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Who is Elon Musk calling a ‘traitor’?

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk recently sat for a wide-ranging interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, who challenged him over his support for Europe’s far right, his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his cuts to humanitarian aid during his stint in the Trump administration.Afterwards, on his own social media network that he

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A Black teen was fatally shot after reporting a possibly armed person. His death prompts calls for police accountability

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The 911 call placed from the teenager’s phone last week reported a young person who may be brandishing a gun in an Austin, Texas, parking lot.When officers arrived at a community park early Friday morning, they found 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II, who suddenly appeared to lift his

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ICE arrests at US airports are happening more frequently, attorneys say. Here’s what we know

By Alexandra Skores, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at US airports are raising alarm among attorneys who say they are happening more frequently, citing a series of incidents where passengers have been abruptly swept up by agents when they’re traveling.The federal agency, which is charged with the arrest and

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Key points from the first day of testimony in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial

By Nicki Brown (CNN) — The former husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children, took the stand Monday as the prosecution’s first witness in her triple-murder trial.His testimony – expected to continue when court resumes on Wednesday – followed opening statements from both parties, who previewed some of

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Bryan Kohberger wants out of his plea deal. Here’s what experts say about his chances

By Taylor Romine, Emily Smith, CNN (CNN) — Just over a year ago, Bryan Kohberger, who was accused of killing four University of Idaho students, made a stunning courtroom admission.“Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?” Judge Steven Hippler asked at a hearing last July.“Yes,” Kohberger said in open court.The admission was astonishing after

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TSA finds stolen cannonballs in checked baggage

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — All sorts of banned items are discovered in luggage by Transportation Security Administration screeners, but cannonballs stolen from a Civil War-era fort are not an everyday find.Lead TSA Officer Justin Dupree was examining checked bags earlier this month at Alabama’s Gulf Shores International Airport when he spotted the projectiles

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Opening statements to begin in trial of Lindsay Clancy, mother accused of killing 3 children

By Eric Levenson, Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the triple-murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who has argued she is not criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three young children.Clancy, a 35-year-old former labor and delivery nurse at a hospital in Boston, has pleaded not

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‘A miracle’: Teen murdered nearly 26 years ago identified through genetic genealogy

By Sneha Dhandapani, Chris Boyette, CNN After nearly 26 years, “Chelsea Jane Doe” was finally identified by her name this summer: Tiffany Bradley. The breakthrough closed a decades long search, bringing a long-awaited resolution to a mystery that had languished unsolved.The case was cracked using investigative genetic genealogy, a combination of DNA analysis and paper

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