By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars were spent on expenses for hair and makeup artists and a horse for the advertisement showcasing outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in front of Mount Rushmore, according to invoices seen by CNN. Invoices to the Strategy Group, a DHS subcontractor
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By Gonzalo Zegarra, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — At least 69 people were killed and 57 injured after a Colombian military transport plane crashed on takeoff in the south of the country on Monday, according to the country’s armed forces. The C-130 Hercules aircraft broke into pieces on impact and caught fire after going down
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By Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was presented Sunday with a potential off-ramp to the more than month-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown: fund every part of the department except enforcement operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two sources familiar with the conversations told CNN. Senate Majority Leader John Thune
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A consortium of the nation’s top architectural and historic preservation groups is targeting President Donald Trump’s plans to temporarily close and extensively renovate the Kennedy Center, filing a new lawsuit Monday that asks a federal judge to indefinitely halt the project. The complaint filed at a federal court in
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CNN By Karina Tsui, Martin Goillandeau, Lex Harvey, Shimon Prokupecz, Gloria Pazmino, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — An Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday, killing the flight’s pilot and copilot, injuring dozens and temporarily shutting down the the New York area’s third-busiest airport, officials said.
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CNN By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — British police have arrested two men following a suspected antisemitic arson attack in which several ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer rescue organization were set on fire in north London. The pair, British nationals aged 47 and 45, were arrested at two separate addresses in the capital on
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — The illustration took City Hall by surprise. Rama Duwaji’s artwork depicted the face of a woman drawn in black and white, her eyebrows full and scrunched above a sharp nose, and her almond-shaped eyes sitting above a pair of hands reaching outward. The image was published in
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As many travelers face long, winding security lines across the US during the partial government shutdown, many may not realize the complicated path money takes to reach Transportation Security Administration officers’ paychecks. There are about 61,000 TSA employees currently caught in the middle as Congress remains locked in a
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, WESH, SENATE TV, RYAN RICHTER, KARIM PINE, KYLE AUFFREY, TREY HOFFMAN, ATL.COM By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As many travelers face long, winding security lines across the US during the partial government shutdown, many may not realize the complicated path money takes to reach Transportation Security Administration officers’ paychecks. There are about
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – Firefighters carried out two separate rescues Sunday after hikers were injured. Suicide Rock rescue The first incident was reported around 2:51 p.m. in the Suicide Rock hiking area, north of Idyllwild. Crews responded to a report of a hiker with a lower extremity injury. Due to the remote and rugged
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Martin Goillandeau, Lex Harvey, Shimon Prokupecz, Gloria Pazmino, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — An Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday, killing the flight’s pilot and copilot, injuring dozens and temporarily shutting down the the New York area’s third-busiest airport, officials said. Around
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NORTH SHORE, Calif. (KESQ) – A hang glider suffered serious injuries after crashing into power lines Sunday morning in North Shore, according to first responders. CAL FIRE/ Riverside County Fire Department reported the crash at 8:25 a.m. near Highway 111 and Desert Beach Drive. Officials said a CAL FIRE employee initially spotted the hang glider.
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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — “Safe through uncertain times.” That’s the message of stability that Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen staked her campaign on ahead of Tuesday’s general elections, as she tries to capitalize on her handling of the showdown with the Trump administration over Greenland. Frederiksen – whose international profile has been boosted
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has abruptly announced that the United States and Iran are discussing ending the war and said he will hold off military strikes against Iranian power and energy sites for five days. Trump made the early morning announcement after he had threatened to pummel Iran’s power plants
Continue Reading By Laila Shahrokhshahi, Clare Sebastian, Lianne Kolirin, Laura Sharman, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Several ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer rescue organization were set on fire outside a synagogue in a neighborhood home to London’s largest Jewish community early on Monday, in an antisemitic attack. Flames lit up the night sky and residents of
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A statue of Christopher Columbus has been erected outside of an ornate federal office building on the White House grounds — the latest sign of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape cultural and historical representations across the nation’s capital. The installation of the statue — which is a
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Sunset Music and Education Foundation hosted their Constellation Awards Womyn’s History Month Brunch, honoring the work of female leaders in the Coachella Valley. “It gives us an opportunity to reset, to say this is what we’ve done in the past, but it’s not all about the past. It is
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By Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN (CNN) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, speaking in JD Vance’s home state of Ohio on Saturday, tore into the vice president, questioning his Appalachian roots and telling voters they “deserve better.” The comments from Beshear — who is viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party and has been floated
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CNN By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday border czar Tom Homan will be in charge of deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports on Monday, with Homan telling CNN the agents will help with security at entrances and exits to ease the Transportation Security Administration’s workload. “This is about
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – Players, coaches, and families all gathered in support of the Coachella Valley Lady Arabs soccer season at a champions parade Saturday morning. The parade kicked off at 9:00 a.m. and made its way to Coachella Valley High School’s stadium for a ceremony, which wrapped up shortly after 11:00 a.m. It was
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