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PALM SPRINGS (CNS) – Arborists will perform annual palm tree maintenance in the Palm Springs downtown and uptown areas starting today. The work will take place from 7 a.m. to roughly 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for nearly a month. The work will be done in the areas of Palm Canyon Drive from Tachevah Drive
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security’s decision last year to pull additional federal agents for immigration enforcement resulted in a dramatic drop in fentanyl investigations and seizures by the department’s investigations division, according to a federal watchdog report. The sudden change in approach toward ongoing fentanyl-related efforts stemmed from President
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The long month of August is typically one of the busiest times of the year for police, with schools out for summer and many young people at a loose end. From the so-called “teen takeovers” sparking curfews across the United States, to the “blackout challenge” where users choke themselves,
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The UK’s rarest bird of prey has successfully bred in a secret location for a second consecutive year, with conservationists crediting one polyamorous male with bringing the species back from near extinction in the country. Montagu’s harriers – raptors referred to as the “aristocrats of the bird world” –
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ONTARIO, Calif. (KESQ) -A sold-out crowd packed Ont Field as the Ontario Tower Buzzers hosted “Fly High Jackie Night” to honor the beloved Jackie the Big Bear bald eagle. Half of the ticket proceeds from the event went to the Friends of Big Bear Valley to aid local conservation efforts. The tribute follows the death
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — As the chief medical examiner for a county that stores the most human remains in the nation, Greg Hess has for decades been accustomed to the many that arrive at his office every year after being found in the vast and rugged southern Arizona desert. People traveling through the
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CNN By Taylor Romine, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — Sheltered from the oppressive August heat, attorneys, members of the public, media and jurors sat listening in a cramped, windowless Las Vegas courtroom as prosecutors worked to prove one thing: that Duane Davis, also known as “Keffe D,” is responsible for Tupac Shakur’s murder. Following a
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By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A group of rowdy spectators gathers in a public square, encircling two young men facing each other with intense looks in their eyes. The crowd points their phones at the pair, who are alternating between short dances, rhythmic movements, and striking poses. This is not a scene from “Zoolander;”
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By Arit John | Photographs by Marco Storel New York (CNN) — This August’s Dominican Heritage Reception at Gracie Mansion brought in a different crowd from years past. Dozens of Dominican Americans, including activists more used to protesting than attending the event, mingled over trays of cheese empanadas and sancocho. Dressed in a butter yellow
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration celebrated the arrival of an alleged MS-13 mastermind on American soil in March 2025. But it was Moises Rivera-Luna — a man whom the Justice Department says ordered murders in the US from inside a Salvadoran jail cell more than a decade ago — who fell
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By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — The US Army’s Apache helicopters are crashing at a historically high rate amid a widespread problem with the model’s transmission, according to a CNN analysis of military accident data. The helicopter type has experienced five major crashes since October, and a deadly mishap earlier this month in Texas killed
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Britain will allow the release of classified technology so that a British/French-designed cruise missile can be manufactured in Ukraine, a boost for Kyiv in its efforts to bring more firepower to bear hundreds of kilometers into Russia. Paris and Kyiv want to set up a Ukrainian production line for
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By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The US military said early Monday it struck an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, marking the first known strike in more than two months. “Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — They’re drones that are launched remotely, can break through windows, help clear classrooms and have an embedded speakerphone to communicate with teachers and police. All that before disorienting and incapacitating a potential school shooter in about a minute. The tiny and quick drones are being deployed in an
Continue ReadingBy Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba believed to have been encountered while swimming in a lake near her home, her family and health officials said. Lillian Smart, who lived in Ruston in northern Louisiana, died in the hospital over the weekend, shortly after turning 8,
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Is Liberia an American dumping ground — or a place where a new generation of arrivals can build a new life? That’s the question Liberians are asking themselves after the first people to be deported to the West African country from the United States arrived in the capital, Monrovia.
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By Mostafa Salem, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — Iran, already drained by years of sanctions and a brutal military onslaught from the United States and Israel, now faces another test as President Donald Trump moves to further tighten the economic screws on the Islamic Republic. The US Treasury Department on Monday threatened sweeping new sanctions
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CNN By Aida Karimi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A cultural fault line in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the revamping of the country’s hardline leadership: how and whether to enforce the wearing of the hijab by women. At the height of the conflict with the United
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Recent infection outbreaks have prompted residents to question the safety of fresh produce, leading Coachella Valley farmers to highlight the health and safety benefits of buying food directly from local growers. Contaminants such as cyclospora and salmonella have raised questions among consumers regarding produce safety. Weekly farmers markets across the
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) — High school football is back this week with most local teams kicking off their seasons Friday. However, two teams will get an early start on Thursday, including the Desert Mirage Rams. One player in particular on the Rams’ roster is drawing attention for taking a less traditional path onto the football
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