PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The 13th annual Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival opened this weekend, bringing dozens of films and filmmakers to the Coachella Valley. Organizers said the festival, held at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, has grown in popularity now featuring more films and spanning more days than in years past. The festival
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CNN By Aaron Cooper, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Lines at security checkpoints continued to stretch for hours at airports across the country Monday morning, as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues. The department, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration, posted photos of long lines on its social media pages,
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WHITEWATER, Calif. (KESQ) – Traffic was backed up on westbound lanes on Interstate 10 Sunday morning after a car hauler caught fire near Whitewater, just past the Whitewater Rest Area. As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, the lane closest to the shoulder is closed as crews clean up. California Highway Patrol officers told our crews
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Lines at security checkpoints continued to stretch for hours at airports across the country Monday morning, as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues. The department, which oversees the Transportation Security Administration, posted photos of long lines on its social media pages, blaming
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By Helen Regan, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A top Iranian official warned in an exclusive CNN interview that the government is prepared for a long war with the United States, on the same day Iranians were directed to pledge their allegiance to the country’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. With little sign of an
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By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A massive fire has engulfed a historic building in Glasgow, causing it to partially collapse and forcing one of Scotland’s busiest train stations to close. Dozens of firefighters scrambled at Union Street just before 4 p.m. Sunday (12 p.m. ET) after the blaze started on the ground floor of
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – The community was invited to participate in the inaugural running of the ‘CommUNITY Strong Walk’ in Cathedral City. The walk is part of Cathedral City’s LGBT+ Days weekend, which marked its 10th anniversary this year. Organizers asked those who wanted to participate to register online. Attendees gathered at The Roost
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — When millions of Iranians poured into the streets in 1979 to end the rule of the former shah, their revolution seemed to have put an end to the practice of passing power from father to son. Not so. Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has
Continue Reading CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — When millions of Iranians poured into the streets in 1979 to end the rule of the former shah, their revolution seemed to have put an end to the practice of passing power from father to son. Not so. Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei,
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — A US soldier died after sustaining injuries during an attack last week in Saudi Arabia, the military said, bringing the number of American troops killed in the Iran war to seven. The military on Monday identified the service member as Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26,
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Most European leaders have trodden a fine line between offering limited support for US military action against Iran and warning of a regional conflagration. Not Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. He has been outspoken in his criticism of US strikes, provoking anger and threats from the White House. But
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Cathedral City is closing out its LGBT plus days celebration with the popular bed race and parade, where participants will race decorated beds. The grand marshal presentation begins at 11:15 a.m. and the bed race begins shortly after, at 11:30 a.m by City Hall.
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Over the last two weeks, jurors in Kouri Richins’ murder trial have heard wide-ranging testimony about troubles in her marriage, her secret affair and the millions of dollars she owed in debt – all factors prosecutors say led her to fatally poison her husband. Prosecutors say the Utah mother
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Oscar Freemond Fowler was a free man for only four days. The convicted felon, whose federal prison sentence was commuted during the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency, was released from custody on February 19, only to be rearrested for the same crime less than a week later
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump first raised the prospect of war with Iran, some of the most serious reservations came from his second in command. A former Marine who rose to political prominence as a critic of foreign wars, Vice President JD Vance counseled against the perils of launching another
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Kristen Holmes, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Kurt Olsen became a key player in some of President Donald Trump’s most far-fetched 2020 election reversal schemes because he believed “that something was not right” in how he saw election officials handle the presidential count in Fulton County, Georgia, and
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Update 03/08: One person is dead after a car crashed into a tree and caught fire in Palm Desert Saturday night. Firefighters responded to a reported traffic collision at the intersection of Country Club Drive and El Dorado Drive. Upon arrival, fire crews reported a vehicle versus tree crash with the car suffering from major
Continue ReadingBy Jasmin Sykes and Kosta Gak, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Silhouettes move through dark alleys covered with snow and ice, towards the muffled beat coming from a concrete building in central Kyiv. Inside, a dim red light blurs the faces of a dancing crowd, their sweaty bodies pressed up against one another. The red glow
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By James Legge, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei the country’s new supreme leader following the killing of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, state-run media announced early Monday. Israel’s onslaught against Iran has entered a new phase, targeting energy resources in the country including fuel
Continue ReadingBy John Liu, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top diplomat cast his country as a defender of peace and stability as war in Iran rages, while striking a conciliatory tone towards the United States ahead of a highly anticipated summit between the two nation’s leaders. “This was a war that should never have happened,
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