By Lauren Izso and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israel is preparing to receive the remains of an unknown number of hostages from Gaza on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The identities of the hostages have not been released. This marks the first handover of deceased hostages since the ceasefire deal
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Rios, Billy Stockwell and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s order to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Brian Gibbs put on his gray and green park ranger uniform Friday for his dream job teaching people about Iowa’s Effigy Mounds National Monument. The education technician walked in ready to prepare lesson plans for classroom visits to two schools. He knew of the trouble facing the federal workforce,
Continue ReadingBy Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — Famed Mexican singer-songwriter Paquita la del Barrio has died at the age of 77, her team announced Monday in a statement on Instagram. “Rest in peace, your music and legacy will always live in our hearts,” the statement said, asking for space so that her family can
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of hedge fund executive and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Personal Birth date: August 21, 1962 Birth place: Conway, South Carolina Birth name: Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent Father: Homer Gaston Bessent Jr., real estate developer Mother: Barbara McLeod Bessent Marriage: John Freeman (2011-present) Children: Cole
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, Billy Stockwell and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s order to rename
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is heading to the Supreme Court for the first time in his second term, using an emergency appeal to call on the justices to let him fire the head of a government ethics watchdog agency. The case, Bessent v. Dellinger, could eventually help clarify whether Congress
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to the Internal Revenue Service’s highly sensitive taxpayer data system, a source familiar with the move told CNN. The IRS, which contains private data on millions of Americans’ tax returns, Social Security numbers and banking information, is
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Some 400 calls for help went unanswered when the helpline at Ukraine’s Veteran Hub went silent for a week after key funding from the United States was abruptly cut last month. The Ukrainian NGO gets all sorts of calls. Some come from military families who have
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A senior Hamas official has said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave. “Whoever comes to fill Israel’s place (in Gaza) will be treated like Israel,” Osama Hamdan, a Hamas spokesperson and
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Oscar winner Julianne Moore claims her children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” was banned by the Department of Defense’s Education Activity, a global network of 160 schools serving military families. In a post Sunday on Instagram, Moore expressed a “great shock” about the decision to yank the book
Continue ReadingCNN By Amanda Musa, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rescues were ongoing Monday as water levels continued to rise on some waterways in Kentucky and other portions of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic flooded by a deadly coast-to-coast winter storm. The storm killed at least 14 people – one in
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Danaher and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A man hailed as the world’s first imam to say he was gay was shot dead in South Africa on Saturday, local police said, in what rights groups fear could be a hate crime. Eastern Cape provincial police said in a statement it was investigating the
Continue ReadingCNN, WAFF, WLEX, SEE PREFONTS By Amanda Musa, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rescue efforts are ongoing for the second day Tuesday as water levels continued to rise on some waterways in Kentucky and other portions of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic flooded by a deadly coast-to-coast winter storm. The
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has accused the Trump administration of “serious regression” in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department removed a line from its website stating that the US does not support Taiwan independence. In what it called a “routine” update to its online fact sheet on US
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rescue efforts are ongoing for the second day Tuesday as water levels continued to rise on some waterways in Kentucky and other portions of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic flooded by a deadly coast-to-coast winter storm. The storm killed at least 14
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — Canceled meetings, blocked webpages and limited updates on life-threatening diseases spreading across the country. These are some of the real-world implications caused by the vague and sweeping mandates President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on federal health agencies in recent weeks amid
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Eric Adams has united Democrats in New York City. From across the boroughs and otherwise warring ideological factions, there is widespread agreement that the mayor has little to no chance of winning the Democratic primary in June — and that he shouldn’t even try.
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Edward Szekeres, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday, nearly two years after she retreated from the public eye following a drunk driving conviction. She was 24. Kim’s body was discovered by a friend, according to police.
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As Modernism Week returns the valley, Temple Isaiah in downtown Palm Springs is getting in on the action with a special tribute to Elvis Presley, the “King of Rock and Roll.” The Jewish Community Center ballroom was transformed into a vintage fashion runway, featuring iconic 1950s and 60s styles — the kind of looks Elvis
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