By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley was arrested Thursday morning on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested in Allendale on charges “stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol
Continue ReadingBy Jean Casarez, Evan Perez, Rob Frehse and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Attorneys for more than 90 women and girls who were sexually abused by disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar submitted claims for over $1 billion to the FBI, saying investigators could have ended Nassar’s predation and protected other victims had they not
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Senate negotiators are racing to finalize a deal on bipartisan gun legislation, but it’s not clear when they’ll be able to nail down an agreement, the latest sign of the challenge facing lawmakers as they attempt to find consensus on the highly polarizing issue. Texas Sen.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Online clothing retailer Stitch Fix will lay off 15% of its salaried staff — around 330 employees — amid slowing e-commerce growth across the retail sector. Stitch Fix, an online subscription clothing service launched in 2011, boomed a year ago but has struggled this year as more shoppers head to
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate, Ryan Kelley, was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, according to the Justice Department. “Ryan Kelley, 40, of Allendale, Michigan, was arrested this morning on misdemeanor charges stemming from the Jan. 6,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA is putting a team together to study unidentified aerial phenomena, popularly known as UFOs, the US space agency said Thursday. The team will gather data on “events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena — from a scientific perspective,” the agency
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, Rebekah Riess and Eric Levenson, CNN A Texas House Investigative Committee began its search for answers in the Robb Elementary School shooting on Thursday and could produce a preliminary report on its fact-finding mission by the end of the month. “The people of Uvalde and the entire State of Texas
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Betsy Klein, CNN The White House has announced a highly anticipated Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan for children under 5. The administration “has made 10 million vaccine doses available for states, Tribes, territories, community health centers, federal pharmacy partners, and others to pre-order,” according to a White House fact sheet shared with
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Wilson and Daniella Diaz, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a federal “red flag” bill intended to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others as a bipartisan group of senators work to figure out a package that could garner 60 votes in the
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TODAY: Thursday will start crisp and cool, with mostly clear skies; a sort of refreshing morning after the past few. Temperatures and dew points will start in the 50s before we climb temps to about 80 under abundant sunshine. Dewpoints will drop into the low 50s and possibly even upper 40s by the afternoon. This
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was weighing executive actions he could take if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The President, during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Los Angeles, again pressed Congress to codify into law
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but the 20th century. Dark smoke billowing behind them, the young subjects’ faces are painted with a mixture of terror, pain and confusion. Soldiers from the South Vietnamese army’s 25th Division
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat designer reckons his design could revolutionize budget travel. Alejandro Núñez Vicente’s Chaise Longue Airplane Seat concept started small scale last year, as a college project for the then 21-year-old. A nomination
Continue ReadingCatherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a union election, with the potential to form the first labor union in one of the tech giant’s US stores. Voting will take place in person at a vacant store in the Towson Town
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who were both subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are expected to testify at a hearing later this month, according to a person familiar with the situation. The committee’s public hearings — the first of
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN A former employee at Abbott Nutrition filed a whistleblower complaint about the company’s Sturgis, Michigan, plant with the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February 2021, months earlier than previously known, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. The complaint was filed February 16,
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection holds its first prime-time public hearing on Thursday and is expected to give an overview of their findings from the past year. The hearings are expected to shine a spotlight on the nine-member committee, which features
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Daniella Diaz, Kristin Wilson, Sonnet Swire, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN The House will consider a Senate-passed bill to enhance security for Supreme Court justices and their families next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, after a man was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home. “We had hoped that we
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Jurassic World: Dominion” hits theaters this weekend, and it features one of the most successful movie stars in Hollywood today: Chris Pratt. Pratt — who plays dinosaur handler Owen Grady — has transformed himself from an actor best known for playing chubby goofballs into a ripped and bankable action star
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN This weekend will be a glimpse of the long, hot summer ahead for many Americans. A “dangerous and deadly heat wave” is on track to bake several southwestern states over the next few days, the National Weather Service warns. More than 25 million people are under heat alerts and some major
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