Skip to Content
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at ricin, a natural, highly toxic compound that is extracted from castor beans. Facts About one million tons of castor beans are processed every year, worldwide. Ricin is part of the waste from the beans when castor oil is made. Sometimes this is called “mash.” Less than
Continue Reading
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – President Donald Trump again threatened California today with possible fines and loss of federal education funds for allowing a transgender athlete from Jurupa Valley High School to compete in the CIF State Track and Field meet last week in Clovis. Trump posted Tuesday on social media that Gov. Gavin Newsom
Continue Reading
By Holmes Lybrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The family of the Egyptian national charged with attempted murder after an antisemitic Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, has been taken into ICE custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The suspected attacker, Mohamed Soliman, has a wife and five children, all of
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer has been awarded nearly $310,000 in a default judgment against the San Diego woman who accused him of sexual assault, for breaching the terms of an agreement they reached in 2023 to settle their dueling lawsuits. Bauer’s Los Angeles Superior Court complaint contended that Lindsey Hill
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s agenda bill — which the president is pressuring GOP senators to support — calling it a “disgusting abomination.” “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill
Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell today said that considerable resources are focused on apprehending the people who repeatedly attacked a transgender store owner in the Westlake District. Police have described a series of assaults against the woman as hate crimes and they are requesting the public’s help in locating
Continue Reading
The California Highway Patrol is recruiting for officers, dispatchers and inspection specialists. The California Highway Patrol office in Indio primarily serves the Coachella Valley, but their reach extends beyond—patrolling Interstate 10, State Routes 62, 86, and 177, along with unincorporated areas in between. Right now, the CHP is actively looking for individuals between the ages
Continue Reading
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its programmed lineup. Sponsored by the City of Palm Springs, this 31st edition is set to welcome audiences at the Festival Theaters at 789 E Tahquitz Canyon Way from June 24-30. In all, the festival will screen 51 curated programs showcasing 311 films from 64 countries and
Continue Reading
CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was killed after a single-vehicle crash heading eastbound on I-10, west of Hargrave Street, swerved off the freeway. On Tuesday, at around 6:10 A.M., a 2019 Subaru Outback swerved off the road and killed a 75-year-old male passenger from Oro Valley, Arizona. He was pronounced dead on scene. The
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Rebekah Reiss, Amanda Jackson, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies raided and searched the home where they believe a serial escapee, who vanished from a New Orleans jail two weeks ago, may have filmed a video where he claimed his innocence and called on rapper Lil Wayne and
Continue ReadingCNN By Holly Yan, Rebekah Reiss, Amanda Jackson, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies searched the home where they believe Antoine Massey, a serial escapee who vanished from a New Orleans jail two weeks ago, may have recorded a video proclaiming his innocence and asking rapper Lil Wayne and President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to continue providing gender-affirming medication for transgender inmates in federal prisons, dealing the latest blow to a multipronged effort by the president to pull back federal support for transgender health care. “All parties seem to agree that
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A Wisconsin man who investigators believe framed an undocumented migrant with threatening to kill President Donald Trump in order to have the immigrant deported has now been charged in the matter. According to state prosecutors, that man, Demetric Scott, admitted to framing the migrant, Ramon Morales-Reyes, whom Scott allegedly
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who once posted a video claiming 9/11 was an “inside job,” was back at the White House complex Tuesday morning, where she met privately with Vice President JD Vance, three sources familiar with the meeting tell CNN. The sources would not
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A US consulting firm has canceled its contract with the controversial US and Israel-backed aid organization set up to distribute food and humanitarian supplies as famine conditions worsen in war-ravaged Gaza, a spokesperson for Boston Consulting Group told CNN. “Unapproved follow-on work relating to Gaza lacked buy-in from multilateral
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s new official portrait was unveiled Monday, it lacked two elements his predecessors had featured in their photographs dating back more than 50 years: a happy expression and an American flag in the background. The picture, which replaced an earlier portrait released around Trump’s inauguration in
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A dog who went missing for more than a month and covered about 100 miles – including a mile-long swim – has finally been returned to her foster home after being rescued at sea. Five-year-old Amber bolted in late April, a day after arriving in London from Qatar, where
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has privately complained that the Supreme Court justices he appointed have not sufficiently stood behind his agenda, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversations. But he has directed particular ire at Justice Amy Coney Barrett, his most recent appointee, one of the
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, CNN, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards (CNN) — Russian forces are advancing in the northern Ukrainian region of Sumy, bringing the regional capital within range of their drones and artillery, according to Ukrainian officials and analysts. The advance comes even as Russia had appeared to be put on the back foot by
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio and Lauren Kent, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election six months after the country’s previous leader declared martial law and plunged the nation into chaos. Official results
Continue Reading