By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Washington assembled its largest force and some of its most powerful weaponry in the Middle East in decades. President Donald Trump had warned the US was “locked and loaded” – and Saturday’s strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader gave that force a destructive
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – David Bell, Palm Springs resident, said a large cluster of palm fronds came crashing down Thursday evening during VillageFest in downtown Palm Springs. Bell, who was at the weekly street fair, said the fronds fell around 5:50 p.m. in front of the Birkenstock store along Palm Canyon Drive. “It sounded
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival concluded its 78th year on Sunday, with the rodeo emerging as the main attraction for fans of all ages. The grandstand arena was packed as riders and their horses competed in high-energy events like saddle bronc and bareback riding. In these competitions, half
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CNN By Amanda Musa, Hanna Park, Holly Yan, Ed Lavandera, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Early Sunday morning, just as bars along Austin’s bustling Sixth Street were winding down for the night, a barrage of gunfire tore through the popular entertainment district in the heart of Texas’ capital, leaving three people dead and more than
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Hundreds of people looking for important medical and dental care made their way to Indio throughout the weekend. News Channel 3’s Athena Jreij first reported on this year’s Coachella Valley Clinic on Friday. Hosted at the Empire Polo Grounds, California Careforce, in partnership with Goldenvoice, brought the clinic to Indio for
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Following a weekend of strikes in Iran by the U.S. and Israel, both Coachella Valley congressmen have reacted, on opposing sides of the aisle. Republican Ken Calvert (CA-41) issued a statement reading: “Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian regime is the head of the snake that is responsible for killing thousands
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The CIF Southern Section playoffs are closing out in the Coachella Valley and two local teams battled it out in their championship games on Saturday. The Coachella Valley girls soccer team defeated Del Sol at home 3-2 in a hard-fought game. It’s the first ever championship win for the program.
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A man stabbed four people, one fatally, before he was shot and killed by a Virginia trooper on a busy interstate near Washington, DC, authorities said. The incident Sunday afternoon on the Interstate 495 Beltway was described as road rage and is not believed to be
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — As gala-goers in gowns and tuxedos were dancing the night away inside Mar-a-Lago’s ballroom Friday evening, a very different scene was unfolding on the other side of the rambling estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Out the gilded doors, past layers of security and behind a set of black curtains,
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A major Second Amendment case pending at the Supreme Court is firing up marijuana legalization advocates who fear the Trump administration’s defense of a 1968 gun ban could expose millions of recreational pot users to prosecution, even as a growing number of states relax their cannabis laws. The 6-3
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel has created a power vacuum in the core of the Iranian regime and sparked the complex process of finding his successor. The Islamic Republic has only replaced its supreme leader once since it swept to power nearly
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By Kara Fox, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history. As Israel continues its attacks on Iran amid Tehran’s vow to avenge Khamenei’s death, people across
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By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Tal Shalev, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — For months, Israeli and American intelligence agencies — including the CIA — had been secretly watching Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for just the right moment. They were monitoring for his daily patterns — where he lived, whom he met with, how he communicated
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By Karen Esquivel, CNN en Español (CNN) — In 2021, Héctor Daniel Flores Hernández was reported missing. Two years later, his father, Héctor Flores, saw his son’s image speak again. In a video generated through artificial intelligence technology, which digitally animated a still image and gave it a synthesized voice, the figure of Héctor Daniel
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By Renée Rigdon, Hanna Ziady, Auzinea Bacon, CNN Oil futures surged Monday after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran over the weekend, with the conflict spilling over into the wider Middle East region. US crude jumped 7.5%. Brent crude, the international benchmark, spiked 6.2% to trade at around $77 a barrel, having
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By Mick Krever, Isobel Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don’t break bones or leave visible, lasting wounds. Human rights campaigners have decried the move as “devastating” and warned that women’s
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, Karina Tsui, John Miller, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are working to determine whether the suspect in a deadly mass shooting in Austin, Texas, was motivated by Saturday’s attack on Iran by the US and Israel, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case said, cautioning that it’s too early to
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By Frederik Pleitgen and Mostafa Salem (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has crossed “a very dangerous red line” by killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Iranian deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CNN in an exclusive interview on Sunday. Khatibzadeh said many Shiite followers across the world will react to the killing of
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Alison Main, Sarah Ferris, CNN Houston (CNN) — Sen. John Cornyn stood before TV cameras in Houston recently and issued a warning to Ken Paxton, the man threatening to take the seat he’s held for nearly two dozen years: Things were about to get a whole lot uglier. “After we get through
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — “Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year’s real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot twists, political battles among cardinals and a surprise outcome. A new book lifts a lid on how, in
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