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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to “mafioso” tactics. In an episode of his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” released on Friday, the Texas Republican said he
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris hasn’t made up her mind about whether she’ll run for president again in 2028 — but she does seem to have made up her mind about some of the other Democrats also looking at getting in. CNN reviewed an advance copy of her campaign memoir, “107 Days,”
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By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A memorial service Thursday for William Webster, former FBI and CIA director, served as something of a wake for an era that seems ever more distant in the age of Donald Trump. He was eulogized by former FBI Director Christopher Wray as exemplifying “what it meant to
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Democratic mayor running for Congress in Illinois was teargassed Friday morning during a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in suburban Chicago, he said. At least one other person, who identified herself on social media as Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist also
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By Devan Cole, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to let it limit passport sex markers for transgender and nonbinary individuals, its latest effort to get the justices to intervene in a fight over restrictive policies targeting LGBTQ+ Americans. Just after taking office in January, President Donald
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced a safety alert Friday morning telling airlines they should do more to make sure passengers don’t try to evacuate with their carry-on bags in an emergency. Bringing luggage during an evacuation can slow the process, potentially risking the lives of passengers still on
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) – Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Joseph Lowery. Personal Birth date: October 6, 1921 Death date: March 27, 2020 Birth place: Huntsville, Alabama Birth name: Joseph Echols Lowery Father: LeRoy Lowery, store owner Mother: Dora (Fackler) Lowery, teacher Marriage: Evelyn (Gibson) Lowery (April 5, 1948-September 26,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actress Julie Andrews. Personal Birth date: October 1, 1935 Birth place: Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom Birth name: Julia Elizabeth Wells Father: Edward Wells, teacher Mother: Barbara (Morris) Andrews, pianist Marriages: Blake Edwards (1969-2010, his death); Tony Walton (1959-1968, divorced) Children: adopted with Blake
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the timelines, victims and aftermath of the shootings that occurred in and around Washington, DC in October 2002. Ten people were killed and three injured in sniper-style shootings. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested, tried and convicted for the shootings. Muhammad received a
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday that Hungary will follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and designate Antifa, the nebulous far-left anti-fascist group that is more an ideology than a formal group, as a terrorist organization. Orbán, who has hollowed out Hungary’s civic institutions over his
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By Sarah Ferris, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday corralled his oft-fractured House conference to pass a Republican plan to fund the government through November 21, as Congress scrambles to avert a looming shutdown. The 217-212 vote to advance the seven-week stopgap bill now amplifies pressure on Senate Democrats
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — NATO intercepted three Russian jets that violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday, the country’s foreign ministry and an alliance spokesperson said. Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes, the Estonian foreign ministry said.
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By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — Huston-Tillotson University, a private university in Austin, Texas, will receive a $150 million donation over the next 10 years – the single-largest gift ever given to a historically Black college or university. In honor of the university’s 150th anniversary, Ross Moody, trustee and vice president of The Moody
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By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Whenever he’s home, 84-year-old Toshiaki Morioka carries an alarm device that measures temperature and humidity, which can summon emergency responders at the press of a button. He takes it to bed, to the kitchen, even to the bath. That’s because he knows he
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A British couple who had been held in detention by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and have flown out of the country, the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement. Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, who is in her mid-70s, were arrested by the Taliban from their
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The former US attorney who negotiated a controversial 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein defended that agreement in a closed-door meeting with House investigators Friday, according to Democrats in the room. “It’s very clear that Alex Acosta ran a deeply flawed investigation of the Epstein case,” Rep. Robert Garcia,
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — After prominent political activist Charlie Kirk was killed at a speaking event at a Utah university last week, an intense, 30-plus-hour manhunt for a suspect in the shooting ended with him peacefully surrendering at a local sheriff’s office, accompanied by his parents. News of Kirk’s killing quickly went global,
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By Holly Yan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Months after the bodies of three young sisters were found suffocated and abandoned in the Washington state wilderness, authorities believe they’ve found the remains of the man accused of killing them: their father. Investigators found bone fragments, other human remains and clothes that look similar to what
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — After years of threatening to upend industries around the world, artificial intelligence could soon enter the corridors of power, if a fringe political party in Japan gets its way. Upstart party Path to Rebirth unveiled plans earlier this week to install a chatbot penguin as its
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