Skip to Content
By Andy Rose, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Warning signs that a San Antonio middle school student had deadly intentions had been building for months, police say. They took on a new urgency Sunday when his grandmother walked into his bedroom. There, she found rifle and pistol magazines “loaded with live ammunition” and a homemade
Continue Reading
PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and Coachella Valley’s nursing shortage, Jason Davalos is graduating California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus (PDC), with a degree in nursing. Davalos graduates this weekend as PDC’s Outstanding Student of the year and as a University Legacy Scholar, a scholarship that provided a
Continue ReadingBy Uriel Blanco, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is at the center of another controversy, and this time it directly involves Mexico. MrBeast, who is by far the YouTuber with the most subscribers in the world (surpassing the second-place user by almost 100 million), published a video on May 10th in
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The US attorney’s office in Washington, DC, is hoping for a new era of relative calm as the top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital switches from one outspoken, controversial ally of the president to another. Former Fox News host and newly tapped interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro took
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Qatari prime minister and minister of foreign affairs dismissed controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s plan to accept from his country a Boeing 747-8 to be used initially as Air Force One, telling CNN it’s simply a “government-to-government transaction,” not a personal gift to Trump. “This is a very
Continue ReadingCNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Qatari prime minister and minister of foreign affairs dismissed controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s plan to accept from his country a Boeing 747-8 to be used initially as Air Force One, telling CNN it’s simply a “government-to-government transaction,” not a personal gift to Trump. “This is a
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny, Betsy Klein and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — No, President Donald Trump is not going to Turkey to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks. For days, Trump repeatedly stirred speculation that he might upend his Middle East travel schedule – one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — to join
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday shut down the ability of private individuals to bring Voting Rights Act lawsuits challenging election policies that allegedly discriminate based on race in several states, a major blow to the civil rights law that has long been under conservative attack. The ruling, which
Continue ReadingMorgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Do you consistently clock in overtime? Working long hours could come with a cost. Along with physical and emotional overexertion, new research found “significant changes” in the brains of people who are overworked. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things
Continue Reading
LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – The City of La Quinta is proposing an ordinance banning homeless camping on public property, making such camping a misdemeanor. However, some local homeless advocates are calling for it to stop. This comes after La Quinta sheriff’s officials report an increase in homeless encampments along the underpasses of busy roadway’s.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — With President Donald Trump’s agenda on the line, Speaker Mike Johnson is stuck in the middle between two disgruntled factions of the House GOP that want completely different things. If he can’t find a way to appease both, it could derail the whole bill.
Continue ReadingBy Hira Humayun, Avery Schmitz and Veronica Calderon, CNN (CNN) — Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a livestream from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Mexico, when someone arrived at her door to deliver a small parcel. “He’s a little piglet!” the 23-year-old beauty influencer exclaimed as she returned to her viewers and
Continue Reading
Update 5/14/25 The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against foster parents and their adult daughter, accused of torturing six children. “It is alleged that the foster parents and their adult daughter subjected all six children (aged four – sixteen), to years of physical, emotional, and mental abuse,” reads a DA’s office news
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Some members of former President Joe Biden’s Cabinet did not believe that he could be relied upon to perform at 2 a.m. during an emergency by the final year of his presidency, according to a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. Several secretaries told the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Some members of former President Joe Biden’s Cabinet did not believe that he could be relied upon to perform at 2 a.m. during an emergency by the final year of his presidency, according to a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. Several secretaries told
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The former clerk of court who read the guilty verdicts against notorious convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh is now facing multiple felony charges. Rebecca “Becky” Hill was arrested early Wednesday morning in Colleton County, South Carolina, and charged with obstructing justice and two counts of misconduct,
Continue Reading
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs Aerial Tramway officials today announced the return of extended summer hours and seasonal programming, beginning Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday, May 25, the final tram up will depart at 9 p.m., with the last tram down at 10:30 p.m. On Monday, May 26, the last tram up will
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — On Thursday, the Supreme Court will take up a case that could decide how quickly President Donald Trump can implement his second term agenda as it hears arguments about nationwide injunctions that allow a single judge to block a policy for the entire country. The issue
Continue Reading
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Pets are back safe and sound at the Animal Samaritans shelter in Thousand Palms, after a fire Tuesday. “Now the windows are boarded up and we don’t have any space in the back for the dogs to have their dog run and all of that, we’re doing a lot of
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A couple from Gloucester Township, New Jersey, allegedly kept a teen captive and abused her for seven years before she escaped, in what authorities are describing as a “despicable” and “heartbreaking” case. Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, were arrested over the weekend, days after the victim,
Continue Reading