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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, employed 190,167 people as of September 30, 2025. Timeline 1995 – Founders

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Justice Department charges ex-government contractor with leaking to Washington Post reporter

By Devan Cole, Katelyn Polantz, Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a government contractor with unlawfully sharing classified information with a Washington Post reporter, expanding the criminal case brought against him earlier this month for allegedly mishandling the information. The case has become a flashpoint for press freedom advocates over the

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Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from front lines in Afghanistan

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” baselessly claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan. “I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’

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An Egyptian university student lost his visa after pro-Palestinian protests. He could be deported within days

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — Usama Ghanem learned the stifling censorship that shrouded public spaces in Egypt early in life, and still recalls criticizing the “stupid” regime under former President Hosni Mubarak in elementary school. Immediately, his teacher hushed him. “Nobody was allowed to say anything,” Ghanem, now a 22-year-old student in

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Tourists inspect a display entitled 'The Dirty Business of Slavery' at the President's House in Philadelphia

Philadelphia sues Trump administration over removal of long-standing slavery exhibit from historic park

By Aleena Fayaz, Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — The City of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed a long-standing exhibit on slavery in the city’s Independence National Historical Park. The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday against the US Interior Department, Secretary Doug Burgum, the park service and its

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