By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Trump administration is postponing the release of new national dietary guidelines. The updated nutrition advice, now expected in December, could bring major changes to what the government considers a healthy diet. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Hurricane
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Trump administration is postponing the release of new national dietary guidelines. The updated nutrition advice, now expected in December, could bring major changes to what the government considers a healthy diet. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Trump administration is postponing the release of new national dietary guidelines. The updated nutrition advice, now expected in December, could bring major changes to what the government considers a healthy diet. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣
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By Arlette Saenz, CNN Passaic County, New Jersey (CNN) — In the race for New Jersey governor, Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill is trying to reverse Donald Trump’s gains with Latino voters in the 2024 election while her Republican rival, Jack Ciattarelli, is seeking to build on them. Their dueling missions collided on recent back-to-back days
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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — “This is either gonna be wildly successful or a complete disaster,” Austin Tice wrote in May 2012, on the eve of a dangerous journey to bear witness to history. “Here goes nothing.” Tice, a physically towering former Marine and fledgling journalist, threw himself with grit and resolve into war
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By Clarissa Ward, Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — “The Americans drove through here,” the Syrian army guard said, pointing to a steep road behind him. “I don’t know where they headed, I’m not allowed up there.” The barricaded road leads to a labyrinth of military facilities wedged into the rocky slopes of Mount Qasioun
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By Jake Tapper, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations signed in his name via autopen, the GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee asserted in a letter
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By Graham Hurley, CNN Find the latest updates on the court hearing here. (CNN) — Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino has been summoned to appear in court Tuesday to answer a judge’s concerns about federal agents’ aggressive tactics in Chicago after he was recorded throwing what appears to be a tear gas canister into a
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – California Highway Patrol investigators have arrested a Twentynine Palms man in connection with what they claim is one of the largest known collections of child sexual abuse material linked to a single suspect in California. Police say the investigation began back in June of 2024, when investigators identified a computer
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By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A 38-year-old man who has been protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program for the past 12 years was detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month, with the agency citing his social media posts as the reason for terminating his DACA status.
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UPDATE 9:50 p.m. – Palm Springs Police have opened Vista Chino Drive between Farrell Drive and Gene Autry Trail. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Palm Springs Monday morning. The shooting was reported just after 11:30 a.m. on E Vista Chino and N Farrell Drive. PSPD Lt. Gustavo Araiza
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning another shakeup at Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid frustrations over lagging immigration arrests, according to four sources familiar with the discussions. The White House set a lofty goal of 3,000 daily arrests earlier this year—a high bar for an agency that’s historically been strained
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – New Palm Springs Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Marcus Funchess is reflecting on his first 100 days in office. Dr. Funchess will be giving an in-depth report on the district and its future at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. He says the district needs to focus on developing a multi-year
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Public Library Foundation announced Monday it has launched a $7 million capital campaign toward the library’s renovation project. “A New Chapter: Revitalizing Our Palm Springs Public Library” is a fundraising campaign in support of the library’s multimillion-dollar renovation. Construction on the $52 million project is already underway.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — For the first time in its 55-year history, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is introducing a troop of primates. A new group of patas monkeys known as the fastest primates in the world will debut at the zoo next week. The newly renovated Patas Monkey Conservation Habitat, located in the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Ben & Jerry’s has launched their Waffle Lotta Good initiative. For every waffle cone a customer buys, $1 goes to Migrant Justice, a farmworker-led human rights program that is working to ensure dignified working conditions on farms. Ben & Jerry’s in Palm Springs is participating and it’s not the first
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Southern California man who once worked as the treasurer for the city council campaign of a local politician pleaded guilty today in downtown Los Angeles to illegally acting on behalf of the People’s Republic of China. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills, entered a plea in downtown Los Angeles
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CNN, TVJ, COURTESY MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HURRICANE HUNTERS, WPLG By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, and Michael Rios (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. ET Tuesday near New Hope, Jamaica, as a 185 mph Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane’s winds of 185 mph
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress. Not only does Japan have a new prime minister, but US President Donald Trump is in their part of the world, with
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – As the days count down to next Tuesday’s special election, political groups in the Coachella Valley are urging voters to cast their ballots on Proposition 50. Prop 50 is the only item on next week’s ballot. The measure, introduced by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would temporarily redraw California’s congressional districts starting in
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