By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Rachel Maddow revealed on her show Wednesday that she had surgery for skin cancer. The MSNBC anchor said she’s going to be “absolutely fine” after getting a cancerous mole removed from her neck last week. Maddow took a few days off following the small procedure at a New York hospital
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a sweeping report Thursday detailing what they say is evidence former President Donald Trump and a top lawyer in the Justice Department attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election. After the eight-month investigation, the findings highlight the relentlessness of Trump and some of his
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The US Marshals Service is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man investigators say strongly resembles one of its most wanted fugitives who has been on the run for 23 years. John Ruffo was convicted in the late 1990s of a $350 million bank fraud scheme and sentenced to
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden arrived in Illinois on Thursday as part of his administration’s push for Covid-19 vaccine requirements, hours after the White House released a report bolstering its push for vaccine requirements in conjunction with the trip. The White House report released on Thursday points to a rise
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Not one of the judges guessed the true identity of the Baby on Wednesday night’s episode of “The Masked Singer.” Drumroll please … It was none other than funny man, Larry the Cable Guy, whose real name is Daniel Whitney. Show judge Jenny McCarthy had even starred with Whtiney in the
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Kim Kardashian is just days away from her hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live.” The reality star turned billionaire business mogul was seen out dining with “SNL” cast members this week, ahead of her big night. Kardashian began rehearsals Wednesday. “She’s really excited but nervous,” a source close to Kardashian told
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By Junko Ogura, CNN An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude struck Japan’s northwestern Chiba Prefecture, which lies east of the capital Tokyo, on Thursday evening, according to the USGS. Japan Meteorological Agency first registered the magnitude as 6.1, with an initial depth of 80 kilometers (50 miles). The earthquake has since been updated to a 5.9
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By Hamzeh Noami The Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware said Thursday it had terminated its contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the wake of a ruling by England’s high court that Dubai’s ruler hacked his ex-wife’s phone using the software. Andrew McFarlane, the UK’s most senior family court judge, said in his ruling
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By Carma Hassan and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Maryland man accused of killing his pharmacist brother, his sister-in-law and an 83-year-old woman told his mother he wanted to “confront” his brother over “him administering COVID vaccines,” according to charging documents obtained from Howard County District Court. Jeffrey Allen Burnham, 46, also allegedly told a tipster
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By Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blinked after a three-month stalemate with Democrats. Democrats appear to have taken a deal that many in the caucus acknowledge is little more than kicking the can down the
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By Mallory Simon, CNN Students began flocking back to the six campuses of the University of Maine this fall hoping for a more normal college experience, one without shutdowns or Zoom classes. As those tens of thousands of students returned to residence halls and full classrooms, university leaders hoped the measures they put in place
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN With Monica Lewinsky as producer, narrator and self-proclaimed “patient zero” for its premise, “15 Minutes of Shame” is a thought-provoking if slightly scattered documentary, one that looks at the nastiness of online culture, its tendency toward snap judgments and the havoc that can wreak on lives of ordinary people. Author
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By Sarah Moon and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Law enforcement agencies said they are still investigating the Zodiac Killer case as an independent group of cold-case investigators came forward Wednesday to claim they had solved the mystery of who was behind the decades-old serial murders. The Case Breakers, a team of 40 former law enforcement investigators,
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The gentle clink of glasses, the low hum of conversation, the soft lights and appetite-whetting scents. All were sadly missed when restaurants around the world were forced to shut their doors in 2020 and 2021, the ovens cold and the owners and workers facing an uncertain future. The World’s 50 Best
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By Isil Sariyuce and Caitlin Hu, CNN Turkey became the last G20 nation to ratify the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, almost six years after initially signing it, but at the same time, lawmakers protested a key detail — the country’s classification as a developed nation. Turkish environment and urbanization minister Murat Kurum said Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, CNN The clock is ticking down on the time President Joe Biden has to appoint a permanent head to the US Food and Drug Administration — an agency critical to fighting the coronavirus pandemic — with no outward signs he has a candidate in mind. Dr. Janet Woodcock is serving as the
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Friday’s jobs report will shed some light on whether August’s disappointing numbers were just a blip — or the start of an unwelcome trend. Either way, the recovery could be bumpy until America gets all the way through the Covid crisis. “The pandemic has always been in the driver’s seat
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Gregory Lemos, CNN Heavy rain sparked deadly flash flooding in parts of Alabama from Wednesday into Thursday, killing four people — including a 4-year-old girl — as crews rushed to rescue people from cars and homes, officials said. Two deaths happened in northern Alabama’s Marshall County, where the girl was found
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A school safety officer in Long Beach, California, has been fired after shooting an 18-year-old woman following a physical altercation last month, school officials said Wednesday. The officer was accused of violating district policy, Superintendent Jill Baker said. The decision came after Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez was shot by a Millikan High
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By Alex Marquardt, CNN The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a months-long review and a reflection of the intelligence community’s view of China as the greatest long-term threat to the United States. The new China Mission Center “will further strengthen our
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