Crowd flocks to Menendez brothers courtroom
Crowd flocks to Menendez brothers courtroom
Courthouse officials are holding a raffle for seats inside a Menendez brothers hearing in Van Nuys, California. CNN's Nick Watt explains why there is so much renewed interest in the case.
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Utah is first state to ban decades-old health policy
Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water. CNN's Meg Tirrell reports on why the state is pivoting away from decades-old health policy despite concerns the ban will lead to a rise in health complications, especially among young children from low-income families.
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First cargo ships facing 145% tariffs arrive in LA
Ships now pulling into LA's harbor from China are the first to be subject to massive tariffs. Shipments have dropped by 50%. CNN's Nick Watt is on the ground at the port of Los Angeles.
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Pilot of crashed plane describes what it was like being rescued from alligator-infested swamp
Pablo Andrés Velarde, a pilot in Bolivia, emergency landed his plane after an engine failure but it was no paved tarmac that awaited the plane's wheels. Instead, Velarde and passengers found themselves stranded for days in marshland with alligators and snakes. The pilot described to CNN the harrowing rescue that ensued.
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Inside Terminal B as hundreds of flight delays hit major hub
Newark International Airport was faced with pandemonium on Monday after hundreds of flights were delayed and more than 150 canceled following a FAA-ordered ground stop due to low cloud cover. CNN's Brynn Gingras was live from Terminal B where many international passengers were stranded for hours.
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Diddy Trial day one: Prospective jurors
The jury selection in Sean "Diddy" Combs' racketeering and sex trafficking trial started today. CNN's Kara Scannell explains who the prospective jurors are and who has been dismissed.
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Confusion at packed New Jersey Motor Vehicle office as REAL ID deadline hits
CNN's Danny E. Freeman visited Motor Vehicle offices in New Jersey where residents successfully, and unsuccessfully, tried to figure out the correct documents to get a REAL ID. Still others scrambled to figure out if their IDs were compliant with new TSA rules.
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Alcatraz's decay poses reopening challenges
President Donald Trump announced he wants to turn Alcatraz Island into a working prison, but can the infrastructure hold up? CNN's Veronica Miracle visited the prison's first cellblock to see how infrastructure decay could significantly hamper reopening the facility.
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Trump posts AI-generated image of himself as the pope days before conclave vote
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope prompting swift backlash just days before the conclave is set to elect Pope Francis' successor. The Vatican has declined to comment on the matter.
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US stock market's rollercoaster ride since Trump took office
President Donald Trump's first 100 days coincided with the stock market's third-worst start to any presidency in US history, only behind Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Yet by the 100-day mark of Trump's presidency, Wall Street has been shaken by historic levels of uncertainty and volatility.
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Rare volcanic eruption not seen in nearly 40 years
Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano could be seen hurling lava upwards of 300 feet into the air during a series of 'rapid rebounds,' which scientists say hasn't been seen in nearly 40 years.
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Walmart shopper charged with attempted kidnapping
Mahendra Patel walked into a Walmart in Acworth, Georgia looking for Tylenol but was later charged with trying to kidnap a two-year-old boy. Surveillance video obtained by the man's lawyer shows the incident.
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CNN anchors make Kentucky Derby predictions
Every jockey, every owner and every trainer wants the chance to win the Kentucky Derby but only one of this year's 19 horses will do it. The bookies' favorite for this year's race is Journalism, trained by Michael McCarthy, at 3-1. No surprise, that name came up a lot when CNN anchors were asked whose got their pick.
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SpaceX's Starbase seeks Texas city status
Starbase is an emerging community in Texas where SpaceX has long conducted its launches. On the brink of becoming an official city, CNN's Ed Lavandera examines how this transformation raises questions about Elon Musk's expanding influence and its implications for the local community and economy.
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CNN sports anchor explains how to bet on the Kentucky Derby
Dubbed the 'Greatest Two Minutes in Sports' – a nod to its approximate run time – the Derby is the first race in US horse racing's coveted Triple Crown, which also includes the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.
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Prince Harry: 'I would love reconciliation with my family'
In an explosive interview with the BBC, Prince Harry says his father, King Charles, no longer speaks to him, and that he would 'love reconciliation' with the royal family. He spoke the same day he lost a court case over the UK government's decision to strip him of his police protection. CNN's Max Foster explains.
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How rich is the Ivy League?
The Trump Administration has frozen billions of dollars in federal funding to Ivy League schools. These same institutions have endowments bigger than the GDPs of some small countries. So why do these universities need money from the federal government and what's at stake if they lose it?
