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20,000 Malibu area residents face evacuation over wildfire as weather conditions improve

CNN By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Improving weather conditions in Southern California on Wednesday raised officials’ hopes that firefighters could rein in the Franklin Fire, which forced evacuation orders or warnings for 20,000 residents in the Malibu area, including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and businesses. At

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20,000 Malibu area residents face evacuation over wildfire as weather conditions improve

By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Improving weather conditions in Southern California on Wednesday raised officials’ hopes that firefighters could rein in the Franklin Fire, which forced evacuation orders or warnings for 20,000 residents in the Malibu area, including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and businesses. At its

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Video points to Assad regime’s involvement in large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs

By Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder and Nechirvan Mando, CNN (CNN) — A social media video surfaced Wednesday allegedly showing a warehouse in Syria stacked with captagon, an illicit drug that had transformed the country into a narco-state under former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. The large warehouse was reportedly located at the headquarters of a military

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How suspect on the run in CEO’s killing was recognized at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, hash brown in hand, and finally captured

WJLA, CNN By Ray Sanchez and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The regulars began assembling in the predawn Monday at a McDonald’s just off the interstate in western Pennsylvania when at some point a fellow customer caught their attention. “Don’t that look like the shooter from New York?” one of the regulars, who only gave

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How suspect on the run in CEO’s killing was recognized at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, hash brown in hand, and finally captured

By Ray Sanchez and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The regulars began assembling in the predawn Monday at a McDonald’s just off the interstate in western Pennsylvania when at some point a fellow customer caught their attention. “Don’t that look like the shooter from New York?” one of the regulars, who only gave his first

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He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite reportedly not speaking the language. Nigel Richards claimed victory at this year’s tournament in Granada, Spain last month, Reuters reported, showcasing once again his remarkable abilities to outperform even native speakers in

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The gun CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione had upon arrest matches shell casings from the crime scene, police say

By Dalia Faheid, Michelle Watson, Bonney Kapp, John Miller and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The 3D-printed gun that health care CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione had when he was arrested this week in Pennsylvania matches three shell casings found at the crime scene in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Police Department commissioner said Wednesday,

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South Korea’s ex-defense minister attempts to take his own life as presidential office raided in martial law fallout

By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has attempted to end his own life while in custody, the head of the country’s correctional service said Wednesday, as a political crisis from the President’s brief declaration of martial law continues to spiral. Separately, South

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