By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe has ordered the retraction or “substantive revision” of 19 of the agency’s intelligence products after a review determined they failed to meet standards for analytic tradecraft and political independence, the Central Intelligence Agency said on Friday. The spy agency released unredacted versions of three of
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A group of six mothers and wives, their lives linked by their great love of the outdoors, are among the nine skiers who are confirmed or presumed dead after their backcountry tour was overtaken Tuesday by the deadliest avalanche the US has seen in
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s months of preparation for a Supreme Court ruling on his sweeping tariff powers did little to contain his rage when the verdict finally came. “I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for the country,”
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MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect was arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a person in critical condition after being stabbed Thursday night in Mecca. The stabbing was reported just before 7:00 p.m. on the 91000 block of 2nd Street, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. “… deputies located a subject with injuries
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A road project designed to reduce windblown sand and improve traffic safety in Rancho Mirage will start Monday, prompting lane closures on some routes. The Ramon Road Widening and Sand Fence Installation project will take place along Ramon Road between Los Alamos Road and Bob Hope Drive, with construction anticipated
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By Holmes Lybrand, Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — New Secret Service protective detail agents are about to get a wardrobe upgrade, courtesy of taxpayers. The Secret Service will soon offer each agent who graduates from protective detail training two tailored suits, according to sources familiar with the matter and a public contract solicitation. The initiative
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked him for permission to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home earlier this year. “How could you
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By Alaa Elassar, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A driver is dead after he rammed a vehicle through the gate of a power substation in Boulder City, Nevada, on Thursday in what authorities are investigating as a terrorism-related event, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The driver, who was found with a self-inflicted
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Credit One Bank has agreed to pay just over $10 million to settle a civil consumer protection lawsuit alleging the company or its vendors made repeated, intrusive and harassing debt collection calls, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The Nevada-based company — which did not admit wrongdoing — was
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By Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — Protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan told CNN they were attacked by security guards protecting the country’s President Ilham Aliyev in Washington, DC on Thursday following President Donald Trumps’s inaugural Board of Peace meeting. Footage circulated on social media shows protesters being thrown to
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By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Elisabeth Buchwald, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president’s foreign policy and economic
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – The legendary Venus Williams will return to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden later this month. Williams was awarded the first wild card of the 2026 BNP Paribas Open. The tennis icon has received both a singles and doubles wild card entry into the event, where she will make her first
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was not a mistake to close the airspace around El Paso, Texas, last week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at a news conference Friday afternoon. He declined to share details about what happened and the subsequent finger pointing, saying he would speak to Congress before
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A ransomware attack has forced one of Mississippi’s largest health care systems to close clinics across the state on Friday, raising larger concerns about the cybersecurity of medical facilities across the country. The closure affects all 35 of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s health clinics, which provide a
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs on Friday, a significant decision that could redirect the course of the administration’s economic and foreign policy agenda. The 6-3 decision, which included both conservative and liberal justices in the majority, had the potential to reset
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BLYTHE, Calif. (KESQ) The Palo Verde Healthcare District Board of Directors has approved a 180-day agreement with Riverside County aimed at stabilizing emergency services at Palo Verde Hospital. The Management Services Agreement, approved during a special meeting Thursday, authorizes leadership from Riverside University Health System Medical Center and Clinics to deploy a county-led strike team
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Some people will go to extreme lengths to avoid paying for regular garbage collection – and sometimes they enlist help from man’s best friend. Authorities in Sicily, Italy, have released footage of a dog carrying garbage to a rogue land dump near Catania. The cunning canine can
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The estate of Jeffrey Epstein agreed on Thursday to pay up to $35 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by survivors of the late convicted sex offender. The complaint, which was first filed in 2024, alleges that Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, co-executors of Epstein’s estate, “facilitated” Epstein’s
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By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Most days, the country’s top newspapers have a wide range of photos gracing their front pages. But on Friday, every image topping the British front pages was identical: A snap of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, slouched in the back of a car, looking shell-shocked on his 66th birthday as he
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By Avery Schmitz, Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — The US military has assembled a massive collection of weapons systems in the Middle East amid diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran, flooding ships and aircraft to nearby waters and the constellation of US bases in the region. Military planners have told President Donald Trump they
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