CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Netflix has triumphed in the bidding war for Warner Bros. and HBO, announcing a deal that could combine two of the three biggest streamers with one of the largest traditional movie and television studios. If the deal goes through, it will fundamentally reshape Hollywood at a precarious time
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CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her, according to a person
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CNN By Deidre McPhillips, Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — A group of independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting this week, and a key item on the agenda is the hepatitis B vaccine. After presentations about the hepatitis B disease and vaccine safety, the Advisory Committee on Immunization
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WCCO By Rob Kuznia, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Everything seemed normal at Minneapolis’s Somali markets: Men sat in barber chairs, women browsed colorful garments at the boutiques and patrons sampled fried sambusas and rice dishes at the eateries, sometimes as the Muslim call to prayer was sung at low volume over the loudspeakers. But beneath
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CNN By MJ Lee, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos from a private island in the Caribbean that Jeffrey Epstein once owned, shining new light on what was once the epicenter of the late convicted sex offender’s decades of abuse of young girls and
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CNN, POOL, CDC, NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Former US public health officials are sounding alarms about significant changes being made to the country’s vaccine policy under the Trump administration. Two public letters this week — one from former commissioners of the US Food and Drug Administration and one from former
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CNN By Alayna Treene, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betul Tuncer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled plans to rescind fuel-economy standards for vehicles put in place under the Biden administration. “These policies forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse,” Trump
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CNN By Jamie Gumbrecht, Brenda Goodman, John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — The childhood vaccine schedule in the United States could soon see major changes, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked advisers expected to revise the timing of hepatitis B shots for newborns and re-examine long-established vaccination practices. The hepatitis B decision would be the most
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CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is issuing a “full and unconditional” pardon to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents, even within its own party. “One of the clearest examples
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CNN By Zachary Cohen, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents
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KUSA, DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 40 years, the identity of the person who sexually assaulted and killed a 30-year-old woman found along a quiet stretch of rural highway south of Denver eluded investigators. Now, small pieces of preserved evidence – a pair of paper bags placed
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CNN By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, insisting they weren’t aware of what the military had done after the first strike didn’t kill everyone on
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CNN By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, insisting they weren’t aware of what the military had done after the first strike didn’t kill everyone on
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CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Store workers may not be quite as helpful this holiday shopping season. That’s a potentially worrying sign for the economy. Retailers typically load up on temporary staff in the final months of the year to help contend with the holiday rush. But the National Retail Federation forecasts a
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CNN By Kathryn Squyres, CNN (CNN) — Tuesday’s special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, normally a conservative stronghold, is giving Democrats hope that their recently successful message of affordability can help them spring a major upset. The contest pits Trump-backed Republican Matt Van Epps against Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn. The winner will replace
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WBZ, ANA WALSHE VIA FACEBOOK, COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Was Ana Walshe murdered by her husband? Or did she die in bed of a mysterious, unexplained medical event? Defense attorneys for her husband, Brian Walshe, will try to convince jurors of the latter, one said in opening statements
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CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday found Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is serving unlawfully as US attorney for New Jersey, dealing a legal blow to the Trump administration that could have far-reaching consequences on other appointments across the country. A panel of three appellate
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CNN By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — You know that feeling when you read something online and it seems deliberately provocative, almost manufactured to create outrage? You may have just encountered “rage bait” – content deliberately designed to elicit anger in order to increase engagement. And it has become so ubiquitous online that the Oxford
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CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle voiced serious concerns over the weekend over reports on a follow-up strike that killed survivors on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean, with some suggesting it could constitute a “war crime.” Rep. Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican who serves
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WCYB, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, CNN By Alaa Elassar, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Cheers rang out as hands lifted the gleaming trophy high, a symbol of victory for this undefeated small-town Virginia football team. But in the midst of Saturday’s celebration, one key figure was glaringly absent – someone who should have been at the
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WAFB, CLAY EDWARDS, CNN By Wayne Sterling, Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Lane Kiffin has decided to trade the coaching sideline in Oxford, Mississippi for the one in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Kiffin announced Sunday he will leave Ole Miss, after guiding the Rebels for six seasons, to coach at Louisiana State University (LSU), a Southeastern
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CNN By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A child’s birthday party – a usually joyous event – turned into the site of a mass shooting Saturday night that left three children and one other person dead and 11 wounded, with the suspected shooter still on the run. The tragedy in Stockton, California, adds to a
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UNIVERSAL PICTURES, WALT DISNEY PICTURES, LIONSGATE MOVIES, 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Walt Disney Animation’s “Zootopia 2” and Universal’s Broadway musical adaptation “Wicked: For Good” delivered movie theaters a much-needed one-two punch for the holiday weekend box office. “Zootopia 2” debuted on Wednesday, kicking off a five-day Thanksgiving
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CNN, POOL, WHDH, WCVB, COHASSET POLICE, PETER KIRBY By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A jury in a suburban town south of Boston is set to hear the murder case against Brian Walshe in the death of his wife, Ana Walshe, nearly three years after her disappearance garnered national attention. In a stunning move
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CNN By Aaron Cooper, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Airlines around the world are racing to avoid widespread cancellations by fixing thousands of Airbus aircraft that need immediate maintenance to protect from a problem that injured passengers and caused an emergency landing last month. Plane manufacturer Airbus found intense solar storms, like solar flares, could
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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — One of Ukraine’s most influential political operators and a close aide of President Volodymyr Zelensky has resigned, hours after anti-corruption agencies raided his home – a major crisis as Kyiv faces new pressure from the US to accept a peace deal to
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CNN By Chris Lau, Samra Zulfaqar, Fred He and Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The number of people killed in the devastating Hong Kong apartment complex fire has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials said Friday, as authorities announced eight more arrests over the blaze. The inferno rapidly spread
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CNN, US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, POOL, MIRWAIS KHAN AMIRI By Gabe Cohen, Nicky Robertson, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Martinsburg, West Virginia (CNN) — Family and friends are mourning a National Guard member after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, while another soldier who was also injured near the White House fights for his life. “She’s
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NETFLIX, HBO, CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations: You’ve taken time out of your Thanksgiving holiday and made it to the end of nearly 5 hours of Netflix viewing and are up to date (for now) on the final season of everyone’s favorite retro-’80s tween horror tale, “Stranger Things.” If you’re not, run
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CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton met at the intersection of a wrong number and a bold invitation. A decade later, they’re still celebrating Thanksgiving together and their unlikely friendship continues to inspire. It started with a text Dench meant to send to one of her six grandchildren, inviting
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