US Census Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the census, a count of US residents that takes place every 10 years. The Census Bureau is…
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What would Lisa Simpson do? NYU student protesters asked to ponder ethical issues
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza? How would…
Continue ReadingVindicated by Supreme Court, CFPB director says bureau will add staff, consider new rules on banks
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since its creation roughly 14 years ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced…
Continue ReadingProtests against powerful group persist in Syria’s last major rebel stronghold
By GHAITH ALSAYED Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Members of Syria’s most powerful insurgent group in the country’s rebel-held northwest…
Continue ReadingVideo appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer…
Continue ReadingStudy proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Albert Einstein was right: There is an area at the edge of black holes where matter can no longer stay in orbit…
Continue ReadingPotential signature fraud in Michigan threatens to disrupt congressional races
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic groups are asking Michigan officials to investigate the nominating petitions…
Continue ReadingBiden says landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation was about more than education
By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden has spoken to Black leaders at the National Museum of African American…
Continue ReadingMexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo…
Continue ReadingSome of the Catholic Church’s best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard…
Continue ReadingFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell working from home after testing positive for COVID-19
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing symptoms. Powell…
Continue ReadingFamilies of Mexican farmworker bus crash victims mourn the loss of their loved ones
By STEPHANY MATAT and JOSÉ MARÍA ÁLVAREZ Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Families are mourning the loss of their loved ones from a…
Continue ReadingAt least 7 dead after hurricane-force winds pound Houston as power outages persist amid rising temperatures
By Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Caitlin Kaiser, Joe Sutton, Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — At least seven people were killed in…
Continue ReadingFormer top Baltimore prosecutor applies for presidential pardon
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury…
Continue ReadingGunmen open fire and kill 4 people, including 3 foreigners, in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban spokesman says that several gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan, killing at least four people, including three…
Continue ReadingThey were treating waves of wounded in Gaza. Then an Israeli assault trapped the foreign doctors
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Teams of 35 international doctors, including 22 Americans, were trapped in Gaza after Israel seized…
Continue ReadingMan who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man pleaded guilty to murder charges on Friday for starting a 2020 house fire that…
Continue ReadingScottie Scheffler, from the course to jail and back: What to know about his PGA Championship arrest
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The world’s top-ranked golfer played in the second round of the PGA Championship…
Continue ReadingKing Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th…
Continue ReadingIDF recovers three hostages’ bodies from Gaza
CNN By Mitchell McCluskey, Eugenia Yosef and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military announced Friday that it has recovered the bodies…
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