By Amir Vera, CNN Now that the remains of Brian Laundrie have been positively identified by authorities, there are still lingering questions as to why, how and even when he disappeared in the days after his fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing. His parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, may be vital to unraveling the mysteries.
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The FBI’s Denver office said Thursday that remains found in a Florida nature reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, who went missing last month. The FBI said dental records confirmed the identification.
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department informed congressional staff Thursday that it is in touch with 363 US citizens in Afghanistan, 176 of whom want to leave, two sources familiar with the call told CNN. The figures presented on that call underscore the ongoing challenge faced by the Biden administration as Americans continue to
Continue ReadingBy Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Big cities across America are forcing employees to get vaccinated as part of their jobs, and many police unions are pushing back, driven by a mix of anti-vaccine ideology and principled disagreement over changing work rules on the fly. Unions are availing themselves of their collecting bargaining rights
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve announced new trading rules on Thursday following a controversy over trades made by senior officials. The Fed said the new rules will ban policymakers and senior staff from buying individual stocks and bonds and will restrict active trading. The central bank pledged to also increase the frequency
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THURSDAY: Clouds have started to push back in this morning. Those will be here to stay for most of us into this afternoon. Those, along with a steady wind out of the northwest will keep highs from getting past the mid to upper 50’s. TONIGHT: We’ll hang on to the clouds overnight, keeping us from
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Five military veterans on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema‘s advisory board resigned from their roles this week, slamming the Arizona Democrat as one of the “principal obstacles to progress.” In a letter to Sinema, the veterans expressed frustration with her refusal to change the Senate filibuster to protect voting rights, failure to support
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former President Donald Trump is planning a return to Wall Street. Trump, whose companies have a long history of filing for bankruptcy, announced a deal Wednesday night to bring a new media company public through what’s known as a SPAC, or a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation. Trump Media & Technology
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By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN A man charged with the murder of British politician David Amess had links to the ISIS terror group and targeted the MP due to his support for air strikes on Syria, a court in London heard Thursday. Ali Harbi Ali, 25 and from London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for a
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By Rob Picheta and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Europe is facing a potentially devastating winter that could see half a million people die with Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday, as it sounded the alarm over a surge in cases and bemoaned stuttering vaccination rollouts on parts of the continent. Much of Europe
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Yvonne Orji has some words of wisdom for the character she plays for the upcoming fifth and final season of “Insecure.” “I would tell Molly, take a deep breath,” Orji told CNN.”Just take a deep breath, Boo.” Fans of the HBO series will need to breathe as well with the
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The White House could issue its employee coronavirus vaccination and test mandate any day, The Associated Press reports, as employers wait to get details on a key part of President Joe Biden’s plan to boost vaccination rates.
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By Caitlin Hu, AnneClaire Stapleton, Matt Rivers, Natalie Gallón and David Shortell, CNN The leader of the gang that kidnapped 17 US and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has threatened to kill them if he doesn’t get what he wants, according to a video released Thursday. The video appears to show Wilson Joseph — who goes
Continue ReadingBy John Keefe, Rachel Ramirez and Angela Fritz, CNN After months of extreme drought, the wet season has arrived in the West. Though rain is much needed, extreme downpours could unleash flash floods and treacherous debris flows. The season could alleviate the drought and fire conditions, but the long-term impacts of drought persist. In California,
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Story by Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Video by Sean Clark, Frank Fenimore & Matt Gannon, CNN Business When Amazon opened a sprawling warehouse in her community in March 2020, Jennifer Bates never guessed she’d find herself testifying before members of Congress one year later about the “grueling” conditions she experienced working inside it. Bates,
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By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN Democrats aren’t there yet on cracking a deal on a President Joe Biden’s sweeping, if now scaled back, economic and climate package. But the over the course of the next 36 hours, those involved in these talks think it is possible to get at least one of the
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By Nikki Carvajal A series of new reports from the Biden administration will issue a stark warning on Thursday: The effects of climate change will be wide-reaching and will pose problems for every government. “No country will be spared from the challenges directly related to climate change,” a senior administration official told reporters in a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Olivia Newton-John says she has her good days and her bad days as she once again battles cancer. In an interview with “Today’s” Hoda Kotb which aired Wednesday, the singer talked about living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. She said these days she’s “feeling pretty good.” “I have my
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By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added just one new location to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations this week. On Monday afternoon, architecturally rich Ukraine, the second-largest nation in Europe in land area, was moved up from Level 3, or “high” risk for Covid-19, to
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN As we head into what was supposed to be the fall recovery, the world is still reeling from Covid-related anxiety. It shows up in tepid job recovery and stock market tremors as well as in disagreements over masks and vaccine requirements in our schools and communities. It’s not just Covid–19 that’s
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