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
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes launched Fox News 25 years ago Thursday. Is the United States better off? For all the rightful scrutiny of Facebook in recent days, let’s recognize
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By Liz Stark, CNN The US Department of Education announced major changes Wednesday to a federal student loan forgiveness program that the agency says could bring relief to more than 550,000 borrowers working in government and nonprofit sectors, including around 22,000 borrowers who will automatically be eligible for student loan forgiveness without needing to take
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business AT&T executives played a key role in the birth of far-right conspiracy channel One America News (OAN), according to court documents reviewed by CNN. The court documents were first reported by Reuters on Wednesday in an in-depth story detailing how AT&T, which is also the parent company of CNN, “helped
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez, CNN Body camera footage of Minneapolis police officers’ response to the protests in the days after George Floyd’s death reveals officers talking about “hunting” people as part of a response to quell the unrest. CNN reviewed more than two hours of excerpted videos from multiple police body cameras released Tuesday by an
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University of Missouri researchers are looking for children to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine study.
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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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Boonville and Cooper County officials are expected to make an economic development announcement at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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The health care industry is in need of people, with many hospitals reporting staffing shortages that have become a familiar sight during the coronavirus pandemic.
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TONIGHT: Showers start to thin out, but fog develops after midnight, bringing visibility down below a quarter-mile by sunrise. Lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy with a spot shower possible east of Highway 63. Highs in the low to mid-70s. EXTENDED: Rain begins to diminish overnight as this
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Tony Montgomery has been forced to put off his law school plans and can’t afford to buy a home or pay for health insurance because he’s drowning in $30,000 of student loan debt. Montgomery, a home-school teacher and tutor from Mansfield, Texas, said he’s had to pick up night shifts
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By Pedram Javaheri, CNN Extreme, climate-fueled rainfall broke records this week in a part of Italy known for its rain and an area in Oman not known for rain at all. On Monday, a series of storms put on the parking brakes over northwestern Italy, unleashing rainfall rates never before seen in all of Europe
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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Following congressional testimony from whistleblower Frances Haugen, in a Facebook post Tuesday night the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, pushed back against Haugen’s allegations that the tech giant is hiding research about its shortcomings from investors and the public. In a 1,300-word statement, Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s services and, appealing to its employees,
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor Sage Steele has apologized after making controversial statements about vaccine mandates, female sports reporters and former President Barack Obama’s racial identity. Steele has been removed from air following comments made during a September 29 podcast episode of “Uncut With Jay Cutler.” In a statement to CNN, Steele said:
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN Some Democratic lawmakers are sounding an alarm this week that Congress won’t be able to pass major climate provisions ahead of an important international climate conference set for early November in Glasgow. “That is a real concern,” Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told CNN. “I think it’s critical that we go to Glasgow
Continue ReadingBy Leyla Santiago, Gregory Lemos, Kristina Sgueglia and Travis Caldwell, CNN North Port Police say investigators did not find a campsite in the sprawling nature reserve that has been the focus of the search for Brian Laundrie, the missing fiancé of Gabby Petito. Police spokesperson Josh Taylor’s confirmation that there was no campsite comes after
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By Bethlehem Feleke, Vasco Cotovio and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Ethiopian government’s air force carried out two air strikes in the northern region of Tigray, government spokesperson Legese Tulu told CNN Sunday. One of the strikes hit a military command post and training center belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the region’s
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor Sage Steele has apologized after making controversial statements about vaccine mandates, female sports reporters and former President Barack Obama’s racial identity. Steele has been removed from air following comments made during a September 29 podcast episode of “Uncut With Jay Cutler.” In a statement to CNN, Steele said:
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By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church “a moment of shame,” and called upon leaders of the Church to ensure “similar tragedies” never happen again. Francis was speaking a day after a landmark report found that members of the
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By Kay Jones, Ashley Killough and Travis Caldwell, CNN At least four people were injured in a school shooting Wednesday at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas. The suspect is in custody and is being questioned by investigators, police said. Here’s what we know so far: What led up to the shooting? At around 9:15
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