6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California rattled a wide swath of the state shortly after noon local…
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Special prosecutor investigating initial case against Jussie Smollett says state attorney’s office engaged in ‘substantial abuses’
By Dave Cera and Claire Colbert, CNN A special prosecutor asked to investigate the initial resolution of the case against actor Jussie Smollett for…
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Trump sues NY attorney general, seeking to stop investigation into his company
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization have sued New York Attorney General Letitia James, asking for a federal…
Continue Reading How a Seattle community is supporting a tribe’s fight for its existence
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN The Duwamish tribe isn’t recognized by the US government. It doesn’t have its own reservation. More than a century…
Continue Reading Jury in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for killing Daunte Wright completes day 3 of deliberations
The attorneys made their closing arguments in the case of Kim Potter, the former police officer who is accused of fatally shooting Daunte Wright in…
Continue Reading Kim Potter’s fatal Taser mix-up was a ‘colossal screwup,’ prosecution says. The defense says a mistake is not a crime
By Ralph Ellis, Sarah Moon and Eric Levenson, CNN A jury deliberated for just over five hours Monday in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the…
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after winning a presidential…
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Rain pushes into the South to start the holiday week. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast, as well as who could see a white…
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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied making sexual assault allegations against a retired Communist Party leader, following more than a month of…
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Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that Sen. Joe Manchin should have to vote no in front of the whole world on the…
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On CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger won’t say if he thinks Donald Trump committed a crime but says the House…
Continue Reading Jury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial adjourns until Monday
Closing arguments are underway in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial and the jury can reach a verdict this week. Jeffrey Epstein’s former companion…
Continue Reading Closing arguments in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial focus on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Monday at Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal trial after the…
Continue Reading Snippets of Daunte Wright’s short life emerge at Kim Potter’s trial
By Ray Sanchez, CNN The first prosecution witness at the manslaughter trial of former officer Kim Potter was the mother of Daunte Wright, whom the…
Continue Reading Third-grade students were allegedly told to reenact elements of the Holocaust
A teacher in Washington, DC, is on leave after allegedly instructing third-graders at Watkins Elementary School to reenact events from the Holocaust.…
Continue Reading Third-grade students were allegedly told to reenact elements of the Holocaust
By Sonnet Swire, CNN A staff member at a Washington, DC, elementary school is under investigation after allegedly telling third-grade students to…
Continue Reading Seven people including three children were found dead in a Minnesota home
By Claudia Dominguez and Alaa Elassar, CNN Police discovered four adults and three children dead in a home in South Moorhead, Minnesota, home…
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A body was found in a QVC facility that was heavily damaged in a fire
By Raja Razek, Kay Jones, Chenelle Terry and Alaa Elassar, CNN A body was found Sunday in a North Carolina distribution center for QVC, the shopping…
Continue Reading A Texas teen couldn’t speak with his sister, so he created an app to give her a voice
Archer Calder spent his childhood unable to talk with his younger sister, Della, so he created an app to give her a voice. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer has the…
Continue Reading A Texas teen couldn’t speak with his sister, so he created an app to give her a voice
Sophie Tremblay, CNN Archer Calder spent his childhood unable to talk with his younger sister, Della, his only sibling. Della has Bainbridge-Ropers…
Continue Reading Months after Ida flooded New York City, some residents still have no real homes for the holidays
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Photographs by Bryan Anselm/Redux for CNN Mario Gamiño was startled awake by the panicked-sounding bark of his pet cockapoo.…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Omicron, Australia, Michigan, Rod Stewart, Haiti
By Faith Karimi, CNN Ben Affleck stirred controversy with comments about his marriage and addiction to alcohol. But he also shined a light on…
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These former Stanford students are building an app to change your accent
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The Stanford students heard the sadness in their friend’s voice when he shared the news. “Guys, I had to…
Continue Reading ‘It gets harder every day.’ For many in rural Kentucky, their Christmas gift is survival
By Eric Bradner, CNN As Johnny Stutzman surveyed the wreckage of what had been his house, all he could do was muster a laugh. “My front porch…
Continue Reading A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Turquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them. The 34-year-old library teacher at…
Continue Reading Henry Orenstein, the Holocaust survivor who created ‘Transformers’ and a TV poker innovation, has died
By Laura Studley, CNN The creator of the human-like robot toys Transformers, Henry Orenstein, died Tuesday at the age of 98 due to complications from…
Continue Reading Singer Sir Rod Stewart and his son plead guilty to simple battery
By Kay Jones and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Singer Sir Rod Stewart and his son, Sean, each pleaded guilty Friday to one count of simple battery in…
Continue Reading Brooklyn Nets bring back Kyrie Irving part time following controversy over his vaccination status
By Jill Martin and Emma Tucker, CNN The Brooklyn Nets will bring back star guard Kyrie Irving to play in road games after he was prohibited from…
Continue Reading If you reuse the same cardboard box for your artificial holiday tree each year, you are not alone
By Fernando Alfonso III, CNN One holiday tradition an untold number of people engage in each year around Christmas involves tattered cardboard boxes.…
Continue Reading Michigan city gets ready to inaugurate all-Muslim government
The city of Hamtramck, Michigan, long the home of Polish-Americans, is getting ready to inaugurate a Muslim mayor and all-Muslim city council. CNN’s…
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