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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of an ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy accused of harassing and abducting a woman, as well as possessing child pornography. Alexander Ravy Vanny, 34, of Hemet was arrested last year following an investigation by the sheriff’s department’s Special Victims
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UPDATE 10:00 PM – ABC News obtained the list of airports, which includes Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, Boston Logan, all three New York City-area airports, Chicago O’Hare and many others. (See the full list below) A source told ABC News that the flight reductions will start at 4% on Friday and work up to 10%. The flights impacted
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By Danya Gainor, Michelle Watson, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker, Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, Cindy Von Quednow, Holly Yan, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson and Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville, Kentucky, airport Tuesday, leaving a fiery trail of destruction and a half-mile-long debris field.
Continue Reading CNN, WLKY, KENTUCKY TRUCK PARTS & SERVICE, KENTUCKY GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, SOCIAL MEDIA By Danya Gainor, Michelle Watson, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker, Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, Cindy Von Quednow, Holly Yan, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson and Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville, Kentucky, airport
Continue Reading CNN, KENTUCKY TRUCK PARTS & SERVICE, WAVE, WLKY By Danya Gainor, Michelle Watson, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker, Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, Cindy Von Quednow, Holly Yan, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson and Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville, Kentucky, airport Tuesday, leaving a fiery
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN Miami (CNN) — President Donald Trump spent the morning after a terrible election night for Republicans publicly processing the results, and arrived at several conclusions. First, he determined his party was losing the messaging battle over the now-record-length government shutdown, and told GOP senators so in no uncertain terms over coffee
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is inviting the community to help its new baby patas monkey Guests can vote for one of four Swahili-inspired names: Kukua (“to grow”), Upepo (“wind”), Asili (“nature”), or Maisha (“life”) by contributing to the Zoo’s fundraiser. Check Out: Living Desert welcomes first-ever troop of
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Obsessed with the number on your scale? Just let it go. Experts say fitness — not weight — is what truly matters. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Striking statistics Americans cast ballots at polling places across
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By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Hours before the first major elections since President Donald Trump’s win last November, Sen. Bernie Sanders offered a stern warning for Democrats about the party’s closed-door talks to end the shutdown. Inside a tense, three-hour meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday, a fiery Sanders urged
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By Alessandra Freitas, Uriel Blanco, CNN Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who she said was “drunk” and harassed her on Tuesday, calling the incident “an assault on all women.” The man was arrested overnight, according to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada, and is in custody at the Sex Crimes Investigation
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flights at dozens of major airports as early as Friday if no shutdown deal is reached, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conference Wednesday. Ten percent of air traffic at 40 busy airports would be cut, potentially impacting
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — A recently freed Israeli hostage has alleged he was subjected to “horrific” and humiliating sexual assault while held captive in Gaza. Rom Braslavski, who was working as a security guard when he was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7, said in an interview with
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By Eric Bradner, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ dominance in Tuesday’s elections reset expectations ahead of next year’s midterm battle for House and Senate control, reinvigorating a party that has been in the political wilderness and leaving Republicans lamenting that the gains President Donald Trump made a year ago with key portions of the
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine announced Wednesday that he would not seek reelection in 2026, putting pressure on his party to hold one of the toughest seats in the country for them next year. “I don’t fear losing. What has become apparent to me is that I now
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The Imperial Irrigation District, in collaboration with the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, has been awarded a $2.9 million grant to plant 6,000 shade trees across the Imperial and Coachella valleys for improved air quality and community resilience, officials announced today. The Shade Trees for Southern California’s Deserts initiative
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The annual mission to erect miniature American flags alongside tens of thousands of graves at Riverside National Cemetery on the weekend before Veterans Day was nixed this year because of challenges stemming from the federal government shutdown, organizers said today. “Due to the ongoing government shutdown, our official flag placement ceremony
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By CNN staff (CNN) — Prince William says he tells his children that their future is “going to be as bright as futures gone by” thanks to scientists working to repair the world’s climate. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, William – who had traveled to Brazil ahead of the COP30 climate summit
Continue Reading CNN By CNN staff (CNN) — Prince William says he tells his children that their future is “going to be as bright as futures gone by” thanks to scientists working to repair the world’s climate. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, William – who had traveled to Brazil ahead of the COP30 climate
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Just days after a pest control company branded Los Angeles the nation’s “rattiest” major city, health officials delivered another blow this morning, announcing 61 rabid bats had been found so far in 2025, the second-highest total ever recorded in the county. The total is the most since 2021, when 68 rabid
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County woman who was convicted of second-degree murder for injecting silicone oil into a woman’s buttocks just over a year after being found guilty of a lesser charge stemming from another woman’s death under similar circumstances was sentenced in Los Angeles today to 15 years to life in prison.
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