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California minimum wage increasing in 2026

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ)  – California’s minimum wage is set to rise to $16.90 an hour on January 1, 2026 according to California’s Department of Finance. While California’s cost of living varies, recent data indicates cost of living is about 12.6% above the national average according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Some supporters said

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‘They stormed the place, detaining everyone’: Latinos recount huge ICE raid at Hyundai plant

By Gustavo Valdés, Abel Alvarado, and Jonny Hallam, CNN Ellabell, Georgia (CNN) — “I have everything (in order), I have no reason to rush,” Luz Dary Suárez’s husband told her over the phone during Thursday’s surprise immigration raid at a Hyundai manufacturing plant a quiet southeast part of Georgia. Suárez, a migrant from Colombia, had

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‘Mushroom murderer’ given three life sentences for killing lunch guests

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian woman convicted of killing three lunch guests with the world’s most toxic mushrooms was sentenced to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday, bookending a real-life crime drama that’s gripped Australia and spawned multiple podcasts and documentaries. Erin Patterson, 50,

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Homeland Security police officer stands behind a press conference called by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to respond to a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding that Boston change its immigration policies

Trump administration launches immigration enforcement surge in Massachusetts

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration launched a new federal immigration enforcement effort in Massachusetts focused on deporting criminals who entered the country illegally, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “ICE launched ‘Patriot 2.0’ to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state of Massachusetts, following

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Sen. Susan Collins speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in February.

In Maine, a brewery owner and an oyster farmer hope to upend the establishment and oust Susan Collins from the Senate

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The eclectic Democratic field in Maine seeking to end the nearly 30-year run of Republican Sen. Susan Collins includes a brewery owner, an oyster farmer and a former congressional staffer who was in grade school when the senator was first elected. Any chance Democrats have of defying expectations and

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Sirens fail as Houthi drone hits arrivals hall at Ramon Airport in southern Israel, authorities say

By Lauren Izso, Nadeen Ebrahim, Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Diamond, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A drone launched from Yemen by Houthi rebels hit the arrivals hall at Ramon Airport in southern Israel on Sunday, the Israeli military and the Israel Airports Authority said. No sirens were sounded, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, adding

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This image from video provided by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant

Workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea. Trump’s border czar says more such raids are coming

CNN By Hanna Park, Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid in Georgia Thursday will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations, an official announced Sunday. “Negotiations for the release of the detained workers have been concluded, after swift responses by the relevant ministries,

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The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter had been a member of an online community of mass murder enthusiasts before the attack in Newtown

The ‘serious red flag’ for a potential school shooter? An obsession with other mass shooters

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The Annunciation Catholic Church shooter wrote in a journal they were “morbidly obsessed” with mass shootings and had a “deep fascination” with the Sandy Hook school shooter. On the firearms and magazines used in the attack, the shooter scrawled the names of other mass killers, ranging from the Unabomber

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