By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Atlanta mom Amanda James’ heart shattered when her soon-to-be 11-year-old uttered the words: “Mom, I don’t have to have a birthday party this year.” Her son knew both James, a Federal Aviation Administration airway transportation systems specialist and mother of four, and her husband, an air traffic controller,
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CNN, WSAW, WRAL, HOUSE TV, SENATE TV, LINDA HYINK By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Atlanta mom Amanda James’ heart shattered when her soon-to-be 11-year-old uttered the words: “Mom, I don’t have to have a birthday party this year.” Her son knew both James, a Federal Aviation Administration airway transportation systems specialist and mother
Continue Reading By Rocio Muñoz-Ledo, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A report by Human Rights Watch and Central American rights group Cristosal alleges that dozens of Venezuelans deported from the United States to a Salvadoran prison earlier this year were subjected to torture and other serious abuses including sexual violence. The report released Wednesday includes interviews with
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CNN By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in what has been a surge of settler violence. The attack took place in the town of
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By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A county in Kansas has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize for a 2023 raid on a small-town newspaper. Monday’s agreement stems from the August 2023 search of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of the paper’s publisher and a councilwoman, seizing
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Feeling lucky? Consider getting a Mega Millions ticket. The jackpot for tonight’s drawing just climbed to $900 million, the eighth-largest in the game’s history. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘Slop bowl’ struggles Three fast-casual giants —
Continue Reading By Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in what has been a surge of settler violence. The attack took place in the town of Beit
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By CNN Staff (CNN) — Venezuela says it is launching a “massive mobilization” of military personnel, weapons and equipment in response to the build-up of US warships and troops in the Caribbean Sea. Land, air, naval and reserve forces will carry out exercises through Wednesday, according to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, who described the
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Donald Trump’s assault on the media went global this week, as he threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over a documentary that his lawyer claimed made “false, defamatory, malicious, disparaging, and inflammatory” edits to a speech the US president made before the storming of the Capitol
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By Chelsea Bailey, Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — On a Monday in March 2012, detectives with the Moore, Oklahoma, police department were called to a bloody scene at a Super 8 Motel. They arrived before dawn to find a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase and a path of bloody footprints heading
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By Priscilla Alvarez, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, along with his agents, are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week as they eye other locations to ramp up arrests, according to three US officials familiar
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN Happy Veterans Day, readers. Ceremonies and tributes will be held across the country today to honor the millions of men and women who have served in the US Armed Forces. Since it’s a federal holiday, many public schools, banks and post offices will also be closed. Here’s what else you need
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Happy Veterans Day, readers. Ceremonies and tributes will be held across the country today to honor the millions of men and women who have served in the US Armed Forces. Since it’s a federal holiday, many public schools, banks and post offices will also be closed. Here’s what else you
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CNN By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — A bombing in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday killed 12 people and injured more than 20 – marking the worst suicide attack to rock the city in nearly two decades. Wreaths of gray smoke and orange flames curled over a car in the capital,
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — A bombing in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday killed 12 people and injured more than 20 – marking the worst suicide attack to rock the city in nearly two decades. Wreaths of gray smoke and orange flames curled over a car in the capital, in
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — While the government shutdown may soon be in the rearview mirror, it could leave air travel in a chokehold for months, and possibly years, to come. Until a deal is officially inked, airlines must continue to follow the Federal Aviation Administration’s emergency order to incrementally reduce flight capacity
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CNN By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — While the government shutdown may soon be in the rearview mirror, it could leave air travel in a chokehold for months, and possibly years, to come. Until a deal is officially inked, airlines must continue to follow the Federal Aviation Administration’s emergency order to incrementally reduce flight
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, Steven Jiang, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — Two of China’s most popular gay-dating apps have disappeared from app stores in the country, reinforcing fears of a widening crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups and online content. Blued and Finka were not available on Apple’s App Store as of Tuesday and the apps had been
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — For decades, he was a feared US-backed dictator whose regime oversaw bloody Cold War-era massacres, accused of diverting huge amounts of state money to propel his family into luxury and political power. On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faces growing US military pressure and calls for his resignation, an old foe is returning to haunt him in his own backyard: Inflation, one of Venezuela’s chronic economic maladies, is on the rise again. “Prices are growing every day,” said Yon Michael
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