Top 5 CNN Hero Quilen Blackwell and his nonprofit transform vacant lots on Chicago's South Side into flower farms — training and empowering at-risk youth to grow, harvest, and sell the blooms. Who will be this year's CNN Hero of the Year and receive $100,000 to continue their inspiring work? Go to CNN.com/Heroes right now to vote. You get 10 votes a day, every day through November 30, to help the Heroes who inspire you the most. | CNN

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters that President Donald Trump is the "one person in the whole world" who could break the deadlock in Ukraine and kickstart peace talks with Russia. | CNN

Mohamed Amin Ahmed, a Somali immigrant and Republican for 25 years, told CNN he campaigned and voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. After Trump's recent comments calling the community "garbage," Ahmed speaks to CNN's Whitney Wild. | CNN

House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released new photos and videos from a private island Jeffrey Epstein once owned. A Democratic committee aide told CNN that the photos and videos released by the committee on Wednesday have previously never been made public. Read more: https://cnn.it/49Ua6NF | CNN