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Hundreds of Gannett journalists plan to stage a one-day strike during the media company’s annual ...
Oliver Darcy

Journalists at the nation’s largest newspaper chain are walking off the job in a showdown with its CEO

(CNN) — The biggest newspaper chain in the country is about to be rocked by the biggest walkout of its staff in history. On Monday, hundreds of Gannett journalists plan to stage a one-day strike during the media company’s annual shareholder meeting. Their message: Gannett needs new leadership. The journalists want shareholders to take a vote […]
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Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission alleg...
The Associated Press

Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera

Amazon says it disagrees with the FTC's claims and denies violating privacy law. But it says the settlements "put these matters behind us."
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Weddings are back, in full force. That’s the good news. But engaged couples will pay a tad more t...
Parija Kavilanz, CNN

The average wedding cost is $29,000, says wedding planning site

The cost of a wedding is up for two reasons: first, inflation, second demand exceeding supply of wedding related goods and services.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill on April 27 in Washington....
Sara Murray, Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez

FBI director speaks with congressional Republicans about Biden document dispute

Republicans believe documents will shed light on an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national.
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FILE - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced this week the location of the Char...
Mark Jones

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announces site of North Carolina Temple

The temple in Charlotte is the second temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Tar Heel State.
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Utah Sen. Mike Lee says he will vote no on the debt ceiling agreement....
Mark Jones

Sen. Lee says he will vote no on debt ceiling agreement

Sen. Mike Lee says he has some amendments he would like to introduce to the debt ceiling agreement to make it better. As it stands now, Lee says he plans to vote no on the deal.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the Republ...
JILL COLVIN Associated Press

Mike Pence to launch campaign for president in Iowa June 7

Pence will hold a kickoff event in Des Moines on June 7, the date of his 64th birthday, according to two people familiar with his plans.
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Gov. Chris Christie plans to announce his candidacy in the 2024 race on Tuesday. (Charles Krupa/AP)...
Omar Jimenez and Kit Maher, CNN

Christie to announce 2024 bid next Tuesday in New Hampshire

Gov. Chris Christie plans to announce his candidacy in the 2024 race on Tuesday. Christie ran in the 2016 race as well.
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Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, speaks during a Memorial Day commemoration event at the Capitol in Salt L...
Mark Jones

Rep. Moore discusses why he supports new debt ceiling agreement

Rep. Blake Moore joined Inside Sources on Tuesday to discuss the new debt ceiling agreement with Boyd Matheson.
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I’ve been working steadily for hours but feel as if I haven’t even started. My attention is bei...
Sandee LaMotte, CNN

Our attention span is shrinking, studies say, but focus is possible

Researchers say people are concentrating less on any one screen, and are taking longer to refocus on an active work project.
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The U.S. Capitol is seen on Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Washington. President Joe Biden’s administ...
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN

Debt ceiling deal exposes Biden and McCarthy’s weaknesses with their parties’ extremes

The bill faces a gauntlet of votes starting Tuesday, when it goes before the powerful House Rules Committee.
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two people sit by their son's grave on memorial day...
Associated Press

Biden on Memorial Day lauds generations of fallen US troops who ‘dared all and gave all’

Biden connected the sacrifices of some 400,000 Americans buried at Arlington to the work of U.S. troops deployed around the world today.
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Biden and McCarthy's political futures could hinge on their ability to pass the legislation while a...
Kevin Liptak, CNN

Biden and McCarthy lean on holdouts to pass debt ceiling deal

Speaking from the White House on Sunday, Biden hailed the agreement as critical to preventing economic disaster.
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USS Panay is seen in trials in off Woosung, China, in 1948. Photo credit: National Museum of the US...
Brad Lendon

Years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sank a US warship in China

Some historians say that to fully understand the 'day of infamy' in Pearl Harbor, one must first understand what happened to the USS Panay.
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Granite Telecommunications CEO Robert Hale was the commencement speaker at UMass Boston's graduatio...
Sara Smart, Caroll Alvarado and Ashley R. Williams

Commencement speaker surprises UMass Boston graduates with $1,000 at graduation ceremony

Two thousand undergrads learned they’d be receiving two envelopes containing a total of $1,000, according to the university.
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Members of a small polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls who the group's le...
ERRY TANG and SAM METZ Associated Press

Members of polygamous group to appear in court on child sex abuse charges

The court appearance is the latest in a federal investigation that became public after authorities raided a compound in Colorado City, Arizona.
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Taylor Swift has been breaking records and delighting fans on the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, a spla...
ELISE RYAN Associated Press

Can’t get Taylor Swift tickets? See all of Swift’s eras on display at this costume exhibit

A new exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City features dozens of costumes and props from throughout Taylor Swift's career.
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Gabby Petito’s parents now have a copy of a letter Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote to her son, wh...
Lauren del Valle, CNN

Gabby Petito’s parents get copy of ‘burn after reading’ letter

The envelope containing the letter said “burn after reading” and was recovered from Brian Laundrie’s backpack when his remains were found in October 2021.
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oath keepers founder stewart rhodes pictured...
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes' sentence is the longest that has been handed down so far in the hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
8 days ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday cut back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regula...
Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Idaho couple victorious after Supreme Court rolls back federal safeguards for wetlands

The 5-4 majority vote rolls back federal safeguards in a long-running dispute between the government and a couple who owns property in Idaho.
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gov. ron desantis pictured...
Associated Press

DeSantis launches GOP presidential campaign in Twitter announcement plagued by glitches

DeSantis is considered to be Trump’s strongest Republican rival even as the governor faces questions about his readiness for the national stage.
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When news broke of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, one year ago, President Joe...
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

A year after Uvalde, White House expands mass shootings playbook

Over the last year, President Biden has signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law and implemented two dozen gun violence executive actions.
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A bipartisan coalition of 48 state attorneys general, plus the DC attorney general, sued Avid Telec...
Samantha Delouya, CNN

Company that allegedly sent billions of robocalls sued by 49 attorneys general

Many of Avid Telecom's 24.5 billion phone calls between 2018 and 2023 impersonated law enforcement and government agencies.
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FILE: The Netflix logo is displayed at Netflix's Los Angeles headquarters on October 07, 2021 in Lo...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer

Netflix to charge viewers outside US subscribers’ households

To combat password sharing, Netflix will limit viewership of its programming to people living in the same household.
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