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Two top aides to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are leaving the US Department of Health and Human Services, according to three people familiar with the moves.HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart are expected to soon leave HHS as part of a broader restructuring at the agency ahead of the midterm elections. Trump administration officials have discussed offering them other positions in the government, two people said.O’Neill, who is second-in-command behind Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at HHS and the interim leader of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ha

Two top aides to RFK Jr. leaving HHS as part of leadership shakeup

Rubio and European leaders agree on one thing: The old world order ‘no longer exists’

Israel's Barak says he regrets knowing Epstein after documents detail their long friendship

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Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents

�s largest logistics companies, replacing the outgoing head who was named in the Jeffrey Epstein documents. The announcement by the government’s Dubai Media Office did not specifically name Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. However, it said that Essa Kazim was named DP World’s chairman and Yuvraj Narayan was named group CEO. Those were positions held by bin Sulayem. DP World is a logistics giant that runs the Jebel Ali port in Dubai and operates terminals in other ports around the world. It has long been a pillar of the economy of the Middle Eastern city.

Trump administration files new lawsuit against Harvard in long-running funding battle

Why haven’t humans been back to the moon in over 50 years?

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Falling cocoa prices won't necessarily mean cheaper Valentine's Day chocolates

Cocoa prices have fallen nearly 70% since last Valentine's Day, but that won’t make heart-shaped boxes of chocolate or even chocolate Easter bunnies more affordable this year. Chocolate prices at U.S. retail stores rose 14% between Jan. 1 and the first week of February compared to the same period last year, according to market research company Datasembly. That’s on top of a 7.8% increase for the same period in 2025. Europe has seen even steeper price increases. In Germany, chocolate prices rose 18.9% in 2025, according to government figures.

Don Lemon set to appear in federal court in Minnesota on charges stemming from church protest

Are women board members risk averse or agents of innovation? It’s complicated, new research shows

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His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back

When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.His brother Lal was in Laredo, Texas, several hours south of their home in Austin, nervously explaining that the commercial truck he drove had been stopped at a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint.When the agents asked if he was a US citizen, Lal, 28, answered honestly: He isn’t. He, his mother and five of his brothers and sisters had fled Afghanistan in the wake of the US’ military withdrawal, and he is currently awaiting a decision on an asylum claim he submitted years ag

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Germany's leader calls on the US and Europe to 'repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together'

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Friday for the United States and Europe to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together,” arguing that even the U.S. isn't powerful enough to go it alone in an increasingly tough world. Merz called for a “new trans-Atlantic partnership,” acknowledging that “a divide, a deep rift” has opened up across the Atlantic as he opened the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top global security figures including many European leaders and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. At last year's conference, h

A timeline of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota

Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking

Kathy Ruemmler, top Goldman Sachs lawyer, resigning amid Epstein fallout

Kathy Ruemmler, the chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs, said Thursday night she is resigning amid fallout from the Justice Department’s release of millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents.Her resignation is effective June 30.Her announcement comes as she has weathered numerous news stories in recent weeks examining her relationship with the disgraced financier.Ruemmler and those around her have insisted she had a professional relationship with Epstein.“Since I joined Goldman Sachs six years ago, it has been my privilege to help oversee the firm’s legal, reputational, and regulato

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Shooting at South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1

Two people are dead and one person wounded after a shooting at a South Carolina State University residential complex, the university said Thursday. University officials have not confirmed the victims’ identities or the condition of the person wounded, the school said in a news release. The school put the campus in Orangeburg on lockdown at about 9:15 p.m. when a report of the shooting came in. It remained on lockdown four hours later. Investigators were on site and law enforcement was patrolling the campus and areas nearby. The univ

Bipartisan opposition over inflammatory comments likely to sink Trump State Dept. nominee

NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

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Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has appeal dismissed over Olympics disqualification

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal to be reinstated into the Olympic Games after he was disqualified from competition for breaking International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules over athlete expression.Heraskevych was kicked out of the Games – despite many meetings with the IOC, including one with president Kirsty Coventry – over his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition that was deemed to breach IOC rule 50.“The Sole Arbitrator, whilst fully s

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Trump administration deported some migrants at a cost of $1 million each, Democratic report says

The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says.In other cases, the report alleges, the administration paid to deport the migrants to a third country, only to pay again to return them to their home country.The report, released Friday, says that the administration has inked the high-cost deals for the return of “relatively small numbers of third country nationals.” The re

Why Trump’s immigration crackdown isn’t boosting hiring

Colder, higher, faster: The Winter Olympics’ most extreme moments in three charts

‘Off-putting’ and ‘confronting’: Bikinis banned on Sydney bus after modesty complaints

A Sydney council has banned beachgoers from boarding a community bus while shirtless or wearing bikinis, reigniting a decades-old debate over public decency in Australia.“Please dress appropriately. Clothing must be worn over swimwear,” reads a sign for the Hop, Skip and Jump bus, which is funded by Northern Beaches Council and drives through the northern Sydney suburbs of Manly, Fairlight and Balgowlah. The sign was shown in a report by CNN affiliate 7News Sydney on Friday.Bus is the main form of public transportation in the coastal region, the council’s website states.Denying passenger

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Former Norway leader charged with corruption after probe into alleged Epstein ties, lawyers say

�aggravated corruption” after a police probe into his alleged ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the law firm representing him.Elden Law Firm confirmed to CNN on Thursday that Jagland is “charged with aggravated corruption,” adding that he “denies all charges.”Økokrim, Norway’s investigative agency for economic and environmental crime, said it will now question Jagland as part of its ongoing investigation.The agency’s director, Pål Lønseth, said searches were carried out Jagland’s residence in Oslo on Thursday, as well as at two other properties. “

Could this teenage girl be North Korea’s next leader?

New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation

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Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE America Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote

The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.