CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — It was an ordinary afternoon for Jayden D’Onofrio, who was spending time with a friend at their apartment complex when they received a text that made their blood run cold. An active shooter was on campus, and their friend was hiding in the library. Without a second thought,
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By Alex Stambaugh, Max Saltman, Victoria Butenko, Ross Adkin, Sophie Tanno and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The United States could end its efforts on ending the Ukrainian conflict within “days” if there are no signs of progress, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday. “If it is not possible to end the war
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Desert Hot Springs Police say they arrested a man following reports of a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and carrying a handgun. Officers located the man hiding by the dumpsters near a local hotel early Thursday morning. Police report the suspect was still wearing the ski mask and
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Desert man was arrested and charged with possessing child pornography after separate incidents in the bathroom of a local restaurant, authorities announced. Joseph Seiders, 44, of Palm Desert, was arrested on April 9 at the Chick-fil-A on Dinah Shore Drive in Palm Desert, according to county jail records.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A much less frustrating beginning for thousands of campers. You may remember last week’s scenes, with some people waiting for hours and hours, trying to get into the camping areas. As a result, organizers addressing staffing shortages and adding 12 new toll plazas to keep traffic off the roads. Gates to
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The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in the heart of La Quinta is less than two weeks away, and you still have a chance to win it for just $100! Tickets are going fast for this stunning 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath home valued at $720,000. Located in The Cove near Fritz Burns Park and Old Town La
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By Kareem El Damanhoury and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from US airstrikes on an oil port in western Yemen has risen to at least 74 people, the Houthi-run health ministry reported, marking the deadliest day since the United States escalated its aerial campaign against the Iran-backed group last month. US Central
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By Alaa Elassar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Before they even knew a mass shooter was on campus, Dakota Bages and her classmates heard screams of terror and started barricading themselves. It was shortly before noon Thursday at Florida State University. The students were in the library just steps away from the student union
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As temperatures climb in the Coachella Valley, mosquito season is starting to take hold—and this year, Palm Springs is earning some national attention for all the wrong reasons. A recent report from Terminix ranks Palm Springs at No. 17 on its list of the 50 most mosquito-infested cities in the U.S. But local experts say
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher and Andy Buck, CNN (CNN) — At a town hall in South Carolina, veteran congressman Jim Clyburn emphasized that Democrats are limited in what they can do in the minority in Congress, urging attendees to speak out and vote to help tip the scales and the balance of power. The friendly crowd
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It’s a murder case 15 years in the making. News Channel 3 I-Team Investigator Karen Devine has been covering this story since 2008 when Palm Springs resident Clifford Lambert was murdered. He was stabbed to death in his kitchen by what others have described as a group of “gay grifters.” This story is complex and
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By Carma Hassan, Dianne Gallagher and Gustavo Valdes, CNN (CNN) — A US-born man charged this week with being an “unauthorized alien” in Florida has been released after spending the night in jail on a 48-hour hold requested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the Trump administration’s broad deportation crackdown. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, 20,
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — For some, Coachella Valley’s festival season means late night concerts, rave wear and a boom in tourism for the desert. But offshoots of the popular Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, like ‘Farmchella,’ are hoping to show appreciation for forgotten parts of the Coachella Valley, field laborers. The annual event, presented
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan, John Miller, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Rebekah Riess, Hanna Park, Devon Sayers, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Mike Figliola, CNN (CNN) — A Florida State University student accused of killing two people and injuring six others in a shooting at the university on Thursday is the son of a local
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Camp Pendleton-based Marines who were killed earlier this week in a vehicle accident while deployed in New Mexico, including one from Riverside, were publicly identified today. Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, of Fresno, died Tuesday following a solo vehicle crash
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — It took Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni exactly two sentences in the Oval Office on Thursday to signal to her host she was a kindred spirit. “We both share another fight, which is the fight against the woke and DEI ideology that would like to erase our history,”
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A hearing that could give brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez their first chance at freedom in more than three decades hit a snag Thursday amid disagreements over a Los Angeles court’s access to “comprehensive risk assessments” conducted by a parole board. The long-awaited
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that some states saw gas prices fall to just $1.98 on Wednesday. Trump was responding to a journalist who asked him at the White House how long Americans can expect to experience higher prices because of his trade policies.Trump claimed Americans have
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By Kara Scannell and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk last year, was indicted in federal court on charges of murder, stalking and a firearms offense. Mangione is facing both state and federal charges for the December 4 killing of Brian Thompson
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Crime across several key categories in Palm Springs declined during the first quarter of 2025, according to statistics released this week by the Palm Springs Police Department. Larceny-theft cases totaled 237 from January through March 2025, down from 312 during the same period a year ago, while vehicle-related thefts dropped
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