One of Iraq’s most influential Shiite clerics dies at 85
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s most senior and influential Muslim Shiite clerics,…
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White House urged to shutter privately run Kansas prison
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Civil rights advocates and federal public defenders have…
Continue Reading Parkland school shooting suspect can’t be called ‘animal’
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says a former student accused of murdering 17 people at a Florida high…
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Boxeadora mexicana Jeanette Zacarías falleció después de estar en estado de coma
César López (CNN Español) — La boxeadora mexicana Jeanette Zacarías Zapata falleció después de permanecer en cuidados intensivos en…
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Americans support Afghanistan pullout, but not the way it was done: ABC News poll
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has fallen underwater in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid broad disapproval…
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Colorado county election official allegedly pressured employees to not cooperate with investigation into security breach
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN County administrators in Colorado have opened an investigation into an election official after employees complained she was…
Continue Reading NC appeals court stops for now voting restoration for felons
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court has blocked an order that had allowed well over 50,000…
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Alaska Airlines introduces $200 bonus for vaccinated staff
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Alaska Airlines is handing out a $200 incentive to employees who can prove that they’ve been fully vaccinated…
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Cubs’ Ross, Hoyer test positive for COVID-19; Green ejected
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer have tested positive…
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Kraft, former officials settle SEC charges for $62 million
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kraft Heinz Co. is agreeing to pay $62 million to settle charges of improper accounting of what it once claimed were cost…
Continue Reading Emmett Till marker in Mississippi toppled but not vandalized
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An Emmett Till historical marker in Mississippi will be repaired after being knocked…
Continue Reading Bills look to take control again in young, new-look AFC East
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills stormed to the top of the AFC East and kept going last…
Continue Reading Biden says Texas’ anti-abortion law is ‘almost un-American’ and ‘sort of creates a vigilante system’
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday the Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into pregnancy is…
Continue Reading Biden says Texas’ anti-abortion law is ‘almost un-American’ and ‘sort of creates a vigilante system’
Biden: I have been, and continue to be, a strong supporter of Roe V.…
Continue Reading Biden administration’s September 20 booster rollout may be scaled back to just Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at first
By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Jamie Gumbrecht, Jacqueline Howard and Arlette Saenz, CNN The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster plan remains…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeals ruling that said he didn’t have authority to ban mask mandates in schools
By Leyla Santiago and Dakin Andone, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appealed a judge’s ruling that stated the governor overreached and did…
Continue Reading How Trump adviser Stephen Miller slowed down the entry of Afghan allies who helped the US
By Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Warren, CNN Stephen Miller seemed floored by the idea, raised during a fall Cabinet meeting in 2018, of keeping…
Continue ReadingHere’s why investors are shrugging off the lousy jobs report
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The August jobs report was a massive disappointment, with Corporate America hiring far fewer people than expected.…
Continue Reading Florida school mask debate headed for appeals court battle
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The battle over mask requirements in Florida schools is headed for a new legal…
Continue Reading La Casa Blanca tendría que reducir su ambicioso de plan de dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna contra el covid-19
CNNEE (CNN) — A medida que se acerca el 20 de septiembre, ha habido conversaciones internas dentro de la administración Biden sobre la…
Continue Reading SOLHEIM CUP ’21: Capsules of the European players
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A capsule look at the 12 players on the European team for the Solheim Cup. The matches start Saturday at Inverness Club. Europe…
Continue Reading Former pilot gets life sentence in killing of 3 neighbors
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general said a former Army major accused of killing three neighbors to eliminate a witness in a…
Continue Reading Derrick Henry poised to run into more NFL history in 2021
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry is a man of few words, preferring to work hard with a…
Continue Reading READ: House Democrats’ letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Afghanistan
By CNN In a letter provided to CNN, more than three dozen House Democrats — ranging from some of the most liberal to some of the most moderate…
Continue Reading ‘Conditions became unacceptable’ at hurricane shelter where 4 nursing home residents died, police chief says
LOUISIANA WX WEATHER HURRICANE FLOODING CONDITIONS HEAT COVID…
Continue Reading En Colombia ya no habrá cadena perpetua para violadores y asesinos de niños
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Corte Constitucional de Colombia en sala plena declaró este jueves inconstitucional la posibilidad de…
Continue Reading British man rescued after being lost 3 days in Thai jungle
BANGKOK (AP) — A 72-year-old British man has been found safe three days after disappearing in a thick jungle in northeastern Thailand while going…
Continue Reading New this week: ‘Kate,’ ‘Come From Away’ and MTV’s VMAs
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Mary Elizabeth Winstead starring in the brutal assassin thriller “Kate”…
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Rising numbers of Ecuadorians hurt by pandemic head to US
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An extraordinary number of Ecuadorians has been coming to the United States — often to New…
Continue Reading Rising numbers of Ecuadorians hurt by pandemic head to US
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An extraordinary number of Ecuadorians has been coming to the United States — often to New…
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