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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The county Board of Supervisors declared a local state of emergency today in response to ongoing federal immigration enforcement raids, alleging the actions are preventing people from going to work and forcing some businesses to close. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath introduced the motion calling for the drafting of the emergency proclamation in
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Cody Balmer stood outside an iron fence surrounding the resolute brick mansion, waiting and watching the home where his target slept. In a bag, he had stuffed two beer bottles filled with gasoline and a weighty metal sledgehammer. In the early morning hours of April 13, he scaled the
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By Cindy Von Quednow, Omar Jimenez, Whitney Wild, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — US Border Patrol agents pursued and crashed into a vehicle as part of an immigration enforcement operation, leading to an angry response from community residents and the deployment of tear gas in Chicago’s far southeast side Tuesday. The tense standoff exemplifies tensions
Continue ReadingReuters Udine, Italy (Reuters) — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched Tuesday in the northern Italian city of Udine before Italy’s World Cup soccer qualifier against Israel, concluding their mostly peaceful protest with clashes involving police. The march, attended by over 5,000 participants according to preliminary police estimates, wound its way through the city center from
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Residents of the nation’s capital voiced their increased opposition and distrust of federal officers — especially around the administration’s deportation efforts — during jury selection Tuesday in the trial of an anti-ICE protester accused of assaulting an officer. For about three hours, attorneys questioned potential jurors about their ability
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Travelers going through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Detroit Metro Airport will come face-to-face with a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the shutdown of the federal government. The remarkable video that injects divisive politics into the mundane process of airport security has
Continue ReadingBy Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — For most people, introductions are a fleeting formality, an exchange of names accomplished in seconds. However, for Laurence Watkins, this simple task becomes an extraordinary feat of endurance. To recite his full name, all 2,253 words, demands 20 minutes. This was demonstrated at his first wedding in 1991, when
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By Kara Fox and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Just hours after the 20 remaining living hostages were released by Hamas and brought back to Israel on Monday, the speaker of the Israeli parliament took off his yellow ribbon pin, an emblem of solidarity and an omnipresent reminder of the nation’s commitment
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN CNN will host a live town hall tonight with progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who will make their case for the Democrats’ government shutdown strategy. The event airs at 9 p.m. ET and will be moderated by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins from Washington, DC. Here’s what else
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying he was entering the late conservative activist’s name “into the roster of true American heroes.” Erika Kirk, Kirk’s widow and now the CEO of Turning Point USA, accepted the award on her husband’s behalf
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By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — An Arkansas father who killed his teen daughter’s alleged abuser has announced a bid for county sheriff, saying he’s running to fix a justice system that failed to protect her. Aaron Spencer faces a second-degree murder charge in last October’s fatal shooting of a man accused of grooming and
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – An early cryptocurrency evangelist once dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” reached a tentative deal today with the U.S. Justice Department to pay nearly $50 million to resolve federal charges alleging he evaded tens of millions of dollars in taxes. Under the agreement, Roger Ver would pay the IRS $49.9 million in back taxes,
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – All lanes are back open after a vehicle overturned on the westbound side of Interstate 10, near Bob Hope Tuesday afternoon shortly before 2:30 p.m. Authorities said the crash involved two vehicles, causing one to roll about 30 to 40 feet from the roadway. One person was transported to the
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By Bill Kirkos, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Attorneys for a Chicago TV station employee detained by federal agents Friday dispute accusations from the Department of Homeland Security that she was taken into custody because she threw objects at a Border Patrol car, instead saying she was simply walking to a bus stop on her way
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When former FBI Director James Comey was charged last month, prosecutors weren’t ready or willing to turn over the criminal case file to his lawyers. As of Tuesday, after days of disputing what case documents they have to provide, prosecutors handed his lawyers what they needed to, a person
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Days after the signing of a new state law that bans the sale or transfer of Glock and Glock-style handguns, firearms advocates filed a lawsuit in San Diego federal court this week challenging the ban. Assembly Bill 1127, which was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, bars California
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Part of the Justice Department’s investigation of John Bolton centers around notes he was making to himself in an AOL email account — at times writing summaries of his activities like diary entries — when he was President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, and whether they contained classified information,
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A line of strong storms moving through SoCal will pass through the Valley early this afternoon before clearing into the evening. A strong area of low pressure is curling through the Los Angeles basin this morning, and will move inland into the afternoon. A quilt of watches and warnings for gusty winds, flooding potential, and
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Walmart wants to use artificial intelligence to leapfrog rival Amazon in online shopping. The world’s largest retailer is teaming up with OpenAI to let customers browse and make purchases directly through ChatGPT. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Walmart wants to use artificial intelligence to leapfrog rival Amazon in online shopping. The world’s largest retailer is teaming up with OpenAI to let customers browse and make purchases directly through ChatGPT. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things
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