CNN By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday had tea with a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million US bounty on his head. Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, once known by his militant nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, met Trump in Riyadh six months after leading
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Fox News lawyers will soon receive new documents that could bolster their defense against Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit over the 2020 election. Reversing a lower court decision, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday that Fox News can obtain disputed materials about a separate federal bribery indictment against senior
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s internal legal advisers cleared a memo signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsing the legality of President Donald Trump accepting a 747-8 luxury jet from Qatar, a DOJ official said Wednesday. The Office of Legal Counsel approved the memo before Bondi signed it and sent it
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Days of speculation that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky could meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Turkey have ended with the Kremlin pouring cold water on the idea, confirming that the Russian leader had decided not to show up for talks he himself suggested. The possibility of direct talks
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By Gloria Pazmino and Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri was released from a federal detention center in Texas on Wednesday, marking at least the third time a detained student or academic targeted by the Trump administration because of their protest activity or affiliation was released from immigration detention.
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By Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — A key federal prosecutor in the classified documents case against President Donald Trump declined to answer questions during a House Judiciary Committee deposition Wednesday, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as a spokesperson suggested the government had been weaponized against him. Jay Bratt is a former Justice
Continue ReadingPor Liam Reilly, CNN Max tiene nuevo nombre… otra vez. Desde el escenario de la presentación Upfront de Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) para anunciantes, el director ejecutivo de HBO, Casey Bloys, anunció que la plataforma de streaming de la compañía, Max, volverá a su nombre anterior: HBO Max. Los ejecutivos de WBD enfatizaron que este
Continue ReadingBy KTBS Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A fight at a Head Start preschool graduation Monday morning led to a man’s arrest on several charges after he allegedly left the property then returned with a gun, police said. The fight involved two people, one of whom is
Continue ReadingPor Gabriel Damian Rodriguez, CNN en Español Lucía Topolansky fue el gran amor de la vida de José “Pepe” Mujica. Durante 40 años vivieron juntos en su chacra en la zona rural de Montevideo. Se conocieron cuando eran guerrilleros, la cárcel los separó, pero cuando recuperaron la libertad se reencontraron y desde ese momento militaron
Continue ReadingPor Osmary Hernández, Michael Rios y Ana Melgar, CNN Una niña venezolana que se encontraba bajo custodia del gobierno estadounidense tras la deportación de sus padres fue devuelta a Venezuela. Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal llegó al Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar el miércoles en un vuelo de repatriación desde Estados Unidos. La primera dama de Venezuela,
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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever had Siri go off unintentionally? If so, you might be entitled to some cash from Apple. The possible payout is part of a $95 million settlement stemming from a class action lawsuit alleging that accidental Siri activations enabled the digital assistant to listen in on private
Continue ReadingPor SILVINA ASPREA, CNN en Español Antonio Ortiz-Mena, director general de AOM Advisors en Washington D.C. y de la ciudad de México, analizó la baja de aranceles de Estados Unidos y de China y sobre la reacción de los mercados. En CNN Primera Mañana, afirmó que “el alza de impuestos a niveles nunca vistos, entre
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By Jeff Zeleny, Betsy Klein and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — No, President Donald Trump is not going to Turkey to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks. For days, Trump repeatedly stirred speculation that he might upend his Middle East travel schedule – one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — to join the
Continue ReadingWCCO, TAMMY MADSON, CNN By Frankie McLister Click here for updates on this story Minnesota (WCCO) — One family north of the Twin Cities is dealing with unexpected visitors — with paws. It’s been nearly four years since Tammy Madson and her husband purchased their Isanti County home. “Our camera goes off constantly, all night
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday. During the Covid-19 pandemic, drug overdose deaths had surged to record levels. The new data shows that declines that started in
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The National Weather Service is seeking to fill 155 positions at offices throughout the country by offering reassignment opportunities for qualified National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees, who are currently working elsewhere. The scale of the voluntary reassignments illustrates how depleted the nation’s top weather forecasting agency is
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By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired the top two career officials leading the National Intelligence Council, the senior most analytical group in the intelligence community whose job it is to understand and assess the biggest threats facing the United States. Gabbard fired Mike Collins, the acting
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Hurley is sounding pretty giddy about her relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus. The model and actress recently spoke with European news outlet RTL TV at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s 2025 Hot Pink Party about her romance with the country singer, People magazine reported. “I have to
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By Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package. The House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce panels held marathon
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By Karina Tsui, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Erik and Lyle Menendez have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the 1989 murder of their parents. The ruling means the brothers could one day walk free from prison – nearly three decades after they were sentenced to
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CNN By Sophie Tanno and Sérène Nourrisson, CNN (CNN) — Passers-by helped to foil the attempted kidnapping by armed assailants of the daughter and grandson of a French cryptocurrency boss in Paris, in a brazen daytime attack that was caught on camera. The incident prompted Paymium, the Crypto firm owned by the father of the
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By Sarah Horbacewicz Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — The country’s highest court has ruled that President Donald Trump can effectively ban transgender people from serving in the military. The Supreme Court Justices granted an emergency request from the administration to lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy while litigation continues.
Continue ReadingPor Eric Levenson La pregunta que se plantean los fiscales al reexaminar las condenas por asesinato de Lyle y Erik Menéndez no es si mataron a sus padres, sino cuán culpables son realmente. “No hay duda de que cometieron el asesinato”, declaró el sábado el fiscal de distrito del condado de Los Ángeles, George Gascón,
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CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden did not recognize George Clooney when he arrived for a record-breaking June 2024 fundraiser the movie star was co-hosting, according to a forthcoming book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. Backstage before the fundraiser, Clooney greeted the president when he arrived after
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By Dean Fioresi & Michele Gile Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A 13-year-old Long Beach girl was arrested last week after she allegedly took part in a viral social media prank called the “Chromebook Challenge.” The middle schooler from Lindsay Academy is accused of arson after she
Continue ReadingBy Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story WHEELING, Illinois (WBBM) — A woman was charged after police said she gave four children, she did not know, THC-infused chocolate at a park in Wheeling on Sunday. Dagmara Rouse, 48, has been charged with 12 misdemeanors, including delivery of cannabis to a minor and
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By Mahsa Saeidi, Walter Smith Randolph Click here for updates on this story STATEN ISLAND, New York (WCBS) — An icon in the solar industry left customers scrambling after they filed for bankruptcy. After CBS News New York investigator Mahsa Saeidi helped get a New Jersey family’s solar panels fixed, her inbox was flooded with
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By Andy Rose, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration halts about $2.7 billion in Harvard University funding, the school’s president is absorbing some of the financial impacts by taking a 25 % pay cut, according to a university spokesperson. Harvard president Alan Garber’s voluntary pay cut will take place during the 2026
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By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The family of a Massachusetts man who died after a tick bite wants everyone to take ticks seriously and, if you get bitten by one, go see a doctor. Erin Boyce remembers the day her brother Kevin Boyce got sick after being
Continue ReadingBy Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story NANTUCKET, Massachusetts (WBZ) — It’s time for beachgoers in Massachusetts to start thinking about sharks again, the New England Aquarium says. The first great white shark of the season was spotted off Nantucket on Sunday. The shark went after a seal off Smith’s Point in
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