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More suspects wanted, charged after North Carolina mass shooting leaves 1 dead, 11 injured

Kelly Doty, CNN June 6, 2025

CATAWBA COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) -- June 6, 2025, update (8:20 a.m.): The Catawba County Sheriff's Office says Toland Huff and Ke'andre Mack were arrested on Thursday, June 5. Both were wanted for...

Federal appeals court refuses to lift ruling halting mass layoffs at Department of Education

Devan Cole, CNN June 4, 2025

(CNN) — A federal appeals court declined on Wednesday to lift a judge’s ruling that blocked the Trump administration from effectively shutting down the Department of Education. The unanimous decision...

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump's agenda at the US Capitol in May.

House GOP ‘big, beautiful bill’ would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion, CBO says

Tami Luhby, CNN June 4, 2025

(CNN) — House Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending cuts package would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the bill...

High Rock Acres community members celebrated the start of road repair and recovery eight months after Hurricane Helene. The Black Mountain community was cut off for more than a week after the storm.

North Carolina community marks Helene recovery milestone with groundbreaking ceremony

Neydja Petithomme, CNN June 4, 2025

BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina (WLOS) -- A Black Mountain community held a Road to Recovery Groundbreaking Ceremony on Tuesday, June 3, marking a big step forward for the area eight months after Hurricane...

Jonathan Joss, ‘King of the Hill’ and ‘Parks & Recreation’ actor, dead at 59 after shooting

Lisa Respers, CNN June 2, 2025

(CNN) — Jonathan Joss, an actor who voiced the character of John Redcorn on “King of the Hill” and appeared as Ken Hotate on “Parks and Recreation,” has died following a shooting incident, according...

Packages of Chips Ahoy cookies are displayed next to Aldi Supermarket's Benton's brand cookies on May 30, in Burbank, California.

Chips Ahoy and Oreo maker Mondelez sues grocery chain Aldi over similar packing

Auzinea Bacon, CNN June 2, 2025

(CNN) — Snack brand giant Mondelez is suing grocery chain Aldi, alleging that the grocer’s store-brand snack packaging “blatantly copies” Mondelez. The maker of Oreo, Triscuit and Chips Ahoy...

Nearly 40% of the world’s glaciers are already doomed, scientists say

Issy Ronald, CNN June 2, 2025

(CNN) — The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed, even if global temperatures stopped rising immediately, a new study has found. Researchers estimate...

This photo from the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky shows severe tornado damage.

Unexpected tornado leaves at least 1 dead, multiple injured in Kentucky

Alaa Elassar, CNN May 30, 2025

At least one person is dead and seven others were injured after an unexpected tornado struck a rural Kentucky county early Friday morning as a line of severe storms moved eastward across the state. The...

Economists projected that consumer spending slowed in April and that inflation cooled to 2.2%.

Americans pulled back on their spending in April amid tariff rollout

Alicia Wallace, CNN May 30, 2025

(CNN) — American consumers reined in their spending in April following a tariff-fueled buying binge the month before, according to new data released Friday that also showed inflation cooled off again. Friday’s...

President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for interim US Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on May 28 in Washington, DC.

Trump was just asked about the ‘TACO trade’ for the first time. He called it the ‘nastiest question’

Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN May 28, 2025

(CNN) — Wall Street has been riding a historic roller coaster the past few months due to President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats. Now, investors are learning to take his words with...

The Treasury Department Building in Washington, DC, is seen here on May 10. The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency can now access sensitive Treasury Department systems.

DOGE can access sensitive Treasury payment systems, judge rules

Marshall Cohen, CNN May 28, 2025

Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency can now access sensitive Treasury Department systems that control trillions of dollars of payments and contain private...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the second-ever state law requiring app stores to verify users' ages, in an effort to better protect children and teens online.

Texas governor signs new law requiring Apple and Google to verify all app store users’ ages

Clare Duffy, CNN May 28, 2025

New York (CNN) — Google and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into law on Tuesday. The Texas App Store Accountability Act...

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