SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld California’s ban on gun magazines that hold more than 10 bullets today, overturning a San Diego federal judge’s finding that the law was unconstitutional. The ban was originally challenged in a lawsuit brought by firearm advocates who claim it violates the Second
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has agreed to rescind an executive order that suspended security clearances for lawyers and staff at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, according to a statement he posted to Truth Social on Thursday. The New York-based firm has agreed to dedicate the
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Simon, Eva McKend and Sarah Ferris, CNN Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday didn’t reserve her criticism for Republicans while calling for change, saying Democrats need a party that “fights harder” for them. “This isn’t just about Republicans. We need a Democratic Party that fights harder for us too,”
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s attempt this month to deport a Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian campus activist due to his alleged “activities aligned to Hamas” was the first case of its kind to grab headlines. Since then, two foreign–born academics with visas to work at other prominent US universities –
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s February memo ordering all diversity, equity and inclusion-related content to be removed from Pentagon websites was so vague that military units were instructed to simply use keyword searches like “racism,” “ethnicity,” “history” and “first” when searching for articles and
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FRENCH VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A two-seat helicopter crashed today while maneuvering near French Valley Airport, leaving the pilot with minor injuries and causing a light aviation fuel spill. The rotorcraft accident was reported about 1 p.m. Thursday in the area of Auld and Briggs roads, on the north end of the airport perimeter, according
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FIND Food Bank educa al público sobre CalFresh y otros programas para ayudar a que la gente se inscriba y tenga acceso a más opciones de alimentos. Mientras que los mercados móviles de alimentos del FIND ayudan a llevar comida a los comedores de la gente, CalFresh es un programa que también ayuda en este
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to ask the country’s governor general to dissolve parliament and call for federal elections on Sunday, according to two government sources. If that happens, Canadians will likely head to the polls on April 28, both sources told CNN. Unlike
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, Sunlen Serfaty and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump kicked off the process of dismantling the Department of Education by signing an executive order on Thursday. The move aims to fulfill a longstanding campaign promise and shift more power over education to the states. While the president cannot completely
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Update 3/20/25 The coroner’s office identified the man killed in the crash as Christopher Rodriguez, 28, of Cathedral City. There is no word on the status of the man arrested. Last week, CHP said he remained hospitalized. We’ve reached out to the agency for an update. Origianl Report 3/12/25 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Social Security Administration from giving members of the Department of Government Efficiency access to agency data containing individuals’ personally identifiable information. In a scathing 137-page opinion, US District Judge Judge Ellen Hollander said that the administration had failed to show why representatives
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Since launching his new podcast two weeks ago, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken aim at a number of causes popular among progressives: He’s rejected the term “Latinx,” said he doesn’t back trans women competing in women’s sports, and suggested he opposes taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The four urgent safety recommendations are part of the National Transportation Safety
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – Three people died during a pair of apparent border crossings last week within the Otay Mesa Wilderness area, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said today. Both incidents happened Friday within about an hour of one another. Border officials say that at the time, temperatures in the mountainous area “dropped
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, seeking to fulfill decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency, but raising new questions for the country’s millions of public schools, student-loan holders and parents. No
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump administration testing international relations. France on Thursday said the unnamed researcher was blocked from entering the US earlier
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US ownership – at least according to the Americans. But it’s unclear how the operation would work in practice, experts say, especially as the plant is on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A landing gear support broke as a Delta Air Lines regional jet was landing before it flipped upside down, leaving passengers “hanging like bats” at Toronto Pearson International in February, according to a preliminary report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board. Less than three seconds before touchdown, investigators
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