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A medical mystery: Cluster of patients struck with rare amnesia
<b>(CNN) —</b> What started with four patients with a puzzling form of amnesia turned into 14, and doctors are searching for others.<p>Dr. Jed Barash, a neurologist in the Boston area, noticed a patternbetween 2012 and 2015. Four patients, mysteriously stricken with a sudden amnesia, had the same rare …
NeurologyMedia talks, loudly, about Steve Bannon's call to "shut up"
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Journalists responded to Steve Bannon's "shut up" comment with a word: "No."<p>And with many other words.<p>The anti-media sentiments from President Trump's chief strategist, which he discussed in an interview with the New York Times in which he also called the press "the opposition …
Donald TrumpTrump-cited study author (still) refuses to show proof of voter fraud
<b>(CNN) —</b> The author of a study that claims to show millions of illegal votes were cast in the presidential election refused to produce evidence support his allegation during a contentious and lengthy interview with CNN.<p>In 12-minute exchange with CNN's Chris Cuomo Friday, VoteStand founder Gregg …
GovernmentApple patents a vaporizer
<b>San Francisco (CNN) —</b> Apple's product lineup may extend beyond cars and the connected home. A patent filed last year and published January 26 reveals a concept for a vaporizer.<p>The details are a bit hazy -- that is, Apple's patent only describes "a substance that is to be vaporized or sublimated …
PatentsTrump: Defense Secretary Mattis can 'override' me on torture
<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> President Donald Trump said Friday he will allow his Defense Secretary James Mattis to "override" him on torture, an issue on which the two men disagree.<p>"I don't necessarily agree, but I would tell you that he would override because I am giving him that power," Trump said Friday …
PoliticsNando's has a message for Donald Trump
<b>Johannesburg (CNN) —</b> Walk into a Nando's restaurant in Washington, D.C. and you'll find much more than a grilled chicken menu.<p>To mark the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president last week, the South African company launched a campaign with the hash tag #everyoneiswelcome.<p>It has printed …
Fast FoodForeign press has trouble entering Trump White House
<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> Some British reporters said Friday they were unable or delayed in entering the White House to cover their prime minister's visit to the White House.<p>Secret Service officers were observed dealing with British reporters upset that their birth dates did not match what had been …
PoliticsCompany run by Trump's labor pick hit with complaints on worker rights
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Andrew Puzder wants to be the next labor secretary. But more and more of his employees are making the case against him.<p>Current and former workers at Hardee's and Carl's Jr. announced Thursday that they have filed 33 state and federal complaints against their employers in the past …
Employment Law2,000 years later, scientists finally know what's in these charred Roman scrolls
Rome (CNN)For over two millennia, scrolls from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum eluded analysis. Left buried under the ashes when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the scrolls were preserved -- but in a charred and illegible state.<p>But thanks to modern science, researchers are now able to read …
Ancient HistoryIn viral tweet to Trump, CNN offers alternative fact to falsely suggest it tied Fox News in inauguration ratings
CNN conflated two statistics this week to falsely suggest that its ratings were equivalent to Fox News' during last week's coverage of President Donald Trump's inauguration.<p>The episode started when Trump on Tuesday congratulated Fox News on Twitter for "being number one in the inauguration ratings."<p>…
JournalismSoccer players' cancers ignite debate over turf safety
<b>(CNN) —</b> Jean Bryant, a Seattle mother of three boys, remembers the moment when her friend Amy Griffin first mentioned those "little black dots."<p>It was about seven years ago, and their children were in preschool together. Griffin, assistant head coach of women's soccer at the University of …
Public HealthInsurers warn: We're outta here with no Obamacare replacement
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Health insurers want to see how Congress intends to replace Obamacare before they commit to offering policies for 2018, a new survey has found.<p>One of the biggest issues is the individual mandate, which requires nearly all Americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. If Republican …
Health CareTrump likely to present Joint Chiefs with objectives for fighting ISIS
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump will likely give the Joint Chiefs of Staff Friday a series of objectives for fighting ISIS so the military can design the strategic and tactical options to be presented to him in 30 days, a US official told CNN.<p>Defense Secretary James Mattis is quickly taking …
DODTim Kaine: We're in the new age of information warfare ... and we're losing
<b>(CNN) —</b> When asked to comment on the Russians hacking the election, President Donald Trump has said it's time for our country to "move on." In a way, he's right. It's time that we move past questioning the intelligence community's findings and start accepting that our adversaries are waging a new …
Tim KaineMedia Mogul Patrick Drahi to Launch Cable News Network i24 in U.S.