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Worldwide protests on May Day
Thousands of people across the country and around the world are demonstrating in the streets to celebrate May Day for various political reasons. Video shows protests turn violent in Paris.
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Will Ford raise prices due to Trump's tariffs?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order and proclamation to ease auto tariffs, but the 25 percent tariff on imported cars remains in place and a new 25% tariff on auto parts will go into effect soon. CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with Ford CEO Jim Farley about how Trump's tariffs could impact vehicle pricing.
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High schoolers potentially facing kidnapping charges after hazing incident
At least 11 high school students in Syracuse, New York, have 48 hours to turn themselves in or face felony charges of kidnapping for their alleged involvement in victimizing at least five younger lacrosse players in an incident the district attorney says 'goes way beyond hazing.'
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'Where's my camera?': Astronaut shares wondrous views from space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit describes his love for photography and the images he took in his first press conference since returning from his fourth mission to space.
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LA port director says it faces steep drop in shipping
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka shares that the port expects a steep drop in shipping amid President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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Education Dept. considering cuts for California universities while making ‘progress' with Harvard and Columbia, McMahon says
The Trump administration is turning its ire from the Ivies in the East to public universities in California as it continues its crusade to remake higher education in the United States. Education Secretary Linda McMahon affirmed the administration is considering significant slashes to federal funding for universities in the Golden State, which CNN previously reported, during a Tuesday conversation with Bloomberg's Akayla Gardner. 'In California, I think we saw pretty flagrant violations of Title IX, and that is why this focus that was put on them,' McMahon told CNN during the question-and-answer session Tuesday. 'We have men participating in women's sports, which is clearly against Title IX, and the president has made it very clear that he is definitely going to uphold Title IX.' The administration's focus on the West Coast marks a new phase in its effort to put America's elite universities on notice over political ideology, outside of concerns over antisemitism on campuses following the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas. Last month, President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from the state over a transgender athlete's participation in a sporting event. A.B. Hernandez, a public high school junior in Southern California, reached the podium in all three of her events at the state track and field championships. Her participation had prompted criticism and protests from some in the community who said it prevented lower-ranked competitors from advancing. Some critics of transgender athletes claim they have an unfair advantage in sports, but while existing research hints at how hormone therapy may affect a person's physical abilities, some experts say far more data is needed to make confident conclusions about whether trans people in general hold advantages in their respective sports. Earlier this month, the California Department of Education advised schools in the Golden State to resist barring trans athletes from competing in sports at the urging of the US Department of Justice. On Monday, the state filed suit against the DOJ for making the ask. 'California state law protects all students' access to participate in athletics in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity,' State Superintendent Tony Thurmond said in a statement following the pressure from the DOJ. 'We will continue to follow the law and ensure the safety of all our athletes.' A day after Trump's threat to withhold federal funding from California over Hernandez's participation in the event, the Justice Department announced it was investigating whether the state's School Success and Opportunity Act – which in part prohibits public schools from blocking transgender students from participating in school sports – violates the federal Title IX law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal money. California has 'blatantly (refused) to be in compliance with the Title IX regulations,' McMahon said Tuesday. Trump signed an executive order in February titled 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports' to ban transgender women from competing in women's sports, leaning in part on Title IX compliance. Ahead of the signing, a White House official said the action would take the opposite position on Title IX from the Biden administration, which established a rule that schools are violating Title IX when they ban transgender students from participating on sports teams. The Trump administration's position on Title IX, the official said, is 'if you're going to have women's sports, if you're going to provide opportunities for women, then they have to be equally safe, equally fair, and equally private opportunities, and so that means that you're going to preserve women's sports for women.' Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but Trump has long feuded with Democratic-led California – most recently in a legal battle after the president deployed the National Guard to respond to protests in Los Angeles despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections. Newsom broke with the position of most Democrats on the topic in March when he told a podcast the participation of transgender athletes playing in women's sports is 'an issue of fairness' and that he 'can hold in my hand' both sides of the debate. Newsom has a long record of supporting LGBTQ rights. He ordered the city and county of San Francisco to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004 after being elected mayor of San Francisco. Senate Democrats in March blocked a GOP-led bill that would have banned transgender athletes from women's and girls' sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions. Federal agencies have now been told to start identifying grants that the administration can withhold from California, CNN reported Friday. