Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Una estrella afgana del pop compartió su desgarradora historia de huida de su país. Aryana Sayeed y su prometido, Hasib Sayed, salieron cuando los talibanes se apoderaron de Afganistán y hablaron con Access Hollywood sobre su experiencia, parte de la cual compartió en su cuenta verificada de Instagram. “Sentía que
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By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A once-prominent anchor at one of Iowa’s biggest local television stations has filed a lawsuit alleging she was let go last year because of her gender and age. Former WHO-TV investigative reporter and anchor Sonya Heitshusen filed the discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the NBC
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By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A once-prominent anchor at one of Iowa’s biggest local television stations has filed a lawsuit alleging she was let go last year because of her gender and age. Former WHO-TV investigative reporter and anchor Sonya Heitshusen filed the discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the NBC
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman testifying against R. Kelly barred her and another live-in girlfriend from watching a documentary series that portrayed him as a sexual predator. She also testified Tuesday that he kept watch over them during an interview with Gayle King, coughing as a signal to keep
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elena Delle Donne and Chiney Ogwumike will have a major impact on the Washington Mystics and Los Angeles Sparks playoff chances now that they’re back on the basketball court. The two finally returned after long layoffs due to injuries. Delle Donne missed nearly two years
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elena Delle Donne and Chiney Ogwumike will have a major impact on the Washington Mystics and Los Angeles Sparks playoff chances now that they’re back on the basketball court. The two finally returned after long layoffs due to injuries. Delle Donne missed nearly two years
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN The latest internet “challenge” involves milk crates and serious pain. In “The Milk Crate Challenge,” started recently on TikTok, someone gathers a bunch of milk crates and stacks them as high as they can, then attempts to step up one side and down the other without the crates faltering underneath them.
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By Taylor Romine and Mirna Alsharif, CNN It’s a picture that went viral and stunned people around the world earlier this week: Approximately 820 Afghan refugees packed aboard a US military C-17 plane. Men, women, and children all huddled together as they escape Taliban rule for a new life in the United States. As Americans
Continue Reading CNN’s Brianna Keilar and photojournalist Lynsey Addario become emotional after hearing a chilling voice memo from inside Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The United States is facing a Covid-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 629,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 while over 4.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins
Continue Reading TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus will likely be without Aaron Ramsey for several weeks after the midfielder injured his right thigh. That also ruled him out of international duty with Wales. Ramsey was forced off in the 59th minute of Juve’s 2-2 draw at Udinese in its Serie A opener on Sunday. Juventus says Ramsey
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Arthur, the bespectacled aardvark beloved by generations of viewers, is finally about to start the fourth grade. And in the new school year, he and his pals will befriend some new classmates — including a Sikh boy named Samir. The character of Samir will make his debut in “Arthur’s First Day,”
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos, CNN Louisiana State University announced Tuesday that it will require all guests at Tiger Stadium who are 12 and older to provide either proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of entering the venue. The university cited “the significant threat presented by COVID-19 across the state
Continue Reading Spring 2022. That’s when Dr. Anthony Fauci says we could get some good control over the coronavirus, if a majority of people who are unvaccinated, get vaccinated. But, some health experts believe the virus will end up being seasonal & we’ll have to learn to co-exist with this coronavirus.
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has given full approval to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for people age 16 and older. Approval for youths ages 12-15 is expected to follow soon. “I don’t think it’ll be long before they extend it to 12 to 15 — maybe within a few weeks to
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By Michelle Icard, CNN Your tweens used to think you were funny. And interesting. And helpful. They even sought you out for advice or help solving problems. Now they think TikTokers who cover themselves in shaving cream are interesting and hilarious (“you wouldn’t get it”) and turn to YouTubers for all the answers to life’s
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Hours after leaving office, scandal-tainted former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suffered another defeat: losing the special Emmy Award he received last year for his daily, televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement Tuesday that given Cuomo’s resignation amid a
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By Marshall Cohen The Justice Department has offered a plea deal to the US Capitol rioter who wore a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt, prosecutors said Tuesday at a court hearing. Robert Packer of Virginia went viral during the January 6 attack because of the brazenly anti-Semitic nature of his sweatshirt. He was arrested in January and
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns defensive end Takk McKinley has returned to the team after leaving training camp last month for personal reasons. McKinley took part in the early walkthrough portion of practice on Tuesday before he was spotted heading into the training facility as the Browns began stretching.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached a four-year agreement with the union for its orchestra, the last major deal needed for the company to resume performances following a 1 1/2-year layoff caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The contract with local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, ratified Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten has apologized for a piece he wrote last week about his eating habits, in which he inaccurately described Indian cuisine as “based entirely on one spice.” In the August 19 piece titled “You can’t make me eat these foods,” Weingarten ticked through a number
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Charlie Watts, el legendario baterista de la banda británica The Rolling Stones, murió a los 80 años. Esto es lo que debes saber de su carrera: Charlie Watts nació el 2 de junio de 1941 en Londres. Creció en el suburbio de Wembley, al oeste de Londres. Fue un apasionado de la
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Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson, CNN The US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has raised the volcano alert from advisory to watch for the Kīlauea volcano after an increase in earthquake activity under the south part of the Kīlauea summit caldera within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, according to release from the USGS. While the Kīlauea volcano is
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Oregon coach Mario Cristobal wants his players to have the mindset that they’re the hunters, not the hunted, as they enter a new season. The outside expectations for the 11th-ranked Ducks are quite high, however. The Ducks are predicted to win their third straight Pac-12 championship. Oregon could also
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico education officials have put together an outline for addressing education inequities that have fueled a years-long legal battle over underserved students. A copy of the draft report obtained by the Associated Press suggests the state will focus on increasing
Continue Reading FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Former Arizona Cardinals first-round pick Josh Rosen has signed with the Atlanta Falcons and will compete to open the season as the backup quarterback. Rosen replaces AJ McCarron, who was placed on injured reserve. The Falcons said Sunday an MRI showed McCarron suffered an ACL injury to his right knee
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By Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Is the Delta variant hurting the economy? It depends on who you ask. A handful of businesses over the past several weeks have said customers are closing their purses. Consumer confidence fell through the floor, and retail sales sank. Yikes, right? Well, maybe not. Job growth remains
Continue Reading BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has increased penalties for hazing under a new law name for a resident and Penn State student who died in 2017. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed Timothy J. Piazza’s Law on Tuesday and said it was aimed at rooting out hazing to prevent what happened to Piazza. The law
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme less than a month before she was scheduled to face trial, according to court records filed Tuesday. Marci Palatella will be the 33rd parent to
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