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Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness program

Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN June 30, 2023

CNN -- In a stinging defeat for President Joe Biden, the Supreme Court blocked the administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Friday, rejecting a program aimed at delivering...

Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admissions

CNN -- The Supreme Court says colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission, a landmark decision overturning long-standing precedent that...

More than a third of the US population, from the Midwest to the East Coast, under air quality alerts from Canadian wildfire smoke

CNN -- More than third of the US population is under air quality alerts, covering more than a dozen states from the Midwest to the East Coast, as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps across parts of the...

‘Presumed human remains’ found in debris field of doomed Titan submersible, US Coast Guard says

CNN -- “Presumed human remains” have been recovered from the seafloor in the area of the doomed Titan submersible debris field, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday. The remains...

US Coast Guard says ‘debris field’ discovered within search area for missing Titanic-bound submersible

CNN -- The US Coast Guard said Thursday a “debris field” was discovered by a remotely operated vehicle near the Titanic and within the search area for the missing submersible with five people aboard. “Experts...

Fire erupts in central Paris after gas explosion

Paris CNN -- A fiery gas explosion in central Paris resulted in injuries to at least 29 people and drew hundreds of firefighters to the scene on Wednesday afternoon. Some 270...

Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax charges, strikes deal on gun charge

CNN -- Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and struck a deal with federal prosecutors to resolve a felony gun charge, the Justice Department said Tuesday...

A search and rescue operation is underway for a submersible touring the wreckage of the Titanic

Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN June 19, 2023

CNN -- The US Coast Guard launched a search and rescue operation for a submersible with five people on board that went missing during an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic...

Donald Trump pleads not guilty to classified documents charges

CNN -- Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges related to alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump’s lawyers asked for a jury trial during the former president’s...

At least 9 injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police say, soon after Nuggets’ NBA title win

Tina Burnside, CNN June 13, 2023

CNN -- At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police said, as crowds gathered to celebrate the Nuggets’ first NBA championship. Shots were...

What to know about Trump’s court appearance

Holmes Lybrand and Jeremy Herb, CNN June 13, 2023

CNN -- Donald Trump will appear in a federal courthouse in Miami Tuesday afternoon for an unprecedented and historic court appearance as the first former president to face federal...

Where the smoke from Canadian wildfires is headed next

  CNN -- Around 75 million people in the US are experiencing dangerous air conditions because of smoke from wildfires raging across Canada, and officials are urging people to limit time spent outdoors...