Media mogul Patrick Drahi is venturing into the risky arena of 24/7 cable news with plans to launch a U.S. offshoot of his i24 News channel already …
JournalismHere's what else we import from Mexico
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Get ready to pay more for beer and tomatoes if Donald Trump gets Congress to approve a tax on Mexican imports.<p>His press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that one way to get Mexico to pay for a border wall would be to impose a 20% tariff on goods imported from there. Such a tax …
MexicoWoman's obit throws in sly dig at Trump: 'Canada wasn't far enough'
<b>(CNN) —</b> The loss of a loved one is almost uniformly met with sadness. But often there's bits of humor mixed in too.<p>Robin Porch, a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter, died just hours after Donald Trump was inaugurated President.<p>So in her obituary, the 62-year-old Illinois woman's family worked in a …
Trump pulls Obamacare ads days ahead of enrollment deadline
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> The Trump administration has halted up to $5 million worth of Obamacare advertising in the crucial days ahead of the final enrollment deadline on Jan. 31.<p>"We aren't going to continue spending millions of taxpayers' dollars promoting a failed government program," a Health and Human …
Health CareIkea flat-pack refugee shelter named 2016 Design of the Year
<b>(CNN) —</b> A flat-pack refugee shelter developed by Ikea and the United Nations has been named the best design of 2016.<p>Awarded the Beazley Design of the Year award, presented by the Design Museum in London, the modular Better Shelter is made from recyclable plastic, comprises only 68 components, and …
DesignSanctuary cities: What's at stake?
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> President Trump's executive order to block federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities may be more easily said than done.<p>On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the order seeks to "strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor …
GovernmentSheryl Sandberg criticizes Trump rule on abortion
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg is sharply criticizing President Trump on abortion policy.<p>Trump on Monday reinstated a restriction known as the global gag rule that blocks nongovernmental organizations around the world from receiving American foreign aid if they perform abortions or …
Sheryl SandbergWhy some Republican governors are fighting for Obamacare
<b>Ann Arbor, Michigan (CNN) —</b> Robin Mead had a brain tumor, but no health insurance. And when doctors discovered it, she was defiant.<p>"They made it sound like a simple surgery -- we're just going to pop a baseball size chunk out of your skull right here," Mead says pointing to her head. "No you're …
Health CareTrump's idea for Mexican wall tax is illegal and would hurt US
<b>(CNN) —</b> Donald Trump might want to impose a 20% tariff on Mexican imports as the best way to force Mexico to pay for a border wall.<p>According to White House spokesman Sean Spicer, a tax on Mexican imports will "easily pay for the wall."<p>Spicer later seemed to walk back on the comments, saying it was …
MexicoPolice raid homes as Volkswagen investigation grows
<b>London (CNN) —</b> German police raided 28 homes and offices this week as they widened an investigation into Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal.<p>Former CEO Martin Winterkorn stands accused of knowing about the emissions cheating way before the company came clean. He is being investigated for …
21st CenturyTrump called Park Service chief to complain about inauguration crowd photos
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, angered over a National Park Service retweet comparing his inaugural crowd size to Barack Obama's in 2009, called the acting director of the National Park Service on Saturday to complain, two sources with knowledge of the call told CNN.<p>White House deputy …
Donald TrumpLifting Russian sanctions on the table for Trump-Putin call
<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> Lifting US sanctions on Russia will be up for discussion when the two country's leader talk Saturday, a top White House adviser said Friday.<p>It will be the first phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin since the inauguration.<p>Kellyanne …
RussiaMelania Trump on Vanity Fair Mexico cover at an awkward time
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Melania Trump is gracing the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico at an awkward time.<p>The first lady is pictured for the February issue of the magazine, poised with a fork over a bowl of jewels, as if preparing to eat them like pasta. One of the cover lines proclaims her the "nueva Jackie …
Melania TrumpDo we need an “unbiased” cable news network?
The answer is probably no, not because the industry's three big players—CNN, Fox News, MSNBC—do such a great job of presenting unbiased news to the public, but because the marketplace is not likely to support it. Cable news is already under threat from cord-cutting, aging audiences and shifts in …
JournalismStill slow: U.S. economy grew 1.6% in 2016
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> America had another year of sluggish growth.<p>The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.6% in 2016, the Commerce Department reported Friday.<p>In the last three months of the year -- between October and December -- the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9%. It's the slowest pace of …
Business (UK)US Ambassador Nikki Haley at UN: 'We're taking names'
<b>New York (CNN) —</b> Nikki Haley, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, walked into UN headquarters for the first time Friday and promptly said, "For those who don't have our backs, we're taking names."<p>The former Republican governor of South Carolina vowed there is a "new US UN."<p>Haley told …
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