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Update – 2/3/26: Jorge Andres Huerta Arias was cleared of all charges, the jury ruled. Original Report – 6/18/25 INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 23-year-old man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in La Quinta in 2019 was officially charged with murder. Jorge Huerta-Arias of Whitewater was charged with murder, along with sentence-enhancing allegations
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Lou Robinson, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Donald Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, officials and experts have suggested the US’ 30,000-pound “bunker buster” bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, a facility thought
Continue ReadingCNN By Haley Britzky and Lou Robinson, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Donald Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, officials and experts have suggested the US’ 30,000-pound “bunker buster” bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, a facility
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel’s strikes on Iran — including using bunker-busting bombs to target nuclear facilities deep underground — a discussion is underway among his top officials over how the US can strike those targets
Continue ReadingBy Alex Barber Click here for updates on this story RUSSELL COUNTY, Kentucky (WLEX) — Emily Jager and her family live on a 29-acre farm in Russell County that provides most of their food, but if a storm hits, they have to rely on their phones. “We can’t hear sirens inside or outside if there
Continue ReadingBy Ajay Patel Click here for updates on this story LEE COUNTY, Kentucky (WLEX) — Kentucky State Police are investigating what they believe to be a murder-suicide after two bodies were found in a Lee County home during a welfare check yesterday at approximately 4:22 p.m. According to Kentucky State Police, Hayley Davidson was shot
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Buss family has agreed to sell its majority ownership of the Lakers to Mark Walter, CEO of TWG Global and co-owner of the Dodgers, for a record valuation of approximately $10 billion, ESPN reported today. Jeanie Buss will remain as team governor to the NBA, according to unnamed sources cited
Continue ReadingCNN By Morgan Severson and Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Swear words can act as social glue, playing meaningful roles in how people connect and express themselves. How often they’re used, though, varies depending on region and cultural differences. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Severson and Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Swear words can act as social glue, playing meaningful roles in how people connect and express themselves. How often they’re used, though, varies depending on region and cultural differences. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 62-year-old man who struck and seriously injured a woman walking through a Palm Springs intersection because he was driving under the influence was sentenced today to three years’ felony probation. Mark Gerald Blanchette of Palm Springs pleaded guilty on June 4 to DUI resulting in great bodily injury and
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — An elaborate scheme to stalk and rob truck drivers hauling millions of dollars of jewelry and other high-end merchandise has resulted in criminal charges against seven alleged co-conspirators, the Justice Department announced. A newly-unsealed federal grand jury indictment provides insights into the massive theft of $100 million
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The private jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood last month was too low on its descent path for more than a mile before clipping power lines less than 100 feet above the ground, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Wednesday. The new findings
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth will no longer be in operation starting July 17, according to a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The administration said in its statement that everyone
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man initially arrested on suspicion of illegally carrying a gun near a “No Kings” protest outside Philadelphia over the weekend was rearrested this week after investigators found a pipe bomb and several other explosive devices at his home, authorities said. Kevin Krebs, of Malvern in suburban
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department told embassies and consulates they must vet student visa applicants for “hostile attitudes towards our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles” but said they should resume appointments that were paused in late May. The new guidance was sent to US diplomatic posts worldwide in
Continue ReadingCNN By Dakin Andone, Jean Casarez, Sarah Boxer, CNN Dedham, Massachusetts (CNN) — Karen Read was acquitted in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe on Wednesday, vindicating a defendant who had claimed to be the victim of a sweeping cover-up across two divisive trials. Though she was found guilty of drunk
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US law enforcement has seized over $225 million in cryptocurrency allegedly stolen from dozens of American victims as part of a sophisticated investment scam, the Justice Department said Wednesday. It’s the largest-ever seizure of funds stolen in so-called “crypto confidence” scams, which dupe people into investing in fraudulent cryptocurrency
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Jean Casarez, Sarah Boxer, CNN Dedham, Massachusetts (CNN) — Karen Read was acquitted in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe on Wednesday, vindicating a defendant who had claimed to be the victim of a sweeping cover-up across two divisive trials. Though she was found guilty of drunk driving,
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The conservative Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to transgender Americans on Wednesday, issuing a sweeping decision that may have implications beyond the medical care that was at center of one of the court’s highest-profile disputes this year. The 6-3 ruling, which landed at a moment
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — While President Donald Trump weighs the single most consequential decision of his time in office so far — the possibility of US military intervention in Iran — he’s also completing a personal project years in the making. Trump on Wednesday morning oversaw the installation of a pair of flagpoles
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