By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Premiums for Affordable Care Act coverage will skyrocket 26%, on average, next year, according to a KFF analysis released Tuesday evening, just days before open enrollment starts on November 1. The price hike is one of the largest jumps since Obamacare plans debuted more than a decade ago —
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Beef prices are sizzling — and not in a good way. Shoppers across the Coachella Valley say they’re paying noticeably more for their favorite cuts, while local meat sellers are struggling to keep up with rising costs. The higher prices are forcing some shoppers to make changes at the grocery store.
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CNN, JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, TVJ, JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE, NOAA NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, CSU/CIRA & NOAA By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National
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BEAUMONT, Calif. (KESQ) – A 19-year-old man from Indio was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle before crashing in Beaumont Tuesday morning. The pursuit started on Interstate 10, west of Date Palm, according to the California Highway Patrol. Police attempted an enforcement stop on the suspect vehicle, but the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Entrepreneur, community leader and champion for LGBTQ+ visibility Mark Hunter Seymour will be honored with the 481st star on the Walk of the Stars next month, the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce announced today. The event will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 7 at 302 E. Arenas Road.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors today formally approved a Riverside County ordinance intended to curb the use of synthetic pain-relieving products that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may add to the nationwide list of controlled substances. In a 5-0 vote, the board signed off on the county Executive Office’s implementation of regulations
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) The mother of missing seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro appeared in court Tuesday for a felony settlement conference that was pushed to January 21. KESQ News Channel 3 was in the courtroom as Rebecca Haro briefly appeared before a judge. The delay comes just over a week after the boy’s father, Jake Haro, entered a guilty
Continue ReadingCNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica with the strength of a Category 5 storm bringing 185 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding. It also made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane. It is one of the strongest storms to ever hit the country and could
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor and other items, officials said Tuesday. The FBI and other agencies were notified of “credible
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By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,” according to a source familiar with the matter. The firings come as President
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By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans joining Democrats in a rare bipartisan rebuke of the president over trade policy. Sens. Rand Paul, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell
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By Devan Cole, Bill Kirkos, Andy Rose, Rebekah Riess, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Top Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, who oversees the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, came under the microscope of a federal judge Tuesday after she received reports federal agents were not following her order to limit aggressive tactics
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The county Board of Supervisors today approved an $828 million settlement with 414 plaintiffs who claim they were the victims of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of county workers. The settlement is on top of an earlier $4 billion settlement reached on behalf of roughly 11,000 claimants. That settlement has
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The world’s richest man has launched his own version of Wikipedia. Elon Musk said the goal of Grokipedia is “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Users have already pointed out stark differences. Here’s what else you might have missed during your
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UPLAND, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a shooting Monday afternoon. The suspect led police on a pursuit that ended in a violent crash on the 210 freeway. The shooting happened just after 12:40 p.m. in Rancho Cucamonga. Police said the call started as a man threatening a woman.
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A former Coachella Valley girls soccer coach who molested and propositioned multiple students was convicted today of nearly a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges. A Banning jury on Tuesday found 29-year-old Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso of Salton City guilty of three counts each of forcible lewd acts on a child and
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By Gonzalo Zegarra, Max Saltman, German Padinger, CNN (CNN) — At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian police officers, the office added. Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro
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By Marshall Cohen, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of 25 Democratic-run states sued the Trump administration Tuesday to prevent billions of dollars of cuts to federal food assistance that are set to kick in this weekend. Democratic attorneys general and governors from 25 states and Washington, DC, claimed in the lawsuit that the
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By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, a day before the House Oversight Committee released a 93-page report outlining its conclusions from its monthslong investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of the autopen to formalize clemency decisions, Justice Department official Ed Martin wrote an email to its chair. Martin, the pardon attorney, told
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By Saskya Vandoorne, Philippe Cordier, CNN Paris (CNN) — The daughter of French first lady Brigitte Macron told a Paris court on Tuesday that her mother now suffers from “deep anxiety” because of false claims about her gender. Tiphaine Auzière, 41, said it was important for her to testify at the trial, at which ten
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