RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Camp Pendleton-based Marines who were killed earlier this week in a vehicle accident while deployed in New Mexico, including one from Riverside, were publicly identified today. Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, of Fresno, died Tuesday following a solo vehicle crash
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — It took Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni exactly two sentences in the Oval Office on Thursday to signal to her host she was a kindred spirit. “We both share another fight, which is the fight against the woke and DEI ideology that would like to erase our history,”
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A hearing that could give brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez their first chance at freedom in more than three decades hit a snag Thursday amid disagreements over a Los Angeles court’s access to “comprehensive risk assessments” conducted by a parole board. The long-awaited
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that some states saw gas prices fall to just $1.98 on Wednesday. Trump was responding to a journalist who asked him at the White House how long Americans can expect to experience higher prices because of his trade policies.Trump claimed Americans have
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By Kara Scannell and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk last year, was indicted in federal court on charges of murder, stalking and a firearms offense. Mangione is facing both state and federal charges for the December 4 killing of Brian Thompson
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Crime across several key categories in Palm Springs declined during the first quarter of 2025, according to statistics released this week by the Palm Springs Police Department. Larceny-theft cases totaled 237 from January through March 2025, down from 312 during the same period a year ago, while vehicle-related thefts dropped
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Tamar Michaelis and Mohammed Tawfeeq (CNN) — Hamas has rejected the Israeli ceasefire offer presented earlier this week, according to a senior Hamas official, instead calling for a “comprehensive” proposal to end the war. The official told CNN, “The offer is rejected in full and in detail.” The rejection prompted far-right Israeli
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer and David Culver, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Thursday night. “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance,” the Maryland Democrat said in a post
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly Richardson and Morgan Severson, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Do you find yourself in a chronic state of stress — constantly worrying about work, your
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Update 1:50 p.m. Police said in a news conference that two people were killed, five others were injured in the shooting. The shooter, identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, is in custody and hospitalized. Ikner is a student and the son of a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy. Police said he had access to his mother’s gun
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil. Personal Birth date: March 21, 1955 Birth place: Campinas, Brazil Birth name: Jair Messias Bolsonaro Father: Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro, dentist Mother: Olinda Bonturi Bolsonaro Marriage: Michelle Bolsonaro; Ana Cristina Valle (divorced); Rogéria Bolsonaro (divorced) Children: with
Continue ReadingBy Dana Karni, Tamar Michaelis and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Jewish worshippers visited a Jerusalem holy site during the holiday of Passover as far-right Israeli lawmaker Zvi Sukkot boasted, “Arabs aren’t allowed to come near us.” Sukkot, a member of the Religious Zionism party, visited the al-Aqsa compound in the Old City
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed and one severely injured when their cable car plunged into a ravine in Italy on Thursday, local authorities said. The accident happened after a cable on the Monte Faito cableway near Sorrento snapped in severe weather, according to Vincenzo De Luca, the president of
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The State Department said Thursday that the life-saving wheat aboard a carrier ship sailing toward southern Yemen will not go to waste, as it responded to CNN’s reporting that the Trump administration’s recent cuts to humanitarian funding could result in the wheat rotting or being pillaged
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s call for the “termination” of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell landed Thursday as the Supreme Court is weighing a fast-moving appeal over two independent agencies that has increasingly become a proxy battle for control of the nation’s powerful central bank. A decision in the emergency appeal
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request that it halt the next steps Judge Paula Xinis is seeking to take in the case concerning a migrant who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, with a strident warning about the rule of law and the
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Rams are honoring Southern California firefighters as they take their draft headquarters on the road this year. The team will conduct their 2025 NFL draft operations from Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Air Operations, honoring first responders following the wildfires that swept across the Los Angeles
Continue ReadingCNN Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on social media this week that grocery prices are “going down.” But that doesn’t seem to be the case in my neck of the woods (nearly $11 for a bag of Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate chips? Seriously?). CNN did a fact-check and it turns out Trump’s
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning musician Willie Nelson. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1933 Birth place: Abbott, Texas Birth name: Willie Hugh Nelson Father: Ira Nelson Mother: Myrle (Greenhaw) Harvey Marriages: Ann Marie D’Angelo (1991-present); Connie Koepke (1971-1988, divorced); Shirley Collie (1963-1971, divorced); Martha Matthews (1952-1962,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1949 Birth place: Lisbon, Portugal Birth name: Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres Father: Virgílio Guterres Mother: Ilda Cândida de Oliveira Marriages: Catarina Vaz Pinto (2001-present); Luisa Melo (1972-1998, her death) Children: A
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