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Santa Clara County Sheriff’s department is seen during a raid.
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Retailers use police-like investigation centers to fight theft. Shoppers pay the price
TOPSHOT - A pro-Palestinian demonstrator (C) is beaten by counter protesters attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as clashes erupt, in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. Clashes broke out on May 1, 2024 around pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of California, Los Angeles, US television media footage showed, as universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests on dozens of campuses. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment
Emory University economics professor Caroline Fohlin is detained by police on Thursday at Emory University in Atlanta.
CNN
Dozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests
A pro-Palestine rally is held at the steps of Lowe Library on the grounds of Columbia University on April 22, 2024 in New York City. In response to recent campus unrest and anxieties regarding Jewish student safety, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced a shift to online learning for Monday. She further urged faculty and staff to prioritize remote work.
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Inside the tense talks between Columbia protesters and administrators before NYPD moved in
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at a podium. Behind him is a giant banner reading CPAC Hungary.
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American conservatives embrace Hungary’s authoritarian leader at Budapest conference
Former President Donald Trump walks out to speak at a Get Out The Vote campaign rally held at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, on February 10.
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What Trump’s war on the ‘Deep State’ could mean: ‘An army of suck-ups’
U.S. Coast Guard patrols on Falcon Lake, a lake that straddles the U.S. Mexico border, where where Coloradan David Hartley is still missing, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 in Zapata, Texas. Hartley's wife says her husband was shot to death by Mexican pirates chasing them on speedboats across the lake on Sept. 30 as they returned on Jet Skis from a trip to photograph a historic Mexican church. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Senator says Coast Guard used illegal agreements to silence sexual assault victims
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Major US bridges could be vulnerable to ship collisions, including one just downstream from Key Bridge
TOPSHOT - The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. The bridge collapsed early March 26 after being struck by the Singapore-flagged Dali, sending multiple vehicles and people plunging into the frigid harbor below. There was no immediate confirmation of the cause of the disaster, but Baltimore's Police Commissioner Richard Worley said there was "no indication" of terrorism. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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‘Absolutely a wake-up call’: Key Bridge tragedy has markings of 1980 Baltimore crash, but worse
In this photo illustration, the Navy Federal Credit Union logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in Gliwice, Poland, on April 21, 2021.
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Navy Federal says external review finds ‘non-race factors’ explained mortgage approval disparities
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Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues
Migrants board a bus to Chicago, in downtown Brownsville, Texas, U.S., October 24, 2023. The Republican-led state of Texas said it has spent more than $100 million since April 2022 to bus tens of thousands of migrants who recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago, New York, Denver, and other Democratic-led cities. REUTERS/Carlos Barria SEARCH "BARRIA MIGRANTS BUS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Texas governor predicted donations would?pay for?busing migrants out of state. He’s collected less than 1% of that cost
Police body cam footage shows swatting incident
Election officials’ homes ‘swatted’ as presidential race heats up
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One of the top donors to a pro-Biden dark-money group is a non-profit run by an early AI investor
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How the family fortune behind a major American pharma company has quietly funded conservative causes
A humanitarian aid worker said Border Patrol agents dropped off an 11-year-old girl in a full leg cast at a camp known as Whiskey 8, along the California border with Mexico. A portion of this image has been obscured by CNN to protect an minor's identity.
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Migrant children in open-air desert camps are suffering from hunger and hypothermia, court documents say
This photo posted to X by the US Office of Palestinian Affairs shows 17-year-old U.S. citizen Mohammad Ahmad Khdour, who the department says has been killed.
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Families of killed Palestinian-Americans demand answers of US, Israel
Reps. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., and Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., speak to reporters after meeting with Navy Federal Credit Union CEO Mary McDuffie on Capitol Hill.
CNN
Members of Congress say they’re still concerned over racial disparities after meeting with Navy Federal Credit Union CEO
Victoria Hill and her mother, Maralee Hill, pose for a portrait outside her home in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
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‘I slept with my half-sibling’: Woman’s horror story reflects loosely regulated nature of US fertility industry
Texas entrepreneur accused of sending fake AI-generated Biden robocall has ties to companies with long history of political calling.
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How a Biden AI robocall in New Hampshire allegedly links back to a Texas strip mall
Michal Simecka, a progressive politician in Slovakia, was target of a deepfake audio in a tight election race last year he ended up losing.
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A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning
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Not MAGA enough: 2020 election skeptic quit his job after facing blowback from angry election deniers
Sherrod Brown speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in 2022.
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Lawmakers call on federal regulators to review Navy Federal over mortgage approval disparities, citing CNN investigation
A dog transport is seen arriving at a property following a raid related to dog fighting in Prosperity, South Carolina, on September 21, 2023.
