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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A majority of California’s likely voters say they think the state is heading in the wrong direction. The question the race for governor there will decide is whether those voters lay blame at the feet of the Democrats who run the state, or a Republican Party led by President
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Nashville, Tennessee (AP) — Christa Pike was 18 when she killed a classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Now 50, she is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on
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UPDATE: Dillon Road in Indio Hills reopened around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday after flooding forced a closure overnight. ORIGINAL REPORT: INDIO HILLS, Calif. (KESQ) — Dillon Road remains closed at Avenue 44 in Indio Hills Tuesday morning after flooding moved through the area overnight. The California Highway Patrol first reported the closure shortly before 10:20 p.m.
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By Tala Alrajjal, CNN (CNN) — In eastern Syria, a man complaining about soaring fuel prices turns to the crowd recording him on their phones and addresses the country’s transitional president. “We stood with you, so stand with us,” he shouts. “I swear by God, if things don’t change between now and the new year,
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By Alex Stambaugh, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A man is accused of kidnapping a woman he met on a dating app, holding her captive in a Boston-area attic and sexually assaulting her for six weeks before she was rescued. Jordende Pierre, 29, was arrested Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts, after the woman was found earlier
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Four US Navy sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier were injured on Monday evening when an aircraft suffered a “mishap” while trying to land on the ship off the coast of Virginia, with two aviators ejecting from the plane, the Navy said in a statement. “At
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CNN By Danya Gainor, Jason Carroll, Gloria Pazmino, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — The former Cornell University student who says she was gang raped made an explicit accusation of sexual assault in an interview with university police in November 2024, but the district attorney said university police didn’t share that
Continue Reading By Danya Gainor, Holly Yan, Gloria Pazmino, Hanna Park, Jason Carroll, Linh Tran, Chris Boyette, CNN Ithaca, NY (CNN) — A former Cornell University student filed a lawsuit this month alleging she was drugged and gang raped inside a fraternity house in 2024, and the fresh scrutiny has prompted local prosecutors to reopen the investigation
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games are anticipated to produce more than $13 billion in direct spending, generate $19.2 billion in total economic output and support more than 88,000 jobs between 2024 and 2028 in Los Angeles County, it was announced today. The L.A. County Department of Economic Opportunity and the
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By Danya Gainor, Chelsea Bailey, Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, CNN Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — Months into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, with no main suspect or person of interest named, authorities say they investigated a new possible ransom note tied to the 84-year-old’s disappearance and found it not to be credible. The Pima County Sheriff’s
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memo directing the military to defend the US midterm elections from foreign interference, the Pentagon said Monday. US Cyber Command, the military’s cyberwarfare unit, and combat support agencies will “deploy advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to “identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Monday passed a major bill to overhaul college athletics with a large bipartisan vote, 77-22. The bill now moves to the House, but that chamber is on recess until after the November midterms, and it remains to be seen whether it will back the Senate bill.
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Some have dubbed it the “Burnham bounce.” That is, the surge in public support for the UK’s governing Labour Party after the former mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham took to the helm this summer as the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade. But the problems that plagued
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — News organizations targeted by President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban them from the White House asked a federal judge late Monday to extend his order temporarily restoring their access, describing the ban as an “unlawful assault on the most fundamental First Amendment freedoms.” The new filing, submitted by attorneys
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — The Coachella Valley Firebirds are officially in game week. The Firebirds will open their fifth season as a franchise Friday night at Acrisure Arena against the Ontario Reign, renewing a familiar rivalry to begin the regular season. The two teams met Sunday night in a preseason matchup at Acrisure Arena,
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A lawyer who aided President Donald Trump’s 2020 election reversal schemes has left the sweeping federal investigation into the president’s foes, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. The lawyer, Kurt Olsen, departed the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation, the person said. The source initially told CNN
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KESQ) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1145, known as “Tristin’s Bill,” into law Sunday — a safety measure named for 27-year-old Tristin Bourgeois of La Quinta, who died in October 2024 when a big rig lost control on Highway 74 near Vista Point and hit his pickup while he was driving to
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CNN By Kristen Holmes, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, taxpayer-funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. Two Trump advisers familiar with the ads said that they were being created
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs Pride is just weeks away, but organizers are facing a familiar problem. While the celebration isn’t facing as big of a hill to climb as last year, significant sponsorship shortfalls are still expected for 2026’s event. As this happens, local groups, like PS Resorts, announced it would expand
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