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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been missing for over a month after she was last seen with her mother wearing wigs on a cross-country road trip. The mother, Ashlee Buzzard, returned to their California home without Melodee, did not report her daughter missing and has declined to cooperate with law

By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Trump administration has promised $2,000 tariff rebate checks to millions of Americans next year — but experts question whether the plan is feasible due to several major obstacles. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Epstein files A bill

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

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore could be repeated across the country if recommendations aren’t followed, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board issued 17 safety recommendations this week to prevent an accident like the one last year, where the 213-million-pound cargo vessel

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

CNN, POOL, WCCO, WTVD, WCNC, WRAL, WBTV, SEE PREFONTS By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly,

By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly, a gray minivan – doors already ajar – made

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is calling a federal judge’s order a “win for religious freedom” after Judge Orlando L. Garcia issued a preliminary injunction requiring certain Texas public school districts to remove displays of the Ten Commandments. The order comes in response to a lawsuit challenging

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday evening, Samantha Surovtsev squinted at her phone, blinking through tears as she rushed to order a set of Eastern European power adapters. Despite the 80-degree North Texas heat, she then drove to Old Navy and bought two bulky winter coats. When the adapters arrived Sunday, she tucked