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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN US fighter jets, along with Norwegian and British military airplanes, intercepted Russian airplanes near NATO-allied air space on Thursday, according to NATO. A day earlier, Norwegian military airplanes identified and intercepted Russian planes in the High North, a separate NATO release said. Both incidents occurred as tensions between Russia, the US

By Virginia Langmaid and Devan Cole, CNN Mask mandates in seven Virginia school districts may remain in place after a judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order on optional masking in schools. The school boards of Alexandria City, Arlington County, Richmond City, Fairfax County, Falls Church City,

By Devan Cole, CNN Transgender women and girls in South Dakota will not be able to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender at accredited schools and colleges after the state’s GOP governor enacted a “fairness in women’s sports” law on Thursday. Gov. Kristi Noem’s decision to sign SB 46, which quickly made its

By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is now in possession of White House records that provide new details about a phone call Donald Trump made to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on January 6, 2021 — as the investigation drills down on the former President’s

By Priscilla Alvarez and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rule this week that a public health authority order allowing for the expulsion of migrants encountered at the US-Mexico border should remain in effect despite widespread opposition from Biden administration allies. The order, known as Title 42, was invoked by the Trump administration at the onset

By Gabby Orr, CNN In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday described the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 insurrection — which have been at the center of a House probe — as “legitimate political discourse.” A copy of the resolution obtained by CNN

By Jeremy Herb, Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The top US general in the Middle East said a Pentagon investigation into the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 US service members was the result of a single bomber, and it was not the “complex” attack that

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing from Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors alleged that Avenatti — who helped negotiate the $800,000 advance for Daniels’ October 2018 book “Full Disclosure” — defrauded his former client by instructing her literary agent to send

By Michael Warren and Alex Rogers, CNN In the Pennsylvania Senate race, one candidate is accusing a rival of having “dual loyalties” to the US and a foreign country. In turn, that rival is charging his opponent with being too cozy with China. But these aren’t candidates from opposing parties. They are hedge-fund executive David

By Liz Stark, CNN The Biden administration will implement new updates to school nutrition standards for the coming academic years, the US Department of Agriculture announced Friday, as part of an effort to make school meals healthier while schools also work to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. These transitional nutrition standards — set to be

CNN, WPBF, WPEC, WPTV, WFAA By Liz Stark, CNN The Biden administration will implement new updates to school nutrition standards for the coming academic years, the US Department of Agriculture announced Friday, as part of an effort to make school meals healthier while schools also work to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. These transitional nutrition