PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs Mayor Ron deHarte spoke live with News Channel 3’s Shay Lawson to share his message to the community after a bomb explosion rocked the city on Saturday. “It’s going to take time to heal the wounds that have been caused and the emotions and the incredible stress, not
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – In the aftermath of the terror attack in Palm Springs, experts are weighing in on how you can keep your mental health in check. Research shows generally, experiencing a traumatic event leads to increased rates of acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Police Chief Andy Mills told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut that other people could potentially face charges if investigators learn they had some prior knowledge about the Palm Springs bomb explosion or the suspect’s activities. Even though 25-year-old Guy Bartkus of Twentynine Palms is still believed to have acted alone
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice charged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assaulting federal law enforcement during a chaotic melee that erupted outside of an ICE detention facility in her home state of New Jersey, acting US Attorney Alina Habba said Monday. Prosecutors will, however, drop the federal
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A close call earlier this month at LaGuardia Airport in New York between two commercial jets is under investigation, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Monday. The incident is one of many close calls, go-around and aviation accidents that has prompted calls for changes to
Continue ReadingBy Merlin Delcid, Ivonne Valdés and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent attorney critical of President Nayib Bukele, in a move criticized by rights groups who say it reflects an increasing trend of “authoritarianism” in the country. Ruth Eleonora López, the head of the Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit
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NORTH PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A fire damaged a North Palm Springs home today, displacing two residents and causing minor injuries to one person and a firefighter. The fire was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m. near North Indian Canyon Drive and 18th Avenue in the unincorporated area of North Palm Springs, according to the
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By Alex Marquardt, Kristen Holmes and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said that she had concerns about being “hoodwinked” by plans put forward in her courtroom Monday by a Trump appointee to rebuild three offices focused on civil rights oversight within the Department of Homeland Security that were eviscerated with mass layoffs set to take effect this
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Two men accused of killing a man and wounding two others in an attack in Palm Springs must stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Anastascio Jesus Machuca, 23, and Antonio Marins, 24, were arrested in 2022 following the alleged shooting in the area of East Ramon
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Harvard Medical School professor who works with the Veterans Affairs Department to assess veterans’ risk of suicide hopes his project can survive a fierce internal debate at the department on whether to cancel research contracts with Harvard. VA and the Pentagon have the level of access to data
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By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Before the man police believe detonated a large explosive that blasted through a fertility clinic in the California desert community of Palm Springs on Saturday, people who knew Guy Edward Bartkus should have alerted authorities about his warning signs, the city’s police chief said. “There were people in chat
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles today announced the launch of a program to file complaints and arrest warrants to allow federal law enforcement to take defendants into federal custody from state jails. The program, called Operation Guardian Angel, seeks “to neutralize California’s sanctuary state policy and protect Americans from criminal
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La explosión de un auto fue calificada como un acto de terrorismo el sábado a las 10:50 de la mañana afuera de una clínica de fertilidad ubicada cerca de la calle Indian Canyon frente al hospital de Palm Springs. El incidente movilizo a las autoridades incluyendo al FBI quien identifico al sospechoso como Guy Bartkus
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By Michael Rios and Elvin Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a new Department of Homeland Security initiative offering free flights and $1,000 stipends has landed in Honduras. A group of 38 Hondurans arrived at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport on
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KESQ, FBI, OBTAINED BY KESQ, PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Before the man police believe detonated a large explosive that blasted through a fertility clinic in the California desert community of Palm Springs on Saturday, people who knew Guy Edward Bartkus should have alerted authorities about his warning signs,
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A divided federal appeals court on Monday rejected a request from the Trump administration to put on hold a judge’s order requiring the government to “facilitate” the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan refugee who was deported earlier this year to El Salvador. The 2-1 ruling from the 4th US
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Carolina Garcia MEXICALI, B.C. (T3) – Miles de ciudadanos acudieron a la explanada de los tres poderes, el sábado pasado, llevaron asador, carne asada, tortillas y salsas, todo lo que un cachanilla utiliza en estas reuniones intimas, pero en forma de reclamo por el gobierno estatal, encabezado por Marina del Pilar. Esta iniciativa inició en
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By Holmes Lybrand and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. The settlement, once approved
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