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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was hospitalized early Wednesday following a serious two-car crash at the intersection of Mountain View Road and Dillon Road in Desert Hot Springs. The California Highway Patrol confirmed a white Nissan Rogue was traveling southbound on Mountain View Road around 3 a.m. when the driver ran a
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The high-profile battles to become the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor of New Jersey are centered on a single summer Garden State resident: President Donald Trump. While Democrats have debated their approaches to housing, affordability and immigration, they all agree that part of the role of the state’s
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a Catholic Charities chapter in Wisconsin to secure an exemption from certain state taxes in a decision that could expand the type of religious entities entitled to tax breaks under the First Amendment’s protections for religion. It
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit from the Mexican government that alleged American gun manufacturers should be held responsible for cartel violence on the Southwest border, a decision that shields the companies from a suit that had claimed billions in damages. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a straight woman in Ohio who filed a “reverse discrimination” lawsuit against her employer when her gay boss declined to promote her. The ruling will make it easier to win such suits in some parts of the country. Despite
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Nimi Princewill and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A sweeping new travel ban on citizens from a dozen nations was announced by the White House on Wednesday, reviving a defining effort from the first Trump administration to crack down on entries from specific countries. Trump said in a video posted Wednesday that
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Simone McCarthy, CNN Washington/Hong Kong (CNN) — President Donald Trump emerged Thursday from a long-awaited 90-minute telephone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping encouraged that ongoing trade tensions could soon be resolved. Calling the conversation “very good,” Trump said in a social media post after the call that follow-up talks would
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — When the chief of the local fire department was called to a scene of a Russian strike in the central Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, he and his brigade found five people were killed and nine injured after a drone hit a residential building. Among the
Continue ReadingStory by the Associated Press Wellington (AP) — New Zealand legislators voted Thursday to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke received a seven-day ban and the leaders of her political party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, were barred for 21 days.
Continue ReadingBy Eugenia Yosef, Lucas Lilieholm and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of two Israeli-American hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 were recovered from southern Gaza during a military operation, according to a statement from Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency. Judy Weinstein-Haggai, 70, and Gadi Haggai, 72, were killed near
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up a 2,000-gallon diesel spill along part of Baltimore’s waterfront that started Wednesday morning. The spill is near the East Harbor Marina in the Patapsco River and originated from a Johns Hopkins Hospital facility
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – “Think about how catastrophic that could have been,” Ryan Litherland a longtime Twentynine Palms resident said. Litherland, who lives nearby, said if Guy Edward Bartkus — the primary suspect in the Palm Springs bombing — had detonated the explosive in his neighborhood, the consequences could have been devastating. “That house points
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — More than one in three men in Australia reported using violence with an intimate partner in a first of its kind study which shows gender-based abuse is rising, despite years of national attention on the issue. The research was part of a longitudinal study called Ten to Men by
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, HOST TV, SEE PREFONTS By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Kaitlan Collins and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday evening to ban travel from several countries to the US, citing security risks. The ban will fully restrict entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan; Myanmar, also known as
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured out how to turn on water fountains for a sip along with their meal. These are Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos – white birds with a yellow
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – First-time homebuyers in the Coachella Valley can get free expert guidance this June, thanks to a series of workshops hosted by Lift to Rise in partnership with Secure Choice Lending. The one-time sessions are designed to help prospective buyers understand the homebuying process, offering tools, tips and resources to take
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first in-person meeting with US President Donald Trump. The meeting comes as a series of high-stakes international issues once again come to the fore. Trump has issued
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are nationally known as the most dangerous time for teen drivers. In 2023, nearly 2,900 people in the U.S. were killed in crashes involving a teen driver. According to AAA, there’s a 30% increase in deadly crashes involving teens over the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – As the Palm Springs community continues to pick up the pieces, investigators continue to piece together what exactly happened. An arrest now made in connection to the bombing that targeted a fertility clinic. A sense of relief for David Rios, owner of the Velvet Rope Hotel. “We feel relieved. We
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Sky-high power bills are on the way with the warm summer months ahead in the desert. Some people prepare for those increased expenses by going on a level-pay or “budget billing plan.” Palm Springs resident Ross von Metzke went on the plan last year, hoping it would take some of the shock out of those bills. “We were
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