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By Jessie Yeung and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has laid out new details of his ambitious plan for a multibillion-dollar “Golden Dome” missile defense system to protect the United States from foreign attacks, saying it should be complete before he leaves office. “We’ll have it done in three years,” Trump told
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) — The Coachella Valley Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to approve layoffs for 82 employees and reduce hours for 17 others, as part of a sweeping effort to address a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. The decision follows a recommendation from an administrative law judge, who reviewed the district’s proposed reduction in force
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already frosty relations between the nations. Ramaphosa is hopeful his visit could end a diplomatic feud that sparked aid cancellations
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A lot of people in Palm Springs my be wondering how to go back to their normal lives after witnessing Saturday’s bombing that target an IVF clinic downtown. If you are having those thoughts, you aren’t alone. Most people have never experienced a terror attack in their hometown, so dealing with
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Amid an antitrust battle with the Justice Department, global entertainment company Live Nation is adding one of President Trump’s closest advisors to its board of directors. Richard Grenell, who is both Trump’s presidential envoy for special missions and the newly installed president of the Kennedy Center, was named to
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A San Diego man who allegedly tried to smuggle 17 exotic birds across the U.S.-Mexico border was facing federal charges today. Ricardo Alonzo, 26, is accused of attempting to cross through the San Ysidro Port of Entry on May 4 with 10 Burrowing Parakeets, five Yellow-Crowned Amazon Parrots, and
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – In the wake of Saturday’s bomb in Palm Springs, local businesses are stepping up to give back to first responders and those impacted by the bomb. Among those is Cafe La Jefa, offering free food and drinks to first responders. “People are happy that we’re able to do what we
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County released updated data from this year’s Homeless Point-in-Time Count. As we reported last week, the data shows that homelessness in Riverside County continues to grow, but the rate is slowing. This week, the county provided a breakdown on unsheltered and sheltered homeless in Coachella Valley cities. The report
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Update 5/20/25 The missing woman was found dead off of Highway 247 in Johnson Valley Monday afternoon, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced. Authorities said Bird was found dead near a large group of boulders. “We still don’t have all the details, but grandma’s body was found shoved in between the graffiti rocks up
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Connecting cultures through art and architecture. Students in Palm Springs participated in a cultural exchange with students from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, which is Palm Springs’ sister city. The four-day cultural exchange involves bilingual students from Vista Del Monte Elementary in Palm Springs and students from Newland School
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – After Saturday’s deadly bombing in Palm Springs, medical professionals are highlighting those who run towards danger to save others. Desert Care Network planned its National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week ceremony well before the blast rocked the Palm Springs community. Hospital leaders, though, used the opportunity to honor first responders
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Andrew Cuomo, former New York governor and a top candidate for New York City mayor, following a referral from congressional Republicans who accused Cuomo of lying during an investigation of his administration’s Covid-19 response, a person briefed on the matter said.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Indio Police Department is heightening its focus on the dangers of distracted driving with an enforcement operation on May 20. Under the hands-free cell phone law, California drivers are not allowed to hold a phone or electronic communication device while operating a vehicle. Indio PD traffic officers will be focuses on
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a resolution declaring that Riverside County’s animal shelters will promote “no-kill” polices and practices that seek to ensure 90% of canines and felines who are impounded leave alive. “It took us a while to get here with this resolution,” board Chairman Manuel Perez
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Angélica Franganillo Díaz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Boston has told the Trump administration that it must maintain custody of migrants whom the US government has allegedly flown to South Sudan or other countries this week amid heightened concerns over the administration’s aggressive approach to deportations. Judge
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AGUANGA, Calif. (KESQ) – Fire crews worked through the night hitting hotspots and improving control lines to contain 85% of a brush fire south of Highway 371 in Aguanga that has scorched 126 acres and destroyed one structure. The Crossing Fire was reported at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Petes Crossing and Janell
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, Rebekah Riess, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a maintenance worker at the facility was arrested after allegedly helping with the escape. Corey Boyd, 19, was arrested Tuesday, days after he and
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an order Tuesday decreasing the number of arrivals and departures allowed at Newark Liberty International Airport after weeks of delays caused by air traffic controller staffing shortages and runway construction. The order, which goes into effect immediately, will allow
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Christy Holstege, the former mayor of Palm Springs who is 18 weeks pregnant, was playing with her pre-schooler in their living room Saturday morning when a blast reverberated through her neighborhood and a plume of smoke began to grow on the horizon. It didn’t take long for word to
Continue ReadingBy Jim Sciutto, Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran, multiple US officials familiar with the latest intelligence told CNN. Such a strike
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