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Trump is liable in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation case, judge rules; January trial will determine damages (www.cnn.com)

A federal judge ruled that the jury hearing E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit will only need to decide how much money Donald Trump will have to pay her, after the judge found the former president was liable for making defamatory statements....

Climate change has ravaged India’s rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis (www.cnn.com)

Newly planted rice saplings have been underwater since July after torrential rain battered northern India, with landslides and flash floods sweeping through the region....

Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people typed ‘Jerusalem’ (www.cnn.com)

Sweeping EU rules for tech giants take effect today. Here’s what’s changing | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Europeans using Apple, Google and other major tech platforms woke to a new reality Thursday as a landmark law imposed tough new competition rules on the companies — changing European Union citizens’ experience with phones, apps, browsers and more....

Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business::Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix.

Former Harvard disinformation scholar says she was pushed out of her job after college faced pressure from Facebook (www.cnn.com)

A nationally recognized online disinformation researcher has accused Harvard University of shutting down the project she led to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg....

Elon Musk agrees with X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people (www.cnn.com)

Agreeing with an antisemitic post on his social media platform X, Elon Musk concurred that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.”

The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working (www.cnn.com)

Bankir and his men have been trying to fight off Russian attacks along the Ukrainian front lines for more than two years. But it’s only now that they are finally able to strike where it hurts: Inside Russia’s own territory....

Appeals court rejects Trump’s use of presidential immunity in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit (www.cnn.com)

A federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s use of presidential immunity in a bid to dismiss a civil defamation lawsuit brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll....

On his deathbed, her father told her a secret: He’d spent his life as a fugitive for robbing a bank (www.cnn.com)

This isn't theft of need. A more insidious type of crime is pushing some stores to close (www.cnn.com)

France moves homeless people out of Paris as city prepares for next summer's Olympics (www.cnn.com)

Fauci on masks: people should take risks into account (www.cnn.com)

“The CDC does not mandate anything,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci. But if a Covid surge leads to a recommendation that people wear masks, “I hope they would abide by the recommendation and take into account the risks to themselves and to their families. We are not talking about forcing anybody to do anything.”

Trump plans to turn himself in Thursday at Fulton County jail (www.cnn.com)

Former President Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail on Thursday, following his agreement earlier Monday to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions.

Iraq switches off electronic billboards after hacker broadcasts porn to Baghdad passers-by (www.cnn.com)

Spam donates 5 truckloads of beloved canned meat in response to Maui fire | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Cleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world's largest Muslim-majority country | CNN (www.cnn.com)

A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates (www.cnn.com)

The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

China is giving Russia significant support to expand weapons manufacturing as Ukraine war continues, US officials say (www.cnn.com)

China is helping Russia ramp up its defense industrial base at such a large scale that Moscow is now undertaking its most ambitious expansion in military manufacturing since the Soviet era as it continues its war against Ukraine, according to senior Biden administration officials....

Meta’s AI image generator really struggles with the concept of interracial couples | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Meta’s AI image generator is coming under fire for its apparent struggles to create images of couples or friends from different racial backgrounds.

Global fertility rates to plunge in decades ahead, new report says (www.cnn.com)

FTC bans TurboTax from advertising ‘free’ services, calls it deceptive (www.cnn.com)

The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers....

Trump is putting every racial, ethnic and religious minority at risk at a time of angry political polarization (www.cnn.com)

Donald Trump’s extreme rhetoric reminiscent of Nazi propaganda and his penchant for siding with America’s adversaries and autocrats pose a unique challenge to his Republican opponents and, ultimately, US voters....

FBI director warns senators he sees ‘blinking lights everywhere’ on threats against the US (www.cnn.com)

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday he has never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.”...

Supreme Court says Florida can’t enforce anti-drag law (www.cnn.com)

The Florida law that limits drag shows in the state will remain blocked, the Supreme Court said Thursday, dealing a blow to a key initiative championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis....