By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Want to live longer? Switching up your exercise routine might do the trick. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Polluting plants When the Environmental Protection Agency rolled back mercury regulations, it said the high cost wasn’t worth
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By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, and Sarah Dadouch, CNN Beirut (CNN) — The prime minister of Lebanon made an urgent appeal Thursday to President Donald Trump to intervene in the cause of peace, calling for an immediate ceasefire and direct talks with Israel. Nawaf Salam told CNN in an exclusive interview that he sought
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CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, and Sarah Dadouch, CNN Beirut (CNN) — The prime minister of Lebanon made an urgent appeal Thursday to President Donald Trump to intervene in the cause of peace, calling for an immediate ceasefire and direct talks with Israel. Nawaf Salam told CNN in an exclusive interview that he
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A blanketed figure stood Wednesday in the Peace Garden of California’s Fresno State University like a shadowy ghost. The large black sheet awkwardly held taut with plastic binder clips hid the statue of Cesar Chavez, who spent decades in the spotlight as an icon of labor power and Latino
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CNN By Chris Boyette, Pau Mosquera Barcelona, Spain (CNN) — James “Jimmy” Gracey, an American college student reported missing in Spain earlier this week, has been found dead, a spokesperson for the Barcelona police told CNN. “Everything points to it being an accident, not a criminal act,” the spokesperson said. The 20-year-old junior of Elmhurst,
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Moments after reports emerged that Israeli jets had struck Iran’s largest gas production plant on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump posted a combative message on Truth Social. “We are putting them out of business,” he said, following the attack on Iran’s part of the world’s biggest natural gas reserves.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN Could your airport shut down if TSA screeners don’t show up to work? Experts explain which airports could be at risk of closure as staffing shortages worsen. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Nancy Guthrie More than six weeks
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Could your airport shut down if TSA screeners don’t show up to work? Experts explain which airports could be at risk of closure as staffing shortages worsen. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Nancy Guthrie More than six
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Could your airport shut down if TSA screeners don’t show up to work? Experts explain which airports could be at risk of closure as staffing shortages worsen. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Nancy Guthrie More than six
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By Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field marked a significant escalation in the war, prompting a furious Iran to attack major energy facilities of its Persian Gulf neighbors and Israel. Energy prices were already spiking because the effective closure of
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — For over a month, Transportation Security Administration employees have been showing up to work at US airports without getting paid. It’s the same song all over again for these security workers who have endured three lapses in funding during the last six months. The employees have become
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By Stephanie Yang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Recent years have brought heightened concern in Western intelligence circles that China could invade the self-governing island of Taiwan as early as next year. But the United States now says an imminent attack is unlikely. An annual threat assessment by the US intelligence community said Beijing prefers
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor, CNN Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — The residents of the Catalina Foothills are friendly, offering “good mornings” and waves to passersby on the street. They’re also private: Towering saguaro cacti and long, winding driveways shroud nearly every house in the affluent neighborhood north of Tucson. For those who chose the hillside community for
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The price of energy is soaring after Israel — in a major escalation — struck production infrastructure linked to Iran’s South Pars natural gas field, part of the largest gas reserves in the world, prompting Iran to target energy facilities in neighboring Persian Gulf states and Israel. Although President
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By Mauricio Torres, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain. Trash has been piling up on the streets of the capital, hospital stays and surgeries are being limited,
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By Jeremy Diamond, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khirbet Humsa, West Bank (CNN) — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed into Qusai Abu al-Kebash’s small village last weekend in the middle of the night. They grabbed Abu al-Kebash, bound him by his hands and legs and stripped him. He says they then zip-tied his genitals and paraded
Continue Reading CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khirbet Humsa, West Bank (CNN) — Dozens of masked Israeli settlers stormed into Qusai Abu al-Kebash’s small village last weekend in the middle of the night. They grabbed Abu al-Kebash, bound him by his hands and legs and stripped him. He says they then zip-tied his genitals and
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The stalemate in Washington, DC over funding the Department of Homeland Security has led to hourslong airport security lines and frustrated travelers, but now passengers could see some airports closed altogether, the Transportation Security Administration is warning. “It’s not hyperbole to suggest that we may have to quite
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM. Mush! Dogs named Zeus and Polar helped a former reality TV star cruise to a repeat victory in the Iditarod. The grueling sled dog race covers about 1,000 miles in the Alaska wilderness. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — During Kouri Richins’ weekslong murder trial, her attorneys repeatedly drove home the crux of their defense – that prosecutors could not prove how the drugs that killed her husband entered his body. Not one of more than 40 witnesses called by the prosecution testified about how Kouri Richins administered
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