U.S. Coast Guard seizes $1.4B in drugs from multiple ships with help from Canadians
By Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The U.S. Coast…
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Canada’s all-time Olympic medal leader Oleksiak ‘still figuring it out’
By Cameron French, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Penny…
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Once-gloomy scientist says future UK lockdowns unlikely
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British scientist who gained prominence for issuing dire warnings about the spread of COVID-19…
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FEMA funeral assistance now flowing to families of Covid victims after a bumpy start
By Tami Luhby and Liz Stark, CNN George Harrington applied for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program soon after…
Continue Reading Warm waters further threaten depleted Maine shrimp fishery
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s long-shuttered shrimp fishing business has a chance to reopen in the coming…
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Olympics schedule and events to watch Saturday
Alyssa Kraus, CNN The Olympics are winding down this weekend, with the closing ceremony on Sunday. However, several events are still in full swing,…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Olympic photos from far above — and underwater
By The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The amazing shots from way above Olympians and from underwater in the pool aren’t easy to get. They…
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A romance writing group gave an award to a book criticized for romanticizing the killing of Native people. Then it took it back
Harmeet Kaur, CNN A new controversy has rocked the Romance Writers of America — barely a year after a course correction that followed a major…
Continue Reading $1 trillion infrastructure bill awaits final vote after Senate breaks filibuster, shuts down debate
By Ali Zaslav, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate voted to break a filibuster Saturday and advance a massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan…
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Target will cover 100% of college tuition for its workers
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Target has announced that it will begin paying the college tuition and textbook expenses for its US-based part-time and…
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Arkansas judge temporarily blocks state law banning mask mandates in schools
In a press conference on his YouTube channel, Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said he regretted banning mask…
Continue Reading Arkansas judge temporarily blocks state law banning mask mandates in schools
By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN An Arkansas judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of the state’s law banning mask…
Continue Reading Amid lawsuit, China’s Tencent to review kids’ use of WeChat
BEIJING (AP) — China’s biggest gaming company, Tencent, says it will review whether it adequately limits children’s access to live streaming…
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From increased hospitalizations to long Covid, children can get hit hard by Covid-19. Here’s why doctors say kids should be protected
By Holly Yan, CNN The myth that kids can’t get seriously sick from Covid-19 keeps getting debunked as more children get hospitalized during the…
Continue Reading More children are being admitted to hospitals with Covid-19 as health systems struggle to deal with surge of new patients
By Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN More children are being hospitalized with Covid-19 as health systems struggle to cope with a surge in…
Continue Reading Officials split on masking children in schools as pediatric hospitals fill up with Covid-19 patients
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The polarization surrounding mask mandates is deepening as some state and local officials spar on how to approach face…
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Eliud Kipchoge: Marathon world record holder has ‘the qualities of an ascetic monk’
By George Ramsay, CNN When filmmakers were invited to document Eliud Kipchoge’s second attempt to run a marathon in under two hours, it was the…
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Marte’s game-winning HR in 11th pushes A’s past Rangers 4-1
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Starling Marte hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning, lifting the…
Continue Reading Team USA wins gold in men’s basketball for the fourth Olympics in a row
By Jill Martin, CNN Team USA avenged its early Olympic loss to France by beating the French men’s basketball team for the gold medal on…
Continue Reading Senate Dems rallying behind Biden’s $3.5T budget vision
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats from across the party’s political spectrum seem near the unanimity they’ll…
Continue Reading Donaldson’s RBI single in 11th lifts Twins over Astros 5-4
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Mitch Garver homered early and Josh Donaldson’s RBI single in the 11th inning lifted the…
Continue Reading Two men arrested in US over alleged plot to kill Myanmar’s UN ambassador
By Helen Regan and Jamie Crawford, CNN Two Myanmar citizens have been charged in New York with allegedly plotting to kill or injure Myanmar’s…
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Kevin Durant leads U.S. men to 4th straight basketball gold medal
SAITAMA, Japan — Nothing about the summer was easy for the U.S. men’s basketball team, and neither was the gold-medal game. The Americans…
Continue Reading China’s July exports, imports rise, but growth slows
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade rose by double digits in July but growth slowed, as global efforts to control the…
Continue Reading Michigan hospital ends relationship with Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins over his vaccine stance
By Dave Alsup and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Holland Hospital in western Michigan said it is ending its relationship with Minnesota Vikings quarterback…
Continue Reading Five children were killed in a fire in East St. Louis, Illinois, fire chief says
By Dakin Andone, CNN Five children between the ages of 2 and 9 were killed in a fire early Friday in East St. Louis, Illinois, according to fire…
Continue Reading Homeland Security warns of potential conspiracy theory-fueled violence in August
By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security warned state and local authorities Friday about an increase in calls for violence online…
Continue Reading Florida reporta un alto número de casos nuevos de covid-19 esta semana
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Este viernes Florida reportó 134.506 nuevos casos de covid-19 durante la última semana, más casos que en…
Continue Reading Un hombre que no se vacunó graba sus días de arrepentimiento en el hospital y hace un pedido desgarrador para la boda de su hija en caso de que muera
Ángela Reyes (CNN) — En medio de respiraciones difíciles con oxígeno suplementario, Travis Campbell lucha por transmitir un mensaje sobre su…
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He was committed to a Hawaii state hospital for nearly 3 years in a case of mistaken identity. Now he wants the record set straight, Hawaii Innocence Project says
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN The Hawaii Innocence Project has filed a memo in support of a man they say was wrongly incarcerated at Hawaii…
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