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• Americans' wealth slips further after massive loss in the spring • Key inflation measure shows price pressures cooled off in November, but remain high

Ahead of its World Cup quarterfinal against France, England has a problem to solve. Namely, how to stop the tournament's top scorer, Kylian Mbappé, from adding to his tally.

The Board of Supervisors in the once-solid Republican stronghold of Orange County, California, put forth a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. The resolution was unanimously adopted, but was met with contempt by some audience members in attendance, with at least one heard on video yelling an ethnic slur. CNN's Josh Campbell reports.

In a CNN exclusive, CNN's Jake Tapper sits down with Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to discuss her decision to leave the Democratic Party.

The hopes of Argentina and Lionel Messi winning the World Cup remain very much alive after a nerve-shredding penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands in a thrilling match at Qatar 2022.

The US Food and Drug Administration is falling down on the job of policing online tobacco retailers, according to a highly critical new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.

By Brook Joyner, CNN

Kyrsten Sinema always has had a flair for the dramatic.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent, she told CNN's Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview.

• Why Russia refused to release Paul Whelan • Watch: New video reveals what Brittney Griner endured inside Russian penal colony • Ukraine keeps patching up its power grid. But Russia's barrage could force more Ukrainians to flee as winter bites

The Biden administration believes the Russian government will continue to engage on detainee issues, including freeing American Paul Whelan, following the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner because "they have things they want in this world" a senior administration official tells CNN.

Barbara Starr, the Pentagon correspondent who has covered some of the most consequential stories with a signature style and steady hand, is leaving CNN after more than two decades with the network.

Big Oil companies have engaged in a "long-running greenwashing campaign" while raking in "record profits at the expense of American consumers," the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee has found after a year-long investigation into climate disinformation from the fossil fuel industry.

Americans' wealth continued to slide in the third quarter as stock prices plunged over the summer.

Armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs might have wielded sledgehammer-like tail clubs against one another in conflict, in addition to warding off predators like the Tyrannosaurus rex.