Texas teacher’s legacy of kindness lives on after her death
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Searching for a way to honor Texas teacher Zelene Blancas after her death late last year from…
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Gibraltar nabs cannabis worth $18M after pursuit at sea
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Gibraltar have seized 2.6 tons of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of $18 million after a high-speed boat…
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Demand for school supplies is high but the Delta variant could change that
Back-to-school shopping is expected to break records, but uncertainty around Covid-19 could mean a cut back on spending. CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich…
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Democrats ramp up oversight over Biden’s Afghan withdrawal
By Jeremy Herb, Lauren Fox and Ryan Nobles, CNN Congressional Democrats are preparing a series of hearings on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan amid…
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The Girl Scouts are bringing us a new cookie that tastes like a brownie
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite perfecting the coconut-and-caramel combo of Samoas and the chocolate-covered breath mint that is a Thin Mint, it took…
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Howell, No. 10 Tar Heels face hype as ACC division favorite
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Tenth-ranked North Carolina faces big expectations in Year 3 of Mack Brown’s second stint coaching the Tar…
Continue Reading Cutcliffe hopes changes pulls Duke out of 2020 struggles
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Duke is trying to regroup from the worst season of David Cutcliffe’s tenure. The Blue Devils won just two games…
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A timeline of the case against R. Kelly
By Lisa Respers France, CNN A federal trial for singer R. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges that could…
Continue Reading A timeline of the case against R. Kelly
Singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York. He was also accused of kidnapping, forced labor and sexual…
Continue Reading Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel to run NYC Marathon
By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel is one of several standout American women planning to run the…
Continue Reading Defending champion Thiem to miss US Open with wrist injury
NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Dominic Thiem has pulled out of the U.S. Open and says he will miss the rest of the year because of a right…
Continue Reading Wake Forest’s vets aims higher after 5 straight bowl trips
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Wake Forest has enough experience back on both sides of the ball to extend its bowl streak to six years. The Demon…
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Fires harming California’s efforts to curb climate change
By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) — California’s top fire official says blazes raging across…
Continue ReadingMastercard is getting rid of its credit cards’ magnetic stripes
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Mastercard is getting rid of magnetic stripes on its credit and debit cards over the next 10 years, part of a…
Continue Reading ‘In the Same Breath’ digs into the Covid outbreak in China and the US
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Deeply personal, complex and timely, “In the Same Breath” charts the initial outbreak of novel coronavirus in…
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Fallece Rodrigo Paz Delgado, exalcalde de Quito, empresario y dirigente deportivo
Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Rodrigo Paz Delgado, exalcalde de Quito, Ecuador, polÃtico, empresario y presidente honorÃfico del equipo de…
Continue Reading Oakland A’s pitcher Chris Bassitt conscious after line drive hit him in his face, manager says
By Jason Hanna, CNN A line drive struck Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt in the face Tuesday in Chicago, dropping him to his knees…
Continue Reading Louisville seeks return to respectability after 2020 falloff
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville is looking to bounce back from a losing finish for the second time in three…
Continue Reading Ford, Robert Wood Johnson foundations fund tenant clout
By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5…
Continue Reading Ford, Robert Wood Johnson foundations fund tenant clout
By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5…
Continue ReadingFor the Afghans who make it through Taliban checkpoints, Kabul airport is a gateway to a new world
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A baby desperately held aloft to US Marines on top of a besieged gate. Shots fired in the air. A crush of Afghan people…
Continue ReadingFor the Afghans who make it through Taliban checkpoints, Kabul airport is a gateway to a new world
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A baby desperately held aloft to US Marines on top of a besieged gate. Shots fired in the air. A crush of Afghan people…
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How the Delta variant could actually help the economy
The head of personal financial management at Goldman Sachs, Joe Duran, explains why he thinks the likelihood of a market correction is “very high”…
Continue Reading Here’s what the Delta variant means for the economic recovery
Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives The US economy’s immediate prospects appear inextricably tied to how the wave of infections…
Continue Reading Laura Prepon no longer practices Scientology
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Laura Prepon has stopped practicing Scientology. The “Orange Is the New Black” actress revealed the news in an…
Continue Reading Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani emerges in the UAE
By Mostafa Salem, Tara John, Tim Lister and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Afghanistan’s former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab Emirates,…
Continue Reading Biden administration proposes overhaul of asylum system to speed up claim approval
Homeland Security reports a two-decade high in border crossings in…
Continue Reading In Taliban’s 7-day march to power, a stunning string of wins
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer Just a week before Afghanistan’s collapse, things looked staggeringly different, but even for a country scarred…
Continue Reading Big bird on water is mystery, but town calls it just ducky
BELFAST, Maine (AP) — The appearance of a giant rubber duck in a Maine harbor is a whimsical whodunit that has defied sleuths. The large yellow…
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Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to be offered to Americans beginning September 20, health officials say
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN US health officials and medical experts announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine…
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