By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Timothée Chalamet is feeding speculation that he could be the anonymous British rapper EsDeeKid. Various rumors surround the identity of the viral musician, who released his debut album “Rebel” in June, has 11.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and who is known for performing while wearing a balaclava. “Your
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By Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James is on life support after a grand jury, for the second time, rejected an indictment that would have revived charges against her. Lindsey Halligan, appointed by President Donald Trump to run the
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The next signs of the nation’s political divide might be jingling in your pocket next year. The administration plans to issue a $1 coin with President Donald Trump’s likeness on it next year, despite a century-old precedent of not honoring sitting, or even living former, presidents on coins. Instead
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CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday. But within 24 hours, they were back. Many had made new accounts, with some borrowing the faces of parents and older friends who were happy
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By Jessie Yeung, Mike Valerio, CNN (CNN) — When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) last week, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China. Gone are the sweeping declarations about China being “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge,” as articulated by
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CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday afternoon following a federal judge’s order. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody “immediately,” Thursday in a court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the Salvadoran man
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By Michael Rios, Lex Harvey, Sandi Sidhu, Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — The United States has announced new sanctions on shipping companies and vessels it says help move Venezuelan oil, putting more pressure on a major prop of President Nicolas Maduro’s regime a day after it seized a sanctioned tanker likely carrying millions of dollars’
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Indianapolis (CNN) — Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire team had received text messages about her that day — “and they
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By Samantha Waldenberg, Hadas Gold, Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a “single national framework” for AI. “This is an executive order that orders aspects of your administration to take decisive
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By Dana Karni, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Newly released videos show six Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in a tunnel in Gaza months before they were killed by Hamas in August 2024. Two of the clips show the hostages gingerly lighting makeshift candles on a menorah made of disposable cups. The hostages –
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By The Associated Press A Hollywood director was convicted Thursday on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding. Carl Erik Rinsch, best known
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Casey Gannon, Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to multiple sources. The Justice Department presented its case against James
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By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, appeared in a Utah court Thursday for the first time in-person since his arrest. Robinson wore a light blue shirt, a striped tie and khaki pants, and was seen on camera speaking to
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, appeared in a Utah court Thursday for the first time in-person since his arrest. Robinson wore a light blue shirt, a striped tie and khaki pants, and was seen on camera speaking
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Children who were vaccinated against Covid-19 last season had a “substantially lower risk” of emergency department and urgent care visits related to the virus, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccines were about 76% effective in preventing these outcomes
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CNN By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party. Top Republicans didn’t come to the decision
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy has submitted its recommendations on potential punishments, if any, for Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his participation in a video that reminded US troops they have a duty to refuse illegal orders, a Pentagon official told CNN on Thursday. Those recommendations have been submitted to the
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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said US government “support” helped her travel to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, hours after the US seized an oil tanker in a dramatic escalation of pressure against the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro. Machado, who has been in hiding following
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The United States has suggested creating a “free economic zone” in parts of the eastern Donbas region from which Ukraine would withdraw under a negotiated peace with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. He stressed that territorial issues remain unresolved after weeks of negotiations. “The Russians want the
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans, according to a historic preservationist raising the alarm. Mydelle “Mina” Wright, a former senior official at the General Services
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A new proposal from the US Food and Drug administration would allow sunscreens in the United States to include an active ingredient already commonly used in Europe, Australia and parts of Asia. Bemotrizinol is a chemical that provides broad spectrum protection against both ultraviolet A and B rays. It
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Thursday that members of the alliance could be “Russia’s next target,” calling for a rapid rise in defense spending to prevent a war similar to those seen by past generations. Rutte’s comments, in a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Berlin, came
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday afternoon following a federal judge’s order. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody “immediately,” Thursday in a court filing, a significant development in the case concerning the El Salvadoran man
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When an ancient ship was unearthed in Scandinavia over 100 years ago, archaeologists started to uncover bits and pieces of its history. On board the plank-built vessel was a hoard of weapons — swords, spears, shields and more — revealing a tale of warriors who attempted to attack the
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Brian Walshe did not take the stand in his murder trial before his attorneys rested their case Thursday morning without putting on any evidence. This appears to be a change of course for the defense – his attorneys had indicated during a sidebar at the end of the
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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Disney is taking a $1 billion equity stake in OpenAI, while also striking a deal that would allow its famous characters be used on Sora, the AI company’s video generation platform. Disney’s investment in OpenAI is the first such major licensing agreement for Sora. Under the agreement, users of
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — There is certainly some irony in one of the questions most commonly posed to Alexa this year: “What does AI mean?” Amazon’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant has become a regular feature in 21st century homes, used for tasks such as playing music, setting recipe timers and forecasting the weather.
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Time has announced that the “architects of AI” are its Person of the Year. Certainly, AI is wrapping up an extraordinary year, and many AI business executives have become household names. But Time’s big annual event came on a lousy day for the industry. Oracle (ORCL) shares
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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical cancer in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society. That’s why the ACS has changed
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By Clare Sebastian, Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, in a previously undisclosed mission that signals a new expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.
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