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By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote. The senators split largely along party lines, with 50 Republicans supporting Hegseth, who has been dogged by concerns about

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of US Border Patrol agent earlier this week on a highway in Vermont close to the US-Canadian border, the FBI office in Albany said Friday. Teresa Youngblut, a 21-year-old Washington state resident, was charged with assault on a

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former NBA player Kobe Bryant, who played 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. Personal Birth date: August 23, 1978 Death date: January 26, 2020 Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Birth name: Kobe Bean Bryant Father: Joe Bryant, a professional basketball player Mother: Pam

By Gloria Pazmino, Mark Morales and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A New Jersey mayor says his city has been “unlawfully terrorized” after federal agents detained multiple people Thursday during what Immigration and Customs Enforcement called “a targeted enforcement operation.” The agents “raided” a local business and detained “undocumented residents as well as citizens, without

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Louvre Museum in Paris, home to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” has requested urgent help from the French government to renovate its aging exhibition halls and better protect its countless works of art. The museum is also seeking to relieve congestion after welcoming 8.7 million visitors in 2024,

By Andy Rose, Holly Yan and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires and new blazes flaring up earlier this week, expected rainfall this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Do you drink diet soda instead of the real deal? If so, you may want to think again. Recent

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Do you drink diet soda instead of the real deal? If so, you may want to think again.

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — People in Southern California have risked their own safety to rescue animals, both big and small, from the wildfires that have killed 27 people and displaced many more after thousands of structures were destroyed. The Palisades and Eaton fires have become two of the most destructive wildfires in

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University says it has suspended one student after “expediting” its investigation into a group who disrupted a class on Israeli history. Demonstrators handed out flyers with “violent imagery” to students attending a History of Modern Israel class on Tuesday, the university said in a statement. Columbia said it

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Lawyers and advocacy groups advised members of the LGBTQ+ community to take precautions after President Donald Trump’s executive order

By Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker, Robert Shackelford and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters are tackling a new brush fire — dubbed the Sepulveda Fire — near Interstate 405 and Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles. The fire sparked hours after fire crews started to achieve some containment on the Hughes Fire, which spread rapidly Wednesday

By Natasha Chen, Artemis Moshtaghian, Stephanie Becker and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — By the time the flames from the deadly Eaton fire approached their western Altadena neighborhood, Mark Douglas and some of his neighbors had already given up on the Los Angeles County emergency evacuation system. “None of us got a red (mandatory evacuation)

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Diversity, equity and inclusion programs have come under attack in American boardrooms, state legislatures and college campuses – and now broadly across the federal government. President Donald Trump hours after swearing in this week began making good on promises to wage a war against such policies, inking an