By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Tampa, Florida (CNN) — As the federal government continues its crackdown on illegal immigration, the Justice Department announced Thursday that it would surge resources to the US-Canada border to combat an uptick in human smuggling operations in the north. The surge will include sending agents from the joint DOJ and Department
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Leigh Waldman and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Maintenance records still being withheld by the Uvalde school district show entry doors at Robb Elementary School had repeated problems before the May 2022 massacre, CNN can reveal. On April 18, 2022, a complaint was submitted that “West door not closing
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By Stefano Pozzebon and Andrew Raine, CNN Chichiriviche de la Costa, Venezuela (CNN) — Work starts early for the fishermen of Chichiriviche de la Costa, a remote village on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, some two hours of unpaved driving from the capital Caracas. On Thursday, Eduard Ulloa, 47, was at the shore before six
Continue Reading CNN By Stefano Pozzebon and Andrew Raine, CNN Chichiriviche de la Costa, Venezuela (CNN) — Work starts early for the fishermen of Chichiriviche de la Costa, a remote village on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, some two hours of unpaved driving from the capital Caracas. On Thursday, Eduard Ulloa, 47, was at the shore before
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu over the city’s so-called sanctuary policy, which limits cooperation with federal immigration efforts. The lawsuit, which also targets the city’s police department and its commissioner, alleges that Boston’s policy is illegal because “cities cannot obstruct the
Continue ReadingBy Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tumultuous tenure atop the US Health and Human Services Department is starting to wear on some prominent Republicans. But so far, President Donald Trump is not one of them. He said at a White House event Thursday that he didn’t watch the hearing, but added:
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Democratic city officials in New Orleans are clashing with Republican state leaders over President Donald Trump’s threat of sending in the military to patrol streets and assist local enforcement in the Big Easy. Trump suggested Wednesday he may redirect National Guard members to New Orleans next, instead of Chicago
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A man killed his sister and wounded seven others in a mass stabbing at an Indigenous community in central Canada, police said Thursday. The man, a 26-year-old from Hollow Water First Nation, an Anishinaabe community on the eastern shores of Lake Winnipeg, fled the scene in a stolen vehicle
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By Kristen Holmes, Gloria Pazmino, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is putting up a fight, at least for now, denying that he is planning to exit the race for mayor to take a job in the Trump administration even as conversations are said to be continuing about possible roles
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By Samantha Waldenberg, Haley Britzky, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to rebrand the Pentagon as the “Department of War,” telling reporters in the Oval Office it was a more “appropriate” name given the state of the world. “I think it’s a much more appropriate name, especially in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose. Personal Birth name: Peter Edward Rose Birth date: April 14, 1941 Death date: September 30, 2024 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Father: Harry Rose, bank clerk and semi-pro baseball and football player Mother: LaVerne Rose Marriages:
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The United States Attorney’s office announced two lawsuits against Southern California Edison Co., today, alleging that faulty transmission and power lines led to the devastating Eaton and Fairview fires. The filings cite “a troubling pattern of negligence,” and allege that the company’s negligence caused the deadly fires, which burned tens of
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ANZA, Calif. (KESQ) – A brush fire that erupted today south of Highway 371 inAnza scorched seven acres before it was stopped. The non-injury blaze was reported at 1:57 p.m. Thursday in the area of Coyote Canyon and Terwilliger roads, on the east end of the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, according to the Riverside County
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Bathroom break? We get it — it might be the only quiet moment you’ve had all day. But a new study warns that bringing your phone to the toilet could raise your risk of hemorrhoids. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy
Continue ReadingCNN By Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Bathroom break? We get it — it might be the only quiet moment you’ve had all day. But a new study warns that bringing your phone to the toilet could raise your risk of hemorrhoids. Here’s what else you might have missed during your
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Students and staff at Palm Springs High School are back in classrooms after an anonymous phone threat prompted a brief lockdown and heavy police presence Thursday morning. Palm Springs Unified School District sent a message to parents the school is on lockdown after an anonymous phone threat to the front
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow him to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission in an emergency appeal that could further erode the autonomy of independent federal agencies. At the center of the latest legal battle over Trump’s ability to control
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – As the Valley prepares for another busy season, officials are renewing calls to be careful around bighorn sheep wandering into urban areas. Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills released a video on social media Wednesday featuring Mills and animal control officers Jeanette Guzman and Stephanie Anderson, who discussed the risks
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By John Fritze, CNN Memphis (CNN) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh appeared eager Thursday to squelch growing tension within the federal judiciary, praising a meeting of judges for their work on the “front lines of American justice” and defending the high court’s opaque emergency decisions as a product of compromise. “Keep doing what you’re doing,” Kavanaugh
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By Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order requiring Florida and the federal government to shut down and dismantle a controversial immigration detention facility built in the Everglades, widely referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz.” On Thursday, the Eleventh US Circuit Court of Appeals granted requests from the
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