By Kaanita Iyer, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — New signage was installed Friday at Washington, DC’s performing arts center on Friday to include President Donald Trump’s name. It comes after the institution’s board of trustees voted a day earlier to rename the facility to honor the president. The building, known as the John F. Kennedy
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — There is no longer famine in Gaza, a United Nations-backed hunger monitor announced on Friday, after an influx of humanitarian aid into the strip following a ceasefire agreed in October between Israel and Hamas. “Following a significant reduction in conflict, a proposed peace plan, and improved access
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In 2025, despondent and angry Democrats wanted to hear from likeminded pundits who wouldn’t feign politeness or objectivity. And there, waiting for them, were Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, co-hosts of the political, profane podcast “I’ve Had It.” Welch and Sullivan, formerly an interior designer and attorney, respectively,
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Bishop Richard Moth, who regularly speaks out on social concerns such as prisons, as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most senior Catholic Cleric in England and Wales. The appointment of Bishop Moth, 67, of Arundel and Brighton in southern England, is Pope
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By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Five days after an extensive manhunt began, law enforcement closed in on the Brown University shooting suspect after the emergence of apparent ties between the attack Saturday at the Providence, Rhode Island, school and the killing two days later of an MIT professor at his
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Samra Zulfaqar, Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The white wreaths were piled high on the doorsteps of a funeral house in Hong Kong, a stark reminder of a city still laying its dead to rest more than four weeks after a devastating fire. Outside Universal Funeral Parlour were thousands
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By Niamh Kennedy, Saskya Vandoorne, Caroline Baum, CNN (CNN) — A German man has been found guilty of drugging and raping his unconscious wife for years and sharing video of his crimes on the internet, in a case that has drawn comparisons to the trial of Dominique Pelicot in France. Fernando P., a 61-year-old school
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Alison Main, Aileen Graef, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans have sent lawmakers home for the holidays without voting to address the Obamacare subsidies cliff that will hit millions of Americans on New Year’s Day — infuriating some of their own rank and file. “Here we are without a
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A customs broker who siphoned more than $5 million from businesses that ship goods into the U.S. and who dodged paying at least $1 million in taxes was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison. Frank Noah, 64, of Corona, was sentenced Thursday in downtown Los Angeles
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – News Channel 3 has been investigating concerns about mold in an elementary school in Thermal. It’s a story that we were first to break. Now the Coachella Valley Unified School District has released new details about mold findings and cleanup after parents publicly complained they were denied copies of reports and
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Yet another delay in the case against former Queer Works CEO Jacob Rostovsky, who is facing 53 felony counts stemming from an investigation into a Palm Springs universal basic income program. Prosecutors accuse Rostovsky of stealing and misappropriating taxpayer funds meant for low-income residents. Check out: Palm Springs City Council addresses
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – “It’s a thought in the back of your mind every day,” Sheryll Walton, Camino Del Sol resident, said. “You’re wondering, what am I going to lose today?” Walton said 2 major power surges within the past 11 months have cost multiple residents in her Camino Del Sol community thousands of
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By Taylor Romine, Emma Tucker, John Miller, Holmes Lybrand, Tori B. Powell and CNN staff PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (CNN) — The suspect in the Brown University shooting has been found dead after taking his own life, authorities said Thursday night. The deceased suspect was identified as Claudio Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown University student and
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) could face up to $20 million in additional budget cuts over the next two years, according to district leaders — even after making tens of millions of dollars in reductions last year. Last year, the district approved $57 million in budget reductions, which included
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By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — A number of Jeffrey Epstein survivors voiced their concern in a private meeting with female Democratic lawmakers earlier this week about the intermittent disclosure of Epstein-related documents and photos by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, sharing that the selective publication of materials was distressing, four sources
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted strikes against two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing 5 people, according to US Southern Command. At least 104 people have now been killed in US strikes on alleged drug boats, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week.
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Originally Published: 18 DEC 25 22:26 ETBy Taylor Romine, Emma Tucker, John Miller, Holmes Lybrand, Tori B. Powell and CNN staff PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (CNN) — The suspect in the Brown University shooting has been found dead after taking his own life, authorities said Thursday night. The deceased suspect was identified as Claudio Valente, a
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – 29-PSP is a local non-profit organization of volunteers that work to provide Marines at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base rides to the Palm Springs International Airport during the holiday season. This year organizers say they are facing high demand with a shortage of volunteers. Volunteers and 29-PSP officials said
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By Joseph Ataman, Ross Adkin, CNN Brussels (CNN) — EU leaders early Friday announced a multi-billion dollar funding plan for Ukraine’s economy and military for the next two years – with the package funded for now by borrowing cash and not tapping into billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets held in the bloc. Due
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday the White House will host the “Patriot Games,” a competition with young athletes from across the county, as part of the celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary next year. “In the fall, we will host the first ever Patriot Games, an unprecedented four-day
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