Cornel West announces fellow academic and Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah as running mate (www.cnn.com)
Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Russia sees polling station protests with Putin set to extend long rule (www.cnn.com)
Russia saw protests at polling stations on Sunday on the final day of voting in an election set to extend Russian President Vladmir Putin’s long hold on power....
Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization (www.cnn.com)
Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant....
Former Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis’ law license suspended after guilty plea in Georgia election interference case | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Exclusive: US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Schools are bracing for widespread teacher layoffs. Here’s why | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
A high-stakes report looms from the Biden administration on whether Israel violated international law (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge blasts threat by Alabama to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Israeli airstrike on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza kills boy, 4, and his sister, 2 (www.cnn.com)
An Israeli airstrike on Al-Shaboura refugee camp in southern Gaza’s Rafah city late Tuesday killed two young children and injured several other people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza and the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah....
Stubbornly high US inflation grew stronger than expected in March , vaulting to a 3.5% increase from last year (www.cnn.com)
Chinese workers killed in suicide bomb blast as Pakistan grapples with attacks on Beijing’s interests (www.cnn.com)
Five Chinese workers and their local driver were killed in a suicide bomb blast in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest in a string of terror attacks that the South Asian country’s military and government say aims to disrupt Islamabad’s close ties with Beijing....
Merrick Garland says it would be ‘absurd’ for an attorney general to edit special counsel report (www.cnn.com)
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that it would have been “absurd” for someone in his position to edit or redact a special counsel’s final report....
Top Chinese university scraps English tests in move cheered by nationalists (www.cnn.com)
A top university in northwest China has scrapped English tests as a prerequisite for graduation, rekindling a heated debate about the role of the world’s lingua franca in the country’s education system after years of rising nationalist sentiment under leader Xi Jinping....
Trump says it was 'my decision' to try to overturn 2020 election results | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
There it is, plain as day. He literally just admitted to his crimes.
DC attorney discipline board recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for bogus 2020 election fraud claim (www.cnn.com)
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment (www.cnn.com)
UN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data (www.cnn.com)
The total number of dead also does not include the approximately 10,000 people who are still missing and trapped under the rubble, the officials added....
Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years in jail, rights groups say (www.cnn.com)
Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed....
Kim Kardashian joins Kamala Harris at White House to talk criminal justice reform (www.cnn.com)
Sanders launches Senate investigation into ‘outrageously high’ pricing of Ozempic, Wegovy (www.cnn.com)
Jordan walks a tightrope after downing Iranian drones and missiles (www.cnn.com)
As the skies over Amman and other Jordanian cities lit up with Jordan’s interception of Iranian drones and missiles headed for Israel last weekend, officials in the country were notably silent for hours....
RFK Jr.’s New York state director says her ‘No. 1 priority’ is preventing a Biden victory | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
One man’s artistic wonderland, created secretly in rented apartment, given protected status (www.cnn.com)
Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Florida venture capitalist Michael Shvartsman and his brother Gerald Shvartsman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an insider trading scheme linked to the blockbuster deal that brought former President Donald Trump’s social media business public....