By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” baselessly claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan. “I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — Usama Ghanem learned the stifling censorship that shrouded public spaces in Egypt early in life, and still recalls criticizing the “stupid” regime under former President Hosni Mubarak in elementary school. Immediately, his teacher hushed him. “Nobody was allowed to say anything,” Ghanem, now a 22-year-old student in
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By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Federal officers in tactical gear line up at the driveway of a large block-shaped building wedged between the city limits of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Across from them, a crowd of protesters yell at the officers and sometimes try to block cars driving in and out. The Bishop Henry
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By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Two of the three people facing federal charges after denouncing federal immigration agents in a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday have been released from custody, their attorneys told CNN. Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and former NAACP leader, and community organizer Chauntyll Louisa Allen
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By Tierney Sneed, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — As thousands of protestors demonstrate in Washington, DC, at Friday’s annual March for Life, the Trump administration faces a deadline to explain why it opposes a lawsuit that would achieve a key goal of its allies in the anti-abortion movement by ending the availability of abortion pills
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By Aleena Fayaz, Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — The City of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed a long-standing exhibit on slavery in the city’s Independence National Historical Park. The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday against the US Interior Department, Secretary Doug Burgum, the park service and its
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By Helen Regan, Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian, United States and Russian negotiators began talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, marking the first known meeting to be attended by all three countries since Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed Russia would join representatives from Ukraine and the US
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of the country in the coming days. In an email Thursday afternoon, obtained by CNN, staff were told that
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CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents from the driveway of his metro Minneapolis home Tuesday after returning from preschool is being held with his father at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas, according to school district officials and a family
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) — Scottie Scheffler is the No. 1 player in the world for a reason. Making his 2026 season debut on the PGA TOUR and sixth start at the American Express after missing last year’s tournament, Scheffler shot 9-under 63 at La Quinta Country Club on Thursday. Scottie Scheffler walks in to
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Two people were injured after a crash along Indian Canyon Drive near Desert Hot Springs Thursday night. The crash was reported just before 8 p.m. on Indian Canyon near Harvest Moon Road. According to the California Highway Patrol, the vehicle was traveling southbound on Indian Canyon Road at an
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WILLOWBROOK, Calif. (KESQ) – A 55-year-old man who was killed in the unincorporated Willowbrook area near South Los Angeles was identified as a former NFL player by county authorities. Kevin Johnson was identified as the victim by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office, which said he died of head trauma and stab wounds.
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NORWALK, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman whose murder conviction was reversed for her infant daughter’s death on New Year’s Eve in 2013 has pleaded no contest to lesser charges. Ashley Debra Jones was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in state prison following her plea to one count each of voluntary manslaughter and child abuse resulting
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KESQ) – The House passed all 12 appropriations bills ahead of the January 30 government funding deadline, passing the four final bills on Thursday. It includes “The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill” which local Republican Congressman Ken Calvert says contained more than $67 million for our 41st Congressional District water and
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CNN By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone — who was severely beaten by protestors that day — interrupted with a cough and a quick
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The American Red Cross is warning of a severe blood shortage and urging eligible donors to give now, as winter illnesses, holiday travel and fewer appointments strain supplies needed for lifesaving care across Southern California and the Coachella Valley. The American Red Cross, which serves more than 100 hospitals in
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) What began as a simple walk down a school hallway turned into an emotional surprise for a Desert Mirage High School chemistry teacher whose impact reaches far beyond the classroom. As part of News Channel 3’s One Class at a Time series, students and school officials joined representatives from Walter Clark Legal Group to
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) — Growing concerns surrounding a development in Thermal. The massive 619-acre development centered around a 231-acre luxury equestrian center would be called the Thermal Ranch. A lawsuit has been filed against the county over the project citing air pollution and manure removal concerns. Ivanna Uriarte, a housing and land use policy advocate,
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone — who was severely beaten by protestors that day — interrupted with a cough and a quick message.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Desert Hot Springs man accused of repeatedly sexually abusing foster children was charged today with multiple felony offenses. Sergio Avalos Perez, 64, was arrested Tuesday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began in December. Perez is charged with three counts of lewd acts on a minor
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