First on CNN: Biden wades into GOP primary with $25 million ad blitz, starting with economy focus
President Joe Biden is preparing to blanket the airwaves with a $25 million television and digital ad campaign in battleground states this month, campaign officials told CNN, as Republicans are set to face off in their first presidential primary debate.
2023-08-20 19:19
3 sets of twins and 2 brothers make history for the University at Buffalo's medical school
The University at Buffalo admitted three sets of twins and two brothers to its Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences' class of 2027. It's the first time in the program's history eight siblings are expected to graduate from the school together.
2023-08-20 14:28
Customs officers seize over $380,000 worth of cocaine off bus from Mexico
US customs officers in Texas discovered nearly two dozen packages of cocaine on a commercial bus coming from Mexico.
2023-08-20 13:24
A Utah man who won a $3 million lottery jackpot on his birthday didn't find out until a month later
The 4th of July is a big day in American history, and it was a big day for a Utah man who shares his birthday with the nation's. This year, it marked the day he unknowingly became a millionaire.
2023-08-20 12:26
Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so
Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it
2023-08-20 12:17
New York Times: Prosecutors insisted on harsher Hunter Biden plea deal around time IRS whistleblowers came forward
Special counsel David Weiss appeared to be willing to end the Hunter Biden probe earlier this year without any charges for the president's son, but seems to have changed his mind around the time two IRS whistleblowers accused the Justice Department of stonewalling the case and giving Hunter Biden special treatment, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
2023-08-20 09:28
World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have another goal in mind: wooing back tourists
Soccer isn't the national pastime in Australia or New Zealand, but those visiting during the Women's World Cup wouldn't be able to tell.
2023-08-20 08:18
Kansas City Chiefs superfan indicted on bank robbery, money laundering charges
A federal grand jury indicted a man known as a Kansas City Chiefs superfan, who goes by "ChiefsAholic" on social media, with robbing several banks and laundering the money through casinos, the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri announced.
2023-08-20 07:50
Grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, says 'we're in the final chapter' in health update
The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter said "it's clear we're in the final chapter" in an interview with People published Saturday.
2023-08-20 06:59
DeSantis campaign lays out debate strategy to donors and supporters
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is prepared to be "the center of attacks" next week at the GOP's first debate in the 2024 presidential race, according to a campaign memo obtained by CNN that lays out how DeSantis is preparing for the debate stage.
2023-08-20 05:52
'Too much to bear.' The incalculable emotional toll of the Maui wildfires
On top of the widespread destruction and devastating loss of life, the wildfires are taking an incalculable emotional toll on many residents of a tight-knit island community who now face a hard choice: Move and start over elsewhere. Or stay and rebuild from scratch.
2023-08-20 03:23
Utah mother Kouri Richins won't face death penalty in husband's murder case
Prosecutors in the case against Kouri Richins, a Utah widow accused of killing her husband before she authored a children's book about grief, said they do not intend to seek the death penalty against her.
2023-08-20 02:57