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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was convicted on prostitution-related charges under the Mann Act. Here’s what to know about the 1910 law

July 3, 2025 8:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — After seven weeks of intense, emotional and sometimes graphic testimony, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was acquitted Wednesday of the most serious charges in his sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial trial. The hip-hop mogul, however, was convicted on two lesser prostitution-related charges under the federal Mann Act. The Mann Act,

Supreme Court agrees to review bans on transgender athletes joining teams that align with their gender identity

July 3, 2025 8:33 AM CNN Newsource

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether states may ban transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, revisiting the issue of LGBTQ rights in a blockbuster case just days after upholding a ban on some health care for

It’s not just workers that can benefit from a four-day week, a trial suggests

July 3, 2025 8:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Sam Hudson, CNN London (CNN) — Switching to a four-day work week can be good for the bottom line, according to the results of a new trial in the United Kingdom. For six months between last November and April, nearly 1,000 employees across 17 companies and other organizations were given an additional day off

Coast Guard offloads over $20M in illegal drugs seized in Caribbean Sea

July 3, 2025 8:27 AM CNN Newsource

By WSVN News Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — The United States Coast Guard offloaded a huge stash of drugs in Miami Beach. Officials on Wednesday said more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine and 3,000 pounds of marijuana were seized. The drugs have a street value of over

Photographer and son survive lightning strike, storm safety emphasized

July 3, 2025 8:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Itinease McMiller & Karen Wynne Click here for updates on this story MITCHELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Marion photographer and her 6-year-old son have quite a story to tell – after being struck by lightning yesterday on Roan Mountain. Brianna Pendley said she was there taking bridal photos when a storm quickly

Liverpool star Diogo Jota dies at 28 in car crash in Spain

July 3, 2025 10:46 AM CNN

CNN By Matias Grez and Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash in Spain with his younger brother, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans, former teammates and the wider soccer community. He was 28. The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) confirmed the news on Thursday

Advocate: Rural hospitals, 670,000 North Carolinians at risk if Medicaid cuts become law

July 3, 2025 8:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — More than 600,000 North Carolinians are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage over the next decade if the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” passes the House, according to local health care advocates. Karen Wallace-Meigs, the executive director of Western

Exclusiva: deportaciones de inmigrantes de Trump son “moralmente repugnantes”, dice cardenal estadounidense

July 3, 2025 7:57 AM CNN Newsource

Por Christopher Lamb Un destacado líder de la Iglesia Católica y aliado del papa León XIV ha criticado duramente la represión migratoria del Gobierno de Trump, calificando las redadas y deportaciones de inmigrantes de “inhumanas” y “moralmente repugnantes”. En una extensa entrevista con CNN, el cardenal Robert McElroy, arzobispo de Washington, D.C., también expresó su

Schools expanding dual language immersion program

July 3, 2025 7:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Caroline Foreback Click here for updates on this story ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Public Schools is expanding a program that’s helping students learn to read in two languages. The district says it’s seeing strong early results from its Dual Language Immersion Program at Tyler Heights Elementary, and now, it’s

Ucrania mata a uno de los oficiales rusos de mayor rango en el conflicto

July 3, 2025 7:51 AM CNN Newsource

Por Anna Chernova, Svitlana Vlasova y Ivana Kottasová, CNN El subjefe de la Armada rusa fue asesinado por Ucrania en la región rusa de Kursk, según informó este jueves Oleg Kozhemyako, gobernador de la región de Primorsky, en el extremo oriental de Rusia. El mayor general de la Guardia Mijaíl Gudkov, subcomandante en jefe de

Political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher talks about state of his work after being let go by Sun

July 3, 2025 7:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Adam Thompson, Denise Koch Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Kevin Kallaugher, who made his often humorous, or frustrating to some, political cartoons for more than 30 years for the Baltimore Sun and Sun newspapers, was recently let go. In the current climate, there are only a handful of

Laura Sarabia renuncia como canciller de Colombia por desacuerdos con el Gobierno de Petro

July 3, 2025 7:49 AM CNN Newsource

Por Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español La canciller de Colombia, Laura Sarabia, anunció este jueves su renuncia al cargo en un mensaje publicado en su cuenta de X. La funcionaria explicó que su decisión se debe a “coherencia personal y respeto institucional” y que no puede acompañar decisiones tomadas en los últimos días. “Mi renuncia

Second annual “Aaliyah Day” celebration honors woman killed in Baltimore mass shooting

July 3, 2025 7:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Christian Olaniran, Kelsey Kushner Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A mass shooting two years ago in Baltimore City’s Brooklyn Homes community left two victims dead and 28 injured. It was the worst mass shooting in the city’s history. The July 2, 2023, shooting killed Aaliyah Gonzalez and Kylis

After settling with Trump, CBS News staffers fear what comes next

July 3, 2025 7:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Paramount Global is being hammered for bowing to presidential pressure and settling a lawsuit that it likely could have beaten in court. But this convoluted episode is really more about the plaintiff, President Trump, than about Paramount. “It is odd to call this a ‘settlement’ when the result of

Ukraine kills one of the highest-ranking Russian officers of the conflict

July 3, 2025 7:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Anna Chernova, Svitlana Vlasova and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The deputy chief of the Russian Navy has been killed by Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Oleg Kozhemyako, the governor of the Primorsky region in Russia’s far east, said Thursday. Guards Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy who also

‘Hire back park staff’: Visitors feel the pinch of Trump’s layoffs at National Park Service

July 3, 2025 7:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The visitors who trek to America’s national parks are already noticing the changes, just months after President Donald Trump took office. “I’ve been visiting national parks for 30 years and never has the presence of rangers been so absent,” one visitor to Zion National Park wrote in National Parks

Transforming secondhand finds into treasures

July 3, 2025 6:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — You don’t have to sacrifice style for sustainability. Kelsey MacDermaid and Becky Wright, called The Sorry Girls online, are proving you can go green without losing style cred with the content they create. MacDermaid envisioned her ideal wedding outfit and then sourced it preloved on Facebook Marketplace. Wright designed

Fireworks, hot dogs and gas: What costs more – or less – this Fourth of July weekend

July 3, 2025 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — This Fourth of July, millions of Americans will be hitting the road, feasting on barbecue fixings, while watching firework displays. Here’s how much it will all cost. Inflation is at its lowest level since 2020, while gas prices are the cheapest they’ve been in four years. But

A couple tried for 18 years to get pregnant. AI made it happen

July 3, 2025 6:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — After trying to conceive for 18 years, one couple is now pregnant with their first child thanks to the power of artificial intelligence. The couple had undergone several rounds of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, visiting fertility centers around the world in the hopes of having a baby. The

Highway Patrol prepares to start counting period as an increase in holiday travelers is expected

July 3, 2025 5:45 AM Olivia Hayes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol begins its holiday counting period Thursday night for the Fourth of July weekend. MSHP is calling its safety efforts “Operation C.A.R.E”, a crash awareness and reduction effort. During the 2024 counting period, the highway patrol reported 14 people killed and more than 500 hurt in Missouri in