By Kevin Liptak, Kayla Tausche and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House has looked into options to keep TikTok accessible to its 170 million American users if a ban that is set to go into effect Sunday continues as planned. But White House officials say they don’t believe President Joe Biden has
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at terror attacks involving vehicles used as deadly weapons by radicalized individuals or terror groups. Facts Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch encouraged its Western recruits to use trucks as weapons. A 2010 webzine article, “The Ultimate Mowing Machine,” called for deploying a pickup truck as a “mowing
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An anti-price-gouging hotline set up by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation is active today. The number was established to report suspected instances of price gouging following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency on Jan. 7 due to wildfires in Los Angeles, according to a statement from the DA’s
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — If you work in one part of town and live in another, you might not get an evacuation warning if your home is in the path of disaster. If you do get an evacuation alert, the message might not tell you the location. And if cell towers get knocked
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s warnings Wednesday night about social media misinformation, the tech-industrial complex and the concentration of wealth and power struck many as a not-so-subtle shot across the bow at Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who’s also become President-elect Donald Trump’s closest consigliere. But within the White
Continue ReadingBy Edward Wu and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump continues to see some of the most positive ratings of his political career, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, which finds the president-elect poised to enter his second term with far more positive sentiment behind him than when he last occupied
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday named state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the US Senate, choosing a staunch ally to fill the seat set to be vacated by Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state. Moody, a former prosecutor and judge who once sued
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Kit Maher and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson has removed Republican Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee for the 119th Congress. While the speaker has the authority to appoint members of the committee, the move marks a significant change among the leadership of
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Chance, CNN Chief Global Affairs Correspondent (CNN) — From Gaza to Greenland, the disruptive force of President-elect Donald Trump is being felt across the world, his incoming administration casting aside conventional diplomatic niceties in favor of an intensive global pressure campaign that already appears to be yielding results. In the Middle East, Trump
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — In the next few months, many Americans will be focused on getting their tax documents together to complete their 2024 returns. Crypto investors should also be aware that information on some of their digital transactions will be reported to the IRS this year for the first time. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any broken bones, the Vatican says. In a statement, the Holy See press office said that due to a fall Thursday morning in the Casa Santa Marta, the pope’s residence, the 88-year-old pontiff “suffered a
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Australia has been charged with poisoning a child and allegedly posting videos of the infant suffering online in order to garner viewers and donations, police said Thursday. The 34-year-old woman from the Sunshine Coast allegedly “administered several unauthorised prescription and pharmacy medicines to a one-year-old girl,
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Unwanted spam calls are rampant nowadays — and some world leaders even struggle to escape them. Thailand’s prime minister said she received a spam call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Unwanted spam calls are rampant nowadays — and some world leaders even struggle to escape them. Thailand’s prime minister said she received a spam call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue ReadingBy Majlie de Puy Kamp, Casey Tolan, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Kyung Lah, CNN Pineville, Kentucky (CNN) — When the coal mines closed in Bell County, Kentucky, a community that once powered the nation was left forgotten, with few well-paying jobs or prospects. Many of its residents now live in poverty among empty storefronts and the
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will sign an executive order that is his final stab at shoring up America’s cyber defenses after a damaging string of cyberattacks on federal networks that US officials have blamed on Chinese and Russian operatives. The directive is the product of a monthslong
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Wealthy hedge fund executive Scott Bessent – whose confirmation hearing for treasury secretary is slated for Thursday – has hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and owns property from North Dakota to the Bahamas. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice as the No. 2 official at the Pentagon, billionaire Steve
Continue ReadingBy Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister has revealed she got a call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Paetongtarn Shinawatra did
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The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands Center & Garden hosted a naturalization ceremony in partnership with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Wednesday morning. The 50 new U.S. citizens came from 20 countries and took the Oath of Allegiance and waved their U.S. flags in front of friends and family in the Sunnylands garden. For
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Morales and Galindo Marketing Group, Hispanic American Chamber, along with other organizations are holding a donation drop-off at COD this Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The drop-off location is at College of the Desert-Palm Desert Campus, South Annex, GSD Pride Center, 43-500 Monterey Ave Palm Desert, CA. Water, masks, blankets, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes,
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