CNN By Michelle Watson, Brad Lendon, Matt Egan and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University sued the Trump administration Monday in a new escalation of the fight over institutional oversight, independence and federal funding for the Ivy League school. University President Alan M. Garber said in a letter to the Harvard community that the
Continue ReadingJade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Saturday was the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. The attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building claimed the lives of at least 168 people, including 19 children, and was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. Among the victims was former Secret Service agent Alan
Continue ReadingCNN Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Saturday was the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. The attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building claimed the lives of at least 168 people, including 19 children, and was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. Among the victims was former Secret Service agent
Continue ReadingCNN By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new pontiff is elected. He is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, a Dublin-born cleric who became a naturalized American citizen after spending many years ministering in the United
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff. It is a procedure steeped in tradition, but one which has been subtly updated for the modern world. Cardinals
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Francis was a pope of firsts – the first pontiff from the global south, the first Jesuit to be
Continue ReadingCNN, VATICAN MEDIA, VATICAN TV, POOL, TELEPACE, AD COUNCIL Y COVID COLLABORTIV, VATICAN NEWS By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Karen Read is back in a Massachusetts court facing a second murder trial in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend in a case that has rallied pink-wearing supporters to her cause in their belief of a vast criminal conspiracy. Read, 45, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Meghan Bannister put on a dress for class, a choice befitting the warm weather in Tallahassee. Thursday stood out as her last day of class before graduation but by noon, the Florida State University senior had to grapple with the chilling reality of a gunman opening fire on the
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Scores of foreign students across the country are included in a pair of sweeping lawsuits that allege the Trump administration unlawfully stripped them of their legal status amid a broader crackdown on immigration. By CNN’s tally, more than 1,000 students and graduates have had their visas or statuses revoked,
Continue ReadingBy Kosta Gak, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine says it was struck by a new barrage of deadly Russian air attacks as an Easter ceasefire ended and as the US pushes for a deal between Moscow and Kyiv to end the three-year-long conflict. At least three people were killed and several wounded in Russian
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Peyote Beats isn’t just an up-and-coming music producer and song-writer from the Coachella Valley, he is also a Grammy Award winner. The Armenian-American producer earned the prestigious award for his contribution to Doechii’s latest album, ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’. Peyote helped to produce the track ‘Boiled Peanuts’ with Doechii, who is
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Reid Seybold’s voice shook as he recalled the texts he sent loved ones from the classroom where he barricaded himself, as a barrage of gunshots, screams and sirens turned his university from a picturesque Florida campus into a crime scene. “I love you,” he wrote to
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CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) – A billboard visible east facing on the I-10 freeway near Railroad Avenue is drawing intense backlash from grieving parents and anti-drug advocates who say it sends a dangerous message — especially during one of the biggest music festivals in the world. Disco Lines billboard, which says “Accidentally smoked that s***, now
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee collected a staggering $239 million for the festivities surrounding his swearing-in this year — with some of the nation’s wealthiest people and biggest companies writing large checks as they sought to ingratiate themselves with the Republican ahead of
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, Brad Lendon, Matt Egan and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University sued the Trump administration Monday in a new escalation of the fight over institutional oversight, independence and federal funding for the Ivy League school. University President Alan M. Garber said in a letter to the Harvard community that the administration’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios and José Álvarez, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has demanded El Salvador release hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported from the United States, who he described as being “kidnapped,” after his Salvadoran counterpart earlier proposed a prisoner swap. Speaking on a television broadcast on Monday, Maduro demanded that Salvadoran President
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat told
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — A 14-year-old girl was killed by a lioness outside the Kenyan capital Nairobi when she was snatched at a ranch bordering the southern edge of a national park, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said Sunday. The animal had entered a residential compound near Nairobi National Park
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