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Dolly Parton never forgot where she came from, but the good she put into the world traveled far beyond home. A group of adults is proving you’re never too old for band camp. A new, personalized vaccine against melanoma has doctors saying it’s a new era of cancer care. A sunset toast at a California bar has become a legendary local tradition. Plus, a younger sister secretly spent months training at “Dance Dance Revolution” for her brother’s 40th birthday, challenging him to a showdown.

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A federal judge was not moved by President Donald Trump’s latest effort to move his hush money case to federal court. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh outlined his biggest concern at the Fed’s annual economic symposium. A water crisis is roiling Puerto Rico. We explain how a measles outbreak in Pennsylvania’s Amish country got out of hand. And crowds at the 2026 March on Washington rallied for voting rights ahead of the midterms.
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CNN has spoken with two Americans who survived the catastrophic flooding in Nepal. A federal judge temporarily pauses the Trump administration’s new mail voting restrictions – but the legal battle is far from over. Young people are pumping huge amounts of money into prediction markets this year. Norway’s oldest monarch has died. And an up-and-coming golf brand is losing partnerships after a controversial advertisement.

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Rescue efforts in Nepal are stalled amid fears of a pending second disaster. Verdict watch in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder case. According to a source, two air traffic controllers left early before the LaGuardia airport collision, last March. President Trump orders Lake Ontario to be called "Lake America.” Plus, a crowd gathers to watch a woman roller skate for the first time.
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President Donald Trump has offered aid to Nepal, where at least 90 Americans are among those missing after catastrophic flooding. Storms are triggering flash flood warnings in part of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic again. A new report sheds light on what we’ve learned about last year’s shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic Church and school. CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unpublicized trip to Russia earlier this week – we’ll tell you why. And jurors will now decide whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children.
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