By Eric Bradner, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic support for Graham Platner’s campaign further collapsed Tuesday after a woman accused him of rape with mounting calls, including from his long-time champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, for Platner to exit the Maine Senate race. A Platner campaign staff call Tuesday did not reveal the timing of
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CNN By Allison Gordon, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. The
Continue Reading CNN By Allison Gordon, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. The
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Tonight’s World Cup showdown between the US and Belgium was already huge. Now the red card controversy — and President Donald Trump’s role in getting a top American player’s suspension overturned — has amped things up even more. ⚽ Sign up for The Beautiful Game
Continue Reading By Allison Gordon, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — A woman said Monday that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship – an allegation Platner denies. The alleged
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NEWPORT BEACH (CNS) – Police arrested more than 400 people during Fourth of July celebrations on the Balboa Peninsula after thousands of juveniles and young adults flooded the area, city officials announced today. Some 350 personnel from the Newport Beach Police Department along with 17 other regional law enforcement agencies responded beginning around 7
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By Matt Stiles and Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the September killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is in court this week for a multiday hearing where Utah prosecutors are expected to preview some of their evidence in the case. Texts that Robinson allegedly sent to his then-roommate the day
Continue ReadingBy Janie Boschma, Curt Merrill, John Murphy-Teixidor, CNN Last year, the United States recorded 407 mass shootings, the lowest total in a year since before the pandemic began. 2021 remains the worst year for mass shootings in the US since GVA began tracking them in 2013, with 690 across 44 states and Washington, DC. GVA
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Calif. (KESQ) – Over the holiday weekend, CAL FIRE sent out three strike teams to Colorado to help with wildfire response efforts in wake of the Aspen Fire. The trip lasted two days, with teams stopping to address other fires along the route between California and Colorado. Crews arrived in Pueblo, Colorado, the night of
Continue ReadingBy Matt Stiles, Byron Manley, CNN (CNN) — CNN is tracking how daily flight cancellations and delays to, from or within the United States compare to historical averages from FlightAware. The figures in the charts below update every 15 minutes. On average, there were roughly 5,600 daily delays and about 340 daily cancellations last year,
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce a law that requires mobile app stores to verify the age of users and obtain parental consent for minors attempting to install programs on their phones. Texas’ law, enacted last year in response to concerns about the online safety of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1939 Death date: February 28, 2026 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Seyyed Ali Khamenei Father: Ayatollah Sayyid Jawad Husaini Khamenei Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriage: Married in
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By Michael Rios, Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Monday as it faces an ongoing energy crisis, worsened by an effective US blockade on fuel shipments. Cuba’s energy ministry said the national electrical grid had suffered a total collapse on Monday. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said officials
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal officers during the January immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, David Streever was distraught. So he fired off a three-paragraph emailed rebuke to one of the officials overseeing that operation. Five months later, that email earned Streever a knock
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CNN By Betsy Klein, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he personally asked FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to review the decision to give a red card and one-game ban to Team USA star striker Folarin Balogun — a remarkable intervention that sparked a torrent of controversy at the World Cup.
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By Eyad Kourdi, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Hamas announced on Monday that it will dissolve its government in Gaza, a move that experts say puts pressure on Israel as progress from the US-brokered ceasefire plan has stalled. Ismail al-Thwabta, the head of the Hamas’ Government Media Office (GMO), said the militant group
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will not be able to stay at Buckingham Palace during his visit to London this week, despite his team appearing to confirm earlier Monday that he had accepted an invitation to stay there. The Duke of Sussex had not provided a formal response to
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized after naming singer Kylie Minogue in response to a question about who he would, theoretically, “shag, marry, date.” Albanese appeared on the “Bush Deep” podcast on Thursday, hosted by comedian Nikki Osborne, who asked him whom he would choose out of Minogue,
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COACHELLA, Calif. (CNS) – Firefighters battled a fire at a commercial building in Coachella [Sunday]. The fire was reported around 1:10 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Grapefruit Boulevard, where firefighters reported the structure fully involved with fire, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. No injuries were reported and the cause of the
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By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson had just delivered President Donald Trump his biggest legislative win of the year, but as he sat in his office in mid-June surrounded by a group of furious senior Republicans, the mood was sour. To secure that win, Johnson had been forced to make a deal
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