By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — After a record week of flu activity in the US, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise. About 40,000 people were admitted to the hospital with flu during the week ending January 3, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 10% more
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Researchers came to Dr. Chris Knowles’ school in England when he was 18 years old to run an experiment. They wanted to see which novice drinkers responded the most to alcohol and who would later go on to develop a drinking problem. They placed two double vodkas in front
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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has limited some of its Imagine image generation features to paid X subscribers, days after international uproar over the AI tool responded to user requests by “digitally undressing” people, including children. The change appears to have occurred between Thursday and Friday. Grok’s X account responds
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests in Iran erupted for a thirteenth consecutive day on Friday, in a wave of nationwide unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years. Authorities cut off internet access and telephone lines on Thursday – the biggest night of nationwide demonstrations so far – leaving
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CNN By Kosta Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia fired a hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in western Ukraine overnight Thursday, near the border with NATO member Poland, in what has been labeled a brazen “warning” to the wider continent and the United States. It marked the
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A “grand stair” and new spaces for utilities, food service and deliveries are among the newly disclosed details for President Donald Trump’s sprawling East Wing expansion presented to a commission with oversight of the building plans on Thursday. For the first time, a proposal for the addition of a
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US has seized another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, US Southern Command said on Friday. US troops, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, “launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford and apprehended Motor/Tanker Olina in the Caribbean Sea without incident,” the command said in
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If “Sinners” made you emotional, you have something in common with one of its stars, Michael B. Jordan. In an interview with W, the actor said starring as identical twins Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore put him in his feels. “I cried during Sinners,” he told
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By Jennifer Hansler, Stefano Pozzebon, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A US State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since the ouster of Nicolas Maduro, according to a US official. The visit comes as the US looks to reopen its embassy in Caracas and underscores the administration’s desire to re-establish
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CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, in a strike that Kyiv and its allies say is meant as a warning for the West. While Russian defense officials did not say where the Oreshnik
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CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Hiring slowed more than expected in December, a sluggish end to what was one of the weakest years of job growth in decades, a dynamic that further amplified America’s affordability crisis. The US economy added an estimated 50,000 jobs last month, slowing from a downwardly revised 56,000 jobs
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely undermined,” in an important speech to diplomats gathered in the Vatican. The first United States-born pope, giving his debut “state of the world” address, expressed his concern about “escalating tensions” in the “Caribbean
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Rapper Fetty Wap has been released early from a federal jail, almost three years after he was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The “Trap Queen” singer, whose legal name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was sentenced by a New York court to six years in prison and
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CNN, KATU, KPTV, KGW, PORTLAND AREA FIRE AND RESCUE By Lex Harvey and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Oregon authorities are investigating a shooting by a Border Patrol agent in Portland that wounded two people federal authorities say are tied to a violent international gang – an incident that renewed questions about the Trump administration’s
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By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — US snowboarding star Chloe Kim confirmed on Thursday that she dislocated her shoulder while practicing in Switzerland, leaving her participation in next month’s Winter Olympics in doubt. The two-time Olympic women’s halfpipe champion posted the video of her injury to Instagram, which took place in Laax – host
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — The food pyramid is getting turned upside down, with protein and dairy gaining more prominence in the suggested American diet. Sugar and processed foods are getting shunned even more with warning labels. It has whiffs of MAHA, as the new dietary guidelines for Americans promote controversial saturated
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The NHL’s Ottawa Senators say they are “extremely disappointed” and “disgusted” to see rumors about goaltender Linus Ullmark spread online. Ullmark was granted a leave of absence for “personal reasons” last month, with Senators general manager Steve Staios saying at the time that the starting goaltender had the full
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By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — Luigi Mangione is due back in federal court Friday, where his attorneys will continue to fight for the 27-year-old accused killer to avoid the death penalty in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s top executive in 2024. Mangione allegedly shot Brian Thompson, 50, on a
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By Dana O’Neil, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Somewhere between what had been a previously unimaginable football commute from Pasadena, California, to Bloomington, Indiana, the first day of January bled into the second. The Indiana Hoosiers, fresh off eviscerating none other than Alabama at the high holy grounds of the Rose Bowl, pulled up to the
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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — It could easily have been a tennis match that nobody really noticed. Instead, it became instantly viral online. The first round of the International Tennis Federation’s W35 tournament, played on a clay court in Nairobi, Kenya, wouldn’t normally make much of a splash in the tennis world, but millions
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CNN, X, POOL, COURT DOCS, TYRICE JONES By Holmes Lybrand, Allison Gordon, Jeff Winter, Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman, CNN (CNN) — Last summer, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent found himself in a perilous situation. His arm was pinned into the back window of a car as a suspect sped away, dragging him across the
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KSAT, KTVT, COURT HANDOUT, CNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) — Three Robb Elementary teachers told jurors what they went through when a gunman came to their campus and massacred two of their colleagues and 19 students. Two of the survivors recounted how they called 911 to
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, Allison Gordon, Jeff Winter, Scott Glover, Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — Last summer, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent found himself in a perilous situation. His arm was pinned into the back window of a car as a suspect sped away, dragging him across the pavement for about 100 yards, according to
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance’s claim Thursday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is “protected by absolute immunity” drew immediate pushback from experts who said the legal landscape around a potential prosecution is far more complicated. Speaking at the White House,
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By Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress’ most liberal Democrats are pushing for an all-out fight to rein in President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy after this week’s deadly shooting by an ICE officer in Minnesota — even if it means risking another government shutdown. But those progressives are running into resistance from
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By Uriel Blanco, Max Saltman, Mitchell McCluskey, Laura Sharman, Ivonne Valdes Garay, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela has begun releasing a number of high-profile prisoners, including opposition politicians, in what its government has called a gesture “to seek peace” less than a week after the US operation to snatch its President Nicolás Maduro. Tearful reunions unfolded
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — General Motors on Thursday said it will lose another $6 billion as a result of its decision to pull back on electric cars. It comes on top of a $1.6 billion charge it disclosed in October for changes to its EV plans. It’s another sign of the significant cost
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his final State of the State address Thursday to frame his state as a “beacon” of democracy and innovation, seeking to draw a sharp contrast with what he called the “carnival of chaos” in Washington under President Donald Trump. “In California, we’re not silent.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If you thought Bowen Yang was over being emotional about leaving “Saturday Night Live,” you would be mistaken. The now former “SNL” cast member gave the exit interview we all definitely needed when he talked about his experience on the latest episode of “Las Culturistas,” the podcast he
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By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Philip Yancey has sold millions of books and become a sought-after speaker because he tackles tough questions of faith that many Christians prefer to avoid. But after confessing this week to an eight-year extramarital affair, the evangelical author faces a difficult question that even he may not be able
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