By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Members in the Missouri community where an Amtrak train struck a dump truck and killed four people this week had previously raised concerns about the crossing where the crash took place, a top federal official said Wednesday. “The community has really been focused on this crossing for years,”
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Right-wing attorney John Eastman has dropped his challenge to the House’s pursuit of his call log data, according to a new federal court filing. The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack had subpoenaed Verizon for three months of records related to Eastman’s
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez, CNN FBI seized the phone of former President Donald Trump’s election attorney John Eastman last week, according to a new court filing from the conservative lawyer. Eastman disclosed the search and seizure in federal court in a lawsuit that he filed in New Mexico on Monday, calling it improper.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users’ ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is. Meta-owned Instagram said in a blog post on Thursday that AI is one of three new methods it’s testing to verify users’ ages
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright and Devan Cole, CNN In her first interview since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN’s Dana Bash that she never believed former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks, whom she voted against in the Senate, would preserve the landmark abortion law. “I never
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright and Devan Cole, CNN In her first interview since Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN’s Dana Bash that she never believed former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court picks, whom she voted against in the Senate, would preserve the landmark abortion law. “I never
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added two destinations to its “high” category for Covid-19 risk — including a Caribbean nation popular for its beaches. The Dominican Republic and Kuwait, a Middle Eastern country known for its cultural offerings, are both now listed as “Level
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden’s pick to helm US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ed Gonzalez, is withdrawing from consideration, Gonzalez announced in a tweet on Monday, leaving the agency without permanent leadership as the administration tries to usher forward its immigration agenda. Biden tapped Gonzalez to serve as ICE director last year. But
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and beautiful with highs in the low to mid-80s. EXTENDED: We’ll be about ten degrees cooler than average overnight, with lows falling into the upper 50s. Tomorrow is another great day with highs in the mid-80s. We begin to warm up by mid-week
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Pervaiz Shallwani, CNN Authorities in New York filed lawsuits against 10 companies selling parts for so-called ghost guns, in an effort to hold distributors accountable for the proliferation of mail-order components used to make untraceable guns that lead to shootings. The lawsuits, invoking a newly enacted state “public nuisance” law, hit
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Can you keep a secret? Not many people know that pilots and cabin crew have access to hidden capsule-like spaces on some planes — usually right above the main cabin — to rest and recharge. A passenger walking by would probably think it’s a closet, but behind the door is a
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Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Top Gun: Maverick” has flown to new heights. The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, in which Tom Cruise reprises the famed role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, according to Paramount. “Maverick” is the first film in Cruise’s more than 40-year
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova and Dakin Andone, CNN A Russian court on Monday scheduled Brittney Griner‘s trial to start Friday, according to her lawyer, and ruled the WNBA star’s detention be extended six months pending its outcome. Griner — who has been held in Russia since her arrest at a Moscow airport on allegations of attempted
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court said Monday that a Washington state school district violated the First Amendment rights of a high school football coach when he lost his job after praying at the 50-yard line after games. The opinion was 6-3 along conservative-liberal ideological lines. “The Constitution
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices on Monday readily put themselves in the shoes of a football coach who wanted to pray at midfield after a game, over those of students who might feel pressure to join him, in an expansive decision focused on the “suppression” of religious
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Kollene Dunn’s abortion a few months after the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling saved her family, she said. Dunn learned she was pregnant from a date rape and her mind quickly raced to her two young children, she told CNN. The single mom realized she did not have the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business In the wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, people have flooded social media platforms with information about how to access in-person or medication abortions to help those in states that have outlawed the procedure or could soon do so. But the situation could create
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is promising to fight Republican efforts in the House of Representatives to pass a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks following the Supreme Court’s historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, calling it an attempt to strip away women’s rights. After the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN His face couldn’t be seen, but Kanye West showed up at the 2022 BET Awards to honor Sean “Diddy” Combs. Combs received a lifetime achievement award, which was presented by West and fellow producer/artist Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. “How do we crown our kings?” West said. “How do we appreciate our
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