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By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Theme park fans dread what has become an expected annual price increase for US Disney parks. But the new prices that hit Wednesday morning — along with some of the best discount offers in years — suggest the media and entertainment giant is being strategic in
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Katie Porter became a national figure among Democrats for her sharp questioning of Trump administration figures, often holding a whiteboard, in House Oversight Committee hearings. The confrontations she sparked often went viral when she posted them online. That made her recent demand that a local CBS reporter have a
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A majority of the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it will back a Republican congressman from Illinois who is challenging a state law that allows mail ballots to be received after Election Day, a decision that would let him proceed with a potentially explosive lawsuit that lower courts had
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Exclusive by Ami Kaufman and Tal Shalev (CNN) — Israel assesses that Hamas may not be able to find and return all the remaining dead hostages in Gaza, according to three Israeli sources, a fact that may complicate efforts to finalize a deal to end the war. Sources say the Israeli government is aware that
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The man who carried out a deadly attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, northern England, had pledged his allegiance to ISIS while carrying it out, police said Wednesday. During the initial stages of the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue last Thursday, the assailant phoned the police “claiming
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By Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN (CNN) — Egyptian-American comedian and satirist Bassem Youssef made a long-awaited comeback to Egyptian TV on Tuesday night, having been off air for more than a decade after going into exile following intense pressure from Egyptian authorities over his critical political satire. Youssef appeared on a talk show on ON TV,
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By Josh Campbell, Andi Babineau, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Nine months after a raging inferno decimated the Los Angeles area, claiming the lives of a dozen people and burning down thousands of homes and businesses, officials have arrested a suspect in Florida on suspicion of arson. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is facing a federal charge
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By Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Texas National Guard have deployed into the greater Chicago area, an official said Wednesday night, as lawyers prepare for critical court hearings on federalized troops 2,000 miles away from each other amid an ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and
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By Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is again reporting short staffing at air traffic control operations as the government shutdown continues in its eighth day. On Wednesday evening, six major air traffic control facilities will be short-staffed, according to a publicly available FAA operations
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — As far as politicians go, few have earned as much respect among Palestinians as Marwan Barghouti, the most prominent Palestinian prisoner who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail. The former West Bank leader of the Fatah party is by far the most popular political figure in
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By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey wasn’t always atop President Donald Trump’s enemies list. “You’ve had one heck of a year,” Trump, then the president-elect, said to Comey in January 2017, the first time they met face-to-face privately at Trump Tower in New York. Trump told Comey he
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of American fashion designer and philanthropist Ralph Lauren. Personal Birth date: October 14, 1939 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Ralph Rueben Lifshitz Father: Frank Lifshitz, housepainter and artist Mother: Frieda (Cutler) Lifshitz Marriage: Ricky (Low-Beer) Lauren (December 1964-present) Children: Dylan, 1974; David,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1931 Death date: December 26, 2021 Birth place: Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa Birth name: Desmond Mpilo Tutu Father: Zachariah Tutu, schoolteacher Mother: Aletta Tutu, domestic servant Marriage: Nomalizo Leah (Shenxane) Tutu (July 2,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Personal Birth date: February 12, 1965 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Brett Michael Kavanaugh Father: Everett Edward Kavanaugh Jr., president of a trade association Mother: Martha Kavanaugh, teacher, prosecutor and judge Marriage: Ashley (Estes) Kavanaugh Children: Liza
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1952 Birth place: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia Birth name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Father: Vladimir Putin, factory foreman Mother: Maria Putina Marriage: Lyudmila (Shkrebneva) Putina (July 28, 1983-2014, divorced) Children: Yekaterina and Maria Education:
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Cuomo is trying to prove to New York City Democrats that he’d represent them better than Zohran Mamdani. And he’s trying to prove to New York City Republicans that he’d represent them better than Curtis Sliwa, the GOP nominee. He’s going on Fox Business in the morning and
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — For the second time this year in a major controversy over treatment for LGBTQ youths, Supreme Court justices revealed their reluctance to accept a medical consensus. Conservatives on Tuesday challenged the view – at the core of two dozen state laws – that it is dangerous
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By Ivana Kottasová, Sana Noor Haq, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — It’s been two years since Hamas’ attack on October 7 led to Israel’s war in Gaza and life in the enclave has never been harder. With at least 67,173 people killed and another 169,780 injured, one in nine people alive in Gaza before the
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By Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Canceled school events, growing lines at military food pantries, accumulating fears tied to missed paychecks and the potential need for loans to stay afloat — US military families are already feeling the impacts of the government shutdown that is stretching into its second week and are preparing
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Michael Williams, CNN Chicago (CNN) — The heavily armed agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement push in Chicago are often masked. The man leading them is not. Nearly three decades into his career with the US Border Patrol, Gregory Bovino has become the on-the-ground face of Trump’s effort to
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