WPVI, CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Canceling your gym membership in the US probably won’t get easier anytime soon. An appeals court blocked a rule that would have required businesses to make it as easy for people to end their subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up.
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Canceling your gym membership in the US probably won’t get easier anytime soon. An appeals court blocked a rule that would have required businesses to make it as easy for people to end their subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — Ron Duke treasured the Guadalupe River more than anything. The 80-year-old loved to kayak along the crystal clear waterway that wends some 250 miles from the springs of Texas Hill Country to the Gulf’s San Antonio Bay. His woodshop stood nearby, his friends told CNN affiliate KPRC,
Continue Reading CNN By Kareem Khadder, Ibrahim Dahman and Lucas Lilieholm (CNN) — Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk. The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Ibrahim Dahman and Lucas Lilieholm (CNN) — Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk. The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a critical
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The White House hosted an “African leaders” summit of sorts this week. But only five countries from the continent of more than 50 nations were welcome to join. US President Donald Trump hosted a working lunch in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, bringing together the presidents of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels after kitchen staff used paint as food coloring, authorities said, in a case that’s stoked outrage in a country long plagued by food safety scandals. Eight people, including
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By Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — The city and county of Los Angeles, along with several municipalities in Southern California, are seeking to join a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over recent immigration raids that prompted several days of protests and the federalization of the National Guard. The lawsuit, filed last week by the
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By Lex Harvey and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — At least one person has been killed after Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, just hours after US President Donald Trump pledged more military support for Kyiv and accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, having been hit by a
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By Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — An internal government assessment shows USAID officials raised “critical concerns” last month about a key aid group’s ability to protect Palestinians and to deliver them food – just days before the State Department announced $30 million in funding for the organization. A scathing 14-page document obtained
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CNN By Jade Walker, CNN Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman, who was shot in a politically motivated attack last month, was released from a hospital ICU this week and moved into a rehabilitation facility. The Democratic lawmaker’s wife, Yvette, who was also shot, left the hospital on June 19. The suspected gunman also fatally shot
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Four men in Quebec, including two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, were arrested and charged in what Canadian police say is a case of “ideologically motivated violent extremism.” Three of the men, all in their mid-twenties, “were planning to create an anti-government militia” with the intent to
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Someone using AI to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted at least five people — including three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress. A diplomatic cable said the unknown cyber actor created an account on the messaging platform Signal. Here’s
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By Casey Tolan and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — Two days before deadly Central Texas floods killed at least 27 people at Camp Mystic, a state inspector visited the youth camp and certified that it had an emergency plan in place and that its cabins and other buildings were safe, records obtained by CNN show.
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By Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman has been released from a hospital intensive care unit and moved into a rehabilitation facility to continue his recovery from a politically-motivated attack in June, a family spokesperson tells CNN Tuesday. Though the family acknowledges that Hoffman “still has a long recovery ahead,” spokesperson
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By Ivana Kottasová and Dani Karni, CNN (CNN) — Thirteen women and two men who survived captivity by Hamas said they experienced or witnessed sexual violence while held hostage in Gaza, according to a new report by a group of Israeli researchers known as the Dinah Project. The Dinah Project experts — all women —
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Anthony Kennedy, retired associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Personal Birth date: July 23, 1936 Birth place: Sacramento, California Birth name: Anthony McLeod Kennedy Father: Anthony J. Kennedy, lawyer and lobbyist Mother: Gladys (McLeod) Kennedy, civic leader Marriage: Mary
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By Dana Karni, Mostafa Salem and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s defense minister said he told the military to advance plans for what he called a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media. In a briefing to reporters Monday, Israel Katz said the
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By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan. The pair are suspected of “ordering, inducing or soliciting” the persecution of girls, women and others who don’t conform with the Taliban’s policy on gender, the
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