PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Cultural Center is reopening its Historic Camelot Theatre this Saturday, just two weeks after a fire forced the building to temporarily close. The fire broke out on the evening of June 27 in the kitchen area of the Cultural Center on East Baristo Road. According to the
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By Alison Main, Karina Tsui, Lauren Fox, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — US Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime Republican from South Carolina and ally of President Donald Trump, has died following an aortic dissection, according to a preliminary finding from the Washington, DC, medical examiner. He was 71. First elected to the US Senate in
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and several others injured after at least two shooters exchanged gunfire amid crowds of roughly 13,000 people at Canada’s biggest Latin street festival in Toronto on Saturday, police said. A total of six people were shot, and several suspects are believed to be
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By Emma Tucker, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and several others injured after at least two shooters exchanged gunfire amid crowds of roughly 13,000 people at Canada’s biggest Latin street festival in Toronto on Saturday, police said. A total of six people were shot, and several suspects are believed to be
Continue ReadingBy Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — A 28-year-old man was arrested Saturday evening in South Yorkshire, England, “on suspicion of the murder of” former UK lawmaker Ann Widdecombe, according to British police. “The suspect, who is a white British national, is now in police custody,” said the statement from Devon and Cornwall Police. “Miss Widdecombe’s
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By Cristopher Ulloa, CNN Santiago, Chile (CNN) — The classic postcard images of the Chilean capital of Santiago surrounded by the snow-covered Andes in winter now seem like pictures from the past. A yearslong drought that has plagued the country has led to a shortage of snow so severe that the main ski resorts in
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) — The iconic 7-Eleven Slurpee celebrates its 60th anniversary this year as the company continues its tradition of giving away free Slurpees on the company’s birthday, July 11. It started in 1927 as Southland Ice Company before changing its name to Tote’m Stores in 1928, which became the world’s first convenience
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By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — At a ceremony in front of the iconic cascading fountain at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC, earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top US officials touted President Donald Trump’s efforts to make the city “safe and beautiful.” But less than two weeks later, the historic park
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By Osmary Hernández, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — Ten-year-old Maria keeps reliving the moment she lost her mother and her life changed forever. After powerful twin earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela and destroyed their home in the coastal town of Caraballeda last month, Maria and her brother Damian, 13, were taken in
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By Andy Rose, Eric Levenson, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The teenager who opened fire at his Georgia high school in September 2024, killing two students and two teachers, will appear in court later this month for a “non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing,” according to court documents, indicating that he intends to change his
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli Police. The journalists were near the village of Sinjil north of Ramallah to cover the one-year anniversary of the killing of Saif Musallet, a Palestinian-American who was
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CNN By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — It’s been one week since Nolan Wells and his friends went on a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island – an uninhabited stretch of pristine wilderness off the Mississippi coast with no shelters, no facilities and no communications. His friends made it back home. Wells, a student
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through a tinder-dry area close to Spain’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, according to regional officials. At least 12 people were killed by the rapidly spreading blaze, and four received severe burns. The wildfire – near Almeria on the
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) — Key Democratic establishment figures believe Abdul El-Sayed will blow the party’s chances of holding onto a critical Senate seat this fall. He is out to prove them wrong — and to show that they misunderstand what voters really crave. Michigan’s August 4 Democratic Senate primary is
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By Karina Tsui, Brian Stelter, Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Four New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns surrounding a Qatari-gifted jet serving as the new Air Force One have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department, the news outlet reported early Saturday. The journalists –– Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Christine and Elmore Wonsley don’t sleep. They can’t, not since their 18-year-old son, Nolan Wells, first went missing. “This was our baby boy,” Christine Wonsley said, wearing blue to match Wells’ father, the couple tightly holding hands. “I birthed him.” Wonsley is now fighting for answers, so
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By Nicki Brown, Andi Babineau, CNN Provo, Utah (CNN) — Over the last week, attorneys, news reporters and spectators gathered in a Provo, Utah, courtroom as prosecutors tried to convince a judge to allow the case against the 23-year-old man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk to proceed to trial. The proceedings were frequently
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CNN By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen working for a humanitarian group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday. The CDC said it is working with the patient’s employing
Continue Reading By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen working for a humanitarian group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday. The CDC said it is working with the patient’s employing organization,
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect was taken into custody Thursday, arrested for an alleged attack against an Uber driver last month in Indio. The suspect was arrested on Thursday on Washington Street, Indio police announced, and was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center, facing charges of elder abuse, assault with a deadly weapon,
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