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By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Many Americans are feeling financially squeezed as prices for groceries, gas and other essentials remain stubbornly high. Even so, the median US household income just climbed to a record level. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ How
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By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election officials in both Democratic and Republican-led states breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping restrictions on mail-in balloting Monday, which they had warned would upend vote-by-mail and potentially disenfranchise millions of voters in the midterms. The decision
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By Lauren Kent, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Protesters are taking to the streets around the world to voice anger about skyrocketing fuel prices and rolling blackouts, as the now monthslong US war with Iran drives up the cost of energy globally. Oil prices climbed back above the $100 per barrel mark last week in
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel’s decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI job applicants drew bipartisan disbelief Tuesday after he said the change was intended to protect trafficking victims coerced into sexual acts with animals. The FBI previously automatically disqualified people who acknowledged engaging in crimes including
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PALM DESERT, CA (KESQ) – The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will temporarily close its Palm Desert office at 74-740 Technology Drive for interior painting. The office will close at 5 p.m. Friday, September 18, and is expected to reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, September 28. During the closure, customers can visit nearby DMV
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CNN By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats were privately dreading a politically charged — but purely symbolic — vote on impeaching President Donald Trump triggered by one of their own members. Then came something unexpected. Just hours before that vote, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie surprised his colleagues with a push to impeach Defense
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INDIO (CNS) – Set times were announced for Head Trip, a two-day electronic music festival scheduled for next month in Indio. The festival will run from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. Oct. 10-11 at the Empire Polo Club, 81-800 51st Ave. Saturday’s lineup will include Calvin Harris, Peggy Gou back-to-back with Four Tet, Seth Troxler
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ)— The Riverside Sheriffs’ Association (RSA) has named former Palm Springs Police Lieutenant William Hutchinson as its new executive director, bringing 28 years of law enforcement, labor representation and organizational leadership experience to the role. He joins RSA after a 28-year career with the Palm Springs Police Department, where he most recently founded
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have recovered the remains of the last hiker unaccounted for since deadly flash floods in the Grand Canyon last month, his family said Thursday. “My family has done a lot of waiting over the last three weeks … waiting and hoping,” Timothy Allen Smith’s wife, Carrie Smith, posted
Continue Reading By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats were privately dreading a politically charged — but purely symbolic — vote on impeaching President Donald Trump triggered by one of their own members. Then came something unexpected. Just hours before that vote, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie surprised his colleagues with a push to impeach Defense Secretary
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The US war with Iran is expected to increase inflation for the first quarter of 2027, raising costs at a time Americans are growing more concerned about the economy, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday, The CBO expects the Iran war to add roughly
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By Arina Porkhovnik, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz announced Tuesday that the country is reinforcing security at its border with Ukraine after Russian drone strikes near crossings heightened concerns among NATO allies. “Recent days show that Russia’s actions threaten the security of all of Europe. In accordance with our government’s
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By Kasie Hunt, Sunlen Serfaty, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to three sources familiar with the matter. “It was f**king crazy,” said one
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By Chelsea Bailey, Lauren Mascarenhas, Jack Hannah, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — California prosecutors announced they will not seek the death penalty against Michele and Rob Reiner’s son Nick, who has been charged with murder in the killing of his parents. Nick Reiner, who turned 33 on Monday, faces two counts of first-degree murder in
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ median household income rose to $87,460, or 2.6%, in 2025, the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. This is the highest household income, which is adjusted for inflation, since the agency started measuring it in 1967. Despite the increase
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — A public inquiry into how the crimes of a British nurse convicted of murdering multiple babies went undetected for so long has uncovered a litany of failings at the UK hospital where she worked and concluded that some babies would have been saved had managers acted sooner. The
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump upbraided Supreme Court justices as “shells” beholden to “crazed” liberal interests in a lengthy online screed a day after the court blocked his plan to execute dramatic changes to mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of actor Michael Douglas. Personal Birth date: September 25, 1944 Birth place: New Brunswick, New Jersey Birth name: Michael Kirk Douglas Father: Kirk Douglas, actor Mother: Diana (Dill) Douglas, actor Marriages: Catherine Zeta-Jones (November 18, 2000-present); Diandra (Luker) Douglas (1977-2000, divorced) Children: with
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By Josh Campbell, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The investigation into Hayden Panettiere’s death has stretched from coast to coast, with federal authorities now looking into whether the actress obtained illicit — and possibly counterfeit — drugs from a dealer in Southern California, a source familiar with the investigation tells CNN. Medics responding to a
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By Chris Lau, Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Japan has been gripped by a declining population for decades, but one age group is adding new members and there are more of them than ever. For the first time in Japan, the number of people aged 100 or older has surpassed more than 100,000
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