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The CNN logo is displayed at the entrance to the CNN Center in Atlanta on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. CNN’s Jeff Zucker’s abrupt exit this week after failing to disclose a workplace relationship is yet another reminder that companies should have a firm policy in place when workplace relationships arise, even in the C-Suite. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

Paula Reid to exit CNN ahead of Paramount takeover

CNN's chief legal affairs correspondent, Paula Reid, is leaving the network ahead of Paramount Skydance's pending takeover of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery and is expected to land at rival outlet MS NOW.

July 1, 2026
President Donald Trump, left, and first lady Melania Trump watch at the conclusion of UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump reported $10.7 million fee from Amazon’s Melania documentary

President Trump reported a $10.71M licensing fee tied to "Melania," the Amazon MGM Studios documentary about the first lady, as part of a financial disclosure that showed the president's total 2025 revenue topping $2.2B, driven largely by his family's cryptocurrency ventures.

July 1, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

EagleBank to pay $9.7 million over decade-long check kiting scheme

EagleBank, a community bank operating in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, along with its parent company Eagle Bancorp Inc., has entered into a non-prosecution agreement and will pay more than $9.7 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, the department announced.

July 1, 2026
An American flag is reflected in the upstairs windows of a KB Homes model home up for inspection in the Stapleton coach house development on the site of the defunct Stapleton International Airport in east Denver on Wednesday, June 14, 2006. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

San Marcos HOA threatens fines over American flags

Homeowners in an upscale San Diego-area community say they're being threatened with fines by their homeowners association over flying the American flag, just days before the nation marks its 250th birthday.

July 1, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Nurse practitioner gets 10 years for $66 million Medicare fraud scheme

A licensed nurse practitioner who owned two telemedicine companies was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $66 million in restitution for her role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and prescription drugs, according to court documents and statements made in court.

July 1, 2026
A selection of old Catholic High School yearbooks that have been collected over the years by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan on display on Dec. 18, 2014 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, Mich. Recently, the Jewish group donated several dozen Catholic school yearbooks to the Bishop Michael J. Gallagher Society, which is spearheading the Detroit Catholic School Heritage Project to collect, showcase and digitize memorabilia from long-gone and current metro Detroit Catholic schools. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES

Baby photo of Hitler found in N.J. middle school yearbook, prompting recall

A New Jersey middle school has recalled its 2026 yearbook after discovering that an infant photograph of Adolf Hitler had been inserted into the publication's "baby pictures" collage of graduating eighth graders, triggering a bias-incident investigation involving local police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

July 1, 2026
An attendee holds a poster of Charlie Kirk during a Turning Point USA rally, Sept. 30, 2025, in Logan, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett, File)

Tennessee university to pay $1.9 million to professor fired over Charlie Kirk comments

A University of Tennessee professor who was fired after calling Charlie Kirk a "disgusting psychopath" in the wake of his assassination would receive $1.9M under a tentative settlement approved by the university system's Board of Trustees Audit and Compliance Committee in a nonpublic session held after the board's annual meeting Monday, eight months after she sued the school over the firing.

June 30, 2026
The letters "CJNG" for the group's formal name, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, covers the facade of an abandoned home in El Limoncito, in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Chinese national pleads guilty to cocaine smuggling, CJNG terror support

Wenshen Xu, a 52-year-old Honduras-based Chinese national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money derived from drug trafficking, and providing material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization -- the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) -- according to the Justice Department.

June 30, 2026