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Biden signs stopgap spending bill, avoiding government shutdown

Jennifer Shutt, Ohio Capital Journal November 20, 2023

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed the stopgap spending bill, giving his administration and Congress about two months to work out agreement on the dozen annual spending bills. Those appropriations...

Rosalynn Carter, mental health activist, humanitarian and former first lady, dies at 96

November 19, 2023

CNN -- Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of...

Taylor Swift fan dies at Rio concert as fans complain about high temperatures and lack of water

Diane Jeantet, AP News November 18, 2023

RIO DE JANEIRO, AP News — A 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan died at the singer’s Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Friday night, according to a statement from the show’s organizers in Brazil. Both...

Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to state financial charges

Dianne Gallagher, CNN November 17, 2023

CNN -- Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who has been convicted of murdering his wife and son, entered a guilty plea Friday to state financial charges against him. A...

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter enters hospice care

Kaanita Iyer, CNN November 17, 2023

CNN -- Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia, The Carter Center announced Friday. “Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home. She...

Trump’s radical second-term agenda would wield executive power in unprecedented ways

Kristen Holmes, CNN November 16, 2023

A massive operation to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. A purge of the federal workforce of anyone deemed disloyal. Wielding the power of federal law enforcement against political enemies. As...

‘Red Cup Day’ protest will be the largest strike in Starbucks history

Chris Isidore and Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN November 16, 2023

CNN -- Thousands of Starbucks workers at hundreds of stores will be on strike, as they protest the lack of their first contract despite a nearly two-years long organizing drive at the coffee...

House Ethics Committee: ‘Substantial evidence’ George Santos used campaign funds for personal use

Clare Foran and Marshall Cohen, CNN November 16, 2023

The House Ethics Committee released its long-awaited report on the investigation into GOP Rep. George Santos on Thursday, concluding that there is “substantial evidence” that the congressman used...

Microplastics collected from the sea near Barcelona, Spain, are shown under a microscope on July 5, 2022.

Microplastics could trigger cloud formation and affect the weather, new study suggests

Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist November 15, 2023

Microplastics are turning up in unusual places increasingly often as they filter into nearly every facet of life on Earth. They’ve been discovered in drinking water, food, air and even in blood. Now,...

Scene of the fatal five-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 70 near Columbus, Ohio.

Six people heading to a school band performance killed – including 3 students – in multivehicle crash on I-70 in Ohio

Three teenage students in a coach bus heading to a band performance and two parent chaperones and a teacher in an SUV were killed Tuesday morning in a fiery, five-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 in central...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, walks to his office at the US Capitol on November 13, 2023. (Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP)

House passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown

Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN November 14, 2023

CNN -- The House passed a stopgap bill on Tuesday to keep the government open, putting Congress on a path to avert a shutdown and setting the stage for a broader funding fight in the new year. The Senate...

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., arrives as House Republicans hold a closed-door meeting to vote by secret ballot on their candidate for speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

George Santos campaign fundraiser who prosecutors say impersonated former House speaker’s aide pleads guilty in federal court

Sabrina Souza and Mark Morales, CNN November 14, 2023

CNN -- The campaign fundraiser for embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge as part of a plea deal Tuesday. Sam Miele – who worked for the Santos...