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By Gloria Pazmino, Tami Luhby, Maria Santana, CNN New York (CNN) — New York and 21 other states are suing the Trump administration to block a new Department of Homeland Security rule they said would give immigration officials wider discretion to deny green cards, visas or entry into the United States when determining whether applicants
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 immigrant detainees who were held at Florida’s makeshift detention center, known as Alligator Alcatraz, were briefly held in small metal enclosures for “periods ranging from several minutes to nearly 2 hours,” according to a federal watchdog report. The Department of Homeland Security inspector general, which visited the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — The Bianca Rae Foundation is scheduled to host its 13th annual Rae of Hope Retreat this Saturday, September 12th, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. This year’s event, themed “The Real Me,” will welcome a record 750 middle school students through partnerships with local unified school districts. The retreat offers
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The two pilots of an Amazon Air cargo jet escaped their Boeing 767 with minor injuries last week at Miami International Airport after the plane ran off the end of a runway, striking two vehicles and killing five people. The cause of the crash is still under investigation
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Experience as a Supreme Court law clerk has long been a prized credential, now drawing signing bonuses up to $700,000 at law firms. But it has increasingly become a ticket to a judgeship of one’s own, ensuring that long after the current justices are gone, like-minded
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By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s push to pursue a sweeping conspiracy probe into former officials behind investigations targeting President Donald Trump has descended into turmoil and possibly new delays following the abrupt resignation of the top prosecutor overseeing the probe. Joe diGenova, the Washington lawyer and former top prosecutor
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — More than a month after Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, a man charged with murder in connection with her death appeared in court Monday. Jackson police announced the murder charge against 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff on
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) —As more students use e-bikes to get to school, a new platform is aiming to help districts keep track of who is riding, whether they have completed safety training and whether they are cleared to park on campus. Safe Ride Schools is designed for middle and high schools and combines student
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By Sunlen Serfaty, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Officials at the Kennedy Center have warned it could face “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks unless President Donald Trump’s name is added back to the building, according to documents included in a court filing. The documents – two draft resolutions concerning proposals to close the Kennedy Center
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Former US CIA director David Petraeus was at a Ukrainian train station at the very moment a Russian drone struck a passenger train on Sunday, shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign dignitaries had passed through. Kyiv
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Farmers across the nation are experiencing elevated diesel prices, with the national average at $6.20 per gallon. But in Riverside County, the average price per gallon for diesel is $8.06, according to AAA. With prices above $8, farmers tell News Channel 3 they are forced to work with tighter margins.
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The American airman rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down in April shared for the first time details about the risky recovery operation during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday. “Bravo,” the airman’s mission call sign used during the broadcast to shield his identity, said his parachute
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CNN By Alaa Elassar, Diego Mendoza, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Wisconsin congressman Tom Tiffany was on his way home Saturday evening following a demanding day of parades and political events when his plane plunged into the pitch-black darkness of Lake Wausau. As he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner in
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By Kit Maher, CNN Dublin (CNN) — On foreign land but home turf, Donald Trump presented the Irish Open trophy to Shane Lowry at the president’s Doonbeg golf course. He also presented a farewell gift: the elimination of tariffs on Irish whiskey. “I want to mention one thing. Taoiseach and I talked about it, and
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By Jake Tapper, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China. Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured House
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By Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Gulf diplomats and Iranian officials were set to meet Monday to discuss an Omani plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to regular tanker traffic, a conversation that would have happened without a critical player: the United States. But, as news of the meeting circulated on Sunday,
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By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has said that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop hitting each other’s energy targets amid concerns over the global spike in fuel prices – but both his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and the Kremlin later described it as a
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — What exactly was the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial thinking? The juror himself has not spoken, but several other jurors said the holdout acknowledged he had doubts about the prosecution’s case but still declined to find Clancy not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility. At least
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — With two months until the midterm elections, Democrats are laying the groundwork to launch far-reaching investigations into the Trump administration and preparing for high-stakes court battles if they win control of the House of Representatives in November. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, his White House ballroom project, his
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By Laura Sharman, Ibrahim Dahman, Rupert Neate, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Iranian state media has claimed an Iranian commercial vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz late Saturday, killing one person, amid an ongoing battle between the US and Iran for control over the crucial energy chokepoint. It comes at the same time
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