Two anchors of COVID safety net ending, affecting millions
By ASHRAF KHALIL and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans. Two…
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This Democrat and Republican from Pennsylvania are part of a unique group in an increasingly polarized country
By Dan Merica, CNN Matt Cartwright and Brian Fitzpatrick are political anomalies. The two Eastern Pennsylvania congressmen come from different…
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New York City was never built to withstand a deluge like the one Ida delivered. It showed.
Rescuers evacuated people stranded in New York City’s subway system after Hurricane Ida brought heavy rain and flash floods across the northeastern…
Continue Reading New York City was never built to withstand a deluge like the one Ida delivered. It showed.
By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen…
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1 dead, 1 critical from motorcycle crash on Spur 601
UPDATE Sept.6: El Paso police on Monday identified a woman killed and man hurt when their motorcycle ran off Spur 601 into a dirt embankment and then…
Continue Reading Blinken and Austin to visit Gulf to address postwar stresses
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are heading to…
Continue Reading Soldiers detain Guinea’s president, dissolve government
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea have detained…
Continue Reading Hurricane Larry becomes a Category 3 storm — this season’s third major cyclone in the Atlantic
Michael Mann, a lead author of the UN Climate Change report, explains the science that directly connects rising temperatures to the increased…
Continue Reading Hurricane Larry becomes a Category 3 storm — this season’s third major cyclone in the Atlantic
By Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologist As millions pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ida ravaged the eastern United States from the Gulf Coast to the…
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Congresswoman against Texas abortion ban makes personal revelation
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) talks with CNN about her opposition to Texas’ restrictive abortion…
Continue Reading Prince Charles’ ex-aide quits charity role amid honor claims
LONDON (AP) — A former close aide to Prince Charles has stepped down temporarily from his role as chief executive of a royal charity amid reports…
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Prince Charles’ ex-aide quits charity role amid honor claims
LONDON (AP) — A former close aide to Prince Charles has stepped down temporarily from his role as chief executive of a royal charity amid reports…
Continue Reading Customs officers seize counterfeit jewelry that if genuine would have been worth $5.2 million
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized two shipments of counterfeit jewelry that would have been worth more than…
Continue Reading Report: 12 killed when bus overturns on Egypt highway
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-run news agency says at least 12 people were killed, and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on a highway…
Continue Reading New Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane Ida
The northeastern US will contend with some showers this weekend along with cooler temperatures while the South and West will be hot. CNN…
Continue Reading New Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane Ida
By Jason Hanna and Travis Caldwell, CNN As hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents struggle in sweltering conditions and without power six days…
Continue Reading Mayor describes ‘grief in limbo’ as search continues for 2 friends who were swept away when Ida’s remains unleashed deadly flooding in Northeast
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Crews continued their search Saturday for two missing childhood friends whom witnesses say were swept into a New Jersey storm…
Continue Reading 13 police killed in suspected IS attack in northern Iraq
By QASSIM ABUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi security official says suspected Islamic State militants have opened fire at a…
Continue Reading A mother, father and son drowned after more than a dozen feet of water drenched their apartment
The remnants of Ida cause extreme rainfall leading to deadly flash flooding across the Northeast. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the…
Continue Reading A mother, father and son drowned after more than a dozen feet of water drenched their apartment
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A mother, father and son died by drowning when the remnants of Hurricane Ida poured catastrophic amounts of rain across the…
Continue ReadingSuicide attack targets soldiers in Pakistani city of Quetta
By Asim Khan and Sophia Saifi, CNN Three people have died and 15 were injured in an attack on paramilitary troops in the city of Quetta in…
Continue Reading UAE announces plan to invest in economy, liberalize laws
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has announced a major plan to stimulate its economy…
Continue Reading West Point will unveil a statue honoring a group of Black soldiers
By Leah Asmelash, CNN After years of fundraising, the US Military Academy at West Point will finally unveil a new monument dedicated to the Buffalo…
Continue Reading UAE announces plan to invest in economy, liberalize laws
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has announced a major plan to stimulate its economy…
Continue Reading Surfer dies in shark attack off Australian beach
By Sophie Jeong, CNN A man who was attacked by a shark at Emerald Beach on Australia’s east coast on Sunday died after a…
Continue Reading 9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The act of remembering is a complex one, particularly when it comes to an event like…
Continue Reading Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed liberty. Unlike the founders, he freed his slaves
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly…
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Cordeiro, Parson help Hawaii beat Portland State 49-35
HONOLULU (AP) — Chevan Cordeiro passed for three touchdowns, Dedrick Parson ran for two scores and Hawaii beat Portland State 49-35 in the…
Continue Reading India probes Kashmir leader’s family under anti-terror law
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Kashmir have opened a case against family members of late resistance leader Syed…
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