CNN By Danya Gainor, Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — In the quiet village of Mount Prospect, nestled just northwest of Chicago’s city limits, residents were sheltering from the cold and rain on a sleepy Sunday afternoon watching TV, scrolling through social media and enjoying midday coffee at home. As rain pattered against windows, and trees
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Attorney Abbe Lowell stood beside John Bolton in a federal courthouse in Maryland on last week as Donald Trump’s former national security adviser pleaded not guilty to charges of mishandling classified information. Three days later, Lowell was at a federal appeals court in Philadelphia arguing that President Trump’s choice
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KOMO, VIEWER HANDOUT, CNN By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines has resumed operations after a failure at a data center forced hundreds of its flights to be grounded Thursday night. A ground stop for all Alaska Airlines flights and flights of its subsidiary, Horizon Air, was lifted at 11:30 p.m. PT, the airline
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By Amanda Musa, Hanna Park, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is accused of throwing at least one tear gas canister into a crowd of protesters in a Chicago neighborhood Thursday in a potential violation of a judge’s order restricting federal agents from using aggressive crowd control tactics during anti-ICE
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Riverside County Registrar of Voters held a demonstration for its auto signature verification tool, or ‘ASV’ ahead of the November 4th special election. The new tool implements software in the Registrar’s sorting machines that compare voter signatures on a ballot to those in their voter profile, completing the verification process
Continue ReadingBy Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Police investigating how a father hid his children from the world for almost four years in dense New Zealand wilderness have released new images of two makeshift camps where they believe the family spent most of their time. The photos of remote bush hideouts used by Tom Phillips, who
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – The City of Coachella presented its annual State of the City Address on Thursday at Veterans Memorial Park. The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce organized the event in collaboration with the city. Among the talking points were ways to provide more students with better educational opportunities and to promote growth
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster, according to sources and federal contracting documents. Construction on
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was terminating trade talks with Canada, threatening once again to upend the crucial economic relationship between the United States and its second-biggest trading partner. Trump said he canceled the talks in response to an advertisement released last week by the government of
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – A third case of a potentially deadlier strain of Mpox has been detected in nearby Los Angeles County. And with Greater Palm Springs Pride approaching, local doctors are concerned. Health officials say none of the men who contracted the disease had traveled outside of the U.S. where the strain is
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old girl who doctors said was on the brink of death after being shot in the head this summer while praying with classmates of Annunciation Catholic School was greeted by dozens of cheering residents Thursday as a white limousine led by a police motorcade carried her through
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Richmond, Virginia (AP) — Virginia Democrats are taking steps to redraw their state’s US House districts, hoping to boost the party’s chances in next year’s midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump’s push for more partisan districts in Republican-run states. Virginia House Speaker Don Scott sent a letter Thursday to members telling
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines has resumed operations after a failure at a data center forced hundreds of its flights to be grounded Thursday night. A ground stop for all Alaska Airlines flights and flights of its subsidiary, Horizon Air, was lifted at 11:30 p.m. PT, the airline said in a statement.
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CNN By Adam Cancryn, Avery Schmitz, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that he could continue to launch strikes against alleged drug traffickers abroad without Congress first passing an official declaration of war. “I’m not going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” he said. “I think we’re just
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CNN By Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Melanie Hicken, Blake Ellis, Isabelle Chapman, Curt Devine, Bob Ortega, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — As demolition crews this week bulldozed the White House’s East Wing to replace it with a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has emphasized that the dramatic changes will come at “zero cost
Continue Reading CNN By Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Melanie Hicken, Blake Ellis, Isabelle Chapman, Curt Devine, Bob Ortega, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — As demolition crews this week bulldozed the White House’s East Wing to replace it with a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has emphasized that the dramatic changes will come at “zero cost
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Melanie Hicken, Blake Ellis, Isabelle Chapman, Curt Devine, Bob Ortega, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — As demolition crews this week bulldozed the White House’s East Wing to replace it with a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has emphasized that the dramatic changes will come at “zero cost to
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Alaska Airlines has grounded its flights nationwide due to an “IT outage affecting operations.” There is no word on when the temporary ground stop will be lifted. Officials advise that if you’re scheduled to fly tonight, check your flight status before heading to the airport. Alaska Airlines is experiencing an
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By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump hung up the phone after his talk with Russia’s Vladimir Putin last week, he was so convinced there was enough progress made that he announced he was heading soon to Budapest for an in-person summit. Five days later, the summit was off and
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices on Thursday laid out a remarkable critique of nitrogen hypoxia executions, asserting that the new form of capital punishment causes “psychological terror” and “excruciating suffocation” in the condemned and likely violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Sonia Sotomayor,
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