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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990. Personal:Birth date: October 13, 1925 Death date: April 8, 2013 Birth place: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Birth name: Margaret Hilda Roberts Father: Alfred Roberts, grocer Mother: Beatrice Ethel (Stephenson) Roberts, grocer Marriage:
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a Washington Post columnist, was critical of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. He was allegedly killed and dismembered on October 2, 2018, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by men with close ties to the highest levels of the Saudi
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito announced Monday that he will recuse himself from a major climate change-related case the court is set to hear next week, following weeks of pressure from environmental groups that argued he was compromised by his financial holdings in the oil and gas industry. In
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By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Angela Paxton, who is divorcing Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, posted a video Monday of recent remarks urging Republican women to support GOP candidates in Texas this fall even if they have reservations about them. In the speech, titled “The Elephant in the Room,” Angela Paxton, a Texas
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By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Bailey, a senior FBI official and former Republican politician, told the agency’s workforce early Monday that he is resigning to spend more time with his family, two sources familiar told CNN. Bailey served as Missouri’s attorney general before being hired by the FBI last year in an unusual
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — Riverside County is bringing financial assistance resources directly to College of the Desert’s Indio campus as students and families continue to face rising living costs. The Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) is hosting an outreach event Monday, September 28, from noon to 2 p.m., connecting residents with information
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By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release frozen funds as part of a final deal, but only if Tehran offers “concrete progress” on the nuclear issue, a US official told CNN Monday, as mediators try to bring both countries back to the
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to allow federal prison officials to deny certain types of medical care for transgender inmates, such as surgeries – putting another culture war issue on the high court’s burgeoning fast-track docket. The Bureau of Prisons policy that began early
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Metz, France (CNN) — France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome. In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders to get a glimpse of the
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CNN By Nic Robertson, Tim Lister and James Frater CNN Fairford, England (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “the hands of a foreign actor” were involved in the suspected terror plot targeting a UK airbase used by the US military, revealing more about the investigation than British authorities – who have faced
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By Hanna Park, Danya Gainor, Holly Yan, Cindy Von Quednow, Gloria Pazmino, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in New York are reopening an investigation into an alleged gang rape of a former Cornell University student after the woman filed a civil lawsuit this month claiming the school did not do enough to protect her.
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN With her supporters and critics alike debating what she’ll do next, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s multi-day swing to parts of New York State hundreds of miles from her district gave some clues of what a potential statewide run – or a national one – might look like. There were meetings with local
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By Tal Shalev, Tim Lister, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed new Israeli intelligence indicating Iran is resuming progress on its nuclear program during a visit to the country on Sunday, an Israeli source with knowledge of the meeting told CNN. Among the information shared
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By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The midterms mood among Donald Trump’s inner circle has soured as GOP candidates openly break with the president and his approval ratings hit an all-time low, prompting a largely unspoken but age-old question: How does an unpopular president best help his party keep control of Congress? Trump
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PASADENA, Calif. (KESQ) – As Southern California braces for what forecasters are calling a severe El Niño, a pair of satellites are watching the weather that unfolds. Sentinel 6 and Sentinel 6B, orbiting some 800+ miles above the Earth, constantly stare at our oceans. Every ten days, they’re able to map about 95% of them.
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By Laura Sharman, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines regional jet with 72 people aboard was forced to make an emergency return to Houston Sunday after the windshield glass shattered shortly after takeoff, sending pieces of glass into the cockpit, according to officials and air traffic control recordings. “We just had our glass
Continue ReadingBy Eduardo Cuevas, Steven Jiang, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Two giant pandas landed in Atlanta, tasked with pairing up to help ensure their species’ survival on Earth. A lot weighs on the bears — a 6-year-old male named Ping Ping and a 5-year-old female named Fu Shuang — who arrived at Zoo Atlanta on
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BEAUMONT, Calif. (KESQ) — The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a man who was found along State Route 243 north of Smith Creek Bridge Saturday morning. CHP says officers received a report around 11:41 a.m. that a man was lying on the shoulder of the highway. Fire department personnel arrived first and
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By Pau Mosquera, Vasco Cotovio, CNN Madrid (CNN) — If there’s one name on people’s lips in Spain this week it’s Maricarmen. The eviction of the 87-year-old from her home, which was later reversed, has sparked a huge wave of spontaneous solidarity in various cities and drawn attention to one of the most pressing problems
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ)- A strengthening El Niño could bring a wetter-than-normal fall and winter to Southern California, prompting some Coachella Valley residents to start thinking about storm preparation before the rain arrives. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a greater than 90% chance of a very strong El Niño during fall and winter
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