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems. The UC system is the state's third-largest employer, and both systems are major engines of research in the biotechnology and medical fields, among others. McMahon indicated formula funding could be on the chopping block for the California schools. Formula funds are federal grants that are set based on a predetermined formula determined by Congress, according to the Department of Education. 'That is one of the tools and the opportunities that we have with California and I think it's right that we make them aware that that is a risk that they run,' McMahon said, confirming reporting from Politico. Months of tumult for higher education institutions have followed Trump's January inauguration, with the administration threatening Columbia University's accreditation and Harvard's new international students just last week. But Tuesday, McMahon appeared to commend the schools' administrators and 'progress' at the institutions. The education secretary suggested the Trump administration believes Harvard has taken steps to combat antisemitism on campus, even though it remains embroiled in a number of lawsuits with the Ivy League school. 'We are, I think, making progress in some of the discussion, where even though they have taken a hard line, they have, for instance, replaced their head of Middle East Studies,' McMahon said. Her comments also come after Trump told reporters Harvard is 'starting to behave,' declining to elaborate further. McMahon continued, 'They have already put in place some of the things that we talked about in our negotiations with Columbia. For instance, none of us is suggesting that on college campuses there shouldn't be, you know, there shouldn't be discussion. There could be orderly and nonviolent protests. I mean, college ought to be about the exchange of ideas and debate and all of that. It has to be done peacefully.' And asked whether Harvard should expect additional actions from the administration, she said, 'At this particular time, we're continuing with the things we've already talked about.' McMahon also noted 'really good, open, honest discussions' with Columbia University. She said she has met once in person with the school's acting president, Claire Shipman, and they have spoken by phone twice. 'I think we've made great progress,' she said. Though the discussions began on the issue of antisemitism, McMahon said, 'We wanted to look at other aspects of, you know, the programs that they had on campus, how they were vetting their students. Did they believe that a lot of the uprisings on campus came from outside agitators or students that were on campus. What were some of the ways that they were managing those activities on campus?' McMahon said a consent decree – an agreement approved by a federal judge used as a monitoring system – was also on the table. 'We've discussed the consent decree and so our negotiations have gone, you know, back and forth. That's a good part of the negotiations,' she said. She expressed openness to some universities eventually getting federal funding back – and said it was a 'goal.' 'That's part of the negotiations, of course, that we have that are ongoing. It would be my goal that if universities – colleges and universities – are abiding by the laws of the United States and doing what we're expecting of them, that they could expect to have taxpayer-funded programs,' McMahon said.
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Police seek answers as Austria mourns victims of one of the worst shootings in its history
Police in Austria were hunting for clues on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at his former high school a day earlier, killing nine students and a teacher in a deadly spree that stunned the country. Scores of shocked people gathered near the scene of the crime to observe a minute of silence 24 hours after the rampage in the city of Graz, mourning the victims of one of the worst school shootings in the country's history. Authorities confirmed they had searched the home of the 21-year-old Austrian national who attacked the Dreierschützengasse secondary school in the city, the capital of the southern Austrian province of Styria. Graz police spokesman Sabri Yorgun told CNN that officers had discovered a non-functional makeshift bomb, a suicide note and a video message at the shooter's home. 'We have carried out a search operation at the home address of the… suspect from the district of Graz… and have been able to establish that there was a suicide note both in digital form, via video message, and in handwritten form,' Yorgun told CNN Wednesday morning, adding that the items had been secured to assess the suspect's motives. Of the 10 people who died in the shooting, nine were students aged between 15 and 17, officials said. One of those was found dead outside the school when officers arrived on Tuesday morning. The bodies of the other students, as well as several other injured children, were found inside the building. The tenth victim, who died on Tuesday night in hospital, was a female school teacher, Yorgun confirmed. According to French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, one of the victims was a French student. 'Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends,' Barrot said. CNN understands that all those who were injured in Tuesday's attack are now in a stable condition, including nine who remain in intensive care. One victim with facial injuries requires a follow-up operation, while another has been left needing knee surgery. Officers first responded to reports of 'several' suspected gunshots at the school in the northwest of Graz at around 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) on Tuesday. Several vehicles and a police helicopter were then deployed to the site. The suspect, who had previously attended the school but not graduated, used a rifle and a handgun to carry out the killing spree, before fatally shooting himself in a bathroom, authorities said at a Tuesday news conference. Gun violence is rare in Austria, along with most central European countries. The country's rate of firearm homicides was just 0.1 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, compared to 4.5 per 100,000 people in the United States. But Austria's gun ownership is higher than most European Union countries; there are 30 civilian firearms owned for every 100 citizens, according to the Small Arms Survey, a research institute based in Switzerland. A small number of high-profile violent incidents have taken place there in recent years. Last October, the mayor of a northern Austrian town was shot dead, along with another victim. In February, a 23-year-old man stabbed five passersby in southern Austria in what police said was a random attack. CNN's Rob Picheta, Lauren Kent and Saskya Vandoorne contributed to this report.
