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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Unified School District Board of Education selected a search firm to assist in the process for hiring a new Superintendent of Schools. PSUSD is seeking to find a replacement for current Superintendent Dr. Tonatiuh ‘Tony’ Signoret who will retire from the district on June 30. District officials
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Boston Marathon terror attack. On April 15, 2013, double bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured at least 264. Facts The bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the marathon’s finish line on Boylston Street. According to Richard
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a waiver of environmental regulations today to speed up construction of more than two miles of border wall in San Diego County. The waiver is the first under the new administration, which will forgo laws such as the National Environmental Policy
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson successfully stopped an effort by fellow Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely. But her House Democratic partners made clear Tuesday that they still want that vote — even if it’s now symbolic.
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A mother and her three children are on their way back home to New York following their detention by immigration enforcement officials last month at a dairy farm, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The third grader, two teenagers and their mother, who have not been named publicly,
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Update 4/8/25 A driver suffered critical injuries and another was hospitalized for pain-related complaints, police confirmed. Police said a vehicle was traveling southbound when “‘it lost control and rear-ended a vehicle stopped at a red light,” Araiza said. The cause of the crash was under investigation. Anyone with information regarding the accident was urged to
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — As economic fears escalate, Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team are making a frantic push Tuesday to convince GOP hardliners to fall in line on a critical House vote this week that will allow Congress to finally move ahead on President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, two months before he was set to go on trial for the 2022 murder plot. Appearing in a federal courtroom in Maryland, Nicholas Roske, 29, entered a guilty plea for the single charge he faces: attempting
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to keep several thousand probationary federal employees it is attempting to fire off the payroll while lower courts weigh whether the downsizing efforts are legal, the latest in a series of wins for the White
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — South Sudan has reversed its decision to deny entry to a man it said was a Congolese national deported by the United States after Washington imposed a blanket visa ban on South Sudanese citizens. In a dramatic U-turn on Tuesday, South Sudan’s foreign ministry said the government had chosen
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service finalized an agreement Monday to provide sensitive taxpayer data to federal immigration authorities as part of President Donald Trump’s deportation push, according to court filings. As part of the deal, the IRS agreed to turn over
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — President Donald Trump was speaking to reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on Monday when he made a surprise announcement: Direct nuclear talks are underway between the United States and Iran and a “very big meeting” will take place on Saturday.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the annual income tax filing deadline in the United States. April 15, 2025, is the deadline to file 2024 income tax returns. In fiscal year 2023, the IRS amassed more than $4.69 trillion in gross tax collections. Where Do The Taxes Go? (Source: Center on Budget
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner in eastern Ukraine. Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian forces fighting in the Donetsk region obtained the Chinese nationals’ documents, bank cards and personal data. “We have information
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke of Sussex arrived at a London court on Tuesday to challenge the British government’s decision to downgrade his level of taxpayer-funded security while he is visiting the United Kingdom. After Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announced they were stepping down
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican governors and lawmakers in more than a dozen states are tapping into Elon Musk’s brand, borrowing from his Department of Government Efficiency’s approach — and in many cases, its name — to draw attention to their own bids to slash spending. The state efforts have been slower to
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China on Tuesday slammed US Vice President JD Vance for his comments about “Chinese peasants” in an interview that has drawn widespread ire and ridicule on China’s internet – and comparisons with Vance’s own self-proclaimed “hillbilly” background. Speaking to Fox News last Thursday, Vance defended President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s arrest of a prominent American academic on charges of insulting the monarchy has “alarmed” the United States, the State Department said, in a rare case of a foreign national allegedly falling foul of the kingdom’s strict lese majeste law. Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in central
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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court-ordered deadline to return to the US an El Salvador national mistakenly deported, granting the Trump administration additional time to review the case. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a sheet metal worker and father of three, was deported last month after
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – It is “National Crime Victims’ Rights Week,” and Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin is holding two separate candlelight vigils to honor those who have been victims of crime here in Riverside County. The first vigil will be held on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Palm Desert Civic Center Park; the
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