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By Dakin Andone, Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The special prosecutor who led the retrial of Karen Read is “disappointed” in the jury’s decision last week acquitting Read of killing her police officer boyfriend – saying Monday in his first statement since the verdict that “the evidence led to one person, and only one person.”
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Klaassen, CNN Paris (CNN) — French police detained 12 people on Sunday after 145 individuals reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival, according to France’s interior ministry. The attacks took place across France, with Paris police confirming at least 13 cases in the capital. According to the interior ministry,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the NBA Finals (men’s) and the WNBA Finals (women’s). The finals follow the professional basketball leagues’ regular seasons. 2025 NBA and WNBA Finals June 22, 2025 – NBA Finals – The Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7. This is their
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani could barely walk a few feet at a recent Juneteenth festival in Queens without a crowd of selfie-demanding admirers trying to stop him. Mamdani is a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist who surged in the campaign for New York City mayor with a mix
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the recording artist R. Kelly, who claimed prosecutors “stretched” the law in securing racketeering and sex trafficking convictions against him. Robert Sylvester Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for those convictions. Kelly, a Grammy-winning R&B songwriter, was convicted
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of a Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials in Louisiana who cut off his dreadlocks while he was incarcerated. The case is the latest that involves religious rights to catch the high court’s attention, and
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Lisa Klaassen, CNN (CNN) — A 27-year-old bride was shot to death as she left her wedding celebrations in a small French village in the early hours of Sunday. Authorities have not released the woman’s name. Her husband, 25, and a 13-year-old child were also seriously wounded in the attack, which
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – If you’re planning to hit the road for a vacation, make sure your car is ready to go. With the Fourth of July approaching, AAA estimates 4.3 million Southern Californians will travel by car during the holiday weekend. With temperatures climbing, summer road trips can take a toll on your
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Kroger is set to close about 5% of its grocery stores — amounting to approximately 60 locations — over the next year and a half. The closures come a few months after plans collapsed for a merger with rival Albertsons that would have created a massive chain.
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — From digging into President Donald Trump’s battle with the courts to deciding whether people can be required to identify themselves before viewing porn online, the Supreme Court in the coming days will deliver its most dramatic decisions of the year. With most of its pending rulings complete, the justices
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Kylie Atwood, Devan Cole and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s order to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities presents a new test of the Constitution and the extent of presidential powers to conduct war despite a lack of congressional approval. The administration is relying on the president’s authority under
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – As the United States’ military actions in the Middle East continue to stir debate, the ripple effects are being felt even in the Coachella Valley, where community members, including local veterans, express mixed feelings about U.S. involvement in the region. The situation, marked by increasing tensions between the U.S. and
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – After the deadly shootings targeting Minnesota state lawmakers, concerns are growing over the rise of politically motivated violence in the United States. Here at home, Palm Springs Police recently arrested a La Quinta man after allegedly making an online post threatening a shooting at the “No Kings Day” protest in
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Tennessee said the Justice Department hasn’t made a convincing case that Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be kept in pretrial detention, though the mistakenly deported man who was returned to the US is likely to remain in federal immigration custody regardless. Abrego Garcia is being held in
Continue ReadingCNN By Allegra Goodwin, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Thomas Bordeaux and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Warplanes. Submarines. Cruise missiles. Bombs that weigh 30,000 pounds. After initially favoring diplomacy, US President Donald Trump resorted to an extraordinary use of force against Iran on Saturday night, striking three of the regime’s key nuclear sites. Trump claimed
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch direct strikes against Iranian nuclear sites has sparked a wave of anger in the country, with people on the streets of Tehran telling CNN they expect their country to strike back. “Iranian people are people of honor, and we will definitely
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump declared that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities were “completely and totally obliterated” following this weekend’s air strikes, but the US appears to have held back its most powerful bombs against one of the three facilities included in the operation, raising questions about whether
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch direct strikes against Iranian nuclear sites has sparked a wave of anger in the country, with people on the streets of Tehran telling CNN they expect their country to strike back. “Iranian people are people of honor, and we will definitely give
Continue ReadingBy Eyad Kourdi and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Aleppo, Syria (CNN) — At least 20 people have been killed and 52 more are injured after a “terrorist attack” on a Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian capital on Sunday, according to the country’s health ministry. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine approached a pair of lecterns in the Pentagon briefing room Sunday morning to detail the most significant military operation of President Donald Trump’s tenure in office. Hegseth spoke first, lavishing
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