By Holly Yan, Tami Luhby, Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — Abysmal wait times at airports dwindled Monday as Transportation Security Administration workers got their first paychecks in more than a month — apparently prompting fewer agents to call out. Four-hour wait times that plagued some airports last week dropped to mere minutes as some TSA
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Jean Fujiu’s choice to attend a “No Kings” rally in Chicago stemmed from her own family’s experience of injustice: Her parents were incarcerated in prison camps used to confine Japanese Americans during World War II. “I grew up with this legacy for social justice, both my father and my
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — The destruction of a US Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft in an Iranian strike on a Saudi Arabia air base could damage US abilities to spot incoming Iranian threats at distance, analysts say. Dramatic images of the wrecked aircraft, geolocated by CNN, show its tail
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – It’s a new push to tackle traffic gridlock across the Coachella Valley. A petition is calling for changes along Interstate 10, near Jefferson Street. petition.pdgDownload Ashley Pena, petition creator, said her effort focuses on one of the busiest stretches for drivers, the Jefferson Street interchange. “I am a commercial driver for AutoZone.
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — One of the largest manhunts ever conducted in Australia has ended with the fatal shooting of a fugitive authorities believe to be Dezi Freeman, a self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” who’d been on the run for seven months after killing two police officers. Freeman disappeared into dense Australian wilderness
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By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Even as regional leaders scramble to find diplomatic off-ramps to the war, the main players — Israel, the United States and Iran — are doubling down on their positions. In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump threatened to “completely obliterate” all of Iran’s energy sources if
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By Danya Gainor, Chris Lau, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A Russian-flagged oil tanker has reached Cuban waters after US President Donald Trump allowed it to break his administration’s fuel blockade of the island nation as its energy crisis deepens. There have been conflicting reports about the ship’s exact location. The Russian transport ministry said
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UPDATE 3/29: RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation of the 2025 Prop 50 special election has been put on hold, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. In a statement to News Channel 3, Bianco’s office said, “We are on hold because of the politically motivated lawsuits and court filings.” According to Robert
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – The Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City brought the community together Sunday for its 14th Annual Sammy’s International Meatball Festival, a local fundraiser focused on supporting youth programs across the Coachella Valley. Held at the club’s campus, the event featured a wide range of participants including professional chefs, amateur
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A new short film made its debut at the Palm Springs Cultural Center this week, bringing a personal poem to life on the big screen. “Name Tag,” written by Crystal Harrell and directed by Kent Kay, follows an emerging poet as she navigates self-doubt and the challenges of self-expression. What
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — An outside contractor installed in the Department of Homeland Security by then-Secretary Kristi Noem and her adviser Corey Lewandowski, gained outsized influence over the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the past year, with a major hand in steering the disaster agency’s spending and day-to-day operations, according to sources who
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By Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The Israeli military’s top general suspended all operational activities of a reserve battalion involved in the detention and assault of a CNN team in the West Bank last week – including dismissing one soldier from military service – the Israeli military said Monday. The reserve
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – An annual tradition in Palm Springs returned to Ruth Hardy Park on Sunday! The Palm Springs Fire Foundation invited families to participate in its annual Easter Egg Hunt. Eager kids and their parents lined up at 9:00 a.m. to fill their baskets with the thousands of easter eggs that dotted
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Artificial intelligence is slowly becoming the norm in classrooms, workplaces, various industries and in everyday life. Research has found our use of artificial intelligence can have negative impacts on the environment. “A lot of people think that AI comes out of their laptop. It doesn’t happen there. It happens in
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By Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim (CNN) — After a month of threats, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels finally entered the Middle East conflict on Saturday, firing two missiles towards Israel. And in recent days they have also warned they could close a key waterway at the southern entrance of the Red Sea – raising the
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By Christopher Lamb, Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre “as he wishes.” On Sunday, the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem said Israeli police prevented
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By Brian Todd, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Vietnam veteran Jayson Carter is preparing for his worst-case scenario — having to live out of his car. Carter, a 78-year-old who served in the Air Force, is homeless and staying in a facility for veterans in Memphis, Tennessee. He’s one of more than two dozen veterans
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, even went as far as issuing a fatwa, or legal ruling
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN San Antonio (CNN) — The veteran who arrived a few minutes late to the matcha shop down the street from Fort Sam Houston hovered behind Ruben Gallego, trying to figure out where to sit. Gallego stopped talking and turned around. With an edge in his voice that he tried to cover
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before. Police in Fargo, North Dakota, have acknowledged “a few errors” in the
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