By Stephanie Halasz, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The newly-elected mayor of a town in western Germany is in critical condition after a stabbing attack outside her home, local media reported Tuesday. Iris Staltzer, a 57-year-old mother of two teenagers, was found with life-threatening injuries at around midday local time in the Ruhr city of
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV will make his first international trip by visiting Turkey and Lebanon where he is expected to focus on peace in the Middle East, meet political leaders and show his support to Christians in the region. The first American pope will travel to Turkey from November 27-30
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Tami Luhby, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal employees once the government shutdown ends, suggesting it could depend on the worker in the GOP’s latest attempt to force Democrats to concede in the ongoing funding battle. “I would say it depends
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By Miquel Ros Tabarca, Spain (CNN) — Spain’s Mediterranean islands have come to represent an ideal of lifestyle and leisure. Chances are you’re familiar with the Balearic archipelago. Every year, millions flock every year to the islands of Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera to wander whitewashed towns, soak up pristine beaches, embrace the laidback vibes
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By Samantha Delouya, Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — Yasmin Asberry thought selling her home in a Dallas suburb would be simple. Instead, after months of little interest, she dropped the price twice and was on the verge of pulling the listing when she finally got an offer she liked. “When we first listed it, we
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By Lisa Eadicicco, Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — OpenAI was an artificial intelligence research lab little known outside of Silicon Valley before ChatGPT debuted in November 2022. Three years later, OpenAI has become synonymous with the AI boom, making it the envy of its tech peers and thrusting CEO Sam Altman into President
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — George Clooney has been immersed in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for decades, but he didn’t want the same for his children – and for good reason. The two-time Oscar winner, who lives on a farm in France with his wife Amal and 8-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella,
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constitutional. Conversion or reparative therapy promises to “convert” people from being gay, lesbian or bisexual to straight, or to change
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans with health insurance should not have to pay out of pocket for Covid-19 vaccines, even after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added an extra hurdle to getting the shot. But some people could face new costs. The CDC adopted its vaccine advisers’ vote to
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CNN By Choire Sicha, CNN (CNN) — Even the most die-hard Taylor Swift fan is being tested right now. The fandom is facing all kinds of harsh realities and online scorn, from Swift’s absolutely mercenary levels of multiple and expensive versions of physical media to a meh song that seems to be about her boyfriend,
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By Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics. John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis will share the prize for their discovery
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is wading into a state Supreme Court race this fall that both parties say has far-reaching implications for the 2028 presidential race, upcoming midterms and future redistricting in the premier battleground state. Shapiro, a potential 2028 contender himself, appears in an ad launching Tuesday for
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By Sean Lyngaas, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — Suspected Chinese government operatives asked ChatGPT to help write proposal for a tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and to help promote another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “extremist speech,” ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said in a report published Tuesday. The report sounds the alarm about how a
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CNN By Diego Mendoza, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Three people were transported to hospital in critical condition after a medical helicopter crashed on a California highway Monday evening, according to fire officials. The three injured, two women and a man, were on board the helicopter before it went down around 7 p.m. on eastbound
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CNN, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation of coordinating departure, the pilot received a different response:
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By Eva McKend, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Top Virginia Democrats have sharply criticized attorney general nominee Jay Jones but are stopping short of calling on him to leave the race after newly revealed text messages showed he suggested that a colleague be shot. Gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger and lieutenant governor nominee Ghazala Hashmi called
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.” The Republican, who represents one of the nation’s most competitive House districts in southeastern Iowa, has faced questions for months over when she’ll hold a public town
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Drinking as little as one can of diet soda a day may increase the risk of nonalcohol fatty liver disease by 60%, while drinking a sugary beverage could raise the risk by 50%, a new unpublished study found. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, is a condition in which
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, brushing aside an argument from Ghislaine Maxwell that she should have been shielded from prosecution under a plea agreement that Epstein struck with federal authorities. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A rabbi in New Jersey was assaulted in a random attack Sunday afternoon ahead of a weeklong Jewish holiday, prompting police to add extra patrols around residences and synagogues. Avraham Wein, the assistant rabbi at Congregation Keter Torah, was assaulted outside his home in Bergenfield, New Jersey, just 15
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By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for vaccine makers to develop separate shots against measles, mumps and rubella to replace combination MMR vaccines, despite no evidence of any benefit to getting the shots separately. “I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe
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By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A rare, monstrous EF5 tornado that struck the United States more than three months ago was the first of its kind in more than a decade, experts announced Monday. A tornado that roared through part of eastern North Dakota in June and killed three people was upgraded
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and her mother Andrea Swift are incredibly close, but it may be time for “the talk.” The younger Swift appeared on SiriusXM’s “The Morning Mash Up” Monday and shared that her mom had some thoughts about the track “Wood” on the pop superstar’s new album, “The
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By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A new tropical storm could form in the Atlantic this week and continue the 2025 hurricane season’s backloaded burst of tropical activity. Even though fewer storms tend to form now, in the late-season, history has shown how devastating they can be, particularly since development areas shift closer to
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Just a couple of years ago, America’s auto industry had visions of an all-electric future. It has since abandoned that talk after the Trump administration eliminated the federal government’s incentives for the technology. The near future isn’t looking too pretty. The end of the $7,500 federal tax credit for
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By Tami Luhby, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also take on the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department announced Monday. Bisignano, who was CEO of the payments multinational Fiserv before being confirmed as the head of Social Security in
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge in Oregon who ruled against President Donald Trump by temporarily blocking his push to deploy troops to Portland has received bipartisan praise throughout her career and has issued rulings that could be viewed as benefiting both left- and right-wing causes. US District Judge Karin Immergut on
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL quarterback and current analyst Mark Sanchez is facing a felony charge for his role in an altercation that led to the former New York Jet being stabbed early Saturday morning. Marion County, Indiana, prosecutor Ryan Mears said Monday that further investigation by police led to the more
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s not easy giving yourself over to absolute pleasure – unless you’re watching one of the most popular midnight movies in the presence of a cult movie icon. Tim Curry made a surprise appearance at a 50th anniversary screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” over the weekend at
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, one of the founding members of the band Oasis, has shared he will be missing a few of their reunion gigs to receive cancer treatment. The English guitarist posted a statement on social media in which he opened up about his diagnosis with prostate cancer
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