By Holmes Lybrand, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official told CNN on Tuesday, as the president has ramped up attacks against the community in recent days. The New York Times, which cited documents and an
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Joaquín Guzmán, otherwise known as “El Chapo,” a Mexican drug lord who has repeatedly broken out of prison. He was recaptured in January 2016 and later extradited to the United States to stand trial on federal charges. He was convicted on 10 counts
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By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Tamer Abu Assi was preparing breakfast for his two young boys Saturday morning when he realized he had run out of firewood. Fadi, 8, and Jumaa, 10, went out to fetch some, as their father is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. They never
Continue Reading CNN By Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Tamer Abu Assi was preparing breakfast for his two young boys Saturday morning when he realized he had run out of firewood. Fadi, 8, and Jumaa, 10, went out to fetch some, as their father is paralyzed and wheelchair-bound. They
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By Caitlin Danaher, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a prince and the Duke of York, will be denied a six-figure compensation payout for his early eviction from a 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate due to its state of repair, the crown estate has said. In a briefing to the UK’s Public
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo has said he believes the United States needs to find “another way” in handling the situation in Venezuela, warning against any military incursion and saying it would be better to pursue dialogue or apply economic pressure. “It seems there is the possibility that there be some activity,
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had taken over the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. It doesn’t matter that Kyiv disputed the claim, saying on Tuesday that fighting was
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By Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday backed her country’s security forces who are accused of killing hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, claiming the protesters intended to overthrow her government. The East African leader alleged without evidence that young people had been paid to take to the streets following October’s
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By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he is very proud of the two National Guard members shot in last week’s attack in Washington, DC, calling 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom “an incredible person” and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe a fighter. Wolfe, a US Air Force staff sergeant, and Beckstrom, a US Army specialist assigned
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By Michelle Krupa, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — This city’s new mayor-elect prays many times a day, for big things and small ones and often, she says, to a holy guardian known for helping defy lost causes. “My favorite patron saint is St. Jude,” Helena Moreno explains. “I don’t know what that says about me.”
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By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — When the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson was arrested last year after a high-profile five-day manhunt, many people had a question: What was Luigi Mangione doing at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania? One of the first officers on the
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By Kocha Olarn and Ross Adkin, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof. Hat Yai city is
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Was Ana Walshe murdered by her husband? Or did she die in bed of a mysterious, unexplained medical event? Defense attorneys for her husband, Brian Walshe, will try to convince jurors of the latter, one said in opening statements Monday as his murder trial began in earnest, almost
Continue Reading WBZ, ANA WALSHE VIA FACEBOOK, COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Was Ana Walshe murdered by her husband? Or did she die in bed of a mysterious, unexplained medical event? Defense attorneys for her husband, Brian Walshe, will try to convince jurors of the latter, one said in opening statements
Continue Reading By Germán Padinger, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appears even more isolated this week after losing two regional allies, Honduras and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, at the polls as he confronts Washington’s naval buildup in the Caribbean. In Honduras, preliminary results from Sunday’s elections have made one thing clear: Candidate
Continue Reading By Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — La Niña is present again this winter, which can have significant impacts on winter weather around the United States. La Niña, a natural ocean and weather pattern in the tropical Pacific, causes colder and stormier than average conditions across the northern US and warmer, drier and less stormy conditions
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Thinking about retirement? The world’s top-rated destination for 2026 is a sun-soaked European country with thousands of picturesque islands. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Pay more, get less Black Friday once again proved that Americans are
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By Billy Stockwell, Darya Tarasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Russia claimed on Monday to have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in what would be an important victory for its forces if confirmed – though Ukraine dismissed what it said were “loud statements” by Moscow aimed at influencing negotiations on ending the
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By Nicki Brown, Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of killing a health insurance company executive in a brazen attack that sparked a national debate, appeared in court Monday for the start of a multi-day hearing as his attorneys seek to have his diary entries and other key evidence
Continue Reading By Associated Press (CNN) — Family members were getting ready to cut the cake at a toddler’s birthday party when the gunfire started inside a banquet hall packed with relatives and friends over the weekend in California. “I actually thought it was my balloons popping. It was gunshots,” said Patrice Williams, the birthday girl’s mother.
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