By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Travelers in South Florida might soon find themselves transiting through Trump International Airport. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Monday that could rename the Palm Beach International Airport to the “President Donald J. Trump International Airport” after the state’s House and Senate passed the legislation last
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Harry Barrett will depart his role as Executive Director of Aviation for the Palm Springs International Airport at the end of May, officials announced Monday. Barrett is set to become Assistant Director of the Sacramento County Department of Airports. He will remain in his role through May 21, 2026, to
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CNN, WDIV, WXYZ, FBI By Cindy Von Quednow, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The attack earlier this month on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” the FBI said in a news conference Monday. The assailant, Ayman Ghazali,
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By Patrick Oppmann, Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — If the Castros are – as some Cubans refer to them – “the royal family” of the island, then Sandro Castro seems to be applying for the role of court jester. In a country where regular access to the internet is still considered a luxury, Cuban nightclub
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By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — A bloody gang rampage continued into a third day in Haiti as armed groups attacked the town of Marchand Dessalines on Wednesday, according to police and rights groups. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands forced to flee their homes amid the chaos in Artibonite, Haiti’s major agricultural
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Several people who were at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, insurrection are suing the police agencies that worked to defend the building that day, asking a federal court to award them millions of dollars in damages for the “physical and emotional injuries” they say were inflicted
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By Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump’s envoys gear up for another go at diplomacy with Iran, a major question hovers over their efforts: do the officials they’re communicating with have the juice to make a deal? It’s not entirely clear to American officials whether the regime figures
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The Israeli parliament finalized a controversial bill Monday that would effectively expand the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism and nationalistic murders — a cornerstone issue for the country’s far right for over a decade. The bill stipulates that residents in the West Bank who
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COVINA, Calif. (KESQ) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a procession from San Dimas to Covina today, carrying the body of a deputy who died while participating in the annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay race. Deputy Levi Vargas, 30, an 11-year department veteran, died Saturday while participating in the annual
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By Annie Grayer, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers have departed Washington for spring recess locked in a stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But even as their movements outside the halls of Congress face increased public scrutiny, Republican leaders are showing no signs they’ll force their members to come back early
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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of staffers at the Department of Homeland Security received back pay this month after President Donald Trump ordered the agency to compensate employees using a special fund amid the partial government shutdown. But now that fund is running out of money. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Thieves in Europe have been busy. Paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse were stolen from an Italian museum in a bold heist that took just three minutes. In another incident, a seemingly hungry crew pilfered 12 tons of KitKat bars. Here’s what else you might
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, is scheduled to launch Wednesday afternoon, with a Southern California native serving as the spacecraft’s pilot. The mission is set to lift off at 3:24 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – With the first ticket sales of the Olympic Games about to begin, LA28 today announced details of its ticket resale program. LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Games, said it will be offering verified resale tickets starting in 2027 through its official “Secondary Ticket Marketplace,” with the help from
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs residents and community members will be able to tour Fire Station No. 1 today and share feedback on the station’s proposed modernization. An open house will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at 277 N. Indian Canyon Drive. The public will be able to meet Fire
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A series of four films starring Marilyn Monroe will be screened later this year at the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs as part of a centennial celebration honoring the Hollywood icon, officials announced today. The Plaza Theatre Foundation and the Film Society of Screwball Comedy will present “Marilyn 100: A
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The attack earlier this month on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” the FBI said in a news conference Monday. The assailant, Ayman Ghazali, a naturalized US citizen
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A former federal immigration prosecutor and whistleblower who has taken issue with Trump administration leadership has now gone to Capitol Hill, saying the internal watchdog offices of the Justice Department are doing nothing to investigate his and other complaints. Lawyers for Erez Reuveni, who was fired last year after
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands more Department of Homeland Security workers are being paid during the record partial government shutdown after President Donald Trump ordered the agency to send Transportation Security Administration employees their back pay. And soon tens of thousands of other DHS staffers — including Federal Emergency Management Agency
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are exploring whether certain lucrative bets placed on prediction markets have violated insider trading and other laws, multiple sources told CNN. The chiefs of the securities and commodities fraud unit of the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York recently met with
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