CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week. By declining to back Trump’s emergency appeal, the conservative
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week. By declining to back Trump’s emergency appeal, the conservative court
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities arrested two alleged high ranking members of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel this week, just days before the Trump administration designated that group and others based in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations. The list includes transnational gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, as well as several cartels including
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recommended Friday that a judge reject Erik and Lyle Menendez’s request for a new trial in the 1989 killings of their parents – a petition the brothers filed over their claims of new evidence of abuse by their father. Hochman
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said today his office will oppose a motion by defense attorneys seeking a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life in prison without parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills. “The people believe it
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Carolina Garcia CALEXICO, Calif. (T3) – Se espera que a mediados de este 2025, se reubique de forma temporal el cruce peatonal en entre la frontera de Mexicali y Calexico, en la garita zona centro. El edificio donde actualmente se ubica la oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos, será demolido y en
Continue ReadingBy Dana Karni and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Human remains returned to Israel by Hamas on Friday have been confirmed as those of former hostage Shiri Bibas, according to a statement from her family provided Saturday by the hostage relatives’ forum. Bibas’ remains had been expected to be among those of four hostages returned
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Mayor Karen Bass fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley today — citing what the mayor called failures in leadership ahead of the January windstorm that led to the deadly Palisades Fire, as well as what Bass said was Crowley’s refusal to prepare an after-action report on the firefight.
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday she has fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing in part her response to last month’s devastating Palisades wildfire, among the most destructive in California’s history. Bass said the chief’s removal was “in the best interests of Los Angeles’ public safety,
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, Benjamin Brown, Nadine Schmidt and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Berlin have detained a teenage Syrian refugee after a man was stabbed near the city’s Holocaust Memorial late Friday – as divisive rhetoric swells over Germany’s immigration policy, ahead of a consequential national election. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested after
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (AP) — Two more people have been charged with murder in the death of a transgender man who authorities say was tortured for more than a month before being killed in upstate New York. New York State Police said they arrested Kimberly Sochia, 29, of Canandaigua, and Thomas Eaves, 21, of
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – The BNP Paribas Open announced today an action-packed calendar of on-site activities and events set to greet fans for the 2025 tennis tournament. The annual Family Day will once again serve as an exciting, free kickoff event to ring in the start of the BNP Paribas Open. Families with children
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By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis has received high flows of oxygen after suffering a respiratory crisis but had a peaceful night in hospital, the Vatican said. “The night passed quietly, the pope rested,” the Holy See Press Office said in a brief statement early Sunday morning,
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By Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KCAL/KCBS) — California is synonymous with the golden poppy and the California redwood. If one assemblyman has his way, the state could soon adopt Bigfoot, a.k.a. Sasquatch, as its latest official emblem. Assemblyman Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa) authored AB 666 in hopes of making
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has vacated the upcoming trial date for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but declined to immediately dismiss the charges all together in a case that has roiled the Justice Department. Judge Dale Ho, instead, is appointing conservative attorney Paul Clement to present arguments challenging
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District Columbia for allegedly assaulting an individual, the police department told CNN. MPD said they were called to a Washington, DC, address on Wednesday with a report of an assault,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The CIA late last week moved to fire more than a dozen officers for working on diversity issues, in what amounts to a deeply unusual round of mass firings at the agency, according to court filings and current and former officials familiar with the effort. In a court
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A group of Holocaust victims may not sue Hungary in American courts to recover property stolen during World War II because their funds were comingled with other funds, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a long-running case about how much reach US courts should have to settle disputes abroad.
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who don’t have “mission-critical” roles expected to be terminated next week. While that is a small percentage of
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Nadeen Ebrahim and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Just what happened to Shiri Bibas and her two children after they were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, has become a source of torment for their family and millions of Israelis. The two boys and their mother were not released from Gaza during the
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