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Fifi is a 50-year-old transgender woman living in rural Louisiana. She knows discrimination. She knows hate. But until one year ago on Monday, when a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing 49, she always found a way to face negativity with bigger-than-life boldness. “I (would) not be caught dead in less […]

Illinois US Rep. Luis Guttierez tore into President Trump on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, calling him a “con artist.” Guttierez’s comments came after CNN’s Brianna Keilar asked about comments made by House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said last week that Donald Trump’s unusual requests for private meetings with then-FBI Director James Comey […]

Emmanuel Macron’s centrist La Republique En Marche is projected to win a huge majority in the French Parliament, according to exit estimates compiled for CNN affiliate BFMTV by Elabe. Macron’s fledgling party is expected to win between 415 and 445 seats in the lower house after taking a projected 32.3% of the vote. Such a […]

Emmanuel Macron’s centrist La Republique En Marche is projected to win a huge majority in the French Parliament, according to Elabe and BFMTV news agencies. Macron’s fledgling party is expected to win between 415 and 445 seats in the lower house after taking a projected 32.3% of the vote. Such a margin of victory in […]

Uber could be in for another rough week. The company’s board is being briefed Sunday about an investigation into sexual harassment and workplace culture at Uber, a source told CNNTech. The report was prepared by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. On the table, according to the Wall Street Journal, are the roles of two […]

Determining whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice when he allegedly seemed to suggest that then-FBI Director James Comey drop the investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is no easy task. A sitting president asking a law enforcement official to let an investigation go appears to be “unpresidented” — well, something that’s never happened […]

President Donald Trump will headline a fundraiser Sunday for a moderate Republican congressman who found himself at the crux of the health care debate this spring. Rep. Tom MacArthur’s re-election campaign is hosting a reception at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where the President has been spending the weekend. MacArthur, who’s in […]

An easyJet flight headed to London made an emergency landing in Germany after three men allegedly had a “terrorism-related” conversation, police said. But the three men — all British citizens — were released after witness testimony about the conversation could not be verified, said police in Cologne, Germany. The plane traveling from Ljubljana, Slovenia, to […]

Conservatives on and off Capitol Hill fear they’re losing ground in their fight to influence the Senate bill that will repeal and replace Obamacare. The discussions are still ongoing and a vote isn’t likely for several weeks, but several details emerging from the consequential negotiations last week have the party’s right flank on edge. A […]

The top Democrat on the Senate judiciary committee on Sunday repeated her call for the panel to investigate whether the Trump administration sought to obstruct justice in events surrounding the federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, saying the committee, with its staff of lawyers, is the appropriate venue for such an inquiry. […]

After nearly two seasons of “United Shades of America,” I finally get to go a beautiful, sun-drenched island and drink fruity drinks, and I didn’t even have to leave the country. And no, I didn’t go to Hawaii. I went to Puerto Rico. Now, I know at least a few of you reading this are […]

Only the strong survive, they say. Survival of the fittest. But in the past year, the reality of my survival has been a painful journey of guilt, reflection, and hope. On June 12, 2016, I escaped Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. That night had started like any other. Arm-in-arm with my best friends, Drew and […]

1. U.K. election fallout: All eyes will be on Prime Minister Theresa May as she tries to cobble together a new government after last week’s election shocker. May wants to strike a deal with a tiny Northern Ireland party, the Democratic Unionist Party, after losing a conservative majority in Parliament. The Democratic Unionist Party holds […]

France goes to the polls today with President Emmanuel Macron seeking the parliamentary majority he requires to bring about his political revolution. The 39-year-old’s La Republique En Marche (LREM) party, is hoping to make huge gains and inflict a further blow on the country’s traditional ruling parties. It would be a remarkable achievement for Macron, […]

An easyJet flight headed to London made an emergency landing in Germany after three men allegedly had a “terrorism-related” conversation, police said. The three men — all British citizens — were arrested after the plane traveling from Ljubljana, Slovenia, to London was diverted to the western Germany city of Cologne on Saturday. The suspects, ages […]

He sat in a German brewpub in Southeast Portland for more than an hour without being recognized. Wearing Levi’s, boots, and a light-blue dress shirt, he ate a Reuben sandwich and chatted up the waitress. While looking at the menu, he quipped that it was “criminal” to use words like “notes” — as in “lovely […]

The decision to come to the United States wasn’t an easy one. Carolina, a 33-year-old mother of three, said it was perhaps one of the toughest decisions of her life — one taken after many sleepless nights in her Barquisimeto, Venezuela, apartment. Holding back tears, she remembers a night spent on the floor. She huddled […]

An EasyJet flight headed to London made an emergency landing in Germany after three men allegedly had a “terrorism-related” conversation, police said. Three men were arrested after the plane traveling from Ljubljana, Slovenia, to London was diverted to the western Germany city of Cologne on Saturday. Passengers alerted the flight crew because the men were […]

The London Bridge attackers wore fake explosive belts with water bottles wrapped in silver tape, and may have planned to create a “siege situation,” authorities said. Photos released by police on Saturday show leather-made belts linked to disposable water bottles covered in masking tape. “I have not seen this tactic in the UK before where […]

Maria Sharapova will have to wait until the US Open in August — at the earliest — to return to grand slam action after the Russian star pulled out of Wimbledon qualifying due to injury. Sharapova came back to the tennis tour in April after a 15-month doping ban but with her ranking not yet […]

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s former partner Nick Gordon was arrested in Florida for alleged domestic violence against his current girlfriend, authorities said. Gordon’s girlfriend went to the Sanford Police station Saturday and reported that she was hit by her live-in boyfriend, police said in a statement. Officers found Gordon at a local club house near the […]

Bernie Sanders’ permanent “political revolution” rolled into Chicago on Saturday night, as the Vermont senator called on progressive activists gathered here to beat back President Donald Trump’s agenda while remaking the Democratic Party. Speaking to a crowd of buzzing supporters in former President Barack Obama’s adopted hometown, Sanders ripped Trump’s “incredible hypocrisy” and called the […]

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been released, according to the militia group who had held him since 2011.p Gadhafi was released from the northwestern Libyan city of Zintan under a “General Amnesty Law” passed by Libya’s House of Representatives, the Abu Bakr al-Sideeq militia said in a statement Saturday. […]

Jackpot! At least one lucky person in California had all the winning numbers drawn on Saturday’s Powerball drawing, lottery officials said. The jackpot reached an estimated $447.8 million grand prize. The winning numbers were 20, 26, 32, 38, 58 and the Powerball was 3. It was not immediately clear if the California player was the […]

Thomas Lee James Sr. went to be with the Lord, Friday, June 9, 2017 at his residence in Woodland. Born Oct. 30, 1931 in Philipsburg, he was the son of the late Bert and Edith Graffius James. He wed Celeste Pezzulla James, who survives at home in Woodland. Along with his wife, he is survived […]