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CNN  —  A federal appeals court judge previously on short lists for the Supreme Court is taking the rare step to broadly and publicly reject allegations that Justice Clarence Thomas has been improperly influenced by lavish gifts provided by a conservative billionaire, dismissing “pot shots” at the Supreme Court in …

Russian National Guard officers patrol outside the Kremlin in Moscow on June 24. AFP/Getty Images Chaos in the Kremlin couldn’t come at a better time for Ukraine. What Russian President Vladimir Putin described as an “armed rebellion” by Wagner mercenaries is a godsend for a country that has been preparing …

CNN  —  Prosecutors on Thursday charged “Rust” film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed with tampering with evidence in relation to the shooting death of the movie’s director Halyna Hutchins, an amended complaint filed Thursday shows. The charge is in addition to two counts of involuntary manslaughter filed against Gutierrez Reed earlier …

London CNN  —  Turkey’s central bank almost doubled interest rates to 15% Thursday in a dramatic reversal of its unorthodox policy of cutting the cost of borrowing to tame painfully high inflation. Annual consumer price inflation has come down from a two-decade high of 85.5% in October but was still …

CNN  —  Banging sounds have been picked up from the Atlantic Ocean in the hunt for the submersible that went missing while touring Titanic wreckage with five people onboard, signaling “continued hope of survivors,” according to a US government memo, even as the craft’s oxygen dwindles. As rescue efforts keep …

CNN  —  Tropical storm Bret could reach the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea by late Thursday as a rare June hurricane. In an average year, the first hurricane typically doesn’t form until early to mid-August, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm currently carries winds of 40 …

CNN  —  More than 50 million people in the Southeast face the possibility of severe weather Monday as sweltering, record-breaking temperatures threaten millions more, including many who remain without power after several rounds of storms last week. A Level 2 of 5 slight risk of severe weather is in place …

CNN  —  Temple “Tempie” Cummins stoically stares at the camera with her arms folded in her lap, sitting stiffly in a chair in her dusty, barren backyard with her weather-beaten wooden shack behind her. Her dark, creased face reflects years of poverty and worry. The faded black and white image …

CNN  —  President Joe Biden kicks off his reelection campaign Saturday at a union rally in his frequent haunt of Pennsylvania, the state that remains an intersection of his personal and political identities that he hopes can propel him to a second term. The first official rally of his final …

Highland Park, Michigan CNN  —  Every parent’s worst nightmare is losing their child. Shamayim Harris has lived through that nightmare – twice. On September 23, 2007, her 2-year-old son, Jakobi Ra, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Highland Park, a suburb of Detroit. “I literally thought that I …