CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public transportation to protest Parks’ arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. Here’s a look at her life. Personal Birth date: February
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UPDATE 11/24/2025 – The Riverside County Coroner has identified the woman killed in the crash as 58-year-old Maria Moreno de Hernandez of Mecca. MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) — A woman was killed Monday following a two-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck and a farm tractor, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred just before
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By Tal Shalev, Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) will officially close its operations in the besieged territory, according to the organization’s director and two Israeli sources, after suspending its work in Gaza last month at the beginning of the ceasefire. “We are winding down our operations as we have
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By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for a targeted screening programme for prostate cancer after revealing that he has been treated for the disease. Speaking to British newspaper The Times in an interview published Sunday, Cameron, 59, revealed that his wife Samantha had encouraged him to
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By Kati Chitrakorn, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Anna Wintour described the American philanthropist and former journalist Lauren Sánchez Bezos as a “great lover of costume and obviously of fashion” when asked about criticism surrounding the Bezos’s role as sponsors of the 2026 Met Gala. Speaking to CNN in Doha, Qatar, at the inaugural Franca
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By Emma Tucker, CNN Baltimore (CNN) — Cars stop on the street for Rochelle Johnson, a mother of five, when she walks through her Baltimore neighborhood greeting every person she encounters, running up to children and adults alike as she gives countless hugs. She approaches a man sitting alone outside in the alley behind an
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — White House tours will resume for the first time in months with the halls decked, welcoming visitors back to the People’s House just in time for the holidays. The tours, which were halted in September as the East Wing was demolished to make way for President Donald Trump’s new
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By Betsy Klein, Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration could have expanded authority to take action against Venezuela starting Monday, as the US designates Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government allies as members of a foreign terrorist organization. The designation of “Cartel de los Soles,” a phrase that
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — In New Orleans, people are used to having their resilience tested. There was Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, a major hotel collapse, a vicious early pandemic surge and a terror attack during the 2025 New Year’s celebrations. Now immigrants and organizers say they’re preparing for what feels like
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By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Morgan Geyser, who was living under supervised release at a group home in Wisconsin for her role in the high-profile 2014 stabbing of her 12-year-old classmate, was found late Sunday about 150 miles away in Illinois. She had disappeared Saturday night after cutting off her monitoring bracelet,
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Over 800 customers are without power Sunday evening in Palm Desert, according to Southern California Edison. SCE is reports the outage began shortly after 8 p.m. in the area of Shadow Mountain Drive and surrounding blocks. A repair crew is on the way according to the company’s website. Power is
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – Families across the Coachella Valley came together Sunday at The River in Rancho Mirage for a Thanksgiving Giveback Event. Local barbers, stylists, students, and nonprofit organizations offered free haircuts, resources, and raffles to help community members prepare for the holiday. The event was organized by Resurrecting Hope and Hands On
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where he’s been lauded for his rapid rise in the hyper-competitive sport. Yavhusishyn Danylo, known by his ring name Aonishiki, emerged victorious from the November Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, according
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Thea Jaffe never expected to use a baby bank. In fact, she was responsible for referring other single parents from her local community group to the charity Little Village, which provides essential supplies for new parents who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford them – everything from strollers
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By Adam Cancryn, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The White House has postponed its rollout of a new proposal to address health care costs aimed at averting a spike in premiums driven by the expiration of key Affordable Care Act subsidies, a White House official said. President Donald Trump was originally expected to unveil the
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CNN By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass abductions in recent days. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu welcomed their release on Tuesday. “I am relieved
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — They talked real estate, debated complicated zoning code, and mulled over how to get a utility giant to bring down electricity rates. Then, they talked about what it takes to build housing in America’s largest city and how the health of the five boroughs hinges on
Continue ReadingBy Esha Mitra and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — It’s easy to tell when it’s smog season in New Delhi; the air gets darker, heavier and starts scratching the throats and testing the lungs of the city’s 34 million residents. Pollution been an issue for so long in the Indian capital that
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Florida to reconsider unsealing grand jury materials related to an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, as the agency faces a congressionally-mandated deadline to release all documents related to the accused sex trafficker next month. A judge in the Southern District of
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By Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to win favor with a fictional internet character named “Slender Man” more than a decade ago has been taken into custody, a day after cutting off her monitoring bracelet and leaving a group home where she’d been living, police said.
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