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By Max Saltman, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Irish novelist Sally Rooney skipped an awards ceremony in London, saying that she risked being arrested under terror laws due to her support for the banned activist group Palestine Action. Rooneyโs editor Alex Bowler read her statement at the Sky Arts Awards on Tuesday, where the authorโs
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of nonprofit groups, most of them left-leaning, are joining together to urge President Donald Trump to end what they call the โunjustifiedโ targeting of liberal organizations following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In an open letter issued Thursday and shared first with CNN, more than 500
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CNS) – Desert Hot Springs officials announced today the temporary closure of the city’s Animal Care and Control facility following a recent fire that damaged a transformer and a power pole. ย ย The closure will take place on Hacienda Avenue and Cholla Drive until further notice, city officials said. Residents were advised
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Keir Starmer, prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: September 2, 1962 ๏ปฟBirth place: London, England Birth name: Keir Rodney Starmer Father: Rodney Starmer, toolmaker Mother: Josephine (Baker) Starmer, nurse Marriage: Victoria (Alexander) Starmer (2007-present) Children: A son and daughter
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Update 9/18/25 Forensic teams and Sheriff’s deputies were out at the scene once again on Thursday. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. No other details were available. Original Report 9/16/25 WHITEWATER, Calif. (KESQ) – An investigation is ongoing after human remains were found in Whitewater Monday night, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The investigation
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The United States federal government and seven states are suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, for failing to crack down on ticket resellers, which is forcing customers to โpay substantially more than face valueโ for popular concerts and and events. The Federal Trade Commission
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, if more detailed analyses verify preliminary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. The planet is part of a planetary system about 40 light-years away from Earth called TRAPPIST-1, which
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his Thursday news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deliver a laundry list of long-debunked false claims about a variety of subjects, including inflation, immigration, tariffs and the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Hereโs a look at the life of former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Personal Birth date: October 4, 1946 Birth place: North Platte, Nebraska Birth name: Charles Timothy Hagel Father: Charles Hagel, lumber yard manager Mother: Betty (Dunn) Hagel, secretary Marriages: Lilibet Ziller (April 1985-present); Patricia Lloyd (1979-1982, divorced) Children:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Hereโs a look at the life of Amr Moussa, Egyptian diplomat, ambassador and former minister of foreign affairs. Personal Birth date: October 3, 1936 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt Father: Muhammad Moussa Marriage: Laila (Badawy) Moussa (1968-present) Children: Hazem Moussa; Hania Moussa Education: Cairo University, L.L.B., 1957 Timeline 1958-1972 – Works
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A prominent Jewish advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Hamas and other armed groups, as well as Iran, Syria and North Korea, seeking billions in damages over the October 7 attacks in Israel. The suit, brought on behalf of more than 140 plaintiffs, including US victims and
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) โ The City of Palm Springs hosted a community meeting Wednesday to discuss their plans for the Racquet Club Road Reconfiguration Project. The meeting focused on a Fire Response Study conducted by Kimley-Horn. The project would configure a two-mile corridor from North Palm Canyon Drive along Racquetย Club Road to Farrell Drive
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Erika Kirk has been named CEO of Turning Point USA, taking over the organization that her husband, Charlie Kirk, helped found and led until his assassination last week. The move was announced by the organizationโs board in a post on X. The post said Charlie Kirk had in prior
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By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been quietly pushing his national security officials for months to find a way to get Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back from the Taliban, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. Trump hinted at those discussions publicly for the first time on
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) โ High school students and families across the Coachella Valley are invited to attend aย College and Career Fairย today,ย Thursday, at theย Agua Caliente Resort in Rancho Mirageย fromย 4 to 7 p.m.ย The event isย freeย andย open to all students and familiesย in the valley. This is a valuable opportunity to exploreย college options, career programs, and scholarship opportunitiesย all in
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took his effort to remove a governor from the Federal Reserve to the Supreme Court on Thursday, asking the justices to remove Lisa Cook from the powerful board a day after it cut interest rates for the first time in months. Trumpโs emergency appeal put the
Continue ReadingBy Angรฉlica Franganillo Dรญaz (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the US government from repatriating some Guatemalan minors in its custody, citing concerns the Trump administration may be violating their legal and constitutional protections. The decision Thursday from Judge Timothy Kelly halts the removals while the court considers a lawsuit that argues that the
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will keep a promise he first made five years ago, as protests swept the country after the murder of George Floyd, if he follows through with his plan announced Wednesday to designate Antifa as a โmajor terrorist organization.โ But the mechanics of Trumpโs plan are not
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV voiced concern over โsome thingsโ happening in the United States and revealed he turned down plans for an AI version of himself in his first major interview since his election. The first American pope highlighted the significance of a letter his predecessor Pope Francis had sent
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By Lauren Izso, Tal Shalev, Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has described Gaza as a potential real estate โbonanzaโ and claimed he was talking to the United States about how to divide up the war-torn enclave. Speaking at the Urban Renewal Summit in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the far-right minister
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