PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the 61st Annual Golf Cart Parade, drawing thousands of residents to the streets of El Paseo. Dozens of decorated golf carts, sports cars, and marching bands participated in this year’s parade, which carried the theme “California Dreaming.” Many parade-goers adorned their carts
Continue ReadingBy Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Months before she became Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi said she’d been invited to meet US President Donald Trump. It was November, just after his election victory and several figures close to Trump had urged her to visit Washington, she posted on her official X account. But she
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By Audry Jeong, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. The Navy has launched an investigation into the cause of
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Affordable Care Act coverage will get a lot more expensive in 2026 if Congress doesn’t extend the enhanced premium subsides that are set to expire at year’s end. Obamacare enrollees are now learning how much they’ll pay in monthly premiums for 2026 coverage without the more generous assistance. Open
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A school administrator reported a 9-year-old girl missing after she hadn’t been seen in months. When deputies went to Melodee Buzzard’s home to investigate, her mother was there – but the young girl was nowhere to be found. Now, officials are investigating why her mom drove them in a
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has said he would no longer perform in Israel after the band came under scrutiny for playing in Tel Aviv in 2017. In an interview with British newspaper The Sunday Times, conducted before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was agreed, Yorke said he would
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By Gloria Pazmino, Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — One of the most high-profile job interviews in New York City politics and government appears to be playing out in the public eye. Democratic Mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, who announced his intention to keep New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at the helm of the department
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By Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom teased a potential 2028 presedential run when asked in an interview on Sunday if he’d seriously consider it after the midterms in an interview. “Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” Newsom said on CBS’ Sunday Morning. “I’d be lying, And I’m, I can’t do that.”
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By Gloria Pazmino, David Wright, Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN New York (CNN) — As New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city’s mayoral race, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani sent a message to voters Sunday, asking them not to choose “settling for the lesser of two evils,” warning his supporters to not take his double-digit
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CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denounced congressional redistricting efforts happening across the United States, describing them as cheating in an interview airing on “CNN’s State of the Union” on Sunday. “There’s this war going on all over the United States. Who can out cheat the other one?”
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By Eric Bradner, CNN East Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) — Jack Ciattarelli ticked through the states where New Jersey’s most recent Democratic governors grew up as he kicked off a rally Wednesday night. “They brought Jon Corzine here from Illinois — that didn’t work out so well. They brought Phil Murphy from Massachusetts — this
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CNN By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry
Continue Reading By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denounced congressional redistricting efforts happening across the United States, describing them as cheating in an interview airing on “CNN’s State of the Union” on Sunday. “There’s this war going on all over the United States. Who can out cheat the other one?” the
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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire. CNN previously reported on the undelivered contraceptives – once
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By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Anxiety is rising among congressional Republicans that their party has no plan to address a critical health care deadline this fall that will result in spiking costs for millions of Americans – the issue at the heart of the deepening government shutdown crisis. And some of those
Continue Reading CNN By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth
Continue ReadingBy Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. David McCormick defended Donald Trump’s latest controversial moves in a rare interview, including the president’s $230 million request for the Justice Department to pay his legal bills, the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, and his party’s handling of the government shutdown. He also compared Democrats
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — British police have arrested an asylum-seeker who was mistakenly released from prison on Friday while serving a 12-month sentence for sexual assault following a “fast-moving and complex” manhunt. Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl while staying at the
Continue ReadingBy Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — Amid the rubble and rancor memorializing where the East Wing of the White House once stood, President Donald Trump and his team are trying to dig out. Public outrage has been piling up over the sudden demolition to make way for the sprawling, golden ballroom he has long craved.
Continue Reading By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth
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