Winfrey picks ‘Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ for book club
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the year’s most anticipated debut novels is now an Oprah Winfrey book club pick.…
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Pfizer’s FDA approval is boosting these stocks
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Since 2020, investors have been rallying behind shares of Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, two companies that…
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Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden: How four presidents created today’s Afghanistan mess
CNN’s Brianna Keilar and photojournalist Lynsey Addario become emotional after hearing a chilling voice memo from inside…
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Thailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
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What is RPC? Here’s what to know about Russia and the Paralympics
US Paralympic dressage equestrian Beatrice de Lavalette was 17 years old when she was at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport when a terror attack cost her her…
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StormTRACK Weather: Scattered storms west, temps heat up this week
Good Morning! Heavy rain hit portions of New Mexico last night; there will be plenty of moisture this afternoon to allow storm development around the…
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Tornillo ISD serving students, entire community hit hard by Covid-19
TORNILLO, Texas — It’s the smallest district in El Paso County. Tornillo Independent School District is serving about 900 kids this semester.…
Continue Reading Ukraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence day
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the…
Continue ReadingPeloton’s lower-end treadmill is finally going on sale after addressing safety issues
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton’s lower-priced and smaller treadmill is finally going on sale. The release of the Peloton Tread was…
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Try this 10-minute body-weight workout
Pro sports mobility coach Dana Santas teaches six exercises you can do without equipment to increase strength, mobility and…
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My son was lucky to get a pediatric ICU bed when he needed one. He shouldn’t have needed luck
By Ben Tinker, CNN When my husband and I were counting down the days to the birth of our son last year, one of my best friends shared this quote with…
Continue Reading Poland claims neighbor invites migrants, pushes them across
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister is insisting that efforts by Middle Eastern migrants to enter the European Union country from…
Continue Reading Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing…
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Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing…
Continue Reading Thailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
Continue Reading CIA director met with Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday amid evacuation efforts
By John Harwood, Phil Mattingly and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN CIA Director William J. Burns met face-to-face with the top Taliban leader in Kabul…
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National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived when they heard the news
By Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Kentucky hospital officials high-fived one another during a news conference Monday as they learned…
Continue ReadingVaccines are less protective against Delta infection but still reduce risk by two-thirds, CDC study shows
By Michael Nedelman, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Vaccine effectiveness against Covid-19 infection dropped from 91% to 66% once the Delta…
Continue Reading Indian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian government forces have killed two senior rebel commanders and three other militants in two separate counterinsurgency…
Continue Reading Airbnb opens up housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees globally
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Airbnb is offering free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally and sought more assistance from hosts who…
Continue Reading Airbnb opens up housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees globally
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Airbnb is offering free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally and sought more assistance from hosts who…
Continue Reading Labor agency chief says Germany needs more immigrants
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s national labor agency says the country needs significantly more immigrants to plug gaps in the work force as…
Continue Reading Labor agency chief says Germany needs more immigrants
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s national labor agency says the country needs significantly more immigrants to plug gaps in the work force as…
Continue Reading Next up for Covid vaccines: kids under 12
By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has given full approval to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for people age 16 and older.…
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Michelle Bachelet afirma que hay informes “desgarradores y creíbles” sobre ejecuciones realizadas por talibanes
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La ONU ha recibido “informes desgarradores y creíbles” sobre ejecuciones de civiles y restricciones a…
Continue Reading Supply issues take shakes off the menu at British McDonald’s
LONDON (AP) — McDonald’s says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming…
Continue Reading Supply issues take shakes off the menu at British McDonald’s
LONDON (AP) — McDonald’s says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | La nueva línea de tiempo de Fauci en 2022 para la lucha contra el covid-19 podría ser un desastre político para Biden y los demócratas
Mariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden acaba de recibir una noticia profundamente desagradable: la pandemia por la que fue elegido para…
Continue Reading Greece announces new restrictions for those not vaccinated
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s health minister has announced plans to impose new testing requirements and…
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