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After a very long wait, the closing chapter to the "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy is almost here.

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The Tampa Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for former NFL player Antonio Brown after a "domestic battery incident with a woman," police said in a statement.

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into an Atlanta public elementary school after allegations the principal was assigning Black students to certain classes.

A Helena's tree frog, camouflaged against bark except for its glowing golden eyes, has been named as the overall winner of this year's British Ecological Society photography competition, organizers have announced.

I don't know about y'all, but I could use some hopeful news today. So here's what I've got: Inflation appears to be — really, this time — easing.

The appeals court ruling throwing out the special master process that had been put in place for the Mar-a-Lago search was a major rebuke of former President Donald Trump's arguments for why the materials seized from his home should be subject to outside review.

The City of Uvalde has filed a lawsuit against Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell, alleging she is blocking the city's independent investigator from accessing key evidence into the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday demonstrated a united front in addressing the ongoing war in Ukraine but offered divergent answers over their willingness to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin, relaying that they spent much their recent meeting discussing the invasion.

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Pantone has spoken. The color that will shape the year ahead is — drum roll, please — Viva Magenta.

CNN's Isa Soares speaks to Ngozi Fulani after she was questioned about whether she was really British at a royal reception. The woman has been identified as an honorary member of Buckingham Palace, Lady Susan Hussey. Hussey, who served as the late Queen Elizabeth II's lady in waiting for more than 60 years and is a godmother to the Prince of Wales, has resigned and apologized, according to Buckingham Palace.

Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he couldn't vote for either Herschel Walker (R) or Sen. Rafael Warnock (D) when he showed up to cast his Senate runoff vote.

As investigators and authorities continue to sort through the fallout of the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the contours of the implosion are becoming clearer. It will likely take many more months to disentangle the web of corporate greed and financial malfeasance at the heart of FTX's bankruptcy. But we can safely say that the company owes billions of dollars to creditors and, according to sources, at least $1 billion to clients, in what appears to be the greatest crypto collapse to date.

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The NASA Orion spacecraft, the core of the Artemis I mission, is making a farewell pass by the moon on its historic journey before heading home to Earth.

During French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the White House, he and President Biden talked heavily about Russia's war in Ukraine. CNN's Phil Mattingly reports what Biden said about meeting with Putin.

Following the Senate vote that passed legislation to avert a rail shutdown, CNN's Jake Tapper presses Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about paid sick leave for rail workers.

A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump's privilege claims in the Justice Department's criminal investigation of his effort to overturn the 2020 election, people briefed on the matter said.