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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A missing hiker found dead Monday on a Palm Springs trail has been identified by his friends as iconic gay adult film actor Glenn Soukesian, known professionally as Colton Ford. Palm Springs police confirmed they received a report of a missing hiker on Monday at 4 p.m. The hiker was
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Indio police officers cited 21 drivers for using their cell phones during a distracted driving enforcement operation, authorities announced today. “Despite repeated efforts to warn drivers about the hands-free cell phone law, some drivers continue to use their phones while operating a vehicle,” the Indio Police Department said in a statement.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Moments before President Donald Trump escorted his South African counterpart into the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House aides could be seen wheeling two large-screen televisions down the driveway and into the West Wing. Little could have prepared President Cyril Ramaphosa for what he was about
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — No oil was visible in the gauge on the right engine’s oil reservoir after a February Delta Air Lines flight filled with smoke during takeoff at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. On February 24, the cabin of
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday for allegedly forging documents to enroll in an Ohio high school, where he studied for over a year before the identity fraud was discovered, authorities said. Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra enrolled at Perrysburg High School in January 2024 with a Venezuelan birth certificate
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia over the use of race in admissions to its top-ranked Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Last year, the US Supreme Court declined to hear arguments over the
Continue ReadingMorgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Hormonal birth control pills can be used to prevent pregnancy, and they’re also a popular way to go months or even years without a period. But is it safe? A reproductive health expert weighs in. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day:
Continue ReadingCNN Morgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Hormonal birth control pills can be used to prevent pregnancy, and they’re also a popular way to go months or even years without a period. But is it safe? A reproductive health expert weighs in. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — There is a lot of violent crime in South Africa. There is not a genocide against White farmers there. Claims of genocide can sometimes be difficult to adjudicate. This claim is easy. The facts show that the genocide President Donald Trump suggests might be happening is not happening
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley is no stranger to high temperatures as the summer months approach. But as Southern California experiences above-normal warmth this week, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued some heat advisories for other portions of the region. A Heat Advisory issued for the Los Angeles area Wednesday through
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included a sermon by his hometown pastor who said President Donald Trump had been “sovereignly appointed.” The service, which Hegseth told the audience would be a monthly event,
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A member of Irish hip hop trio Kneecap has been charged with a terrorism offense following an investigation by London’s Metropolitan Police. Liam O’Hanna, 27, of Belfast has been charged with allegedly displaying a flag “in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation,” London’s Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Birds were sucked into both engines of a FedEx cargo plane that made a fiery landing in March at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report released Wednesday. On March 1, FedEx flight 3609, a Boeing 767-300F, took off from Newark, heading
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A nose landing gear wheel and tire broke off and hit an engine and wing during a Frontier Airlines attempted landing in Puerto Rico last month, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. On April 15, Frontier Flight 3506, an Airbus A321, was arriving
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US and European authorities on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on a prolific hacking tool that has been used by hundreds of hackers in damaging ransomware attacks, bank thefts and other digital crimes. The US Justice Department said it had seized the computer systems hackers used to access the
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was carrying cocaine aboard a small plane that made an emergency landing on state Route 76 in Oceanside last fall was sentenced today to two-and-a-half years in prison. Prosecutors said Oceanside resident Troy Othneil Smith, 36, tried to hide a drug package
Continue ReadingBy David Wright and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump works to muscle his sweeping tax and spending cuts package through Congress, a network of conservative groups has undertaken a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to spread his message to voters and pressure recalcitrant lawmakers to get in line. The outside spending to pass
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicaid has become a key hot button topic in the sweeping tax and spending cuts bill that House Republicans are scrambling to pass as soon as this week. Democrats are slamming their rivals for slashing federal support for the bedrock safety net program, while President Donald Trump and GOP
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Billy and Tina, a pair of Asian elephants long housed at the Los Angeles Zoo, were settling into their new home today at the Tulsa Zoo, following a day of mystery that began when the animals were quietly removed from their enclosure at the Griffith Park facility. “Although they will be
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Priscilla Alvarez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order when it tried to transfer detainees to war-torn South Sudan without a meaningful opportunity to contest their removal to a place where they might face torture, a federal judge said Wednesday. Eight detainees of various nationalities
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