest such event in US history. Televised presidential debates between general election candidates
Continue ReadingCNN, NBC, POOL, 10TH ST PROD, GETTY IMAGES, BIDEN CAMPAIGN By CNN staff (CNN) — A historic showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is set for Thursday on CNN when the presumptive major party nominees meet for their first debate this election cycle. The debate will be the earliest such event
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