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Former CNN host Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Minnesota, accused in a protest at a church in St. Paul where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Four other people also pleaded not guilty in the case Friday, including civil rights attorney and prominent local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong. Lemon says he was reporting on the protesters as an independent journalist at Cities Church on Jan. 18, but prosecutors accuse him of joining a “mob.” Lemon did not comment to reporters as he entered the courthouse. Nine people have been indicted in the case. Read moreJournalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protest

A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans still grappling with the sharp increase in costs of the past five years. Friday’s report suggests inflation could be cooling, but it comes after the cost of food, gas, and apartment rents have soared since the pandemic, with consumer prices about 25% higher than they were five years ago. The increase in such a broad range of costs has become a high-profile political issue under the rubric of “affordability.” Read moreInflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool

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