CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies. No other nation has taken such sweeping measures, and the rollout of
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CNN, POOL, SENATE TV, SEE PREFONTS By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Just a few weeks ago, the stock market stumbled over fears that artificial intelligence stocks might be in a bubble. Now stocks are back within reach of a record high. Thank the Federal Reserve. The market has rebounded from a dip
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CNN By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Jasmine Crockett filed Monday to run for US Senate from Texas in 2026, leaning into the criticisms of President Donald Trump that have built her national profile while also worrying Democrats hoping for a long-shot upset. “Trump, I know you’re watching, so let me tell you
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CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, resigned Monday as the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, following an appeals court ruling finding that she was serving in her position unlawfully. Habba, a staunch defender of Trump as his attorney
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CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday announced a $12 billion farm aid package. Most of the aid — $11 billion — will be directed toward crop farmers through one-time payments under the Farmer Bridge Assistance program, a White House official told CNN ahead of the announcement. The rest will
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(CNN) — A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a tsunami warning for parts of the coastline.
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CNN By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Paramount has gone straight to Warner Bros. Discovery’s shareholders with an all-cash offer in an extraordinary endeavor to gain control of Hollywood’s most sought-after prize – a bid that Netflix beat on Friday. Paramount was widely expected to be the frontrunner for Warner Bros. But WBD opted instead
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CNN By Kocha Olarn, Rhea Mogul and Ally Barnard, CNN (CNN) — Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the Southeast Asian neighbors, leaving a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago in danger of collapse. Both sides accused the other
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LIONSGATE MOVIES, GKIDS, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, WALT DISNEY PICTURES, CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Sequels are the gift that keeps on giving for Hollywood this holiday season. Universal Pictures’ “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” zoomed past Disney’s “Zootopia 2” to take the top spot at the weekend box office. The video game adaptation grossed
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CNN By Choire Sicha, CNN (CNN) — This morning, the Golden Globes nominations were unveiled. Were there big surprises? The snub of “Wicked: For Good” in the best picture category, for one. There was also a very gratifying nomination of Amy Madigan for her turn as the villain in “Weapons.” Overall, most of the nominations
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CNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on
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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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