CNN  —  Jimmy Fallon is asking Elon Musk to help put a stop to a disturbing trend on Twitter. “The Tonight Show” host asked the social media giant’s new CEO to take down the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon that has been trending on the platform. Fallon tweeted, “Elon, can you fix this? #RIPJimmyFallon.” Musk responded to Fallon […]

Los Angeles CNN  —  The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in Los Angeles dropped four of the 11 charges against him on Tuesday after prosecutors said that they do not intend to proceed with counts connected to one of the accusers. The four dropped charges – two counts of forcible rape and two […]

CNN  —  Federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have informed a judge overseeing the foreign lobbying probe that their case is closing without any charges. The notification came in a court filing with prosecutors asking the judge to terminate the special master who was appointed to oversee a review of documents obtained when the FBI executed […]

Istanbul CNN  —  An explosion that killed at least six people and injured at least 81 others in Istanbul on Sunday has been deemed a terrorist attack, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said, according to state news agency Anadolu. “We consider it to be a terrorist act as a result of an attacker, whom we […]

Editor’s Note: Steve Vladeck is a CNN legal analyst and a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He is the author of the upcoming book “The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View […]

CNN  —  The internal Democratic maneuvering to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is quietly playing out behind the scenes even as lawmakers are completely in the dark about her ambitions and future plans. Members of Pelosi’s leadership team and those who have ambitions to succeed her have been reaching out to their colleagues and mounting […]

Editor’s Note: Affected by the storm? Use CNN’s lite site for low bandwidth. CNN  —  At least two people have died during the damage wrought by Nicole’s overnight landfall Thursday along Florida’s eastern shore, which knocked out power to thousands, pushed buildings near collapse and flooded the coast as the first hurricane to hit the […]

CNN  —  At 9:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, Mehmet Oz did something that used to be de rigueur: He called John Fetterman to concede the Pennsylvania Senate race. And then he released a statement saying, in part: “We are facing big problems as a country and we need everyone to put down their partisan swords and […]

CNN  —  A lone winning ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was sold in Altadena, California, lottery officials said Tuesday, making the lucky ticket holder the winner of the largest lottery prize ever. The ticket was sold at a Joe’s Service Center, the California Lottery said on Twitter. Results posted to Powerball.com […]

New York CNN Business  —  Twitter has suspended comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating the company’s new owner, Elon Musk. Griffin appeared to be the first celebrity to lose her tweeting privileges after a wave of prominent users impersonated Musk over the weekend, with the goal of underscoring potential flaws in the social media company’s plans […]