PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Actor/director Rob Reiner and comedian/actor Cheech Marin are among the speakers set to take part beginning next month in the seventh season of “Palm Springs Speaks,” an annual series of lectures benefiting the city’s public library. Reiner is scheduled to speak at the Plaza Theatre event on Dec. 10,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A star for Jonathan Bennett, known as the “Gay King of Christmas” and for his role in “Mean Girls,” was officially unveiled by the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars on Thursday. Bennett’s star was unveiled during a public dedication ceremony at 100 S Palm Canyon Dr. in downtown Palm
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Update 11/11/25 Sally Kirkland died in Palm Springs Tuesday at the age of 84. Original Report 11/10/25 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Legendary actress Sally Kirkland has entered hospice care in Palm Springs amid a battle with dementia. Kirkland’s publicist told TMZ over the weekend that Kirkland has been battling dementia over the year. Organizers
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Beirut (Associated Press) — Lebanese authorities released the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday after he paid a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric, security officials and a member of his defense team said. One of Hannibal Gadhafi’s lawyers,
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By Zoe Sottile, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Department of Homeland Security agents were shot at during an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago Saturday, the agency said — as federal agents were also accused of using pepper spray and flash-bang grenades against protesters across the Chicago area. The incidents come as Chicago has emerged as
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week. Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. Trump was discussing the issue of “affordability” after Democrats won state and local elections Tuesday in
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Update 11/10/25 Johnny Acosta was released on $30,000 bail, according to county jail records. Acosta is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 19. Original Report 11/7/25 DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A now-former Desert Hot Springs police officer was arrested on suspicion of assault nearly one year after a use-of-force investigation stemming from
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the decade-old decision. Instead, the court denied an appeal from
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 60-year-old man was killed in a single vehicle crash Monday shortly after midnight in Yucca Valley. The crash was reported at around 12:15 p.m. on Twentynine Palms Hwy at Mohawk Trail. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, witnesses told deputies that the vehicle was seen swerving as
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1930 Birth place: Omaha, Nebraska Birth name: Warren Edward Buffett Father: Howard Buffett, politician and businessman Mother: Leila (Stahl) Buffett Marriages: Astrid Menks (August 30, 2006-present); Susan
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Monday that a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut in prison five years ago should be able to sue correction officials for damages. Damon Landor had a few weeks left in his sentence for drug possession when guards at a Louisiana prison handcuffed
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Warren Buffett, in his annual message as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway to shareholders – a tradition dating back to 1965 – said that he will be “going quiet” after he steps down at the end of this year. But the 95-year-old is not going away just yet.
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By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Senators have approved a funding package to reopen the federal government, sending the compromise deal to their colleagues in the House. Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with Republicans to move forward the package, without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an
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By Esha Mitra, Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq and Ayushi Shah, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A car explosion tore through a historic part of India’s capital region on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring many others, prompting the country’s leader to vow to bring “those responsible” to justice. The blast took place
Continue ReadingCNN Library (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Antonin Scalia, who was an associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal:Birth date: March 11, 1936 Death date: February 13, 2016 Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey Birth name: Antonin Gregory Scalia Father: Salvatore Eugene Scalia, professor at Brooklyn College Mother: Catherine Louise (Panaro)
Continue ReadingBy Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Sunday advanced a deal that would bring an end to the shutdown by extending government funding through January that would be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies. The weekend vote tees up another vote in the chamber this week to pass
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By Kaitlan Collins, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off of pardoning a slew of allies who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election, President Donald Trump is being strongly encouraged to intervene in the conviction of Tina Peters, according to several people familiar with the matter. Peters, the former Republican clerk of Mesa,
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamie Raskin said he learned from a whistleblower that Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment in prison and is in the process of filing a commutation application. The Maryland Democrat detailed the whistleblower allegations in a strongly worded letter sent to President Donald Trump, revealing what he says
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, taking up a Republican-led lawsuit that could affect election laws in more than a dozen states across the country. It is the latest of several high-profile voting cases to make it on
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By Nadia Kounang, Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status amid a large ongoing outbreak of the virus, the Public Health Agency of Canada said Monday. Canada’s health agency was informed by the Pan American Health Organization, part of the World Health Organization, that it had lost its measles elimination
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