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Inside the underground world of dog fighting: How the brutal blood sport thrives in the shadows
Republican candidate for Secretary of State Kristina Karamo waves to the crowd before she speaks during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan.
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‘Incompetent dumpster fire’: Michigan GOP rocked by financial turmoil and infighting
Navy Federal Credit Union logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in April 2021.
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Class action lawsuit alleging discrimination filed against Navy Federal after CNN exclusive report
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the "Keep Florida Free Tour" at in Tampa, Florida, in August 2022.
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DeSantis promised to ‘drain the swamp’ in Florida. But his record on medical marijuana raises questions
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12884624q) In this photo illustration, a woman's silhouette holds a smartphone with the Navy Federal Credit Union logo displayed on the screen and in the background. Photo illustration in Brazil - 06 Apr 2022
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The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants
Retired U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Jennifer Yount, First Class Cadet Kyra Holmstrup of the Coast Guard Academy Class of 2024, former member of the Coast Guard Academy Class of 2008 Caitlin Maro, Retired Coast Guard Lt. Melissa McCafferty, and director of government affairs for the Service Women's Action Network retired U.S. Air Force Col. Lorry Fenner are sworn in during a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Coast Guard Academy Whistleblowers: Stories of Sexual Assault and Harassment," on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2023.
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‘No consequences’: Women testify about sexual harassment and assault at Coast Guard Academy
New London, Conn.(Apr. 10)--Sign on wall U.S. Coast Guard Academy facing Route 1 (Mohegan Ave.) USCG photo by SANTOS, DAVID M. PA1
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Four women to testify at Senate hearing about sexual harassment and assault at Coast Guard Academy
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House Oversight Committee launches investigation into Coast Guard after CNN report
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A deluge of violent messages: How a surge in threats to public officials could disrupt American democracy
In this July 2022 photo, former President Donald Trump speaks during the America First Agenda Summit in Washington, DC.
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Conservative think tank laying groundwork for a second Trump term raised millions from a single anonymous donor
Photo of events at the Coast Guard Academy and in New London, Conn., Thurs. April 5, 2013.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis.
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‘Change is necessary’: Coast Guard pledges reforms after mishandling reports of sexual assault
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US Coast Guard leaders long concealed a critical report about racism, hazing and sexual misconduct
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 25: Posters distributed around the New York University campus of people kidnapped by Hamas on the October 7 raid of Israel are vandalized and covered with pro Palestinian graffiti, October 25, 2023 in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, New York. Like many college campuses in America, students are deeply divided about their reactions to the war in the Middles East between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images)
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How antisemitic hate groups are using artificial intelligence in the wake of Hamas attacks
China's President Xi Jinping is shown on a screen through digitally decorated glass during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
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China is using the world’s largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds
BOWDOIN, MAINE - OCTOBER 26: Law enforcement officials gather in the road leading to the home of the suspect being sought in connection with two mass shootings on October 26, 2023 in Bowdoin, Maine. Police are searching for U.S. Army Reservist Robert Card, 40, who is wanted in the shooting deaths of 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar last night in nearby Lewiston. At least 13 others were wounded in the rampage. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Cops were sent to Maine gunman’s home weeks before massacres amid concern he ‘is going to snap and commit a mass shooting’
Lewiston Police Department identified Robert Card as a "person of interest" involved in the Lewiston shooting.
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Here’s what we know about the suspect in the Maine mass shooting
10 October 2023, Israel, Sa'ad: Israeli forces patrol areas along the Israeli-Gaza border as fighting between Israeli troops and Islamist Hamas militants continues. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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How volunteer guards foiled a carefully planned Hamas attack on one kibbutz
TOPSHOT - Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 16, 2023. The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to around 2,750 since Hamas's deadly attack on southern Israel last week, the Gaza health ministry said October 16. Some 9,700 people have also been injured as Israel continued its withering air campaign on targets in the Palestinian coastal enclave, the Hamas-controlled ministry added. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)
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They followed evacuation orders. An Israeli airstrike killed them the next day.
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Homemade rockets and modified AK-47s: An annotated look at Hamas’ deadly arsenal
What remains of Maisara Baroud's building after Israeli airstrikes turned it to rubble.
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In Gaza, Palestinians have no safe place from Israel’s bombs
Palestinian fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip on July 19, 2023.
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‘They’re opportunistic and adaptive’: How Hamas is using cryptocurrency to raise funds
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College president accused of sexting former student at Coast Guard Academy resigns
Colleen Protzman
CNN
Her son was an accused cult leader. She says he was a victim, too.
Retired US Coast Guard captain and Nichols College president, Glenn M. Sulmasy
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Coast Guard Academy banned a retired captain from its grounds after CNN reported he sexted a student. Now more allegations are surfacing.
