PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Local students are being recognized with this month’s Do the Right Thing award, which is a partnership between Palm Springs Police and News Channel 3. Nine students received the honor on Wednesday evening. Josue Nicholas Villa, Javen Patrick, Alex Rodriguez Parra. Ruby Pio, Alexander Magana, Rose Hernandez, Amy Maya, Nixon
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two now-defunct criminal cases against President Donald Trump, defended the integrity of his investigation during a combative hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. Making his first public appearance before lawmakers, Smith pushed back against Trump’s claims that he was a crooked prosecutor during
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By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota filed paperwork on Thursday to form a campaign committee to run for governor of her home state, which has become an epicenter of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. “This is a preliminary step necessary for any candidate considering a run,” a person close
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents from the driveway of his metro Minneapolis home Tuesday after returning from preschool is being held with his father at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas, according to school district officials and a family attorney.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: February 9, 1951 Birth place: Seattle, Washington Birth name: Jay Robert Inslee Father: Frank Inslee, biology teacher, coach and athletic director Mother: Adele (Brown) Inslee, store clerk
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Baseball Hall of Fame player Hank Aaron. Personal Birth date: February 5, 1934 Death date: January 22, 2021 Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Birth name: Henry Louis Aaron Father: Herbert Aaron Mother: Estella (Pritchett) Aaron Marriages: Billye Williams (1973-January 22, 2021, his death);
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By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that a large bruise on his left hand came after he bumped it on furniture in Switzerland. “I clipped it on the table,” he told CNN’s Samatha Waldenberg aboard Air Force One. “I put a little — what do they call it?
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By Eric Levenson, August Phillips, CNN (CNN) — Two teenagers were arrested Thursday after dozens of swastikas were painted on a playground in a predominantly Jewish area of Brooklyn, New York, this week, the New York Police Department said. The 15-year-olds both face aggravated harassment charges, with one of the teens also facing a charge
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters who breached a Minnesota church over the weekend, a source told CNN. “The Attorney General is enraged at the magistrate judge’s decision,” a person familiar with
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By Issy Ronald, Nick Paton Walsh, Clare Sebastian, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s posturing over Greenland has irrevocably changed the transatlantic relationship, even after he backed away Wednesday from his threats of a US takeover of the Danish autonomous territory, European officials told CNN. One European diplomat, speaking anonymously, described the last
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Phil Mattingly, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has ordered a review of federal funding sent to more than a dozen Democratic-led states, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The sweeping scale of the review is outlined in a budget data request that was sent Tuesday to all
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By Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reached a verbal understanding about Greenland during their meeting on Wednesday, but no document has been produced yet memorializing a future deal, people familiar with their discussion told CNN. Trump and Rutte agreed to
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Jenna Scott remembers the joy of being pregnant with her first and only child. She also remembers the immense abdominal pain. During her pregnancy, she let her doctors know about the persistent discomfort. She was told it was normal, that the aches “came with the territory,” she said. But
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By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Barron Trump, son of the US president, contacted police in London last year after witnessing an alleged assault on a female friend while he and the woman were on a video call, a British court has been told. A transcript of Trump’s emergency call was shown during the
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CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Just a few days ago, European leaders were scrambling to respond to US President Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric about taking control of Greenland, and bracing for an avalanche of insults as he arrived to speak on their home turf. As expected, Trump slammed European officials on a
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Just a few days ago, European leaders were scrambling to respond to US President Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric about taking control of Greenland, and bracing for an avalanche of insults as he arrived to speak on their home turf. As expected, Trump slammed European officials on a variety
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Smart became a household name when she was abducted at age 14, held captive for nine months and then found safe. Now 38, she is married with children and devotes her time to advocating for survivors of abduction, abuse and sexual violence. With the release of the new
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By Isabel Rosales, Karina Tsui, Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — One day after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis earlier this month, a Minnesota immigrant advocacy group reported a threefold increase in the number of people signing up to become legal observers. “To say this: The
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CNN, POOL, KIII, KENS, KSAT, KABB, WOAI, TEXAS HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMM By Eric Levenson, Matthew J. Friedman, Shimon Prokupecz, Rachel Clarke, Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — A jury has acquitted a former school district police officer of all charges based on accusations he failed to act during the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas –
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