By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Ely S. Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca from western New York, never took no for an answer. At the start of the Civil War, Parker’s offer to enlist was rejected outright by another New Yorker, Secretary of State William H. Seward, who – according to historians – told the Seneca
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the US attorney’s office in Manhattan, is facing his biggest test yet. Late Friday, after a week of negative headlines, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on X that Clayton will lead a federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to prominent Democrats.
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By Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Deep underneath the wreckage of Rafah, southern Gaza, the war is not over. Scores of Hamas militants, split up into independent cells, are trapped in tunnels underground behind Israeli lines, as mediators try to find a solution that doesn’t collapse the month-old ceasefire
Continue ReadingBy Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — A year after President Donald Trump’s re-election, Republicans are already seeing their gains among Latino voters erode, recent election results and polling suggest. Here’s what’s changed and what it could mean for next year’s midterm elections. Economic angst drove Latino voters toward the GOP in 2024 Trump made considerable
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Gordon Terrelonge says it has been more than six months since he has seen or heard from his 10-year-old daughter, Gabrielle Terrelonge. He lost touch with Gabrielle and her mom, Passha Davis, this past spring after a dispute with Davis in Kissimmee, Florida, but said he expected his
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By Michael Rios, Sophie Tanno, Mary Trina Mena, and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro criticized “irresponsible” plans for the United States to hold five days of military drills in Trinidad and Tobago beginning on Sunday. Supporters of the regime gathered on Saturday to watch Maduro’s address in the eastern Caracas neighborhood
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By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible. Experts say that the US doesn’t currently have the military assets in place to launch a largescale operation to remove Maduro from power, though Trump has approved
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As she oversaw President Donald Trump’s emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, case this past week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson once again proved she isn’t beholden to Supreme Court custom. The least senior justice, who has been the court’s most consistent critic of the second Trump administration, appeared
Continue ReadingBy Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump says he intends to sue the BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion “probably sometime next week” despite the broadcaster’s apology to him over a documentary Trump’s lawyers described as defamatory. “I think I have to do it,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve even admitted
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was a late September night when muffled blasts and a stream of bubbles broke the surface of the Baltic Sea. Explosions had ripped through the two Nord Stream gas pipelines, Russia’s gas highway into Europe, months after Moscow’s full invasion of Ukraine. Years later, shockwaves from that
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Conditions remain dry for now across the valley, but officials warn that could change quickly as a storm system moves in this weekend. Along the I-10 corridor, commuters are bracing for what could become a hazardous stretch of wet weather. A flood watch now in effect as of Friday night.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – N Indian Canyon Drive will be fully closed between Palm Springs Station Road and Garnet Avenue next week due to work on the widening and bridge project. The closure is just off Interstate 10, a main artery to get in and out of Palm Springs. The closure will start at
Continue ReadingBy Laura Sharman, Helen Regan, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Russian man wanted for extradition by the United States over cyber-crime allegations has been arrested on the Thai holiday island of Phuket, local police have announced. Denis Obrezko is allegedly part of the notorious group Void Blizzard, Thai police said, a cyber espionage gang
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Happy Friday! We’re about to experience “weather whiplash” as we transition from 90s and sunshine to a very wet and active stretch over the Coachella Valley, with the pace picking up noticeably tonight.We’re under a First Alert Weather Alert for rain leading to possible flooding across the region today and all day tomorrow. Light, spotty
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Freedom to live authentically is what transgender people hope for, but the lives of some have been cut short due to violence. And right now is Transgender Awareness Week. The goal is to increase understanding of transgender people and the issues they face. According to the organization The Trevor Project,
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China has warned its citizens against traveling to Japan as it escalates a backlash over comments by the country’s prime minister about the island of Taiwan. The dictum is Beijing’s most substantive retaliation yet to Sanae Takaichi’s remarks. Even as it may be more symbolic than anything, the
Continue ReadingBy Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — Doaa Musallem’s high school grades were so good that she got a congratulatory call from the Palestinian Minister of Education. But for the 18-year-old, the celebration was bittersweet. Like some 56,000 other students from Gaza’s class of 2025, the last two years of her education have been nearly
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 21-year-old man was convicted and immediately sentenced for his role as an accessory in an Indio murder back in 2022. Isaac Anthony Martinez was found guilty Friday of accessory aids principal in felony to escape arrest/trial. He was sentenced to one year and four months in prison. Martinez was arrested on Sept.
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Friday he is officially rescinding his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and attacked her in personal terms, while the congresswoman countered that Trump was trying to make an example of her to prevent the release of files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — We had five local high school football teams play in their respective quarterfinal on Friday night. Of the five teams, three of them won, advancing to their respective semifinal. CIF-SS Football Quarterfinals (2nd round) D7: Hart 21 at Palm Springs 22 D8: Palm Desert 46 at Patriot (Jurupa Valley) 33
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