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ICE detainee dies at JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 68-year-old man in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody died at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio on January 6, federal officials say. Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, an undocumented migrant from Honduras, was admitted to JFK Memorial for heart-related health issues. According to ICE, Yanez was transferred to the medical unit
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Palm Springs International Film Festival honorees attend Golden Globes
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Films, actors and directors honored at the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) are emerging as top contenders at the Golden Globes Awards. The Golden Globes airs live at 5 p.m. In past years, PSIFF honorees have gone on to secure Golden Globes and Academy Awards wins. Some of
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A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
CNN By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits. On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying
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Smithsonian takes down details about Trump’s impeachments from presidential portrait exhibition
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Smithsonian has taken down details about President Donald Trump’s impeachments from an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. The removal occurred last week when the museum installed a black-and-white portrait of Trump in the “America’s Presidents” exhibition with a short label that notes his birth
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Suspect arrested after a fire destroys the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, 6 decades after a KKK bombing
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been arrested after a fire tore through Beth Israel, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday, leaving the congregation forced to rebuild from the ashes — again. Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the fire, which remains under investigation, but it comes amid
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A student, a bodybuilder and a father of three among those killed during protests in Iran
By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits. On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying fashion
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‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks
By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees. In Kyiv, heating was restored to about 85% of apartment buildings
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Trump weighs potential military intervention in Iran
By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following deadly protests in the country, two US officials told CNN, as he considers following through on his recent threats to strike the Iranian regime should it use lethal force against civilians. Trump was
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Palm Springs International Film Festival screens free family-friendly films
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs International Film Festival is hosting “Family Day,” where local families can watch kid-friendly films and also enjoy fun activities, all for free. Screenings of “Zootopia 2,” “Arco” and “Kpop Demon Hunters” will take place at the Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City. The Cathedral City Community Amphitheater
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What happens when the US decides to seize an oil ship?
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Since early December, the US Coast Guard and other military branches have boarded and taken control of five oil ships that had previously been sanctioned. They were all either accused of being in the process of transporting Venezuelan oil or on their way to take on oil that has
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Anti‑ICE protests held across US after agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis
By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good. In Minneapolis, snow
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This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case
By John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Becky Pepper-Jackson, the high school sophomore at the center of the Supreme Court appeal on transgender sports, flashes a grin when asked to describe the basic technique of the shot put, one of her favorite track and field events. “It’s just throwing something that’s heavy,” the 15-year-old
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What 4 videos left by the suspected shooter at Brown University and of an MIT professor confirm – and still don’t answer
By Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — In four short videos on an electronic device found with his body, the suspect in last month’s fatal shootings at Brown University and of an MIT professor laid out a patchwork of details about the attacks. Woven among his confessions to the crimes and winding related thoughts, several nuggets
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Trial set for Virginia man accused of conspiring with au pair to kill his wife and another man
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Nearly eight months after Brendan Banfield’s wife and a stranger were killed in the Banfields’ Virginia home in February 2023, police returned to the scene of the killings. They entered the home and went to the bedroom where Christine Banfield was fatally stabbed. There, on the bedside table, investigators
Continue Reading‘It could have killed me’: Minnesota shooting solidifies the anxieties of people who track ICE
By Eric Bradner, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — In every city where President Donald Trump’s immigration agents have arrived in force, they’ve been trailed by people who seek to monitor or protest their activities, often in close quarters. At times, those two groups have collided with tragic results — including an Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Firebirds take over Silver Knights in three-goal second period
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds hosted the Henderson Silver Knights once again, but this time the Firebirds take the win. Wednesday night Henderson beat Coachella Valley 5-1, but Saturday was a different story at Acrisure Arena with a final score of 3-2. The Firebirds came back from a two-goal deficit in
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Two vehicle crash in Cathedral City sends one person to Hospital
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. (KESQ) – One person was transported to the hospital with moderate injuries following a two-vehicle crash in Cathedral City Tuesday evening. The collision happened just before 6:30 p.m. near 30600 Landau Boulevard, in a residential area of the city. According to police, two vehicles collided with each other before both crashed into
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Peaceful protests planned for weekend in Coachella, Palm Springs: “No ICE in our valley, no war in America”
COACHELLA VALLEY, Calf. (KESQ) – There will be a local protest Saturday morning after two shootings this week involving federal agents. The rally kicks off from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. on the corner of Sixth Street and Cesar Chavez. The rally is being organized by Comité Latino, that’s also raising concerns about immigration enforcement
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US carries out strikes in Syria as part of ongoing retaliation against ISIS
By Aleena Fayaz, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out large-scale strikes against ISIS targets in Syria on Saturday tied to an ongoing retaliatory campaign dubbed “Operation Hawkeye Strike.” “Today, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, alongside partner forces, conducted large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria,”
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