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Month: September 2024

Murdoch family holds its breath as future of media empire hangs in the balance

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By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — The fate of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire, including Fox News, is now in the hands of a Reno probate commissioner, who will decide whether the 93-year-old media mogul can change his succession plan to preserve the right-wing editorial bent of his influential outlets. Murdoch and his eldest children descended on a Reno courthouse to appear for evidentiary hearings in a

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The Rust Belt manufacturing collapse devastated their communities. Two men explain who they’re supporting for president

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By Phil Mattingly, Andrew Seger and Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN) — Driving through the streets of Saginaw, Michigan, with Hurley Coleman III, the raw tension between what was and what could be in his community runs deeper than what can be seen through the passenger windows. It’s a feeling that comes through in his every

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The Rust Belt manufacturing collapse devastated their communities. Two men explain who they’re supporting for president

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CNN By Phil Mattingly, Andrew Seger and Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN) — Driving through the streets of Saginaw, Michigan, with Hurley Coleman III, the raw tension between what was and what could be in his community runs deeper than what can be seen through the passenger windows. It’s a feeling that comes through in his

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Senate Democrats launch first multimillion-dollar TV investments in Texas and Florida as map grows more daunting

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By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Democratic campaign arm is making its first multimillion dollar TV investments in Texas and Florida – two GOP-held seats that represent the party’s best opportunities to mitigate any losses in red states and closely contested battlegrounds. The new spending from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, shared first with

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Russian missiles and drones target Kyiv for 5 hours and hit Ukraine’s power grid

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Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air defenses battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours, officials said Thursday, as missiles and drones again hammered the Ukrainian power grid. The Kyiv attack injured at least two people, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said. A kindergarten, a gas pipe and around 20

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Police are probing apparent cyber vandalism on Wi-Fi networks at UK train stations

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LONDON (AP) — U.K. transport officials and police are investigating a “cyber-security incident” after users of public Wi-Fi networks at the country’s biggest railway stations reported being shown anti-Muslim messages. Passengers trying to log onto the Wi-Fi at 19 stations on Wednesday evening were met by a page reading “We love you, Europe,” followed by

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Zelensky hará una petición urgente en persona a Biden y Harris mientras Ucrania se prepara para la posibilidad de una presidencia de Trump

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Julia Hernández (CNN) — La visita del presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, a la Casa Blanca este jueves podría ser su última oportunidad para convencer a un presidente estadounidense receptivo de los objetivos bélicos de su país. Los detalles precisos del “plan de victoria” que Zelensky planea presentar en reuniones separadas al presidente Joe Biden

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Trump’s promises would spike inflation and wipe out jobs, study finds

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By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has promised to attack the United States affordability crisis by imposing immense tariffs, carrying out unprecedented deportations and even influencing interest rate decisions. However, a new analysis finds that the Republican presidential nominee’s plans for tariffs, deportations and the Federal Reserve would not only fail

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Harris still lags behind Biden’s 2020 margins among Black voters, but latest CNN poll suggests she has room to grow support

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By Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump by a wide margin among Black likely voters, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but still falls short of Joe Biden’s winning 2020 margins with this group. Yet the poll suggests that Black likely voters currently supporting Trump or third-party candidates

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Newsmax faces ‘bet-your-company’ defamation trial over 2020 election lies

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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in a closely watched defamation trial pitting voting technology company Smartmatic against the right-wing cable network Newsmax, in a high-stakes case over the airing of false 2020 election claims. Barring a last-minute settlement, which is common in cases like these, both sides are

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Taliban who banned women from public spaces say no one faces discrimination in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say it’s absurd to accuse them of gender discrimination and other human rights violations, as four countries vow to hold Afghanistan’s rulers accountable under international law for their treatment of women and girls. The Taliban have barred women and girls from education beyond sixth grade, many public spaces, and

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Netanyahu vows to use ‘full force’ against Hezbollah and dims hopes for a cease-fire

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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to carry out “full force” strikes against Hezbollah until it ceases firing rockets across the border, dimming hopes for a cease-fire proposal put forth by U.S. and European officials. Israel carried out a new strike in the Lebanese capital, which killed

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