(CNN) — Leslie Jordan, beloved comedian and actor known for his work on “Will and Grace,” has died, his longtime staff member told CNN. He was 67. Sources told the Los Angeles times Jordan was involved in a car accident on Monday morning in Hollywood. A spokesperson for the LAPD confirmed to CNN there was
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Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s next Prime Minister after winning the race to become leader of the Conservative Party following the resignation of Liz Truss.
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The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday Americans can now choose their sex marker in their Social Security records. It’s intended to make the system more inclusive for transgender Americans. Proof of identity is still required, but people no longer have to provide medical or legal records of sex designation. The Social Security Administration will accept
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The family of a man killed during a music festival in Texas has settled a lawsuit it filed against singer Travis Scott and live nation, the organizers of the Astroworld Festival. The lawyer representing Axel Acosta announced the settlement Thursday. He says the details of the settlement will remain private. Acosta and nine other people
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham’s emergency request that it quash a subpoena for his testimony from the Atlanta-area grand jury investigating efforts to undermine the 2020 election in Georgia. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court judge in ruling that the South
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The Biden administration is investing $53 million in the women infants and children nutrition program. The grant aims to beef up outreach efforts, improve technology and enhance the shopping experience for families receiving the supplemental nutritional program known as WIC. The funding comes from the American rescue plan act of 2021. The effort comes as
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Liz Truss’s tenure as prime minister has ended in record time, and an accelerated leadership contest has been announced to replace her. Truss said Thursday that she would step aside for a new leader to be chosen within the next week, after a growing number of her own Conservative Party’s lawmakers said they could not support
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(CNN) — US Capitol Police have arrested three people from Georgia on weapons charges after police found them with two firearms, according to a law enforcement source. A suspicious vehicle raised concern among police, and a Capitol Police bomb squad is assessing the vehicle, the source said. Police have closed several roads in the area
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The Girl Scouts of America has received its largest donation ever from a single individual. Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gifted the organization $84.5 million. 29 councils will receive funds to be used in under-engaged areas. The grants to the Girl Scouts will be used, in part, to “create more equitable
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(CNN) — A California jury has found Paul Flores, the man accused of the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, guilty of first-degree murder, CNN affiliates KOVR and KEYT report. Meanwhile, a separate jury found Flores’ father, Ruben, now 81, not guilty of being an accessory to Smart’s murder, CNN affiliates KION and KEYT report. Prosecutors alleged Flores, now 45, raped
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, was acquitted Tuesday of four counts of lying to the FBI in an embarrassing defeat for special counsel John Durham. Durham has taken two cases to trial, and both have ended in acquittals. After more than three years looking for misconduct in
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon workers in upstate New York have voted against forming a union, dealing another blow to a grassroots labor group attempting to organize several of the tech giant’s US warehouses. In total, 406 workers at the Amazon facility near Albany voted against unionizing and 206 voted for it, according to
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By MJ Lee, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a major promise on a push to put abortion rights into law as his party looks to seize on the politically divisive issue in the final push ahead of the midterm elections. At an abortion-rights-focused speech at a Democratic National
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A new Congressional report makes alarming allegations against the trump administration saying they blocked accurate information about COVID-19. Those accusations come in a 91-page report issued by the Democrat-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis. Senior CDC employees say they were not allowed to convey information early on in the pandemic. One communications officer said
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California governor Gavin Newsom has blocked the parole of Manson family member Patricia Krenwinkel. The Governor’s action on Friday followed the recommendation in may of a California parole board to release Krenwinkel after 53 years in prison. Newsom says he does not believe Krenwinkel can be safely released from prison at this time. The 74-year-old
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Elon Musk is warning free internet for Ukraine’s military using SpaceX’ Starlink could be coming to an end. The company donated about 20,000 Starlink satellite units to Ukraine to help its military communicate. After cellular and internet networks were destroyed in the war with Russia. Musk says it’s cost his company 80-million dollars, and he warned the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 6 panel votes to subpoena Trump for testimony, saying former president ‘is required to answer for his actions.’
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an emergency request from former President Donald Trump to intervene in the dispute over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate in August. Trump had asked the justices to reverse a federal appeals court and allow a special master to review
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(CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 11:43 a.m. ET] A jury has recommended that Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed, including 14 students and three school staff members. Broward
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jury says Alex Jones should pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
Continue Reading By CNN staff As women burn headscarves and cut off their hair in nationwide protests, an Iranian official on Tuesday said that school students participating in street protests are being detained and taken to mental health institutions. In an interview with an independent reformist Iranian newspaper, Iran‘s Education Minister Yousef Nouri confirmed that some school
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell A federal judge on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to pause his deposition in a defamation lawsuit scheduled for next week. Trump is scheduled to be deposed on October 19 in the defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a former magazine columnist who accused Trump of raping her in
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr, CNN Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen, 24, died of bacterial pneumonia in the hours after completing what is known as “Hell Week” during the special operations force’s demanding basic training program in February, a Navy line of duty investigation released Wednesday found. While there were several signs Mullen was
Continue Reading By Max Foster, Sugam Pokharel and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The coronation of King Charles III will take place on May 6 next year at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. The service will be a more modern affair than previous royal coronations and will “look towards the future,” the palace said in
Continue Reading CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden feels that the US’ relationship with Saudi Arabia needs to be re-evaluated in the wake of the OPEC+ decision last week to decrease oil production, a National Security Council spokesman said . In an interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day,” National Security Council coordinator for
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Brian Vitagliano, CNN Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against Adnan Syed, the man who spent over two decades behind bars for the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee and whose murder case was featured in the landmark podcast “Serial.” Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Tuesday
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Missile raids continue this morning in Ukrainian cities. Images of the aftermath of a Russian missile attack show the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia in complete devastation. According to Ukrainian officials, at least one person has been killed. During this latest attack, Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company said that a deputy director general at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government filed another U.S. gun lawsuit Monday, this time against five U.S. gun shops and distributors it claims are responsible for the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico. Mexico’s first lawsuit, which was recently dismissed, targeted U.S. gun manufacturers. The second, which Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An 18-year-old Marine recruit who recently graduated from Mayfield High School has died after collapsing during training at Camp Pendleton. According to a statement from the Marines obtained by the San Diego Tribune, Pfc. Javier Pong collapsed and became “unconscious and unresponsive” while participating in what the Marines have called
Continue Reading CNN By Zachary Cohen, CNN During a private meeting last summer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told two police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and the mother of a third who died after the riot, that former President Donald Trump had no idea his supporters were carrying out the attack,
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