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California man charged with attempting to murder Supreme Court justice said he needed ‘psychiatric help’: 911 dispatch audio

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN The California man arrested near US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh‘s home and charged with attempting or threatening to kidnap or murder a US judge said in calls he made to 911 before the arrest that he was thinking of killing himself and needed psychiatric help, according to audio recordings released

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Exxon’s stock is back from the dead

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For years, ExxonMobil struggled to court investors as fears about the climate crisis and criticism of its business strategy kept would-be shareholders at bay. Now, the oil giant is staging a dramatic comeback. What’s happening: Shares of Exxon climbed above $100 apiece on Tuesday for the first time since 2014.

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Suspected ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ is charged in a series of sexual assaults in Florida in the 1980s

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Tina Burnside, CNN Aided by advances in DNA technology, authorities in Florida say they have identified and charged the so-called Pillowcase Rapist accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in the 1980s. Robert Koehler, 62, is charged in six sexual assault cases that investigators say were carried out with “diabolical precision,” according

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China offers $15,000 cash — or a ‘spiritual reward’ — for national security tip-offs

By Nectar Gan, CNN China is offering its citizens cash rewards of up to and above 100,000 yuan ($15,000) for tip-offs about people who endanger national security, as authorities intensify a years-long campaign to weed out what they see as growing threats from foreign espionage and “hostile forces.” Successful informants can receive either “spiritual rewards”

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Traitor or hero? Ukraine finds it tough to identify Russian collaborators

By Tim Lister and Sanyo Fylyppov, CNN A reckoning is underway in Ukraine, with prosecutors building dozens of cases against Ukrainians accused of collaborating with Russian forces. The Interior Ministry says there are already more than 500 cases being investigated. From President Volodymyr Zelensky downwards, Ukrainian authorities have reserved special loathing for alleged collaborators, or

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Clean energy industry and climate activists see glimmer of hope in new Biden action after months of ‘hard times’

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Months of intense lobbying from the solar and clean energy industry culminated on Monday in the Biden White House taking their biggest action on climate in recent months. The administration moved to waive anti-circumvention tariffs on solar panels for two years and invoking the Defense Production Act to speed up domestic

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Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen invited by January 6 committee to testify publicly

By Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his then-deputy, Richard Donoghue, have been invited by the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection to testify publicly during one of its hearings, multiple sources tell CNN. Rosen and Donoghue have previously spoken with the committee behind

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Estate of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot by North Carolina deputies last year, reaches $3 million settlement with county

By Jamiel Lynch and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The estate of Andrew Brown, Jr. has settled its lawsuit against a North Carolina county sheriff’s office over his shooting death during an arrest last year, according to an attorney for the estate. Brown’s family settled with Pasquotank County for $3 million, according to attorney Bakari Sellers,

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Paramount Studios sued over ‘Top Gun’ copyright

By Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN Paramount Studios is being sued for copyright infringement over “Top Gun” by the family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 film. In a complaint filed in California federal court Monday, the heirs to Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article, “Top Guns,” state the film distribution company did not reacquire the rights

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‘Uninvestable’ China could make a comeback

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Foreign investors lost their nerve on parking money in China over the past year, as Beijing cracked down on the country’s biggest tech companies, the real estate sector stumbled and coronavirus lockdowns crimped growth. Once a beacon of opportunity, the world’s second biggest economy looked like a difficult bet. “People

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Fetterman’s wife says Democratic Senate candidate may be away from campaign trail until July as he recovers from a stroke

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman may be away from the campaign trail until July, his wife told CNN on Monday, as she pushed back on suggestions that the family had not been fully transparent about the extent of his heart condition following a stroke last month. “I

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Moderna says updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shows stronger antibody response against Omicron

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Moderna said on Wednesday its bivalent Covid-19 vaccine booster that contained a vaccine targeting the Omicron variant showed a stronger immune response against the variant. Bivalent boosters address two viral strains in the same vaccine. The updated booster contains Moderna’s original vaccine, and a vaccine candidate that targets the Omicron variant.

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Rethinking AR-15s for 18-year-olds

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Americans are guaranteed the right to bear arms because the Constitution says a “well regulated Militia” is “necessary to the security of a free State.” But the number of arms being used by Americas on each other is making the free state feel not at all secure. At least 10

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The Buffalo shooting suspect showed signs of violent behavior and was left untreated. Violence prevention experts say troubled youth like him need long-term support

By Emma Tucker, CNN The 18-year-old White man who opened fire at a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10 and injuring three, was first known to authorities in 2021 after making a generalized threat while attending his high school, according to Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia. New York State Police took the suspect to a hospital for

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China censored a top livestreamer on the eve of June 4. Now his fans are asking about the Tiananmen Square massacre

By Nectar Gan, CNN For decades, the Chinese government has sought to erase all memories of its bloody military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, especially around the anniversary on June 4. But this year, those attempts backfired, drawing attention to and prompting questions about the massacre from previously oblivious young Chinese internet users. The

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Sen. Chris Murphy ‘more confident than ever’ Congress can reach deal on gun laws but anxious about failure

By Alison Main and Chandelis Duster, CNN Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator in bipartisan talks on gun control legislation, said Sunday he’s “more confident than ever” lawmakers will be able to get something done to address gun violence across the US, while acknowledging he’s also concerned their efforts could fail. “I’ve never

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The buzzy new drinking trend: Alcohol-free booze

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Non-alcoholic alternatives to booze have been around for a while. But recently, the sector has been booming. For a long time “you had ‘near beer,’ which was kind of a joke,” said Duane Stanford, editor of Beverage Digest. “People would be discreet about drinking them. And now that’s completely changed.”

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Original Gerber Baby Ann Turner Cook, the familiar face on thousands of baby products, dies at 95

By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber Baby whose familiar face has been printed on thousands of products over generations, has died, the company announced on Instagram. Cook was 95. “Many years before becoming an extraordinary mother, teacher and writer, her smile and expressive curiosity captured hearts everywhere and

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The former Wisconsin judge killed in a ‘targeted attack’ had sentenced the suspect to prison more than 15 years ago, court documents say

By Amir Vera, Nadia Romero, Maria Cartaya, Jennifer Henderson and Raja Razek, CNN Douglas K. Uhde, the man accused of shooting and killing former Juneau County Circuit Court Judge John Roemer, had been sentenced to prison by the judge more than 15 years ago, court documents show. Roemer, 68, was killed Friday in a New

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Frustration mounts in Uvalde over shifting narratives about school shooting. State senator says lack of clarity could hinder future safety measures

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The lack of clarity surrounding authorities’ response to the mass shooting at a South Texas elementary school could hinder efforts to prevent such massacres from happening again, a state lawmaker told CNN on Friday. Ten days after a gunman slaughtered 19 students and their two teachers in their classrooms at Robb

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Frustration mounts in Uvalde over shifting narratives about school shooting. State senator says lack of clarity could hinder future safety measures

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The lack of clarity surrounding authorities’ response to the mass shooting at a South Texas elementary school could hinder efforts to prevent such massacres from happening again, a state lawmaker told CNN on Friday. Ten days after a gunman slaughtered 19 students and their two teachers in their classrooms at Robb

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