By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN The newly formed House select committee is taking the lead on investigating January 6 going forward, consolidating the investigation, as other committees looking into the matter begin handing over their work, according to a multiple sources familiar with the matter. That includes interviews with key figures
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden unveiled another component of his administration’s plan to fight the climate crisis on Thursday, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid. Biden signed the executive order at the White House alongside representatives
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By Christina Carrega and Devan Cole, CNN The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is launching an investigation into policing practices in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, with a focus on how the city treats residents experiencing homelessness, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. “We have reviewed court files, media reports, citizen complaints and we also
Continue ReadingBy Dina Kupfer Click here for updates on this story TAHOE, California (KOVR) — The effort to Keep Tahoe Blue is going to great depths, literally. A team of divers has completed about 20 miles of trash collecting beneath the water. Beneath the pristine blue waters of Lake Tahoe lies years of waste—items like aluminum
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By Paul Vercammen, Eric Levenson, Cheri Mossburg and Amir Vera, CNN The sensational murder trial of millionaire Robert Durst was abruptly adjourned on Thursday, as Judge Mark Windham sent jurors home for a “long weekend.” Court is set to resume Monday at 11 a.m. PT, with continued cross-examination of memory expert, Dr. Elizabeth Loftus. Durst
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Robinhood shares fell more than 27% Thursday following the previous day’s stratospheric rise. The selloff was sparked by a regulatory filing from the company saying that shareholders, including venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, will sell up to nearly 98 million shares over time. It’s been a roller coaster week for
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN The fallout from a police officer who followed a car thinking the man behind the wheel was Native American is testing the fragility of race relations in a South Dakota city. The police officer in Rapid City resigned after he allegedly reported that “a young Native American male (was) driving a
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By Dianne Gallagher and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday called for a second special session of the state legislature to begin this weekend, after Democratic lawmakers fled the state to block a restrictive voting bill. In the Republican governor’s proclamation, which includes “election integrity” on the agenda, he says the special
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN After Joe Biden came into office, Suleiman Omar Hassan and his roommate, both living in Uganda at the time, scrolled through the news on their cellphones every day looking for the answer to a life-altering question: Will Biden raise the refugee cap? Hassan’s hopes to resettle in the United States were
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Stefanie Watts admits she’s worried about sending her granddaughter and her son back to school on Monday. “I’m scared,” Watts told CNN at a vaccination event in DeKalb County, Georgia. “I’m not gonna tell no lie. I am scared.” But that’s why Watts is getting the teens vaccinated, hoping it will
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN From “Full Metal Jacket” in the ’80s to “Mean Girls” in the ’00s, Asian and Pacific Islander women have historically been exoticized and hypersexualized in Hollywood — and the problem lingers today. Female Asian and Pacific Islander characters are more likely than female characters of any other race to be objectified
Continue ReadingBy JOSH MORGAN Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Sheriff Patrick Labat, and acting United States Attorney Kurt Erskine spoke at a news conference Thursday, vowing collaboration with Atlanta Police to help solve the murder of Katie Janness at Piedmont Park Wills said her
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The pandemic was difficult for casual dining brands like Applebee’s, which saw sales plummet when it closed its dining rooms last year. But now, Applebee’s is doing better than it has in years. One reason? Attention from the song “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes. “This song lyrically is all about
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By Aleks Klosok and John Sinnott, CNN English Premier League champion Manchester City completed the signing of England international Jack Grealish​ on a six-year contract on Thursday. The 25-year-old Grealish joins City from Aston Villa having made 213 appearances and scoring 32 goals for the Birmingham club over the course of eight seasons. “I am
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By Naomi Thomas and Jason Hanna, CNN Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine showed 93% efficacy against symptomatic disease through six months, and the company expects to complete its application for full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration this month, the company said Thursday. The efficacy data came from a final analysis of the vaccine’s Phase
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By Chloe Melas, CNN An attorney for Britney Spears has filed a petition requesting the judge in her conservatorship case move up a hearing to determine immediately whether Jamie Spears will be removed as the co-conservator of his daughter’s estate, according to court documents obtained by CNN on Thursday. The next hearing is currently set
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CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich speaks with a Louisiana woman struggling to find a job that pays enough to support her family.
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The planned grand reopening of offices across America is in serious doubt because of the Delta variant. In the past 24 hours, a slew of major companies have told employees they will no longer be expected back at their desks in September. Notably, that list includes BlackRock, Wells Fargo and
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By Elissa Strauss Grown-ups tend to recall their adolescence as a highlight reel (or maybe, in some cases, it’s a lowlight reel): the first leg or face shave, the first kiss, the first bra, the first ejaculation or menstruation, and the first time you walked into a room and were treated like an adult. It
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By Amy Hollyfield Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KGO) — Phillip Kreycik’s wife and parents showed their strength and love and emotions this morning in Pleasanton as they came together to thank the community for holding them up during the three-week-long search for Philip. “There really are no words to truly
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