CNN By Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Hamas announced that it had agreed to “immediately” enter negotiations for the release of all hostages according to President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan — a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war. Hamas stopped short of accepting the Trump
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Singer-turned-actor Tyrese Gibson turned himself in to police in Atlanta on Friday morning, days after breaking his silence about an alleged incident in which his neighbors say his dogs attacked and killed another dog. Gibson, who faces a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty, was booked just before 6 a.m.
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(CNN) — Hamas has submitted its response to President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan to mediators, according to a senior Hamas official, after the president earlier Friday offered a firm ultimatum for the group to respond by Sunday evening.
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By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out another strike on a boat operating in the Caribbean officials deemed to be a “narco-trafficking vessel” on Friday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a social media post. The strike killed all four people who were on board, Hegseth said. The attack
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed Planet Y. The planet has not been detected but merely inferred by the tilted orbits of
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By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Days after being fired, the top national security prosecutor in Virginia’s eastern district taped a letter outside his former office accusing top Justice Department officials of being “more concerned” with going after President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies than protecting the country’s security. The typed letter dated Friday
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By Paula Newton, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canada announced Friday that Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Washington next week to meet with US President Donald Trump for what is being billed as a “working visit.” While a statement from the prime minister’s office says the visit on Tuesday will “focus on shared
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By Bill Kirkos, Alisha Ebrahimji, Taylor Romine, CNN Broadview, Illinois (CNN) — At least 18 people were arrested outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago Friday, where protesters have gathered several weeks in a row amid bubbling tensions as the Trump administration’s larger immigration enforcement efforts continue. Protesters filled the streets outside
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Some 15,000 NASA employees were sent home this week as a government shutdown began, halting work across much of an agency already grappling with budget cuts and widespread job losses. But at least one NASA effort appears to be moving full steam ahead: the Artemis program. With the goal
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if states may bar people from carrying guns on private property without permission from the property owner, wading into a thorny Second Amendment dispute that could expand carry rights in malls, restaurants and stores. It is the first major Second Amendment case
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s government and military are preparing for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, they said early Saturday after Hamas made a similar statement – marking a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war. Hamas
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — On this particular Friday, at 8:30 a.m. ET, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to release the September jobs report. Instead, the agency behind the market-moving release — data that has starkly become even more important, given economic uncertainty — is almost entirely dark due to the federal
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By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Following a request from the US Department of Justice, Apple has removed ICEBlock and similar apps that allow people to alert others nearby about sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. President Donald Trump and his administration have railed against the apps for months,
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late Thursday night during what police characterized as a fight. Nick Sortor, 27, of Washington, DC, was arrested on suspicion
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By Nicky Robertson, Emily Condon, CNN (CNN) — A statue of President Donald Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has returned to the National Mall after it was removed by the National Park Service last week. Called “Best Friends Forever,” the statue shows Trump and Epstein each with a foot kicked back and
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — American climber Balin Miller has died at the age of 23 while climbing at Yosemite National Park, his mother confirmed on Thursday. Miller was attempting to summit El Capitan, Yosemite’s iconic wall soaring 3,000 feet from the valley floor, via the “Sea of Dreams” route when the accident occurred,
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN San Rafael, California (CNN) — Whether battling a wildfire, chasing a suspect, or helping someone with a traumatic injury – the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and others who take action in emergencies regularly endure high levels of stress. These situations take a serious physical and emotional toll, yet many first responders
Continue Reading CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN San Rafael, California (CNN) — Whether battling a wildfire, chasing a suspect, or helping someone with a traumatic injury – the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and others who take action in emergencies regularly endure high levels of stress. These situations take a serious physical and emotional toll, yet many first
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of a late September morning, a container ship called the Istanbul Bridge set sail from China, destined for Europe and laden with cargo — everything from batteries to clothing. So far, so standard, but there’s a twist. Instead of navigating south on a journey toward
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Cracker Barrel has cut ties with the design firm that created its controversial new logo and redesigned restaurants. The restaurant chain started implementing the changes but quickly reversed course following online backlash – including from President Donald Trump. The company confirmed the split late Thursday in a
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By Peter Wilkinson and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — One of the victims who died in the Manchester synagogue attack and another who was injured were likely shot by armed officers aiming for the killer, police said on Friday. The police said they believed the two victims were huddled behind a door in the synagogue
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By Christopher Lamb, Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Sarah Mullally was on Friday appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide and the first woman to hold the role in its 1,400-year history. Mullally, 63, was made Bishop of London in 2018 – the Church of
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CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — In an unprecedented win for a theatrical release announced just two weeks ago, the album debut event from American pop superstar Taylor Swift topped the domestic box office with about $33 million domestically. “Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” released in theaters for a three-day
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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The Milwaukee Brewers are deadly serious about their baseball this season. Finishing with the best record in MLB, they’re hoping that this will be the year they can finally win a World Series as their playoff campaign begins on Saturday. But this is a franchise that doesn’t always take
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Amid government spending negotiations, President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders are accusing Democrats of demanding free health care for “illegal aliens” in return for their support of a federal funding bill. “The Democrats want Illegal Aliens, many of them VIOLENT CRIMINALS, to receive FREE Healthcare,” Trump wrote in
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By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino described the incident as a “provocation” by the United States that posed a threat to national security. “They are combat aircraft. Combat aircraft that US imperialism has dared to
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Manchester, UK (CNN) — Chaim Leob lives on a busy corner in Manchester, England, so sirens are not something he would normally find particularly concerning. But Thursday morning was a different story. The police cars just kept coming, one after another. Ambulances and fire trucks were speeding past. A helicopter was
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By Leigh Waldman, Matthew J. Friedman, Shimon Prokupecz (CNN) — More than 2,000 pages of documents were released Wednesday by the school district in Uvalde, Texas, weeks after CNN’s exclusive reporting showed the district’s lawyers withheld records the school board and a court had ordered to be released in the wake of the massacre at
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly everyone on the planet could have access to nutritious, culturally appropriate food by 2050 — all while improving the environment — if nations work together to implement a “planetary health diet,” a new report has found. By adopting a healthy, planet-friendly diet — along with reducing food loss
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