CNN By Alaa Elassar, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Terminal A at LaGuardia Airport sat unusually quiet Saturday morning — no lines at the counters, no Spirit Airlines staff anywhere, just a sheet of paper taped over a cardboard sign. “We regret to inform you that Spirit Airlines has ceased global operations,” read the sign
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The makers of the abortion pill mifepristone filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Saturday urging the justices to pause a lower-court ruling that temporarily blocked Americans from accessing the drug through the mail. The fast-track case, filed with conservative Justice Samuel Alito, puts the drug and
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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Over 20,000 revelers gathered for an illegal rave on a military site in central France despite the risks of unexploded ordnance nearby. The event organized on social media as the “Bourges Teknival” has been taking place on a military firing range which authorities have deemed “very dangerous.” Partygoers from
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Terminal A at LaGuardia Airport sat unusually quiet Saturday morning — no lines at the counters, no Spirit Airlines staff anywhere, just a sheet of paper taped over a cardboard sign. “We regret to inform you that Spirit Airlines has ceased global operations,” read the sign in
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — A British woman who was denied permanent birth control through the UK’s national health service on the grounds she might regret the decision has won her case with the country’s health ombudsman after a 10-year battle. Leah Spasova, a psychologist from Oxfordshire, spent years trying to obtain sterilization
Continue ReadingBy Anabella González, Djenane Villanueva, Ana María Cañizares, CNN (CNN) — The ceasefire between the United States and Iran is holding but the war’s impact is still being felt in the daily lives of millions of people in Latin America – and could continue to be for months to come. From rising fuel prices to
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Two decades have passed since California last elected a Republican governor, but GOP candidate Steve Hilton points to 6 million reasons why he believes it’s possible to do so again. Those are the number of votes President Donald Trump won in California in 2024, despite losing the state to
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For more than 30 years, the answer to who killed Cindy Wanner remained much of a mystery to loved ones and law enforcement after she vanished from a Northern California home leaving everything behind, including her baby. Her sudden disappearance in 1991 rattled residents of Granite Bay, a suburb
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — When tourists see a statue of Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a 19th-century explorer, at a Grand Teton National Park visitor center this spring, a marker beneath it that used to be there will now be missing. It had asked visitors: “How do we acknowledge the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Days before two University of South Florida graduate students went missing last month, a roommate of one of the students allegedly asked the AI chatbot ChatGPT an unusual question. “What happens if a human has a put (sic) in a black garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster,” Hisham
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — The governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa said on Friday he will temporarily step down from his post, days after he was indicted in the US on drug trafficking charges. Ruben Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa since 2021, and nine current or former high-ranking Mexican
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — After taking Game 1 against top-seeded Ontario on Wednesday night at Toyota Arena, the Coachella Valley Firebirds knew they’d get a response from the rival Reign on their home ice. The regular season division champions did just that, scoring five unanswered goals on Friday night, en route to a 5-1
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The 16th annual FIND Regional Food Bank Telethon has raised more than $265,000, with donation lines remaining open Friday night. On Monday, the nonprofit confirmed the final total raised was $265,608. FIND serves more than 122,000 people every month, including over 44,000 children and 28,000 seniors. Your support helps FIND Regional
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man was struck and killed by a train Friday evening in Indio. It’s the city’s second train fatality in a little over a week. Friday’s crash was reported at a little after 7 p.m. on Indio Boulevard and Clinton Street. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — A growing dispute is unfolding between the Coachella Valley Teachers Association and the Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees, with union leaders accusing board members of making misleading public statements and undermining union leadership. The controversy centers around remarks made by trustees, including Jesus Gonzalez and Joey Acuna, who
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. — Dozens of demonstrators gathered across the Coachella Valley on Friday to mark International Workers’ Day, using the occasion to highlight concerns about economic pressures, workers’ rights, and policies they say are affecting working families. In Rancho Mirage, participants lined the streets holding signs and chanting in support of labor rights. Attendees
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By Jeff Zeleny, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump sought to reshape the Kentucky Senate race on Friday to fill the seat of Sen. Mitch McConnell, delivering an endorsement of Rep. Andy Barr moments after offering a rival candidate an ambassadorship as an enticement to leave the race. The president offered his endorsement
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By Todd Symons, Fred He and Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing (CNN) — In the flagship Beijing store of the world’s biggest drone maker, display racks designed to showcase DJI’s famous flying products sit awkwardly empty. The Chinese capital is now effectively drone-free. Under sweeping new rules that took effect May 1, you cannot buy, rent,
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By Natasha Bertrand, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon said on Friday the US will withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year, a move President Donald Trump said is just the beginning. The decision, which came after Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with
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CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN. “I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present
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