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Florida jury finds CNN liable in defamation case

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A Florida jury has found CNN liable in a defamation case.

The case brought by U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleged CNN defamed him in a 2021 story about people paid to rescue endangered Afghans following the Taliban takeover of that country.

Young has been awarded $5 million in compensatory damages. Punitive damages were undisclosed.

Read more from The Associated Press.

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