Tori B. Powell

Breaking News Writer, CNN

Tori B. Powell is a Breaking News Writer at CNN, where she covers live national events.
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NYPD officers arrive in riot gear to evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City on April 30, 2024. New York police entered Columbia University's campus late April 30, 2024 and were in front of a building barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters, an AFP reporter saw. Dozens of people were around Hamilton Hall, on the Columbia campus in the middle of New York City, as police arrived and began pushing protesters outside, the reporter said. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Large police presence at UCLA as protests disrupt colleges nationwide
May 2, 2024
Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested at campuses across the country over the past 24 hours as police crack down on people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. Follow for live updates.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 25: Columbia University students participate in an ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus following last week's arrest of more than 100 protesters on April 25, 2024 in New York City. In a growing number of college campuses throughout the country, student protesters are setting up tent encampments on school grounds to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israeli companies. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
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April 30, 2024 - US university protests
May 1, 2024
Over 100 demonstrators were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York after police cracked down on people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 25: Columbia University students participate in an ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus following last week's arrest of more than 100 protesters on April 25, 2024 in New York City. In a growing number of college campuses throughout the country, student protesters are setting up tent encampments on school grounds to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israeli companies. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
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April 27, 2024 - Campus protest updates
Apr 28, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests continue at major US universities, where several schools have called police on protesters, leading to the arrests of hundreds across the country. Follow for live updates.
Columbia University students participate in an ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus following last week's arrest of more than 100 protesters on April 25, 2024 in New York City. In a growing number of college campuses throughout the country, student protesters are setting up tent encampments on school grounds to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israeli companies. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
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April 26, 2024 - Protests at Columbia and other schools escalate
Apr 27, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests continue at major US universities where several schools have called police on protesters, leading to the arrests of hundreds across the country. Follow for live updates.
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April 25, 2024 - US university protests
Apr 26, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place at major US universities, prompting some officials to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 23: Columbia University students participate in an ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus following last week's arrest of more than 100 protesters on April 23, 2024 in New York City. In a growing number of college campuses throughout the country, student protesters are setting up tent encampments on school grounds to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israeli companies.(Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
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April 24, 2024 - US university protests
Apr 25, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place at major American universities, prompting some officials to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis. Follow for live news updates.
TOPSHOT - People sit on the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, on the southern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2024, as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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April 24, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 25, 2024
Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7. He is shown in the undated video with part of his left arm missing.
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones following Israeli bombardment in Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip, on April 16, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)
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April 23, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 24, 2024
After 200 days of war, Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s health ministry. CNN cannot independently confirm the numbers due to the lack of international media access.
SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - APRIL 17: Israeli armored personnel carriers move along the border after leaving the Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024 in Southern Israel. Israel's allies, including the UK and US, have urged the country to avoid escalation of conflict with Iran after it launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend. Meanwhile, foreign mediators in the conflict continue to push for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and an increase in distribution of humanitarian aid there.(Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
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April 20, 2024 - News on the Middle East conflicts
Apr 21, 2024
The Israeli military is carrying out what appears to be one of its largest operations in the West Bank since October 7, while broader tensions simmer in the Middle East following strikes between Iran and Israel. Follow for live updates.
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April 18, 2024 - Iran targeted in aerial attack
Apr 19, 2024
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, according to a US official.
This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border with the Palestinian territory on March 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
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April 17, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 18, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will make its “own decisions” on responding to Iran’s unprecedented barrage of aerial strikes over the weekend, most of which were intercepted.
This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border with the Palestinian territory on March 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
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April 16, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 17, 2024
The United States plans to impose new sanctions targeting Iran after its unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Iran launches barrage of strikes toward Israel
Apr 14, 2024
Iran has launched a wave of strikes toward Israel in retaliation for last week’s deadly Israeli strike on an Iranian embassy complex in Syria. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
A woman cries as she comes out of the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. Australian police on April 13 said they had received reports that "multiple people" were stabbed at a busy shopping centre in Sydney. (Photo by David GRAY / AFP)
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6 killed in Sydney mall stabbing attack
Apr 13, 2024
Six people have been killed in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping center in Sydney, Australian police said. The attacker is dead. Follow for live news updates.
TOPSHOT - A man pushes a bycicle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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April 12, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 13, 2024
The US currently expects that Iran will carry out strikes against multiple targets inside Israel and that Iranian proxies could also be involved in attacks, according to a senior administration official and a source familiar with the intelligence.
This picture taken on March 28, 2024 from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows buildings which have been destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing battles between Israeli forces and Hamas militants since the October 7 attack on southern Israel.
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April 11, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 12, 2024
The top US general for the Middle East is in Israel as the region braces for a possible Iranian retaliation to Israel’s strike last week in Damascus, Syria.

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Tori B. Powell is a Breaking News Writer at CNN, where she covers live national events.

Prior to joining CNN, Powell worked as a Breaking News Reporter at CBS News as well as a Digital Content Producer for CBS Mornings. There, she covered live and exclusive events for a national audience and curated Emmy-award-winning digital content. She has work published at an array of publications including the Daily Beast, the Center for Public Integrity, NBC4 Washington, the Kitchn, Shondaland and more.

Powell graduated in 2021 from American University in Washington D.C., where she received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and a concentration in the Spanish language.