RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was met with protesters at the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino in Rancho Mirage as he spoke at an event held by a Republican group. The East Valley Republican Women Patriots featured Bianco and former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb at a luncheon. The two
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, Samantha Waldenberg and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is ordering a pause on shipments of US military aid to Ukraine after his heated Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, a White House official told CNN Monday. The halt in aid, which came after Trump
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PALM SPRINGS, California (KESQ) From the star-studded red carpet to the surprises that kept everyone on the edge of their seats, hollywood’s biggest night was nothing short of spectacular. To break down the winners and the best moments of the oscars, News Channel 3’s Garrett Hottle was joined by pop culture expert Mike Muse.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Samantha Waldenberg and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is ordering a pause on shipments of US military aid to Ukraine after his heated Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, a White House official told CNN Monday. The halt in aid, which came after Trump held
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Danya Gainor and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions. The bill’s failure to advance highlights the limits of Republicans’ narrow margins in Congress, despite control of both chambers.
Continue ReadingBy Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Warning: This report contains details of sexual assaults. Reader discretion is advised. Armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency. The UNICEF
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Linda McMahon, a major Republican donor and a former pro-wrestling executive, was confirmed Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s secretary of the Department of Education. Trump has made eliminating the department a top goal of his administration and has said he hopes McMahon will “put herself out of
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN (CNN) — The top special agent overseeing the FBI’s largest field office has been forced to retire, according to an email he sent to colleagues and obtained by CNN. “Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did,”
Continue ReadingBy Devyn Byers, CNN (CNN) — Apalachee High School head football coach Mike Hancock is stepping down to address his mental health after a mass shooting last year killed two students and two staff members – one of them a fellow coach – at the Georgia school. Hancock opened up about his struggle with depression,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Small talk can boost your mood and reduce feelings of isolation, but some people struggle with making conversation about
Continue ReadingBy Rene Marsh and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency wants to charge at least one federal agency millions of dollars for its work. The Office of Personnel Management was asked to pay for 20 full-time positions in Musk’s department for work between January 20 and July 4, 2026,
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC, repeatedly received midair collision alerts over the weekend when there were no other aircraft nearby. The alerts occurred only miles from the site of the deadly January 29
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Four men are facing federal charges, accused of smuggling thousands of people into the US from Guatemala in what officials call “one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation.” Federal agents are still pursuing one of the four men, who they say threatened to kill an investigative
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Melania Trump used her first public remarks of her husband’s second term to lend her support to an effort to protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography, renewing a commitment to her first-term “Be Best platform.” “I am here with you today with a common goal: to protect our
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One person suffered minor injuries following a fire that burned at a structure under construction inside a country club in La Quinta. The fire was reported just before 1:00 p.m. on the 80000 block of Via Valerosa. CAL FIRE officials said it was a single-family dwelling under construction with smoke and flames from the roof.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – Several former World No. 1s officially committed to the Galleri Classic, which takes place later this month in Rancho Mirage. Tournament organizers announced 1992 Masters champion Fred Couples, four-time major champion Ernie Els and three-time major champion Vijay Singh will play in the event on the renowned Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Continue ReadingBy Max Saltman and Angélica Franganillo-Díaz, CNN (CNN) — It’s not unusual to see superheroes in the streets when it’s Carnival time in Brazil. Batman, Superman and Spider-Man are common sights on the streets of São Paulo during what’s sometimes called the world’s biggest party. But among the many people dressed in figure-hugging colorful lycra
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks slid Monday as investors braced for President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico to go into effect by the midnight deadline. The Dow tumbled 650 points, or 1.48%, to close at 43,191. The Dow fell almost 900 points in afternoon trading before pulling
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military is renaming a major Army base in Georgia from Fort Moore to Fort Benning, reverting the base back to its original name — though this time Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it’s after an enlisted World War I soldier and Distinguished Service Cross
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Federal law enforcement in Los Angeles today announced charges against four people suspected of smuggling about 20,000 undocumented immigrants from Guatemala to the United States, including seven who died in a car crash in 2023. Officials said the operators of the so-called Torko Organization — Eduardo Domingo “Turko” Renoj-Matul, Cristobal
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