By Jennifer Hansler, and Barbie Latza Nadeau (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s comments to an Italian media outlet about the country’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Friday that he was canceling a planned trip to the United States, where he was slated to
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump deepened his feud with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, doubling down on claims that she insisted on a photo with him at the G7 summit in France this week. “Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over,
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — A fire caused moderate damage to the Hamachi Sushi restaurant in Cathedral City late Thursday night, prompting an overnight response from local firefighters. The fire was reported shortly after 11 p.m. at the restaurant near the intersection of Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive. Fire crews responded quickly and worked through
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Many Americans today will celebrate Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. A blend of the words “June” and “nineteenth,” it marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and proclaimed that enslaved African Americans there were free. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — For more than a half century, the Supreme Court was anchored by a series of conservative centrists who controlled the most anticipated end-of-term rulings in June, pragmatic justices like Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy. O’Connor, a former state senator with keen political instincts, also created
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By Kristen Holmes, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A deadly strain of bird flu sweeping through remote islands near Antarctica has devastated the native wildlife population, killing an estimated 13,000 seal pups, as well as penguins and seabirds, researchers say. Drone surveys conducted by the Australian Antarctic Program in October and January revealed “sobering” images of seal
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The city of Palm Desert is looking to extend it’s guidelines for outdoor dining patios, after public outcry to keep the additions. Local restaurants have feared changes to the city’s regulations on the covid-era patios, as they neared a June 30th deadline. “It makes a big impact on sales, on
Continue ReadingBy Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance jumped at the chance to be the face of a peace agreement designed to end months of unpopular war with Iran, a significant risk given the administration had spent months trying to get Tehran to fold with little success. The last week has
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By Clare Sebastian, CNN Wigan, United Kingdom (CNN) — Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is poised to challenge British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the country’s premiership after resoundingly winning a special election in Makerfield, northwest England, and securing his return to parliament. Thursday’s by-election – the equivalent of a special election in the US
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Holocaust-related artifacts discovered among donated items at a local Revivals resale store will be donated to the Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage Thursday. According to DAP Health, volunteers sorting donations found a Star of David badge and paper currency from the Lodz Ghetto dating back to 1940. The
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A federal arson investigator told a downtown jury today of a bizarre daylong pre-arrest interview with accused Palisades Fire arsonist Jonathan Rinderknecht in which the suspect expressed hatred of political leaders and predicted “They’re gonna be in their castles and spaceships” while “we’re all burning.” Testifying on Thursday in downtown
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By Katherine Koretski, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made one of his sharpest calls yet for change in the Democratic Party on Thursday night as he rallied with his slate of progressive congressional candidates in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries. “For far too long, our party has seen its job as
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ)- More than 250 scholars from across the Coachella Valley gathered at the UCR Palm Desert for the OneFuture student leadership conference. “OneFuture is focused on students finishing their degrees and then moving on to the career or even graduate school. That is their dream. And so for us to be able
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MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. (KESQ) – News Channel 3 and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation presented another Impact Grant to improve lives and help those in need. A $25,000 charitable gift was awarded to Pathfinder Ranch to support camp scholarships for Coachella Valley children, as well as the camp’s horse program. Nestled in the
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy has been officially charged with vehicular manslaughter after a deadly on-duty crash last year near the Beaumont area. Deputy Glynn Wilburn, 42, was charged Wednesday, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office announced. In addition to Gross Vehicular Manslaughter, Wilburn, of the Cabazon station, has been charged
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Update 6/18/26 Jesus Ahkin Gonzalez and Vicente Zamora have resubmitted the paperwork to recall Councilmembers Denise Delgado and Yadira Perez. Zamora said they have 100 signatures. View this post on Instagram A post shared by More than Politics Coachella Valley (@morethanpoliticscv) We have reached out to the city for more information on the process, but
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Abigahil Padilla SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KYMA) – Con la llegada de la temporada de verano, la Ciudad de San Luis ha puesto en marcha una amplia variedad de actividades recreativas, deportivas y educativas dirigidas a residentes de todas las edades, con el propósito de promover la convivencia familiar, el esparcimiento y la participación comunitaria durante
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Carolina Garcia CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) – Una mujer fue detenida por la policía de Calexico, la noche de este miércoles, luego de presuntamente provocar un accidente de tránsito mientras conducía bajo los efectos del alcohol. Los hechos se registraron alrededor de las 7:34 de la tarde, en la intersección de las calles Clarke y Rockwood.
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Carolina Garcia CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) – Son cerca de 26 espacios públicos considerados como áreas verdes y parques los que se ubican en la ciudad de Calexico, algunos de ellos lucen en completo abandono, a pesar de ser espacios creados para el sano esparcimiento. Desde plaza Rockwood y el parque Kennedy, son algunos de ellos,
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