By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As she oversaw President Donald Trump’s emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, case this past week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson once again proved she isn’t beholden to Supreme Court custom. The least senior justice, who has been the court’s most consistent critic of the second Trump administration, appeared
Continue ReadingBy Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump says he intends to sue the BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion “probably sometime next week” despite the broadcaster’s apology to him over a documentary Trump’s lawyers described as defamatory. “I think I have to do it,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve even admitted
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was a late September night when muffled blasts and a stream of bubbles broke the surface of the Baltic Sea. Explosions had ripped through the two Nord Stream gas pipelines, Russia’s gas highway into Europe, months after Moscow’s full invasion of Ukraine. Years later, shockwaves from that
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Conditions remain dry for now across the valley, but officials warn that could change quickly as a storm system moves in this weekend. Along the I-10 corridor, commuters are bracing for what could become a hazardous stretch of wet weather. A flood watch now in effect as of Friday night.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – N Indian Canyon Drive will be fully closed between Palm Springs Station Road and Garnet Avenue next week due to work on the widening and bridge project. The closure is just off Interstate 10, a main artery to get in and out of Palm Springs. The closure will start at
Continue ReadingBy Laura Sharman, Helen Regan, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Russian man wanted for extradition by the United States over cyber-crime allegations has been arrested on the Thai holiday island of Phuket, local police have announced. Denis Obrezko is allegedly part of the notorious group Void Blizzard, Thai police said, a cyber espionage gang
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Happy Friday! We’re about to experience “weather whiplash” as we transition from 90s and sunshine to a very wet and active stretch over the Coachella Valley, with the pace picking up noticeably tonight.We’re under a First Alert Weather Alert for rain leading to possible flooding across the region today and all day tomorrow. Light, spotty
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Freedom to live authentically is what transgender people hope for, but the lives of some have been cut short due to violence. And right now is Transgender Awareness Week. The goal is to increase understanding of transgender people and the issues they face. According to the organization The Trevor Project,
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China has warned its citizens against traveling to Japan as it escalates a backlash over comments by the country’s prime minister about the island of Taiwan. The dictum is Beijing’s most substantive retaliation yet to Sanae Takaichi’s remarks. Even as it may be more symbolic than anything, the
Continue ReadingBy Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — Doaa Musallem’s high school grades were so good that she got a congratulatory call from the Palestinian Minister of Education. But for the 18-year-old, the celebration was bittersweet. Like some 56,000 other students from Gaza’s class of 2025, the last two years of her education have been nearly
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 21-year-old man was convicted and immediately sentenced for his role as an accessory in an Indio murder back in 2022. Isaac Anthony Martinez was found guilty Friday of accessory aids principal in felony to escape arrest/trial. He was sentenced to one year and four months in prison. Martinez was arrested on Sept.
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Friday he is officially rescinding his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and attacked her in personal terms, while the congresswoman countered that Trump was trying to make an example of her to prevent the release of files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — We had five local high school football teams play in their respective quarterfinal on Friday night. Of the five teams, three of them won, advancing to their respective semifinal. CIF-SS Football Quarterfinals (2nd round) D7: Hart 21 at Palm Springs 22 D8: Palm Desert 46 at Patriot (Jurupa Valley) 33
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By Annie Grayer, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat who represents the US Virgin Islands in Congress as a non-voting delegate, exchanged texts with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 congressional hearing, the delegate’s office confirmed to CNN. “During the hearing, Congresswoman Plaskett received texts from staff, constituents and the
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Firefighters were able to contain a fire that damaged two big rigs at a gas station in Thousand Palms Friday afternoon. The fire was first reported at around 1:05 p.m. at the Flying J on Varner Road. The California Highway Patrol said two big rigs at the pumps caught on
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Some students at Rio Vista Elementary in Cathedral City symbolized a moment in history on Friday as they walked to school to honor the courage of Ruby Bridges, the first African American student to attend an all white elementary school in the South. The Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
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BURBANK, Calif. (KESQ) – The Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. announced today it has reached a distribution agreement for its television programming to return to YouTube TV, ending a roughly two week blackout of the company’s channels on the streaming service. As a result of the deal, Disney-owned channels were already returning to YouTube TV on
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The former executive vice president for a Virginia-based defense contractor who bribed a San Diego-based Navy civilian employee in exchange for his help in securing millions of dollars in government contracts was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, plus one year of home confinement. Russell Thurston, 53, was
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana (CNN) — A Latin American strongman accused of drug trafficking and rigging elections openly defies the White House despite threats of military action. It was 1989 and the then military dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega, much like Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro today, had become public enemy number one in Washington, amid
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — As US duties on Chinese imports spun higher and higher earlier this year, Derek Wang braced for major disruption. With US orders ground to a halt, Wang, 36, who sells intelligent cookware out of southern China’s Guangdong province, looked elsewhere to fill the gap. After finding
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