By Jacqueline Howard, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a recommendation to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines distributed in the United States, even though there is no clear evidence of harm from the mercury-based preservative. On Wednesday, the department announced that HHS Secretary
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By Jennifer Hansler and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department is opening an investigation into Harvard University’s “continued eligibility as a sponsor for the Exchange Visitor Program,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday, marking the Trump administration’s latest escalation against the Ivy League institution. It was announced amid ongoing legal
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By Caroleina Hassett Click here for updates on this story OGDEN, Utah (KSTU) — There appears to be quite the stinky situation in Ogden and South Ogden after residents complained about a foul odor coming from an abandoned meat shop in the neighborhood. Officials investigated the shop on Tuesday. “They got access to the building,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ozzy Osbourne was an architect of heavy metal music, but that’s not the only medium in which he blazed a trail. The rocker, who died Tuesday at the age of 76, also helped shape reality television. An argument might even be made, for better or for worse, that
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama have met for a substantive conversation exactly once: November 10, 2016, two days after Trump won his first election. It was Trump’s first time in the Oval Office. By most accounts, it was a little awkward. Eight years and eight months
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — In comments to the press on Tuesday, President Donald Trump suggested he is considering eliminating capital gains taxes on the sale of homes. “We are thinking about … no tax on capital gains on houses,” Trump said. Soon afterwards, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia posted her thanks to
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By Michele Gile Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Orange County officials launched an investigation in Laguna Niguel Regional Park after local fishermen found a large number of dead bass floating in the water. “I saw all the dead fish,” fisherman Aidan Woodward said. “There was probably like
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has seen the first major anti-government protests since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago, as a move by President Volodymyr Zelensky to curb anti-corruption agencies sparked fury across the nation. Defiant crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv on Tuesday, as well as Lviv in
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By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story YOLO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The first civil lawsuit stemming from the deadly fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto that shook the entire community three weeks ago has been filed in Yolo County Superior Court. It’s not on behalf of the families of the seven workers
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By Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A small business in Centennial is facing a major setback two months after opening. Pyre Vape and Glass was one of several vape shops across the Denver metro area targeted in a string of coordinated overnight burglaries. Surveillance footage from Pyre
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By Alan Gionet Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Lawyers for convicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on Tuesday tried to get a federal court in Denver to let her out on bond as they appeal her case in the Colorado State Court of Appeals. But the magistrate judge
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By Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — In Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood, a late-night basketball league is bringing much more than friendly competition to the Salvation Army’s Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. The after-hours action on the hardwood at the facility, at 1250 W. 119th St.,
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By Amelia Mugavero Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A North Texas teenager is using her love for music — and her heart for others — to help victims of the deadly flooding in Kerr County. Seventeen-year-old Charlotte March, of University Park, has loved music all her life, sharing her
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CNN By Danya Gainor, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A cell phone video showing a White police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before officers dragged the driver from his car has sparked outrage online as conflicting accounts of the incident
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By Alicia Roberts Click here for updates on this story DELAWARE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Following a tragic scooter accident last month that killed a 12-year-old Delaware County girl, a Pennsylvania state senator is pushing for legislation to make sure something like this never happens again. On June 14, 12-year-old Abby Gillon and her close
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By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — As the investigation into a woman who used multiple false identities to pose as a nurse at various healthcare facilities across Pennsylvania, state police are asking healthcare companies to review their employment records. Shannon Womack is believed to have used at
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By Jesse Zanger Click here for updates on this story TICONDEROGA, New York (WCBS) — New York State Police have released the cause of death of the 9-year-old girl who was reported missing in Upstate New York over the weekend, sparking an Amber Alert. An autopsy determined Melina Frattolin’s cause of death was asphyxia due
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By Alice Gainer, Adi Guajardo Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — New video offers a first glimpse inside a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza. It’s an area members of Congress have been trying to access for weeks as
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By Elijah Westbrook Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WCBS) — A New York City man is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he built improvised explosive devices using instructions he found on the internet. Michael Gann is accused of making at least seven explosives, and throwing some off the Williamsburg
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By Bri Buckley Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A Texas-based company is hoping drone technology can help stop school shootings or at least help law enforcement in South Florida respond more quickly. Campus Guardian Angel founder and CEO Justin Marston said their system is designed to save lives in
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a medieval knight, buried under a shuttered ice cream parlor in the Polish city of Gdańsk. Experts have been working at the site in the historic Śródmieście (city center) district since 2023, and initially uncovered a medieval tombstone decorated with the carved image
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Venus Williams rolled back the years to produce a brilliant display as she eliminated fellow American Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 to reach the round of 16 of the DC Open. Williams, 45, becomes the oldest player to win a singles match on the WTA Tour since Martina Navratilova won
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ozzy Osbourne has been remembered as a “pioneer,” a “fearless talent” and a “dear friend,” in an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians and his former Black Sabbath bandmates following his death on Tuesday at the age of 76. “It’s really a shock,” Black Sabbath co-founder and guitarist Tony
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, a quick glance at the stock market might offer a reassuring picture: The S&P 500 just closed above 6,300 points for the first time ever and has notched eight record highs in the past month. If you look at
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CNN, POOL, @REALDONALDTRUMP , TRUTH SOCIAL, CBC, @realDonaldTrump / Truth Social By Kit Maher and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced a long-awaited trade agreement with Japan on Tuesday night, a framework between allies and major trading partners that appeared elusive just weeks ago. “I just signed the largest trade deal in
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By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A 55-year-old man was indicted Tuesday after authorities say he created and placed at least seven improvised explosive devices in different areas of New York City, including subway track on the Williamsburg Bridge and on Manhattan residential apartment building rooftops, according to an indictment announced Tuesday. Michael Gann, who
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University disciplined dozens of students this week after its Judicial Board investigated pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the university’s largest library this year and at another campus location last year – as the school tries to get millions in federal funding restored. “While the University does not release individual disciplinary
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has pledged to follow a Trump administration order by banning transgender women athletes in an update to its athlete safety policy – falling in line with other groups that have banned transgender women from sports competition in the women’s category. Trump’s “Keeping Men
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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans want to name the John F. Kennedy Center’s opera house after first lady Melania Trump. Republicans included language that would designate the opera house at the center for the performing arts in Washington, DC, as the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House” in an
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