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Millions of Americans could lose access to SNAP food assistance this weekend.

Millions of Americans are facing delays for their SNAP food assistance. Here’s who relies on the program

By Tami Luhby, Alex Leeds Matthews, Kate Carroll (CNN) — The Trump administration has agreed to tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to pay partial food stamp benefits in November amid the government shutdown. But enrollees will only get half their usual allotment and will likely face delays in even receiving that assistance.

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Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant

Autism diagnosis rates higher among children born to mothers who had Covid-19 during pregnancy, study suggests

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital analyzed more than 18,000 births that occurred in the Mass General Brigham health system between March

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Residents gather amid debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on a street in Black River

‘Hell on Earth’: Ravaged by Hurricane Melissa, this once-vibrant Jamaican town is now in desperate need of help

By Derek Van Dam, Devon Sayers, Michael Rios, CNN Black River, Jamaica (CNN) — Once described as a tropical paradise, the coastal town of Black River, Jamaica, is now being compared to “hell on Earth” after being ravaged by Hurricane Melissa. Many of the town’s colorful homes, historical buildings and lush greenery have been reduced

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Some packages of Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce 12-oz. have been recalled.

More illnesses, deaths reported in listeria outbreak tied to recalled pasta salads, meals sold nationwide

By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Two additional deaths have been reported in a listeria outbreak that’s been linked with recalled ready-to-eat pasta salads and prepared meals sold at major grocery chains including Trader Joe’s, Sprouts Farmers Market, Kroger and Walmart, health officials said Thursday. Seven new illnesses have been reported in three states over

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This screengrab of a video shared by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shows a boat shortly before it is hit by a strike on October 17. In his post

Democrats leave classified briefing on US military strikes unsatisfied after Trump administration pulls Pentagon lawyers

By Annie Grayer, Ellis Kim, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Democrats say the Trump administration still won’t share critical details of recent US military strikes on suspected drug boats in the western hemisphere, asserting that Pentagon lawyers were pulled at the last minute Thursday from a briefing on Capitol Hill. As they emerged

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Page two of the original sentencing memo for Taylor Franklin Taranto. The highlighted portion shows text that was removed when the memo was re-filed.

‘Orwellian’: Current and former prosecutors alarmed after DOJ scrubs mentions of Trump and January 6 from court records

By Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s decision to sideline two US attorneys and remove mentions of Donald Trump and the US Capitol attack from court papers before the sentencing of a pardoned January 6 rioter is being viewed by former and current career prosecutors as an alarming whitewashing of history.

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Displaced Sudanese who fled El Fasher arrive in the town of Tawila.

Rebels accused of massacring hundreds of people as videos emerge of atrocities and bodies in Sudanese city

By Ivana Kottasová, Vasco Cotovio, Nada Bashir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — An elderly man sits on the floor, dozens of bodies lying around him, before a Sudanese rebel fighter approaches and shoots him. The apparent killing – captured on video shared online by the rebels themselves – took place at a university medical school

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