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By Sarah Hutter, CNN It’s a love story, baby just said yes! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged. After nearly two years together, the pop icon and NFL star shared the news in a joint Instagram post — sending Swifties (my little sister included!) into a frenzy. And to think: It all started

By Jade Walker, CNN Want to learn more about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein? A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of the late convicted sex offender’s most prominent accusers, will be published this fall. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Coast Guard cutter on Monday unloaded a record haul of illegal drugs that, if it had made it to the streets, would represent around 23 million deadly doses of cocaine, the service said. The cutter Hamilton offloaded about 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana

By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Uvalde, Texas (CNN) — Thousands more emails related to the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, are to be released after a lawyer said a mistake had been made in withholding them. The error was admitted at an emotional school board meeting Monday night, where elected

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning artist Michael Jackson. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1958 Death date: June 25, 2009 Birth place: Gary, Indiana Birth name: Michael Joseph Jackson Father: Joseph Jackson, crane operator/The Jackson 5 manager Mother: Katherine (Scruse) Jackson Marriages: Debbie Rowe (November 15,

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN Have you purchased a ticket for tonight’s lottery drawing? If one lucky person selects all six numbers, they’ll win the 10th largest jackpot in Powerball history. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Crime crackdown In the first week

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN Have you purchased a ticket for tonight’s lottery drawing? If one lucky person selects all six numbers, they’ll win the 10th largest jackpot in Powerball history. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Crime crackdown In the first week

By Jade Walker, CNN Have you purchased a ticket for tonight’s lottery drawing? If one lucky person selects all six numbers, they’ll win the 10th largest jackpot in Powerball history. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Crime crackdown In the first week after

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A report of an active shooter at the University of South Carolina’s campus library Sunday was part of a swatting hoax, a school spokesperson said. “USCPD dispatch received two separate calls Sunday reporting an active shooter at the Thomas Cooper Library, at 6:30:42 and 6:32:20 p.m., respectively,” spokesperson Jeff

By Nic Anderson, Leigh Waldman, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a scene from a movie or video game, Rob Glinski said. A tour bus, heading back to New York City after a trip to the American side of Niagara Falls, was swerving between lanes on the New York State Thruway when it crashed just

By Alaa Elassar, Matthew J. Friedman, CNN (CNN) — The unexpected release of audio from Erik Menendez’s tightly controlled parole hearing last week nearly derailed Friday’s proceedings for his brother, Lyle, and infuriated his family members – who raised questions about the recording’s impact on the outcome and how it was released. The tumultuous session

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Billie Shepperd was planning her daughter Sheila’s 60th birthday party in June 2020 when the phone rang. She had been imagining family members traveling from Washington, DC, to celebrate at the beach with crab legs and potato salad, when she picked up to hear Maria Shepperd, her granddaughter and

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration escalates its deployment of troops in the nation’s capital and vows similar moves elsewhere, leaders of largely Democratic cities across the country are pushing back. From Boston to Los Angeles, President Donald Trump’s portrayal of the District of Columbia as a lawless wasteland to justify

By Leah M. Wright It’s been 65 years since John F. Kennedy first spoke of America’s “New Frontier.” This was his rallying cry for the nation, urging citizens to be bold and courageous in their vision for solutions for not just the US but also the world’s most pressing problems. “It would be easier to