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Here’s what you might have missed Friday on CNN:

— The Trump Organization’s chief financial officer was granted immunity in the investigation into hush money payments made to two women who alleged they had affairs with Trump, a source said.

— US Sen. John McCain, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, has decided to discontinue medical treatment, his family said.

— President Trump called off talks with North Korea, saying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not be visiting the country over a lack of progress on denuclearization.

— Trump responded to Jeff Sessions’ defiance over the handling of the Justice Department, telling him to go after the White House’s political opponents.

— Category 2 storm Hurricane Lane has dumped more than 31 inches of rain on parts Hawaii’s Big Island. Here’s where it is and where it’s going.

— Former CDC Director Thomas Frieden was arrested and charged with forcible touching a woman in an alleged incident in October, according to the NYPD.

— Robin Leach, best known for his syndicated TV show “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” has died. He was 76.

— A controversial plan to close all but two polling places in a majority-black Georgia county was rejected in a meeting that lasted less than a minute.

— Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed 22 children in Yemen, a rebel group said.