By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — One week ago, 23-year-old Nick Shirley was relatively unknown in the public sphere. But in recent days, he has gained hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views, amplified by Elon Musk, Vice President JD Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel. The MAGA leaders promoted Shirley’s video of
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Before the horrors of October 7, Aya Shahar never considered leaving her busy life in the bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv and moving south to an agricultural life in a kibbutz near the Gaza border. “It wasn’t the future I planned for myself,” Shahar told CNN. But after Hamas-led
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CNN By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. The drone strike, the details of
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. The drone strike, the details of which
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Monday meeting in Florida with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu generated plenty of warm words — but no clear progress in their peace plan for Gaza. The leaders held a private lunch at Mar-a-Lago aimed at working out a series of issues in the Middle East,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It is still the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is past, but there’s still New Year’s Eve to look forward to and if you plan on staying in this year to celebrate, here’s where you can still party without battling traffic or crowds. CNN The dynamic
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Rosario Olmos spent this Christmas without one of her greatest gifts. Her 19-year-old daughter had gone missing the day before near San Antonio, Texas. “I thought I would find her like other times, walking, and we would come home together,” Olmos said in Spanish to CNN affiliate KENS. But
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — On a day meant for family and rest, a father’s holiday joy turned to fear in Texas when his 15-year-old daughter didn’t come back from walking her dog, authorities said. When she was out past the time it normally takes to complete the walk, her parents became concerned, the
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Lululemon’s former CEO Chip Wilson is once again slamming the struggling company he founded, and he’s launching a campaign to shake up its board. Wilson, Lululemon’s controversial founder and second largest shareholder, announced Monday that he nominated three new directors, including former executives from ESPN and Activision,
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua suffered bruises in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two individuals on Monday, according to local police in Ogun State, Nigeria. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. (5 a.m ET) on a busy stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, which
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said the United States had taken out a “big facility” last week as part of a pressure campaign against Venezuela but did not provide further details on the reported US action. “We just knocked out — I don’t know if you read or you saw —
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By Fiona Sinclair Scott, Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Long before words like “French Girl Chic” became algorithmically entrenched in online shopping guides and mood boards, the late French film starlet Brigitte Bardot created the blueprint for what was once a fresh and exciting style of dressing. Her tousled blonde bouffant, bikinis and capri pants
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing demands for a British-Egyptian human rights activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media posts emerged in which he called for “Zionists” to be killed, prompting criticism of successive British governments that campaigned for his release
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CNN By Michelle Watson, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This story is no longer being updated. Read our latest story for news on the winter storm. More than 30 million people are under winter weather alerts across the Midwest and Northeast early this week with another storm threatening to upend travelers’ plans
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COLUMBIA PICTURES, LIONSGATE, A24, WALT DISNEY PICTURES, 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Moviegoers flocked to theaters for Disney’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” on the last weekend of the year, solidifying the sci-fi adventure film’s place as one of the biggest blockbusters of 2025. The third installment of director James Cameron’s
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By Mohammed al-Sawalhi, Ibrahim Dahman, Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Fierce rain and bitter cold continued to batter Gaza this weekend, as the number of Palestinians killed by the harsh winter weather continues to rise. Sunday saw two people killed, including a seven-year-old child, when a wall collapsed due to the cold weather, according to
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Essay by Miriam Finder Annenberg (CNN) — There is no way to prepare. For nearly two years, I couldn’t go inside one room in my house. If you had come over and cracked the door, you’d be met with stale air, a changing table and a tiny, crib-size mattress still ensconced in its brown cardboard
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than 30 million people are under winter weather alerts across the Midwest and Northeast early this week with another storm threatening to upend travelers’ plans on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days this holiday season. At least 2 million people
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Florida Sunday, the day after his frozen capital Kyiv came under assault from Russian missiles and drones, a deadly reminder from the war’s aggressor that its attacks will continue even amid accelerated peace talks. The 1 p.m. ET
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CNN By CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau Rome (CNN) — Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought back into focus through a $2.3 million laser restoration. A team of 18 specialist restorers has been
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By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell lambasted a performer’s decision to cancel an annual Christmas Eve jazz concert, following the addition of President Donald Trump’s name to the Washington, DC, arts venue. In a letter, first obtained and published by the Associated Press on Friday, Grenell sharply criticizes jazz artist
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the people of Jabo in northwestern Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion. Suleiman Kagara, a resident of this quiet and predominantly
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KSBY, CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — As the December sun set over central Utah’s sandstone peaks, a couple ventured down a nondescript dirt road to snap photos against the backdrop of a red rock vista. Instead, they stumbled across a grisly discovery among smattered shrubs and parched soil: the decomposed remains of a
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By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she and her husband are expecting their second child, a baby girl due in May of next year. “My husband and I are thrilled to grow our family and can’t wait to watch our son become a big brother,” she
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By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — A soaking wet George Bailey and Clarence, warming up by the fire in the toll house on the bridge, discuss why Clarence jumped into the freezing water. It was to help George, Clarence tells him. “Only one way you can help me,” George says sarcastically. “You don’t happen to
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By Eyad Kourdi, Kareem El Damanhoury, and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people were killed and 18 others injured in an explosion targeting a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday, the country’s health ministry said. The state news agency SANA reported that “explosive devices” had been planted in the
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CNN By Toni Odejimi, Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — A lucky Powerball ticket holder in Arkansas has won an estimated $1.8 billion jackpot, the second largest in US lottery history, after matching all six numbers in Monday’s drawing. The winning ticket, sold at a Murphy USA gas station in Cabot, Arkansas, matched 4, 25, 31,
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By Rebekah Riess, Randi Kaye, Michelle Watson New York (CNN) — A winter storm dumped heavy snow and treacherous ice onto parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast Friday evening into Saturday morning, snarling travel and knocking out power in parts of the region. The number of delayed flights within, to or out of the
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Svitlana Vlasova, Laura Sharman, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — A day before his scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “man of war” after Moscow carried out the year’s longest sustained attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region. Standing beside
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the scientific community in 2010, when it revealed a previously unknown human population that had, in the distant past, encountered
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