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By Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The department told lawmakers that war costs were $43.6 billion as of September 3 plus an additional $1.5 billion for extra fuel, the sources
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is investigating a deadly single-vehicle crash that occurred early Friday morning on Ramona Expressway near State Route 74. According to CHP, officers responded to the crash at approximately 2 a.m. on September 18, 2026. The preliminary investigation indicates that an unidentified woman was driving a Volkswagen
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on regulating artificial intelligence on Friday that will convene a group of “world-leading experts” to begin developing a framework for state law governing the technology. “We’re going to speed up our work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it’s too
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — FIND Regional Food Bank officially opened a new Volunteer Service Center Friday, providing volunteers with a climate-controlled space to pack food and support the organization’s food distribution efforts. FIND says volunteers previously worked in outdoor or non-climate-controlled conditions during the summer, when temperatures in the Coachella Valley can reach 120 degrees.
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. The US military swung into action with plans
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By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — This week, the National Transportation Safety Board called to eliminate manual toll payment lanes – where drivers can pay cash – from highway toll plazas after an SUV slowing down to change lanes was hit by a tractor-trailer, killing two people and injuring three. The August 2024 wreck –
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Only a few extracts from a new book by Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Charles Spencer, have published so far. But they have sparked a firestorm for Britain’s royal family, dredging up painful memories of Diana’s unhappy marriage to King Charles III, and provoking a rare, forceful rebuke from Buckingham
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The body of a ninth woman has been found in the space of just two months in an area east of South Africa’s largest city, stoking fears in a country already facing dire levels of violence against women. The latest body was found Thursday morning in Dawn Park, Ekurhuleni,
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A new Trump administration rule that is expected to make it harder for many legal immigrants to obtain green cards if they receive or are deemed likely to need public assistance went into effect Friday – even as lawsuits seeking to halt it wind their way through federal court.
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — In December 2024, a bipartisan congressional task force studying the possible perils of artificial intelligence issued 85 recommendations for how lawmakers could act on the issue. GOP Rep. Jay Obernolte, a key figure on the task force, asked Republican leaders to go even further, establishing a special committee to
Continue ReadingBy Laura Sharman, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has approved a potential multi-billion-dollar sale of stealth F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a move that would bolster the Gulf ally’s military, even as it threatens to shift the balance of power in the Middle East. The US State Department announced the proposed
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Two deadly US strikes on Iran during the opening salvo of the war, including one that hit an elementary school, may have been war crimes, a United Nations fact-finding mission concluded in a new report. The report by the independent investigators also found that Iran may have committed crimes
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – Organizers announced the speakers for next year’s Desert Town Hall, the Coachella Valley’s lecture series in Indian Wells, will feature Bill O’ Reilly, Jonathan Turley and John McEnroe. “For our 2027 season, we have assembled a remarkable group of speakers who will bring very different experiences and perspectives to
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ)— Finding a job can be a challenge, even as employers continue to post openings across the region. The latest federal data shows the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area had an unemployment rate of 5.7% in July, with about 125,000 people unemployed. Overall nonfarm employment was up 0.8% compared to a year earlier, according
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CHATSWORTH, Calif. (KESQ) – A community vigil was held tonight as the probe continued into the cause of a television news helicopter crash that killed three people and injured two others in Chatsworth, with federal experts gathering evidence in what is expected to be a monthslong process. The vigil honoring the lives of the three
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By Nicki Brown, Alex Stambaugh, Alisha Ebrahimji, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after the triple-murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial, new voices, including the lone holdout juror and Lindsay’s ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, are coming forward to speak out about the case. The lone holdout juror in the trial – accused
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CNN By Aaron Cooper, Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A US military F-16 fighter jet crashed in northern Michigan during a training exercise Thursday afternoon, with the pilot ejecting and 30 people being treated for toxic chemical exposure, officials reported. The Texas Military Department said the F-16 belonged to the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th
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SEATTLE, WA (KESQ) — The Coachella Valley Firebirds are officially back to work as they prepare for the upcoming American Hockey League season. The Firebirds are currently in Seattle with their parent club, the Seattle Kraken, who opened training camp Thursday. Coachella Valley players will spend two days in Seattle before returning to the ice
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By Helen Regan, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US officials made a rare visit to Myanmar this week to secure the release of an American businessman who had been detained in the war-torn country since June. The delegation met with officials of Myanmar’s military-backed government in the capital Naypyidaw on Tuesday, according to a US
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By Zahra Ullah, CNN Moscow (CNN) — “The candidates have not shown up at our studio, so I’ll say goodbye for now,” Elizaveta Dorokhina, a Russia-1 state TV anchor, told viewers, with three empty podiums visible either side of her in the studio. The broadcast switched to a commercial break. All six registered candidates in
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