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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump likes to portray himself as a visionary, someone who sees important things before others. Trump has been claiming for the last decade that in a book he published the year before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he warned the authorities that they needed to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press (CNN) — Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the US Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign. The two-term Houston-area congressman said he’s running because he doesn’t believe Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who’s had a cool relationship with President Donald
Continue ReadingPALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Today, county election offices will begin mailing ballots to registered voters for the upcoming special election. Proposition 50, a controversial redistricting measure, would temporarily strip the state’s independent redistricting commission of its power. It would shift that authority to the state legislature for the next three congressional elections. Governor Gavin
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced it was boosting its investment into historically Black colleges and universities and tribal colleges this year, HBCU advocates lauded the move as a win for the chronically underfunded institutions. The promised one-time gift of an additional $495 million would help Black colleges
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By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — Keep your eyes along the horizon on Monday night to see the first supermoon of the year. October’s full moon, also called the harvest moon, will be visible from Monday night into early Tuesday. The silvery orb will be at its fullest around 11:48 p.m. ET Monday, according to
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Edisto Island, South Carolina (CNN) — A blaze that engulfed the South Carolina home of a state circuit court judge and her husband, a former state senator, is under investigation, authorities said. Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon.
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Shira Levine was on her third case of the day. By the afternoon, she had already presided over two immigration cases in a San Francisco courtroom and was in the middle of another — this one, about an asylum claim. As she took notes on her computer, a notification
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Barbie Anderson is trying to conserve the milk her three young children drink in case she doesn’t get her WIC benefits on October 15 as scheduled. Though Anderson and her husband both work, they have depended on the federal food assistance program to stretch out their grocery budget since
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, KRDO, FAMILY HANDOUT PHOTOS, WIC WEBSITE By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Barbie Anderson is trying to conserve the milk her three young children drink in case she doesn’t get her WIC benefits on October 15 as scheduled. Though Anderson and her husband both work, they have depended on the federal food assistance
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By Kelly McCleary, Josh Campbell, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — We’ve moved to Live Updates for coverage of this developing story. Follow the latest here. For the second time in two days, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a blow to the president’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland, temporarily
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Matt Salmon remembers getting into a circle with the other teenagers in his group therapy session and shouting obscenities at a gay boy forced to stand in the middle. And he recalls being made to sit on the floor and hug other men because, his therapist said, his sexuality
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By Joseph Ataman, Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned Monday just hours after he unveiled his new cabinet, in a shock move that plunged the country further into political crisis. The prime minister – a key ally of embattled French President Emmanuel Macron – had not even been in
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By Catherine Nicholls and Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — An Italian activist who was part of the Gaza aid flotilla and subsequently detained by Israel has described allegations of being mistreated and humiliated while in Israeli custody, with little access to legal assistance. Lorenzo D’Agostino is one of a number of flotilla participants deported by
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Nearly two years after the deadly Hamas attack on Israel, members of the Coachella Valley’s Jewish community came together Sunday to honor the victims and show support for those still affected by the ongoing conflict. The Jewish Federation of the Desert hosted a community-wide memorial service at a Palm Desert
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters (Reuters) — Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet had been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas. As of Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang,
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Travis Barker, drummer for Blink-182, traded drumsticks for running shoes on Sunday as he hosted the “Run Travis Run,” 5K at Civic Center Park. Barker told News Channel 3’s Shay Lawson his goal is to get people moving. “It’s really just about bringing the community together,” Barker said. “Getting everyone
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Norfolk, Virginia (CNN) — A government shutdown that could leave some military service members without paychecks didn’t stop President Donald Trump from visiting one of the largest naval installations in the world on Sunday to celebrate the US Navy’s 250th birthday. Trump told a large crowd of sailors in Norfolk, Virginia,
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Speaking in Virginia at an event for the US Navy’s 250th anniversary Sunday, President Donald Trump did not mention the state’s lieutenant governor, who is the Republican nominee for governor. It was a noteworthy snub of Winsome Earle-Sears, a retired Marine, during a speech in which Trump praised some
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Top congressional leaders from both parties dug in Sunday on their opposing demands amid the government shutdown, signaling the standoff will likely drag on when the Senate returns this week. Democrats have largely withheld their votes from a short-term plan to fund the government, insisting that Republicans make major
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Vilnius, Lithuania (AP) — Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for hours, authorities said. The balloons interfered with 30 flights, impacting some 6,000 passengers, according to Lithuania’s National
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