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Gas pumps at a Repsol gas station in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.

What is the Strait of Hormuz and why is it so significant?

John Liu and Chris Isidore June 23, 2025

Hong Kong (CNN) — While there have been no major disruptions to the global oil supply so far, the attacks on Iran — by Israel and then the US — have rattled investors, sending oil futures soaring by...

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., in June 2024.

Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials for cutting his dreadlocks

Devan Cole and John Fritze June 23, 2025

(CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of a Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials in Louisiana who cut off his dreadlocks while he was incarcerated. The case is the...

Plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX in January 2024 in Portland, Oregon.

NTSB to determine probable cause of Boeing 737 door plug blowout Tuesday

Chris Isidore and Alexandra Skores June 23, 2025

(CNN) — On January 4, 2024, a door plug blew out on a Boeing 737 Max at more than 16,000 feet in the air, leaving a gaping hole in the side. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will...

President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States has completed a “very successful attack” on nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Trump announces ‘very successful’ air strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran

Kevin Liptak and Alejandra Jaramillo June 21, 2025

(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that US military forces had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, ending a weeklong deliberation period over joining Israel’s...

A judge's order to temporarily stop Job Corps Centers from closing expires on June 25.

‘It’s a sad day for America’: Contractor weighs-in on impact of Job Corps shutdown

Marlon Martinez, CNN June 20, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) -- The future of Job Corps Center across the United States—including Excelsior Springs—continues to linger, as Missouri industries who depend on graduates to fill the labor...

Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, speaks during the news conference on efforts to hold Attorney General Garland in inherent contempt of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in June 2024.

Man arrested after Ohio GOP congressman says he was run off the road and threatened

Holmes Lybrand and Annie Grayer June 20, 2025

(CNN) — A man in Ohio has been arrested and charged after allegedly threatening Rep. Max Miller during an incident in which the Republican US congressman says he was driven off the road, according to...

Category 4 Hurricane Erick approaches Mexico late Wednesday night.

Erick, the strongest hurricane to hit Mexico so early in the year, triggers deadly flooding

Mary Gilbert, CNN June 20, 2025

(CNN) — Hurricane Erick slammed into Mexico’s Oaxaca state as a dangerous Category 3 storm Thursday morning, unleashing powerful winds at the coast and heavy rains that have caused deadly flooding...

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s historic decision on transgender care

John Fritze and Devan Cole June 18, 2025

CNN) — The conservative Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to transgender Americans on Wednesday, issuing a sweeping decision that may have implications beyond the medical care that was at center...

Steel coils at the US Steel Irvin Works facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Nippon Steel has finalized its deal to purchase the iconic American steelmaker.

US Steel, once America’s biggest company, is now under foreign ownership

Chris Isidore, CNN June 18, 2025

(CNN) — Nippon Steel has finalized its deal to buy 100% of US Steel, the iconic steelmaker that was once the world’s most valuable company and a cornerstone of American industrial might. The companies...

Shelly Moore, executive director of Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research uses a stereo scope to examine a sediment sample to identify microplastics within the sample, sort them out, analyze them for polymer type, measure and identify what kind of particle they are in Long Beach on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

Highly microplastic-polluted US coastal waters linked to serious health risks, study finds

Sandee LaMotte, CNN June 18, 2025

Living near heavily microplastic-polluted waters along the United States coastline may significantly raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, stroke and coronary artery disease, a condition in which...

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas in May.

Trump sons announce wireless service called Trump Mobile

Allison Morrow, CNN June 16, 2025

New York (CNN) — The Trump Organization said it would soon roll out a wireless service called Trump Mobile that would launch the family business into the crowded US telecom market, pitting it against...

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman.

43 hours, 4 victims and 1 alleged assassin: How Minnesota’s largest manhunt in history came to an end

Dakin Andone, CNN June 16, 2025

(CNN) — It was about 3:35 a.m. Saturday when Brooklyn Park police approached the home of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. Instinct had led them there, spurred by a 911 call 90 minutes...

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