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Don’t add to the NFL's regular season as well as provide well-maintained natural grass surfaces for players. That was a main message from the NFL Players Association to the league. “Our members have no appetite for an 18th game in the regular season,” NFLPA interim executive director David White said Tuesday at the union’s annual news conference ahead of the Super Bowl. “You heard that last year when the executive committee was up here, and they were talking about what happens to their bodies when they’re with their families, when they’re with their

NFL players' union interim boss David White says players have 'no appetite' for an 18-game season

Clintons will appear for depositions in Epstein probe, staving off contempt vote

Who is Peter Mandelson, and why have his Epstein ties shaken the British establishment?

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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, killed in north Africa country, officials say

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya's late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday. The 53-year-old was killed in the town Zintan, 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to two Libyan security officials in western Libya. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. Khaled al-Zaidi, a lawyer for Seif al-Islam, confirmed his death on Facebook, without providing details. Abdullah

Trump administration's tongue-in-cheek names for immigration operations praised and slammed

Minnesota athletes head into the Winter Olympics with concerns about turmoil back home

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New York attorney general to deploy legal observers to monitor federal immigration agents

New York's attorney general announced plans Tuesday to deploy legal observers to monitor federal immigration enforcement actions in the state. The initiative will send observers, who will wear purple safety vests, to areas of reported immigration enforcement activity to collect information “that may inform future legal action,” according to Attorney General Letitia James. Tensions remain high nationwide over President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown, particularly following the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents i

Bitcoin hits lowest level since 2024 and stocks stumble as AI and geopolitical nerves fray

Jill Biden’s ex-husband faces murder charge in death of his current wife

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Lawmakers hear testimony today on several people’s encounters with DHS agents. Catch up on their stories here

Three people at the center of aggressive encounters with Department of Homeland Security immigration agents are set to testify Tuesday at a public forum on Capitol Hill about federal immigration enforcement agents’ use of force during immigration raids.The brothers and attorney representing the family of Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minnesota woman who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot into her vehicle, are also expected to speak at the event, which is organized by Democratic lawmakers — Connecticut’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal and California’s Rep. Robert Gar

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Clintons have agreed to in-person depositions for House Epstein investigation

Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear for in-person depositions in Washington, DC, in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein probe, caving in hopes of avoiding a looming House contempt of Congress vote.It was not immediately clear whether the last-minute acquiescence would work, as GOP leaders indicated Tuesday the Clintons’ still needed to agree to specific terms. House Speaker Mike Johnson said a deadline of Tuesday at noon had been set to “work out the details,” and both he and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said a full House vote remained possible this week to hol

PepsiCo is cutting the price of Doritos, Cheetos and other snacks by 15%

A Democrat flipped a state Senate seat in Texas. Republicans say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ for the midterms

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Trump ups demands from Harvard, seeks $1 billion settlement after months of strained talks

President Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks against Harvard University, demanding that the Ivy League school pay a $1 billion settlement to restore federal funding after months of failed negotiations.“We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social late Monday, disputing a report from the New York Times that the White House had dropped his administration’s demands on for a financial payment from the university, citing multiple unnamed sources.Officials from Harvard and

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Don Lemon defends his reporting of anti-ICE protest in Minnesota during interview with Jimmy Kimmel

Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon defended his coverage of an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul, Minnesota, church, which resulted in his arrest last week, telling Jimmy Kimmel on Monday that as a journalist, he “went there to chronicle and document and record what was happening.”“There is a difference between a protester and a journalist,” Lemon said on Kimmel’s late-night show in his first interview since he was released without bail last Friday.Lemon and another independent journalist, Georgia Fort, were livestreaming as dozens of demonstrators interrupted a serv

Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer

Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight

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Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while putting a spotlight on a yearslong problem

Of course it would take those mischievous Minions to thrust what has become a yearslong musical nightmare for figure skaters into the global spotlight just days before they step onto the ice for the Milano Cortina Olympics. Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate revealed this week that the music he has used all season, a medley from the animated comedy film “Minions” from Illumination Entertainment, could not be used in the biggest event of his career. “I was informed that I am no longer permitted to use this program due to copyright cleara

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Grieving Iranians cowed into silence beside the graves of protesters

On Thursday evenings, Tehran’s largest cemetery comes to life as people flock to pay their respects to lost loved ones.Weeks after thousands were killed in a bloody crackdown on protests against the government, the ritual has taken on new significance as families of the dead grieve.“I’ve never seen the cemetery so busy in my life,” one woman tells CNN.Alongside the bodies of martyrs from Iran’s past wars, the dusty earth of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery now cradles the remains of protesters killed in January’s protests, the latest conflict to rake Iran’s streets.In one small patch, ne

Italy launches investigation as newly-restored angel painting in Rome church now resembles Giorgia Meloni

The Latest: Trump signs budget bill bringing an end to partial government shutdown

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This is Countdown, CNN’s newsletter covering NASA’s first time sending humans to deep space in over 50 years

There is nothing like the excitement of a rocket launch.I’ll never forget the feeling of being at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the highly anticipated liftoff of the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022.I had reported on space and science news for nearly a decade, yet I was still awestruck by the sheer scale of the Space Launch System rocket.But ahead of the launch, it was a thrill just to be granted entrance to a hallowed place steeped in spaceflight history.There were many pinch-me moments, like sitting down for an interview with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, who seemed just as

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Lindsey Vonn is 'confident' she can race at Olympics despite ruptured ACL in left knee

Lindsey Vonn has done this before. And succeeded. The 41-year-old American skiing standout is “confident” she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics despite a torn ACL from a crash four days ago. Vonn said that the damage to her left knee was a “completely ruptured” ACL, bone bruising “plus meniscal damage.” After three days of physical therapy and doctors' advice, Vonn tried skiing on Tuesday. She did not appear to be limping as she entered and exited a news conference. “My knee is not swollen, and with the help