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Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of small civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles. The indictment announced Wednesday emerged as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign to topple the island's socialist government. The charges accuse Castro and the military pilots of conspiring to terrorize, intimidate and retaliate against Cubans and the country's exile community by shooting down the aircraft flown by the Brothers to the Rescue group. Castro,

Indictment of former Cuban president includes 5 fighter jet pilots involved in 1996 plane downings

Mexico will discuss drug trafficking and migrant deaths during visit by US security official Mullin

The Trump administration expands its use of AI in the hunt for healthcare fraud

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Protesters set Ebola treatment center on fire in DRC, demanding return of body

Protesters caused a blaze at a health facility treating Ebola patients in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, burning down two hospital tents, a local politician told CNN.Tensions flared Thursday when the relatives of a young man who died of Ebola tried to take his body “by force” from the Rwampara Hospital, according to Luc Mambele, vice president of Congolese political party A2RC.A lethal Ebola strain has ripped through local communities in the area, triggering a global health emergency. Tests show that the Bundibugyo strain — which has no specific treatment or

JPMorgan rolls out AI tools in investment banking globally, senior banker says

Minneapolis daycare owner charged with fraud tried to flee country days after closing center, prosecutors allege

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Fed's Barkin: Policy in good place to respond to ongoing shocks

How businesses and consumers respond to ongoing economic shocks will determine if the U.S. Federal Reserve can "look through" current high inflation or needs to consider raising interest rates, Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said on Thursday. The decision to hold rates steady at the Fed's last meeting "made sense" as policymakers gathered more information on jobs and inflation in the midst of a series of economic developments as disparate as high oil prices and the rollout of artificial intelligence technology, Barkin said in comments prepared for delivery to an economic group."It made

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Board of Peace envoy warns UN that Gaza division risks becoming permanent

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Republicans revolt over Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The Trump administration’s push for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has derailed Senate Republicans’ plans to pass a major immigration enforcement package – a key priority of the president’s.Senators left Washington for their Memorial Day recess with Republicans saying they were blindsided by the Justice Department’s announcement of the fund and at odds over how to rein it in.The issue of the $1.8 billion fund became so toxic for the Senate GOP that there were doubts they could muster 50 votes needed to pass the broader bill that would provide tens of billions to US Immi

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Divided Supreme Court decision bars Alabama from executing an inmate who may be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts found is likely intellectually disabled. The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, took the unusual step of dismissing an appeal, filed by Alabama, after it heard arguments in the case. A lower court decision barring the execution of Joseph Clifton Smith will stand, and the Supreme Court will save for another day the questions about intellectual disability that the appeal raised.Four justices dissented from the decision: Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Justices Cl

Trump eases refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs

Judge dismisses charges against former school official in case of 6-year-old who shot teacher

The most powerful rocket ever built is now even bigger and more powerful. But will it work?

After a seven-month hiatus, SpaceX is set to launch a new, more powerful version of its Starship megarocket — reigniting a make-or-break testing campaign aimed at hashing out unprecedented rocketry challenges and getting the vehicle ready to carry NASA astronauts to the moon.But experts question whether this vehicle — or a competing spacecraft under development by the Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin — will be ready in time to sway the outcome of what US lawmakers say is an ongoing space race with China.Liftoff, which is slated for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET, also comes during a period of mo

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US Republican senator says Trump ballroom funding removed from spending bill

U.S. Republican Senator John Kennedy on Wednesday said there was insufficient support in the Senate to spend $1 billion on a planned White House ballroom and related security measures, and that the proposal would not be included in a $72 billion immigration enforcement bill.Speaking to reporters after leaving a meeting of Republican senators, Kennedy, of Louisiana, said: “We were told that, and again, I haven't looked at the text, but we're told that the ballroom money is out.”Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that there were "a couple snags" that his 53 Republicans were tr

First on CNN: James Talarico endorses in House runoff to try to block Democrat who made antisemitic remarks

A year on from Washington museum attack, two women battle with survivor’s guilt

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New York City residents will get a chance to purchase $50 World Cup tickets

Some lucky New York City residents will soon get a chance to snag cheap seats to this summer’s high-priced World Cup. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that 1,000 tickets costing $50 will be made available to residents of the city of more than 8 million for the most watched sporting event in the world. “To put that into perspective, that is five lattes in New York City,” Mamdani quipped from a bar in Harlem’s Little Senegal neighborhood alongside U.S. men’s national team forward Timothy Weah. About 150 tickets per game will be made a

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Supreme Court revives damages suit against cruise ship companies that docked in Cuba

The Supreme Court subjected the world’s largest cruise ship companies to a stiff headwind on Thursday, reviving a claim that alleged they trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government when they docked their ships in Havana.The court’s decision is a loss for Royal Caribbean Cruises, Carnival Corporation and other companies and lands at a moment when the Trump administration is ramping up economic and political pressure on Cuba.Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion for an 8-1 court. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan was the sole dissenter.The decision comes a day after th

Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

New record set as 274 climbers scale Everest’s south side in single day

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Attack on Russian drone pilot training camp kills at least 66, Ukraine says

Ukraine claims to have killed scores of Russians in two strikes in the country’s occupied eastern region, as Kyiv steps up mid-range drone attacks targeting Moscow’s military infrastructure.One wave of strikes hit a Russian drone pilot training camp in the occupied town of Snizhne, killing at least 65 cadets and an instructor on Wednesday night, according to the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.Another set of strikes hit a Russian security service headquarters and an air defense system in the Kherson region in occupied Ukraine, killing and wounding almost 100 Russians, Ukr

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A third of National Park island home to rare wildlife has burned in spate of Southern California wildfires

A large wildfire has burned a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in the world.Officials believe the blaze, which ignited Friday and grew to 17,554 acres as of Thursday morning, may be the largest wildfire ever documented on Santa Rosa Island, National Park Service spokesperson Ana Cholo told CNN. It is also the largest fire in California this year, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.“Fires of this size and magnitude are not consi

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As CFP barrels toward 24 teams, the questions remain: Who's paying for this, and how much?

The Big Ten is pushing to expand the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, but the question is who will televise it

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‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund

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Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a ‘too big’ financial industry, dies at 86

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls