By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A partisan report reviewing millions of ballots cast in Arizona’s Maricopa County during the 2020 presidential election is being used by a number of Republicans to call for decertifying the results of last year’s election in the state. Even though the results of Arizona’s sham audit reaffirmed Biden’s
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By Nadia Kounang, CNN The US Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday issued a public safety alert about a sharp increase of fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. This is the first such alert issued by the DEA in six years. According to the agency, more than 9.5 million counterfeit pills have been seized
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By Ryan Young, Emma Tucker and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The city is seeing a violent spike in crime, a troubling trend that experts say is largely due to socioeconomic issues exacerbated by the pandemic and one that led the police chief to resign from his position last month. Gun violence incidents in Shreveport have increased
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN While the FBI is adjusting its sails in the search for Gabby Petito‘s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, people across the country are delivering flowers to the Laundrie home in North Port, Florida, in an effort to honor Petito’s life. Those within the community are hand-delivering flowers to the home, but those from
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By Marshall Cohen and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Republicans’ appetite for seeing January 6 rioters prosecuted has fallen sharply over the course of the year, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday. A sizable majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 57%, still say it’s at least somewhat important that federal law enforcement agencies find
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Today: Tempeartures continue to climb to 92 degrees in Columbia while winds have calmed down out of the south. Skies continue to stay sunny throughout the afternoon with low relative humidity. Tonight: Clear skies and calm winds lead to overnight lows dropping into the lower ’60s out ahead of an approaching low-pressure system off to
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Meditation toys to help kids manage their feelings. A Lego kit for coding, with a focus on problem-solving skills. And an Amazon video chat portal that uses holograms, games and puzzles to keep little ones engaged on calls. A recent crop of toys and products that launched during the
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Drinkwitz is set to appear at a noon news conference. The Tigers host Tennessee at home on Saturday and are coming off an overtime loss at Boston College.
Continue ReadingBy Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN Liberals in the House Democratic Caucus revolted over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold a vote Thursday on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill before striking a deal on a multi-trillion-dollar spending package expanding the social safety net. Pelosi previously said the House would not
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By Zachary Cohen, Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Top US General Mark Milley offered a full-throated defense of his behavior during the last days of the Trump administration, including a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart, as he and other senior military officials appeared before lawmakers on Tuesday for a hearing about the withdrawal
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By Ryan Young and Jason Morris, CNN Officials in Georgia will be required to release accused criminals from jail while they’re awaiting indictment because of a backlog of cases that grew during the pandemic, according to the Fulton County District Attorney. Suspects who’ve been charged with crimes in Georgia are entitled to bond if they’re
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By Walé Azeez, CNN Business The United Kingdom is suffering from fuel shortages, gaps on supermarket shelves, rising inflation and slowing economic growth. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists he isn’t worried — but should he be? Johnson has in recent days brushed aside concerns about snarled supply chains and price hikes, saying they are consistent
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an insider trading investigation into transactions by high-level officials at the Federal Reserve. The Massachusetts Democrat called for the agency to conduct a “sweeping review of all securities trades” by Fed officials to determine if they violated
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne Arundel
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Car sales at major automakers are plunging due to a shortage of computer chips that’s forced factory shutdowns and crimped supply. But that’s not fazing Wall Street, which remains laser-focused on investment in electric vehicles that could power future growth. What’s happening: General Motors, Chrysler-owner Stellantis and Honda all recently
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By Jill Disis, CNN Business A growing power supply crunch in China is triggering blackouts for households and forcing factories to cut production, threatening to slow the country’s vast economy and place even more strain on global supply chains. Companies in the country’s industrial heartlands have been told to limit their energy consumption in order
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN K-pop’s most famous boy band has announced additional show dates in North America, with four special nights at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. BTS will be performing there on November 27, November 28, December 1, and December 2. The announcement came as a happy surprise for fans of the group
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TUESDAY: It’ll be warm again this afternoon but unlike yesterday, we won’t have the slight benefit of those breezy conditions. Temperatures will reach into the low 90’s this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. TONIGHT: The mostly clear skies keep rolling into tonight, at least giving us a chance to cool off. Lows will settle down
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By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders are in a stare down with Republicans over funding the government. Democratic leaders and Biden have entered a stare down with the party’s progressives as they move to de-link the two pieces of Biden’s sweeping agenda and lock in the votes on
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By Jen Christensen, CNN New data suggests booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines were well-tolerated, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday. “The frequency and type of side effects were similar to those seen after the second vaccine doses and were mostly mild or moderate and short-lived,” Walensky said during
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