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CNN  —  Five days before his 100th day in office – and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine – President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine have so far fallen short, and has privately told advisers that mediating a deal has been more difficult than he anticipated, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. Behind the scenes, he frequently brings up how much Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hate one another, one of the sources said – an unsurprising fact,…

CNN  —  California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the threat posed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the tech powerhouse’s fast-growing wealth. The Golden State’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) reached $4.1 trillion in 2024, according to preliminary data from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, edging past Japan’s $4.02 trillion nominal GDP in the same period as recorded by the International Monetary Fund. That means only the United States, China and Germany have larger economies than California, which outpaced all three countries with growth of 6% last…

CNN  —  Fashion may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about papal legacies, but Pope Francis, who died Monday, had an individual sense of style — one that didn’t include a cinched Balenciaga-like white puffer jacket (that was AI), but instead, for his unfussy cream-colored cassocks and sensible black leather shoes. Francis’ choice in footwear was first noted, just 24 hours after he was elected in 2013, by The New York Times, which observed that he had “dramatically shifted the tone of the papacy” with his black shoes — reportedly made by a friend in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NEW YORK CITY – Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds stepped out for the Time100 gala as the actors remain in the thick of their legal battle against Justin Baldoni.Lively wore a strapless pink dress with her blonde hair styled down and to the side. The “Gossip Girl” alum tied the look together with a pair of statement green earrings.Reynolds wore a classic black suit with a bow tie during the rare outing with his wife. BLAKE LIVELY VS. JUSTIN BALDONI: EVERYTHING TO KNOW Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attended the 2025 TIME100 Gala…

An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday after being convicted in the 2010 sexual assault and fatal stabbing of 44-year-old mother Tracy Lynn Wilemon in Chilton County.James Osgood, 55, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. Thursday after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison, according to a statement from Gov. Kay Ivey.Before the execution, Ivey told corrections Commissioner John Hamm she would not exercise her clemency powers and directed him to proceed with the death sentence.”The murder of Tracy Wilemon was premeditated, gruesome and disturbing, and tonight, the state carried out the death sentence of James Osgood,” Ivey…

Federal prosecutors have declared intent to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, according to a court document filed on Thursday evening.The filing was obtained by Courthouse News Service on Thursday. It comes a week after Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was indicted on federal charges.The court document argues that Mangione “intentionally” killed Thompson because of his position as the CEO of a health insurance company.”Mangione elected to murder Thompson under these circumstances to amplify an ideological message, maximize the visibility and impact of the victim’s murder, and to provoke broad-based resistance to the victim’s…

Pharaoh’s tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh’s tomb, dating back 3,600 years. (Credit: Josef Wegner for the Penn Museum) Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty.The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery in a recent Facebook post in April. The tomb was found at the Saqqara archaeological site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.MAN STUMBLES ACROSS HOARD OF PRICELESS COINS IN NATURE WALK:…

WARNING: This story contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some readers.A previously deported Mexican man illegally living in the United States has been arrested after he “sexually battered” a teenage boy while playing hide-and-seek in Florida, authorities said Thursday. Samuel Cobos-Carmona, 20, is accused of violently sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in the woods behind a family member’s home, Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell said in a video message. The incident happened on April 13 when Cobos-Carmona befriended the victim and an 8-year-old child. JOCELYN NUNGARAY’S MOTHER REVEALS HORRIFIC TIMELINE OF DAUGHTER’S MURDER IN HEARING ON OPEN-BORDER CRIME Illegal immigrant Samuel…

CNN  —  In the month since the US launched a major military campaign targeting the Houthi rebel group in Yemen, the militants have successfully shot down at least seven multi-million-dollar American drones, hindering the US’ ability to move into “phase two” of the operation, multiple US officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The US was hoping to achieve air superiority over Yemen within 30 days, officials said and degrade Houthi air defense systems enough to begin a new phase focusing on ramping up intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance of senior Houthi leaders in order to target and kill them, the…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump’s intense pressure on Ukraine and deference to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is extinguishing any lingering notion that the United States is an evenhanded peace broker. The US effort leans heavily toward Russia’s positions, even though Moscow started the war with its unprovoked invasion. This stems from Trump’s view of a war in which Kyiv “has no cards to play.” The president forcibly denied on Thursday that he has a dog in the fight, saying he was simply motivated by a desire to end a war that has killed thousands of civilians. “I have no allegiance…