By John King, CNN Kellerton, Iowa (CNN) — Shanen Ebersole is smiling, keeping an eye on her cows as they graze. Calving season is soon, so election season will have to wait. “We’ll walk them the mile and a half home in a month or so,” Ebersole tells a visitor. “Then they will calve in
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By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said Monday. Speaking to reporters during a regular media briefing, Dmitry Peskov said: “President Putin also received through diplomatic channels
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry arrived at London’s High Court on Monday as he takes on the publisher of the Daily Mail over phone hacking, tapping and a slew of alleged unlawful information gathering practices dating back years. The Duke of Sussex and six other household names in Britain
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EL DORADO PALM ESTATES, Calif. (KESQ) – Dozens of El Dorado Palm Estates neighbors held a peaceful protest Sunday. Organizers said they’re voicing opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies and the administrations push to gain control over Greenland. “It causes more damage to the image of our country,” Bill Holzhauer, attendee, said. “There’s
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CNN By Pau Mosquera, Tim Lister, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Adamuz, Spain — Survivors recalled haunting cries and blood-smeared passenger cars after two high-speed trains collided near Cordoba, southern Spain late Sunday – in one of the nation’s deadliest railway disasters in more than a decade. At least 41 people were killed and dozens more
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By Lex Harvey and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old boy is “fighting for his life,” a man in his 20s was left in critical condition and an 11-year-old boy escaped with only damage to his surfboard in a spate of shark attacks at beaches in Sydney, Australia. The first attack took place at
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — A number of forces on the left questioned Josh Shapiro’s ties to Israel during Kamala Harris’ rushed running mate selection process in 2024. In his new memoir out next week, the Pennsylvania governor says the former vice president and her vetting team were among them. So much so, Shapiro
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The City of Indio is preparing for a busy 2026, with several major infrastructure and community-focused projects aimed at improving quality of life for residents and supporting long-term growth. City leaders say the planned investments focus on public safety, recreation, flood control, and downtown development. One of the largest projects is the
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Community members held a protest this morning from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Highway 111 near the ARCO in Cathedral City. Organizers have been protesting outside the ARCO every Sunday since the summer. Another group will be protesting across the street, outside El Dorado Palm Estates at 2 p.m.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs officials say night-time road closures on South Palm Canyon Drive will continue this week. The road will be closed in both directions between East Sunny Dunes Road and Mesquite Ave. Construction will resume from Tuesday, January 20th through Thursday, January 22nd, as crews complete gas line installations and
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, John Liu, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for decades to come. The rate fell to 5.63 births per 1,000 people
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Aqeel Najim, Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain. Iraq’s Defense Ministry said the final contingent of US advisers has left al-Asad Air Base
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Members of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, will receive a permanent seat if they pay $1 billion, according to a US official. All funds raised will go toward rebuilding Gaza, the official said, adding that “there will not
Continue ReadingBy Diego Mendoza, Caroll Alvarado, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained videos of the moments right after the Wednesday incident in which an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis appear to contradict at least some of ICE’s claims about events leading up to the shooting. In
Continue Reading By Pau Mosquera, Tim Lister, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Adamuz, Spain — Survivors recalled haunting cries and blood-smeared passenger cars after two high-speed trains collided near Cordoba, southern Spain late Sunday – in one of the nation’s deadliest railway disasters in more than a decade. At least 41 people were killed and dozens more injured
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order aimed at preventing any football games from competing with the annual Army-Navy matchup, seeking to preserve what he described as one of the country’s most cherished sporting traditions. The announcement Saturday night signaled an unusually direct effort by
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing influencer Jake Lang was chased away by counterdemonstrators while leading a small rally in Minneapolis amid tensions over the Trump administration’s sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. Lang is among the January 6 defendants granted clemency by President Donald Trump. He was charged with
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, whose execution did not take place on Wednesday as some had feared, is in good physical health and has been able to meet with his family, according to a family member and a human rights group. Somayeh, a relative of 26-year-old Soltani who declined
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By Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swaths of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade. Among the towns and cities that the Syrian army has taken is Raqqa, once
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By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party has a deeply motivated base and a clear advantage on the generic congressional ballot ahead of this fall’s midterms despite dismal impressions of its current leaders in Congress, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Democratic registered voters are far more motivated
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