By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US companies in the retail, hospitality and medical sectors trusted Angelo Martino to negotiate with hackers who were trying to extort them. Instead, he made the extortion worse, federal prosecutors allege. Martino allegedly accumulated at least $10 million in assets, including a luxury fishing boat and two properties, as
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Gunfire shattered the silence of the Cedar Grove community in Shreveport, Louisiana, just before dawn Sunday. Moments later, a mother and her two children scrambled out of a window and onto the roof of an unassuming gray and white home on West 79th Street and frantically dialed 911. “Units
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By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Two Palestinians, among them a 14-year-old boy, have been shot and killed at a school in the occupied West Bank amid an attack by Israeli settlers, the Palestinian Health Ministry and multiple eyewitnesses said. A video from the scene shows a man in military fatigues armed with a rifle
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By Holly Yan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing three people, including a Department of Homeland Security employee, in a shooting rampage across several Atlanta suburbs last week has died in custody, authorities said. Olaolukitan Adon-Abel, 26, was found unresponsive in his jail cell around 6:48 p.m. Tuesday. Detention staff tried
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja (CNN) — For Mauro Rui Callado Cortêz, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, the “unique opportunity” to see Pope Leo XIV in person was unmissable, even though serious illness should have confined him to bed. “My visual contact with the Holy Father was a unique moment; it transmitted such a
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Families, community members and officials gathered in Palm Desert Tuesday for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office annual candlelight vigil honoring victims of violent crime. The event is part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and has been held for more than two decades. Victims’ names are read aloud each
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities in Indio are continuing to investigate missing personal items belonging to Madonna following her surprise appearance at Coachella. Police say the items — including clothing and jewelry worn during her on-stage appearance with Sabrina Carpenter — were reported missing Saturday. Madonna noted on social media that the outfit holds sentimental
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman in Palm Springs, Nadia Khaddar, has been reported missing months after she was last seen. In February, News Channel 3 shared the story of her boyfriend, Terrence Scott, who was also reported missing in early January. Now, Nadia’s family says they haven’t heard from her since a few
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Community leaders are again encouraging residents to take steps to protect their property in our High Desert communities. It comes after the Skyline Fire in Yucca Valley destroyed four structures on Sunday. It burned 39 acres and reached full containment as of the latest update given by CAL FIRE on
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The founder of The Duck Sanctuary in Riverside County, Howard Berkowitz, has shut down his operation after being overwhelmed, while denying he is an animal hoarder, and animal rescue advocate Sascha Knopf has been fighting for two years to draw attention to the conditions at his properties.
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Virginia voters approved a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats in a major boost to the party’s effort to win House control in the midterms. The map set to go into effect represents one of the most extreme political gerrymanders
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. (KESQ) – A 63-year-old Costa Mesa woman will be sentenced in October for registering her dog to vote in what she claimed was an attempt to expose election fraud. Laura Lee Yourex pleaded guilty April 10 to misdemeanor knowing registration of a nonexistent person to vote. As part of her plea deal with
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The San Diego City Council today officially removed the name of César Chávez from a city holiday and a street in Barrio Logan, following last month’s shocking sexual abuse allegations against the deceased labor leader. The City Council approved an amendment to the San Diego Municipal Code to rename the
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The parents of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla owned by singer D4vd, who is now facing murder and other charges, broke their silence today, thanking the community for its support and praising the teen as a “beautiful, strong girl.” The 21-year-old singer,
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CNN, POOL, IRANIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY, TELEGRAM, TRUTH SOCIAL, @REALDONALDTRUMP, IRAN’S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CNN VIA WEBEX CISCO, CNN, CNN, POOL, Iranian Red Crescent Society/TELEGRAM, Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump huddled with his national security team Tuesday
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump huddled with his national security team Tuesday afternoon at the White House facing a major decision: what to do next with Iran. His ceasefire deadline was nearing its end, and Air Force Two was sitting on the tarmac at Joint
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel, standing at a lectern beside his boss Tuesday, publicly addressed recent allegations that he has drank to excess, interfering with his duties. “I’ve never been intoxicated on the job,” Patel told a room full of reporters Tuesday, after highlighting what he considers to be a
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CNN By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Virginia voters approved a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats in a major boost to the party’s effort to win House control in the midterms. The map set to go into effect represents one of the most extreme political
Continue Reading CNN By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Virginia is the latest front in an unprecedented coast-to-coast redistricting war, with voters on Tuesday set to determine whether to accept or reject a Democratic plan to dramatically redraw the state’s congressional maps and help shape the midterm elections. Nearly 1.4 million Virginians have already cast early ballots,
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By Sarah Ferris, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — A deeply personal grudge between a pair of Republicans — Reps. Cory Mills of Florida and Nancy Mace of South Carolina — has escalated on Capitol Hill, as Mills accused his long-time foe of trying to profit off efforts to oust him. The spat between the two
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