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A woman walks past a war-damaged apartment building in Avdiivka, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, on April 20, 2025.

Russia launches deadly aerial barrage on Ukraine as US pushes for peace plan

Kosta Gak, CNN April 21, 2025

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine says it was struck by a new barrage of deadly Russian air attacks as an Easter ceasefire ended and as the US pushes for a deal between Moscow and Kyiv to end the three-year-long...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on April 15, 2025 on his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia.

Beijing warns countries against colluding with US to restrict trade with China

Nectar Gan, CNN April 21, 2025

Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing has warned its trading partners against succumbing to US pressure to isolate China in President Donald Trump’s tariff war, as part of its carrot-and-stick approach to win...

Pope Francis stands on the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica for the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part of Easter celebrations, at St Peter's square in the Vatican on April 20, 2025.

What happens next after Francis’ death? How the Catholic Church will pick a successor

Rob Picheta and Christopher Lamb, CNN April 21, 2025

(CNN) — The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff. It is a procedure steeped in tradition,...

American citizen detained under ICE hold in Florida

American citizen detained under ICE hold in Florida

Carma Hassan, CNN April 18, 2025

(CNN) — A US-born man is in custody on a 48-hour U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold at the Leon County Jail in Tallahassee, Florida, after he was charged as an “unauthorized alien” who...

Erik Menendez, left, and his brother, Lyle, listen during a pre-trial hearing on December 29, 1992, in Los Angeles.

Erik and Lyle Menendez face long-awaited resentencing hearing as they vie for release. Here’s what to expect

Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN April 17, 2025

Los Angeles (CNN) — A hearing that could give brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez their first chance at freedom in more than three decades hit a snag Thursday amid disagreements over a Los Angeles court’s...

Law enforcement and ambulances block an entrance to FSU campus on Call Street on April 17.

At least 6 people injured in mass shooting at Florida State University

(CNN) — At least six people were injured in a mass shooting at Florida State University on Thursday, according to hospital officials, who had earlier confirmed to CNN it was receiving and treating patients...

Food and nutrition researchers had high hopes when Robert f. Kennedy Jr., center, was sworn in as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy

Meg Tirrell, CNN April 16, 2025

(CNN) —When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their...

A view of the Pentagon in December 2024, in Washington, DC. Home to the US Defense Department, the Pentagon is one of the world's largest office buildings.

Third Pentagon appointee placed on administrative leave

Washington (CNN) —Colin Carroll, the chief of staff of Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, has been placed on administrative leave amid an ongoing investigation, two defense sources said Wednesday,...

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, speaks during a Cabinet meeting Thursday.

US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down

Jen Christensen, CNN April 15, 2025

(CNN) — During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now the second-worst measles outbreak in the US since the disease was declared...

Haven't started doing your taxes yet despite the fast-approaching April 15 deadline for many US tax filers? There's still time to get organized and get them done — or at least to file for an automatic extension and pay whatever else you owe the IRS by Tuesday.

It’s Tax Day. Still haven’t filed? Tips on how to get an extension and more

Jeanne Sahadi, CNN April 15, 2025

(CNN) — It’s April 15 — otherwise known as “Tax Day” in the United States. While the IRS has already received a majority of the 2024 federal income tax returns typically filed by Tax Day...

People take photos near a John Harvard statue on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 2, 2024.

Harvard’s president rejected Trump’s demands. Here’s how other university leaders have responded to the White House

Taylor Romine, CNN April 15, 2025

(CNN) —Tensions are rising across American academia as the Trump administration froze over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts at Harvard University after its leaders refused to make key...

A Social Security Administration office in Washington, DC, on March 26.

Social Security’s new anti-fraud measures start Monday. Here’s what you need to know

Tami Luhby, CNN April 14, 2025

(CNN) — The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to...

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