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Karmin Wells poses with her grandfather

A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a young athlete: Some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year

By Zoe Sottile, Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson, Sydney Bishop, Taylor Galgano, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco. They lit slender candles and spoke into the surrounding darkness the names

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Trainees simulate an immigration arrest

Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How some Charlotte residents are mobilizing amid the immigration crackdown

By Dalia Faheid, Andy Buck, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The pews of the Charlotte church were packed as onlookers watched a man restrain a woman while a group in bright vests furiously blew their whistles and filmed the interaction, chanting, “La migra esta aqui.” Another group loudly sang, “This little light of mine, I’m

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A federal agent throws a tear gas canister during clashes with community members on Chicago’s South Side on October 14.

Appeals court blocks judge’s order restricting use of force during federal immigration crackdown in Chicago

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A US appeals court has temporarily blocked an order curtailing federal immigration enforcement in Chicago, arguing the lower court judge overstepped when she imposed strict and wide-reaching restraints on how agents can interact with protesters and journalists. A three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday

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Members of the US Marine Corps

What we know of the countries backing US military moves in the Caribbean

By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — The United States shared images on Wednesday of joint military exercises in Trinidad and Tobago, as its armed forces amass in the region, building pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The deployment is receiving logistical and diplomatic support from multiple Latin American countries, ranging from limited assistance to open

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A flag hangs on campus at Harvard University in Cambridge

Former Harvard president Larry Summers steps aside from teaching as university probes Jeffrey Epstein documents

By Hanna Park, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Former Harvard president Larry Summers will not finish out the semester in his instructor role, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed, as the university investigates emails from Jeffrey Epstein released last week. “Mr. Summers has decided it’s in the best interest of the Center for him to go on

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Denmark's Prime Minister Metter Frederiksen

Denmark’s hardline immigration laws have caught Britain’s eye. Here’s why

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Denmark’s biggest exports include Ozempic, Carlsberg and Lego. But now, European leaders think it has something more valuable to sell: an immigration system tough and effective enough to neuter the hard right and keep mainstream parties in power. Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has achieved what many center-left

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Customers purchase sushi at a supermarket on August 9

China warns there is ‘no market’ for Japanese seafood exports as spat over Taiwan comments escalates

By Jerome Taylor, Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — China has warned there is “no market” for Japanese seafood exports, the latest veiled threat from Beijing as its diplomatic spat with Tokyo escalates over recent comments by Japan’s leader on defending Taiwan. The two neighbors have been engaged in a rapidly spiraling dispute after Japanese leader

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Military-style Humvees are parked along the border wall in Brownsville

Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. The government has said it will allow Britania Uriostegui Rios, a Mexican national, to return

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Rescue workers put out a fire at a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Kharkiv

Rescuers continue to recover bodies from rubble, days after deadly Russian attack on western Ukraine

By Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak, Todd Symons and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Rescuers were still working through the rubble on Friday, uncovering more bodies after a Russian attack hit apartment buildings in western Ukraine earlier this week, killing at least 31 people including several children, according to authorities. Ukraine’s emergency service said

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