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Bryan Kohberger listens to arguments during a hearing in October 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.

Bryan Kohberger admits to Idaho student murders

Jean Casarez, CNN July 2, 2025

Boise, Idaho (CNN) — A month before the scheduled start of his murder trial for the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, defendant Bryan Kohberger admitted his guilt...

Microsoft to lay off around 9,000 workers in its largest cuts since 2023

Clare Duffy, CNN July 2, 2025

New York (CNN) — Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees, its third round of cuts in recent months, the company confirmed on Wednesday. The staff reduction will affect less than 4% of the...

AFSCME District Council 33 picketing early Tuesday morning after the strike was announced. It's the first since 1986.

Philadelphia’s largest blue-collar workers’ union goes on strike for first time in nearly 40 years

PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- Philadelphia's largest city workers' union is on strike for the first time in nearly 40 years on Tuesday after a deal couldn't be reached with the city. AFSCME District Council...

Containers under gantry cranes at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan, on April 15.

Trump threatens Japan with new tariffs, claiming it won’t buy America’s rice

Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN June 30, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump is threatening to impose higher tariffs on Japanese exports to the United States over what he claims is the country’s unwillingness to buy American-grown rice. “They...

This December 2023 photo shows a view of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Trump administration finds Harvard in ‘violent violation’ of Civil Rights Act, threatens further loss of federal resources

Betsy Klein, CNN June 30, 2025

(CNN) — A Trump administration investigation has found Harvard University in “violent violation” of the Civil Rights Act, once more escalating its battle with the school days after President Donald...

WWII veteran in Lodi wants 100,000 letters for his 100th birthday

Esteban Reynoso, CNN June 30, 2025

LODI, California (KOVR) -- Turning the big 100, a World War II veteran in the California city of Lodi is celebrating his birthday with one wish. Frank S. Wright wants 100,000 birthday cards from people...

In this November 2022 photo, University of Virginia President James Ryan attends a press conference in Charlottesville, Virginia.

University of Virginia president plans to resign amid pressure from the Trump Administration, source says

Betsy Klein, CNN June 27, 2025

(CNN) — University of Virginia president James Ryan communicated to the school’s Board of Visitors that he plans to resign, a member of the board told CNN. The move comes as the university is under...

A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured on April, 15, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court sides with parents who want to opt their children out of LGBTQ books in schools

John Fritze, CNN June 27, 2025

(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday backed a group of religious parents who want to opt their elementary school children out of engaging with LGBTQ books in the classroom, another major legal win for...

Trader Vincent Napolitano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 25, 2025.

America’s incredible stock market rebound could be completed today

David Goldman, CNN June 27, 2025

New York (CNN) — On April 8, when stocks were on the verge of plunging into a bear market, few Wall Street experts were predicting that the market would hit a record high just 80 days later. That’s...

Steve Burns, original host of ‘Blue’s Clues,’ is launching a podcast for ‘grown-ups’

Alli Rosenbloom, CNN June 25, 2025

(CNN) — Steve Burns, the original host of famed children’s show “Blues Clues” who in recent years has built a significant following on social media, is launching a new podcast. The podcast,...

Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, speaks to pedestrians after a campaign event.

New York City is closer to electing a democratic socialist mayor. Businesses have mixed feelings

Elisabeth Buchwald and Vanessa Yurkevich June 25, 2025

(CNN) — New York City is one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in, a fact that guided many New Yorkers’ votes in Tuesday’s mayoral primary election. Like his fellow candidates,...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House on June 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Exclusive: New Trump administration plan could end asylum claims and speed deportations for hundreds of thousands of migrants

Priscilla Alvarez, CNN June 25, 2025

(CNN) — The Trump administration is planning to dismiss asylum claims for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States and then make them immediately deportable as part of the...

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