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Biden authorizes airstrike in Syria after suspected Iranian-affiliated drone kills US contractor and wounds 5 US troops

The US conducted an airstrike in Syria against what it said were Iranian-affiliated facilities after a suspected Iranian drone on Thursday struck a facility housing US personnel in the country, killing...

Ethan Crumbley’s parents should stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, appellate court says

Lauren del Valle and Zoe Sottile, CNN March 23, 2023

  CNN -- The parents of the Oxford High School shooter will stand trial on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the four deaths their son Ethan Crumbley caused in a November 2021 school shooting...

TikTok CEO testifies before Congress for the first time

Catherine Thorbecke, CNN March 23, 2023

CNN -- TikTok CEO Shou Chew made his first appearance before Congress on Thursday and was immediately hit by intense criticism from lawmakers, including calls for the app to be banned. Rep. Cathy McMorris...

Body is 17-year-old accused of shooting 2 at Denver high school, Colorado coroner confirms

Aya Elamroussi, CNN March 23, 2023

CNN -- A body found in a wooded area in Colorado on Wednesday evening has been identified by the county coroner’s office as Austin Lyle – a 17-year-old who fled after he...

The banking meltdown may have done the Fed’s work for it

Nicole Goodkind, CNN March 22, 2023

CNN– Federal Reserve officials have a difficult path ahead of them. They still have work to do to bring inflation down, but their efforts have been complicated by the events of the past few weeks. The...

Ohio Ballot Board sued over approval of proposed abortion rights constitutional amendment

SUSAN TEBBEN, Ohio Capital Journal March 22, 2023

OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL– A new lawsuit claims the Ohio Ballot Board made the wrong call when they approved the validity of a constitutional amendment proposal on abortion. In the lawsuit, filed this...

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan.
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Trump and his advisers await potential indictment in hush money case

Kristen Holmes, CNN March 22, 2023

CNN– Behind the gilded doors of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump and his advisers are preparing for several different potential scenarios related to a possible indictment from the Manhattan...

School workers in the nation’s second-largest district go on strike, shutting down schools. Here’s what they want

Cheri Mossburg and Holly Yan, CNN March 21, 2023

CNN -- A union representing 30,000 Los Angeles school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other support staff has started a three-day strike with support from the district’s...

US to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine faster than originally planned

Natasha Bertrand, CNN March 21, 2023

Fort Sill, Oklahoma CNN -- Patriot missile defense systems are set to be deployed to Ukraine faster than originally planned and a group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers will complete...

House GOP uses its new power in extraordinary effort to shield Trump from indictment

Stephen Collinson, CNN March 21, 2023

CNN -- Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House are doing what the former president taught them to do – use government power to try to keep his legal threats at bay. After...

Three men were convicted on Monday in the 2018 murder of rapper XXXTentacion, seen here in 2017.
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Jury convicts three in 2018 murder of rapper XXXTentacion

Jamiel Lynch, CNN March 20, 2023

CNN– A Florida jury convicted three men in the murder of rapper XXXTentacion on Monday. Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed...

President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego, California earlier this month.
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Biden issues his first veto on retirement investment resolution

Clare Foran and Betsy Klein, CNN March 20, 2023

CNN– President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday on a resolution to overturn a retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of climate...