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Senate Democrats warn GOP of plans to retaliate if McConnell advances Trump court pick...
Manu Raju, Senior Congressional Correspondent

Senate Democrats warn GOP of plans to retaliate if McConnell advances Trump court pick

enate Democrats, lacking votes to stop President Donald Trump's pick to fill the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat, are weighing an array of tactics to battle back -- ranging from bringing the chamber to a screeching halt this year to pushing legislation to expand the court if they win the majority in the fall.
4 years ago
Trump to GOP: We are obligated to fill Ginsburg's vacant Supreme Court seat 'without delay'...
Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Trump to GOP: We are obligated to fill Ginsburg’s vacant Supreme Court seat ‘without delay’

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Republicans have an "obligation" to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's vacant seat on the Supreme Court "without delay,"
4 years ago
Ginsburg dead...
Joan Biskupic and Ariane de Vogue, CNN

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, the court announced. She was 87.
4 years ago
Space reality show...
Jackie Wattles, CNN Business

New reality show promises to send winner into space for 10 days

A new reality show offers contestants the opportunity to compete for the chance to visit space.
4 years ago
Tik Tok ban...
Brian Fung, CNN Business

US will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads on Sunday

The Commerce Department plans to ban TikTok and WeChat on Sunday as the Trump administration's executive orders take effect.
4 years ago
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 31: A table stands empty at a permanently closed restaurant in Manhatta...
Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business

More than half of businesses that closed during the pandemic won’t reopen

About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most.
4 years ago
survivor church bombing...
Scottie Andrew, CNN

The surviving ‘fifth girl’ of the 1963 Birmingham church bombing asks Alabama’s governor for restitution

Survivor of the bombed 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963 is asking the governor of Alabama to offer her restitution for the losses she suffered after the bombing.
4 years ago
T. Rex for sale...
Jack Guy, CNN

Want to buy a dinosaur? One of the world’s biggest T. rex skeletons is up for sale

STAN the T. rex, named after the paleontologist who first discovered his bones, walked the earth some 67 million years ago is up for sale.
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snowflake ipo...
Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business

Snowflake is about to go public. It’s the biggest software IPO ever

Snowflake, a cloud data warehousing firm that has the backing of Salesforce and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is set to go public in what stands to be the biggest software IPO ever.
4 years ago
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a photo of him from 1943 as he celebrates his 110th birt...
Kelly Murray and Kay Jones, CNN

America’s oldest World War II veteran celebrates his 111th birthday

Looking on from his front porch in New Orleans, Lawrence Brooks probably never imagined he'd see this day. On Saturday, the oldest known US veteran of World War II turned 111, and the National WWII Museum held a socially distant celebration for him.
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NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this view of Venus wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer.
Cr...
Ashley Strickland, CNN

A gas found on Earth that signifies life has been detected in the clouds on Venus

A gas on Earth has also been detected in the atmosphere of Venus. The "entirely surprising" discovery of phosphine could hint at unknown processes occurring on Earth's "twin."
4 years ago
Nintendo is leaning hard into nostalgia this year, and its latest retro gadget takes it all the way...
David Goldman, CNN Business

Nintendo is bringing back a super-retro handheld from the 1980s

Originally Published: 13 SEP 20 11:12 ET (CNN) — Nintendo is leaning hard into nostalgia this year, and its latest retro gadget takes it all the way back to 1980. The Japanese gaming company announced it would re-release Game & Watch, the handheld sensation that put Nintendo on the map 40 years ago. First introduced […]
4 years ago
Hurricane Tropical Storm Sally...
Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN

Tropical Storm Sally expected to make landfall as a hurricane near New Orleans

Originally Published: 13 SEP 20 06:12 ET Updated: 13 SEP 20 16:02 ET (CNN) — Tropical Storm Sally could be a Category 2 hurricane when it reaches the United States near New Orleans on Tuesday morning. Hurricane warnings have now been issued from Morgan City, Louisiana, east to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including New Orleans, Lake […]
4 years ago
US Postal Service 2020 general election results...
Elizabeth Joseph and Devan Cole, CNN

Federal judge grants temporary restraining order to prevent USPS from sending election mailers with ‘false statements’

Originally Published: 13 SEP 20 14:53 ET Updated: 13 SEP 20 15:32 ET (CNN) — A federal judge has temporarily barred the US Postal Service from sending mailers containing what Colorado’s top election official calls “false statements” that may discourage voters from participating in the November election, according to court documents filed Saturday evening. Unless […]
4 years ago
The postcard arrived just in time for Halloween. (Courtesy Brittany Keech)...
David Williams, CNN

A postcard arrived in Michigan almost 100 years after it went in the mail

A Michigan woman got quite a surprise when she went to her mailbox this week -- amid her regular bills was a postcard that was mailed almost 100 years ago.
4 years ago
The long-awaited trailer for 'Dune' has been released...
Allen Kim, CNN

The long-awaited trailer for ‘Dune’ has been released

Viewers were treated to a glimpse of the world Arrakis -- and the giant sandworms that come with it -- after the highly anticipated trailer for "Dune" finally dropped on Wednesday.
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starbucks lids...
Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business

Starbucks has officially abandoned straws for sippy cup lids … well, mostly

Starbucks is finally ditching straws and ushering in its long-awaited "sippy cup" lids for iced beverages -- with the exception of frozen drinks.
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Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King
and Alfre Woodward. Photo credit: Getty
08 Sep 20...
Lisa Respers France, CNN

‘Golden Girls’ recast with Black cast including Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King

"The Golden Girls" is getting an all Black cast for a one night charitable performance.
4 years ago
The 29-year-old St. Louis City police officer was killed August 29 while responding to a call for a...
Officer Tamarris Bohannon, CNN

Hundreds pay final respects to slain Missouri police officer

Hundreds in the St. Louis community gathered in a church to pay their final respects to Officer Tamarris Bohannon.
4 years ago
italy tourist...
Valentina DiDonato and Lianne Kolirin, CNN

A tourist who took sand from a beach in Italy fined more than $1,000

A French tourist visiting Italy has been ordered to pay a €1,000 ($1,200) fine after attempting to fly out with more than four pounds of local sand.
4 years ago
killer whale...
Hollie Silverman, CNN

A killer whale who grieved her dead calf for 17 days is a mother again

The killer whale who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving is a mother again, giving birth last week.
4 years ago
Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg...
Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business

The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief: story about Pres. Trump calling vets ‘losers’ is just the beginning

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said his story about Pres. Trump calling Americans who died in battle "losers" and "suckers," was just the tip of the iceberg.
4 years ago
Walmart nursing...
Allen Kim, CNN

Walmart will add breastfeeding pods in 100 stores for nursing moms

Walmart is adding 100 Mamava lactation pods to stores across the US to give nursing moms with babies a safe space to breastfeed.
4 years ago
Pro-democracy activists are again calling on people to boycott 'Mulan'...
Harmeet Kaur, CNN

Pro-democracy activists are again calling on people to boycott ‘Mulan’

Disney's live-action remake of "Mulan" is now released -- but some people won't be watching.
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