By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two federal prosecutors in Washington, DC, were placed on leave after describing the January 6, 2021 attack at the US Capitol as stemming from a “mob of rioters” in a sentencing memo Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The two prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Bill Essayli was continuing today to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, but he will have to do so under a different job title following a judge’s ruling that he could not legally be called the acting U.S. attorney. The ruling came
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MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are searching for a suspect in an intentional hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian Monday night in Morongo Valley. The crash was reported just before 7:40 p.m. at the intersection of Hess Boulevard and Senilis Avenue. Police were called to the scene of a crash between a vehicle and
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Con la finalidad de honrar la memoria de los difuntos la funeraria Forest Lawn realizará una celebración en sus instalaciones de Cathedral City con música, arte y tradición. En el evento se podrán apreciar los coloridos altares de muertos, habrá ballet folclórico, música de mariachi, venta de comida. La celebración será el próximo domingo de
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week that the state will be providing $140 million in funding to Planned Parenthood clinics across the state. This comes after they lost $300 million in federal funding in July. Clinics in Orange and San Bernardino counties announced that they will no be providing primary
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A memorial service for former Rancho Mirage Mayor and City Councilman Gorman Dana Hobart, who died Oct. 4 at the age of 93, will take place next week at the city’s library and observatory. The service will be held at 10 a.m. on Nov. 4 at 71100 Highway 111.
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By Kylie Atwood, Wayne Chang, Will Ripley, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Days before President Donald Trump departed for Asia where he will sit down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday for their first in-person meeting of his second term, the president refused to count out the possibility of America’s position
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Students, teachers and community leaders will gather together Saturday for the 4th annual PSUSD Multicultural and Equity in Education Conference where they hope to empower change through understanding. For the district, the event has become a tradition and had consistently grown in purpose, reach and impact, according to event organizers. Through
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press (AP) — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school ignored multiple warnings that a 6-year-old student had a gun in the hours before he shot his teacher, an attorney for the teacher said Tuesday as a trial opened in the woman’s $40 million lawsuit. Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at
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By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US is withdrawing some troops from Romania, on NATO’s eastern flank, as the Pentagon works to shift its focus away from Europe and toward homeland defense and Latin America, US and European officials said on Wednesday. The US is sending home the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him with a car bomb inside Russia. Veniamin Mazzherin, who died at the weekend, was the deputy commander of a Russian military police unit in Kemerovo, southwest Siberia, according to
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By Saskya Vandoorne, Lauren Kent, CNN Paris (CNN) — Two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum have admitted involvement in the heist and have been remanded in custody, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The Paris prosecutor also said the stolen jewels are not in
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans — including millions of children and senior citizens — fed and warm, as well as provide early education services. The government shutdown, which began October 1, has put in jeopardy
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By Melissa Bell, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity. European intelligence sources say several shipments of sodium perchlorate, the main precursor in the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Every air traffic controller in the US received a zero-dollar paystub this week, marking their first missed paycheck of the nearly monthlong government shutdown. It highlights the mounting strain on essential federal employees required to report to work without compensation. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Every air traffic controller in the US received a zero-dollar paystub this week, marking their first missed paycheck of the nearly monthlong government shutdown. It highlights the mounting strain on essential federal employees required to report to work without compensation. Here’s what else you need to know to get up
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CNN By Riane Lumer (CNN) — President Donald Trump has said it is “pretty clear” the US Constitution does not permit him to run for the third term in office, after days of speculation prompted by claims from allies there was a plan to let him do just that. “I have my highest poll numbers
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In the final month of the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump put his critique of FEMA’s response to Hurricane Helene front and center, making false claims that funding was stolen for illegal migrants and the agency ignored requests for help. One particular claim had legs – that Republican residents
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence service. The attack, described to CNN by four sources familiar with the
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A cruise passenger in her 80s, who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour around Australia, was found dead after being left behind on a tropical island. The passenger, who hasn’t been named, was reported missing to authorities on Saturday night, when a check of small
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