By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $83.3 million jury award against President Donald Trump for defaming magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said the jury award was “reasonable” given the evidence presented at trial. “We hold that the district court
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to step back into the fight over billions of dollars in foreign aid his administration is attempting to cut, setting up a case that could address how much power the White House can wield in canceling congressionally approved spending. At
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By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Frustrated Republicans are expected to begin as early as Monday a process to change Senate rules to allow them to quickly confirm a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, according to a source familiar with the planning. Democrats, angry at many of Trump’s policies – such as
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Howard Stern pranked his fans and the media Monday about leaving his longtime SiriusXM radio show. Bravo host Andy Cohen appeared at the top of Stern’s 7 a.m. time slot, announcing that he was taking over the channel and rebranding it as “Andy 100.” Multiple media outlets,
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By Holly Yan, Sara Smart, Dianne Gallagher, Jeff Winter, Mia Blackman, and Zoe Sottile (CNN) — Gruesome video shows a man stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee to death on a Charlotte light rail train — a case that has turned into a flashpoint as the Trump administration vows to crack down on crime in large,
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By Ivana Kottasová and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — It has been a fast and furious game of cat and mouse but Czech police have finally arrested a “phantom” racing car driver repeatedly spotted on the nation’s highways. Police were first alerted to the bizarre case of a red Formula One-style racing car illegally driving
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By Brian Todd, Linda Gaudino, CNN (CNN) — Every night longtime Washington, DC, resident Jeff Padgett packs up his two chihuahuas, his sketch pad and other belongings in a black canvas rolling cart to cross the bridge over the Potomac River and disappear into the woods in Virginia. Padgett, 60, has been living unhoused on
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry has paid tribute to his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, on the third anniversary of her death as he returned to the United Kingdom for a short visit, which has also sparked speculation over whether he might meet his father, King Charles III. The
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CNN By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — An Italian teenager who liked playing video games and making funny films of his pets became the Catholic Church’s first “millennial” saint on Sunday. Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died from leukaemia in 2006, used his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic
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By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio, Marianna Kim, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The detention of hundreds of South Korean nationals after a immigration raid on a factory in Georgia last week was an “unjust infringement” on the rights of South Korean people and businesses operating in the United States, the Asian nation’s
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New York (CNN) — Add this to the list of Donald Trump’s accomplishments: Helping elect a socialist mayor of New York City. That’s the assessment from many politicians and operatives in the president’s hometown after a chaotic week of White House intervention, between Trump talking repeatedly about the candidates and his
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Almost a year since he allegedly perched a rifle through the chain-link fence of a golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, the 59-year-old man accused of creating a “sniper’s nest” one hole away from where Donald Trump was playing golf will now stand trial. Ryan Routh has chosen
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CNN By Todd Symons, CNN (CNN) — A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead in an armed confrontation with police on Monday, leading to his three children being placed in the state care, ending a near four-year search for the family. Thomas
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By Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, Billy Stockwell, and Zeena Saifi Jerusalem (CNN) — At least six people were killed and several injured on Monday after two attackers opened fire on a busy bus stop in Jerusalem, Israeli officials said, marking the deadliest attack in the city in more than two years. The gunmen,
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Danya Gainor, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Immigration enforcement operations are ramping up in Chicago and Boston, marking the latest escalation between the Trump administration and Democratic-led cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced “Operation Midway Blitz” aimed at targeting “criminal illegal aliens
Continue Reading CNN, POOL, CBS, WBBM, WLS, SEE PREFONTS By Priscilla Alvarez, Danya Gainor, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Immigration enforcement operations are ramping up in Chicago and Boston, marking the latest escalation between the Trump administration and Democratic-led cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced “Operation Midway
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Eleven years after the officer shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked waves of protest against police brutality, the friend who was with Brown when it happened has been shot dead. Dorian Johnson, 33, was the victim of a shooting at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at a block
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Football season is officially back, and sports bars across the Coachella Valley are already feeling the rush. The 19th Hole in Palm Desert, the opening weekend of the NFL season brought in large crowds of fans decked out in jerseys, eager to cheer on their favorite teams. “Football’s huge,” said
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Palm Desert, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was sent to the hospital in Palm Desert following a report of a gas leak at a business. Firefighters saying they responded to a compressed natural gas leak outside an industrial building just before 11 a.m. on Lennon Place, off of Hovley Lane and Cook Street. They say they were
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By Amanda Musa, Hanna Park, Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio, CNN (CNN) — When hundreds of federal, state and local officers descended on a Georgia Hyundai manufacturing plant last week, they came armed with a judicial search warrant naming four people. Ultimately, over 450 people were taken into custody, officials say, suspected of living and working
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