The infrastructure bill is more about maintaining train service than upgrading it
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Don’t expect any 200 mph trains that rival Europe and Asia’s best, or even cheaper fares. Transportation…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Flooding potential today and tomorrow
Good Sunday morning to you all. I hope you all are waking up safe and sound in your homes…but I know that is not the case for many this morning. We…
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Is the oil market broken?
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Are the supply and demand fundamentals that have governed oil markets for decades coming unstuck? In normal times, a…
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Why we can’t get enough of watching rich and terrible characters in TV series like ‘The White Lotus’
By Scottie Andrew, CNN There’s a scene in the very first episode of HBO’s critically acclaimed prestige drama, “Succession,”…
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As Pentagon prepares to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory, some lawyers see a surge in calls
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The messages began pouring into the law office of Joseph Jordan in Killeen, Texas, soon after the Pentagon announced it would…
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Lobster boat tracking coming to protect whales, fishery
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking…
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Lobster boat tracking coming to protect whales, fishery
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America’s lobster fishing businesses could be subjected to electronic tracking…
Continue Reading Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake vaccine cards
NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold…
Continue Reading Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech
By DAVID KLEPPER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Public forums before local school boards and city councils are…
Continue Reading US completes evacuation of embassy in Afghanistan as flag comes down at diplomatic compound
By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul has been taken down, marking a final step in…
Continue Reading US completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours
CNN’s Jim Acosta presses Pentagon press secretary John Kirby about the decision to send more than 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan as the Taliban has…
Continue Reading Forest fire forces Russia to evacuate 830 from summer camp
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say over 830 people have been evacuated from a summer camp in the southern Urals because of a forest fire…
Continue Reading North Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has recently developed a dubious reputation: as a regional destination…
Continue Reading Hungary bus crash kills eight, injures dozens
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police a bus traveling on a highway in Hungary crashed through a guardrail and tipped over early Sunday. At least eight…
Continue Reading Study: German emissions to grow by largest amount since 1990
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as…
Continue ReadingAfghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after…
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
CNN By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after…
Continue Reading 2 dozen Rohingya refugees feared drowned in Bangladesh
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than two dozen Rohingya refugees are feared drowned after their boat capsized off the…
Continue Reading One more body recovered after helicopter crash in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Emergency officials say rescuers have recovered one more body following a helicopter crash in Russia’s far eastern region of…
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The US and Canada have a new dark sky park for stargazers to enjoy
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Amateur astronomers take note: There’s a new dark sky place to see the stars. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is…
Continue Reading Michigan deputy dies after being shot in chase with gunman
GALESBURG, Mich. (AP) — A deputy in Michigan has died after being wounded during a chase with a gunman. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue Reading Flooded coal mine in China’s Qinghai kills 1, strands 19
BEIJING (AP) — A team of 200 Chinese police, emergency workers and experts is trying to rescue 19 trapped coal miners in the northwestern province…
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Barcelona fans adjust to life after Messi as season starts
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s first season without Lionel Messi after nearly two decades has started with a…
Continue ReadingPfizer submits data to FDA showing a booster dose works well against original coronavirus and variants
By Madeline Holcombe and Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday they have submitted initial data to the US Food and Drug Administration…
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US could soon hit more than 200,000 new coronavirus cases per day, NIH director warns
By Aya Elamroussi, Jamie Gumbrecht and Eric Levenson, CNN The US could soon see more than 200,000 new cases of Covid-19 every day as the Delta…
Continue Reading After UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part
By RAF CASERT Associated Press HOBOKEN, Belgium (AP) — Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a…
Continue Reading Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — After a brutal wave of infections driven by the delta variant, many Ugandans seeking a…
Continue ReadingProminent Hong Kong civil rights group disbands, citing government pressure
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the pro-democracy group that organized some of Hong Kong’s biggest protests, announced…
Continue Reading LEADING OFF: Dodgers’ Scherzer faces familiar Mets lineup
By The Associated Press Max Scherzer faces a familiar NL East foe when his Dodgers go for a three-game sweep of the Mets in prime time. It’ll be…
Continue Reading 12 killed in overnight grenade attack in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say the death toll from a grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi has risen…
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