By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Job growth was so weak in July that President Donald Trump fired the head of the bureau charged with collecting employment data, baselessly claiming the data was rigged. But fresh figures out Wednesday show that those meager job gains weren’t an anomaly: For the first time in more than
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp are back for the 40th annual Farm Aid festival. For the first time, Farm Aid, a nonprofit agricultural organization, will bring its annual music and food festival to Minneapolis. Board members Nelson, Young, Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds) and Margo Price are
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By John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A call to 911 reveals the frantic moments after an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a shark off Key Largo on Monday, Labor Day. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, it happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. near the Garden Cove
Continue Reading WFOR By John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A call to 911 reveals the frantic moments after an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a shark off Key Largo on Monday, Labor Day. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, it happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. near the Garden
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By JT Moodee Lockman, Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A woman and a man died from an apparent murder-suicide on Tuesday in Baltimore County, according to police. Officers responded to the 9200 block of Avondale Road in Parkville around 10:45 a.m., where 28-year-old Kylee Long died from
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Hilaria Baldwin, Corey Feldman, a “Boy Meets World” alum and an actress responsible for turning the name “Meredith Blake” into a whole celebrated vibe will be battling in the ballroom on the new season of “Dancing with the Stars.” The cast and their professional dance partners were announced Wednesday
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s annexation of any part of the occupied West Bank would be a “red line” that would “end the pursuit of regional integration,” warned the United Arab Emirates, the main signatory of the landmark agreement that saw Israel normalize relations with three Arab nations. “Annexation in the West Bank
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By Issy Ronald and Amarachi Orie, CNN Glow-in-the-dark plants bright enough to light up streets at night may sound like the stuff of science fiction or fantasy. But scientists have already made plants that emit a greenish glow. They are even commercially available in the United States. A group of Chinese researchers has just gone
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — The majority of the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump imposed during his second term face one final litmus test that will determine whether he can continue to levy them – and also whether businesses are eligible for massive refunds. That potentially dramatic turn in the tariff saga comes after
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By Ali Halit Diker, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE before its conversion into a mosque in 1453 — creates an illusion of vastness. It feels like
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — In Peacock’s “The Paper,” the fictional documentary crew who once chronicled the lives of office staff at Dunder Mifflin, a paper company trying to exist in an increasingly paperless world, has set their sights on another dwindling industry — local news. At the Toledo Truth Teller, the
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Venus Williams and partner Leylah Fernandez saw their unlikely run to the US Open quarterfinals end with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat against Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková. Williams and Fernandez, a late, wild-card entry in the women’s doubles, won their first three matches in New York without dropping a
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome suffered a life-threatening heart injury in his crash last week in France, his wife has said. The 40-year-old Froome, who races for Israel–Premier Tech, was airlifted to hospital following a crash during training on August 27, undergoing surgery a day later. In
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the health of all Americans at risk” and demanding his resignation. The letter, which was also
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped off his armored green train in Beijing on Tuesday, greeted by Chinese officials shaking his hand and leading him down a red carpet, many observers noticed a young girl walking behind him, smiling politely, dressed in black with her hair tied
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC, as part of President Donald Trump’s anti-crime initiative are expected to have their military orders extended through December, a senior official familiar with the planning told CNN. The extension, which has not been finalized, is intended to ensure continuity of benefits for
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By Katherine Dillinger, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Paul Offit, a frequent critic of US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been blocked from participating in a panel of independent experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration on vaccines. An HHS spokesperson told CNN that Offit was among
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has been eager to push back against President Donald Trump, and now the moment that could catapult him into the national limelight — with near-term consequences for his state and long-term implications for his political future — has come. Pritzker said at a news conference
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal appeals court ruled that Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a Federal Trade Commission commissioner that President Donald Trump fired, can be temporarily reinstated in an order Tuesday. Trump fired Slaughter and another Democratic FTC commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, in March. While a lower district court ordered her reinstatement
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By Ray Sanchez and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US military carried out a deadly strike in the Caribbean against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan group he has long accused of drug trafficking, murder and other acts of violence
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By Lisa Respers France and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A California jury has found Cardi B not liable of assault allegations in a civil lawsuit filed by a former security guard. The case stems from a 2018 incident involving plaintiff Emani Ellis, a former building security guard who sued Cardi B for alleged assault
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — It’s no surprise that restaurant servers, manicurists, rideshare drivers and dogwalkers are among the workers who won’t have to pay federal tax on their tip income for the next four years, according to a preliminary list released by the Treasury Department. But so are social media influencers, podcasters and
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States conducted a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. The US president said 11 people were killed in the strike in “international waters.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the “lethal strike” as
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By Jackie Wattles, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will move the military’s US Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama — undoing a decision by the Biden administration to keep operations in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The US Space Command, or SPACECOM, is a joint command separate from the US Space
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — The S&P 500 has soared nearly 30% since its low point in April and investors have cheered the index’s ascent to record highs. The market’s rally also means stocks are relatively expensive — and more vulnerable to a surprise. Stocks had a shaky start to September as
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CNN Exclusive by Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight returned 161 Cuban deportees to the communist-run island last week, the first time many of the men and women aboard had touched Cuban soil in years. Upon arrival, the deportees had shackles removed from their wrists and ankles
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes art imitates life by skipping a generation. It was announced Tuesday that Chloe Malle will succeed editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, as the new top editor at Vogue. It’s big shoes to fill as Wintour is considered the most influential and well known fashion editor of our time. But
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KPIX By Amanda Hari Click here for updates on this story San Francisco (KPIX) — A mural that has captured the attention of people in Oakland for nearly two decades may be painted over soon. The artwork is located on the corner of 41st Street and Piedmont Avenue. It depicts Ohlone Native Americans interacting with
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The suspected killer of Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Parubiy admitted his role in the politician’s death on Tuesday, claiming to have carried out the crime in an act of “revenge” against the country’s authorities. Parubiy, a prominent nationalist politician who was previously the chair of
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around Los Angeles this summer. US District Judge Charles Breyer concluded that Trump’s use of thousands of federalized
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