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He was investigated for sexting a student at the Coast Guard Academy. He’s now a college president.
New London, Conn.(Dec. 8)--Dress Review on the parade field at the Coast Guard Academy. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
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Senate launches inquiry into Coast Guard sexual assault coverups exposed by CNN report
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Arkansas hospital sued thousands of patients over medical bills during the pandemic, including hundreds of its own employees
Alliance Fairfax at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, Janurary 5, 2021
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A mariner accused of raping college student loses ability to work at sea, but escapes criminal charges
An aerial image taken on August 10, 2023 shows a person walking down Front Street past destroyed buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii.
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How a devastating combination of conditions triggered America’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century
An aerial image taken on August 10 shows destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii.
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Hawaii underestimated the deadly threat of wildfire, records show
In this May 2021 photo, Adm. Karl Schultz arrives at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
Andrew Harnik/AP
Former Coast Guard head covered up secret investigation into sexual assaults at the Coast Guard Academy
Imani Wj Wright speaks during an exclusive interview with CNN. Wright responded to a posting on Upwork that likely was funded by a pro-Beijing group to arrange a protest.
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Exclusive: A Baltimore musician was hired to organize a protest. He says he never knew his client had links to pro-China operatives
Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022.
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Nearly two years after Texas’ six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying
This booking image provided by Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, shows Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect who was charged Friday, July 14, 2023, with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office via AP0
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Long Island murders suspect had history of tax issues and lawsuits
New London, Conn.(Apr. 10)--Sign on wall U.S. Coast Guard Academy facing Route 1 (Mohegan Ave.) USCG photo by SANTOS, DAVID M. PA1
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Senator demands IG inspection into Coast Guard’s failure to respond to sex assault claims at academy
Hats are displayed on a table during the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, on May 19, 2021.
Andrew Harnik/AP
CNN uncovered a damning, secret investigation into sexual assault at the US Coast Guard Academy. This woman’s case triggered that probe
Vaness Salgado poses for a portrait at a memorial for her daughter.
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Nobody told her about this gun-safety measure in her state. Now, she wonders if it could have saved her daughter’s life
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Criminal investigation into Coast Guard Academy revealed years of sexual assault cover-ups, but findings were kept secret
OceanGate Expedition's Titan imploded this week during a descent to the Titanic wreckage.
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OceanGate marketed its vessel as safe. But experts say it used materials that ‘simply didn’t work’
FILE - Javier Castellano, atop Mage, third from left, is seen behind with others behind the pack as they make the first turn while competing in the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. Churchill Downs will limit horses to four starts during a rolling eight-week period and impose ineligibility standards for continued poor performance in the wake of the recent deaths of 12 horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe
Gov. Jim Justice holds a lump of coal at a bill-signing ceremony for new coal-related legislation at John Amos Power Plant in Putnam County, West Virginia, in March.
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Republican lawmakers are making it harder for power companies to pivot away from coal. Their constituents may be paying the price
A Tyson plant is seen in Hope, Arkansas, on March 28, 2023. The Tyson plant in Hope experienced an ammonia leak in 2016.
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Dangerous chemical leaks have injured workers at one of America’s largest meat processors
In this image from video from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Matthew Kacsmaryk listens during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2017. Kacsmaryk, a Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation's most common method of abortion, Friday, April 7, 2023, is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes.
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Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge’s financial disclosures
Alliance Fairfax at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, Janurary 5, 2021
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The Coast Guard renewed a mariner’s ability to work at sea after he was accused of rape. Now, the agency is trying to keep him off ships
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Bailed out, arrested again: These charities boomed after the murder of George Floyd. They’re under fire for bailing out violent offenders
Hope Hicks, a midshipman at the United States Merchant Marine Academy stands outside the academy's gate in Kings Point, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (John Paraskevas/Newsday via AP)
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Failed oversight, lax punishments: How the Coast Guard has allowed sexual assault at sea to go unchecked
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba watches as lawmakers debate House Bill 1020 on Tuesday, February 7, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson.
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A proposed ‘takeover’ has sparked a battle for power in one of America’s Blackest big cities
U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden depart from Holy Spirit Catholic Church after attending Mass on St. Johns Island, South Carolina, U.S., August 13, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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A famous last name, business deals and a looming probe: Republicans ramp up investigation of Biden family
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Veteran CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60
Law enforcement, including the FBI, work at the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va.
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Coworkers say Walmart shooter had exhibited odd and threatening behavior in the past
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Details are coming to light about the alleged gunman who killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub
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Shipping giant Maersk settles lawsuit filed by student allegedly raped at sea