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By Hanna Park and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An evacuation order has been lifted after a lithium-ion battery fire broke out at a power plant facility in Central California Thursday night, officials said Friday. “In an abundance of caution, Monterey County Health Officials are advising residents to stay indoors, keep windows and doors closed,

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Parents always say “I love all my children equally.” But not all kids get treated that way. Experts explain

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — If you work in one part of town and live in another, you might not get an evacuation warning if your home is in the path of disaster. If you do get an evacuation alert, the message might not tell you the location. And if cell towers get knocked

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Unwanted spam calls are rampant nowadays — and some world leaders even struggle to escape them. Thailand’s prime minister said she received a spam call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Unwanted spam calls are rampant nowadays — and some world leaders even struggle to escape them. Thailand’s prime minister said she received a spam call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Here’s what else you need to know to

By Yong Xiong and Simone McCarthy, CNN New York (CNN) — Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its components from China to the United States. Defendants

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! More than 30 years after scientists discovered links to cancer in animals, the US Food and Drug Administration

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! More than 30 years after scientists discovered links to cancer in animals, the US Food and Drug Administration banned

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime farewell address to the nation today. It is the first time Biden will speak publicly from the Oval Office since he explained why he dropped out of the presidential race back in July. Here’s what else you need to know to

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime farewell address to the nation today. It is the first time Biden will speak publicly from the Oval Office since he explained why he dropped out of the presidential race back in July. Here’s what else you need to know to Get

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Sitting in the hotel room where his family sheltered from the Eaton Fire, Eric Martin was certain his Altadena, California, house – the place he’d once believed his 1- and 3-year-old sons would know as their childhood home – was gone. When a friend sent him a photo of

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Trying to be a perfectionist can be exhausting — and harmful to your health. Sometimes you just need to

By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) — Less than a month before fires swept across Los Angeles, a group of longtime firefighters gathered at City Hall to plead for more resources. They were at a “breaking point,” one said. Another revealed that million-dollar fire trucks sat idle because budget

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitism has surged around the globe over the past decade, according to the Anti-Defamation League, an alarming trend that has largely been led by younger generations. A striking 46% of adults across the globe harbor “deeply entrenched” antisemitic attitudes, according to an annual survey conducted by the ADL. The

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The Christmas Eve stowaway who boarded a Delta Air Lines flight to Hawaii slipped past both a TSA ID check and a gate agent with no ticket, according to public records obtained by CNN. The stowaway was identified as Shemaiah Patrice Small, 33, of California, according to the documents.

By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — The past few years have marked the advent of a new lunar space race, with a fleet of robotic spacecraft from various companies and countries trying — and mostly failing — to reach the moon and carry out their missions. But 2025 may offer a second chance for those