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What’s in Biden’s budget

Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN March 9, 2023

CNN -- President Joe Biden released his annual budget Thursday, outlining his policy priorities for the year ahead. Make no mistake, the proposed budget has no chance of making...

Russia pummels Ukraine with array of high-tech weaponry in nationwide assault

Rob Picheta, CNN March 9, 2023

CNN -- Russia showered Kyiv, Lviv and other major cities across Ukraine with what officials said was an unprecedented array of missiles on Thursday morning, stepping up its assault on the entire country...

DOJ issues scathing rebuke of Louisville police in report launched after Breonna Taylor killing

CNN– The Louisville Metro Police Department routinely uses excessive force and practices “an aggressive style of policing” against Black people, the Justice Department said Wednesday after an investigation...

Gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea on September 27. (Swedish Coast Guard/Getty Images)

Germany searched boat suspected of carrying explosives used for Nord Stream pipelines attack

Stephanie Halasz, CNN March 8, 2023

CNN– The German federal prosecutor's office searched a boat in January that was suspected of carrying explosives used in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipeline detonations in September, according to a...

Ben Savage.
(Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for New York Comic Con)

‘Boy Meets World’ star Ben Savage running for Adam Schiff’s congressional seat

Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN March 8, 2023

CNN– ’90s sitcom star Ben Savage of “Boy Meets World” is running as a Democrat for Rep. Adam Schiff’s southern California congressional seat, the actor announced this week. “I firmly believe...

NTSB investigating Norfolk Southern’s safety culture after conductor is killed in accident involving dump truck in Ohio

Kristina Sgueglia and Ray Sanchez, CNN March 7, 2023

  CNN -- A Norfolk Southern conductor was killed Tuesday after being struck by a dump truck at a facility in Ohio, prompting a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the railway’s safety...

23 face domestic terrorism charges after arrests in ‘Cop City’ protests at planned police training site in Atlanta

Atlanta CNN -- Police say at least 23 people will face domestic terrorism charges after they were arrested Sunday amid violent protests at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta...

4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico identified as South Carolina mother and friends traveling for a medical procedure

CNN -- The four Americans who authorities say were kidnapped in Mexico on Friday were a tight-knit group of friends traveling from South Carolina so one of them – a mother of six – could undergo a...

Fact check: Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC

Daniel Dale, CNN March 6, 2023

CNN– As president, Donald Trump made some of his most thoroughly dishonest speeches at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. As he embarks on another campaign for the presidency, Trump...

4 US citizens were kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico in case of mistaken identity, US official says

CNN– Four US citizens were assaulted and kidnapped by gunmen in northeastern Mexico on Friday in a case of mistaken identity, a US official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. The Americans...

Dozens detained after a construction vehicle was set ablaze and bricks were thrown at the planned ‘Cop City’ police training site in Atlanta, authorities said

CNN– At least 35 people were detained after a construction vehicle was set on fire and rocks and bricks thrown at officers, authorities said, as violent protests continued Sunday at the sprawling site...

Turkey is blocking NATO’s expansion. It could backfire and hand Putin a propaganda coup

Luke McGee, CNN March 5, 2023

CNN -- When Sweden and Finland declared their intention to join NATO last May, it was seen by many as a poke in the eye for Russia and evidence of a shift in European thinking. Historically, both countries had...