By Daniel Dale, CNN Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican from North Carolina, has called himself a “big history buff” and a “lover of history.” But Cawthorn — who, at age 25, is the youngest member of Congress — keeps getting historical facts wrong. Cawthorn also has a record of other false claims. Here’s a
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican negotiator in infrastructure talks, said Sunday that he’s “totally confident” President Joe Biden will sign a bipartisan bill a day after the President attempted to clean up comments that threatened the deal. “I am totally confident the President will sign it if it comes to
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The first cruise ship is set sail from a U.S. port since the CDC brought the industry to a halt more than 15 months ago with a no-sail order that was ultimately extended a number of times. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets an exclusive early look at the procedures and safety features in place to make cruising in the Covid-19 era possible.
Continue Reading Former Vice President Mike Pence rebuked former President Donald Trump on the question of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Pence also said he will “always be proud” of his role in affirming the election results on January 6 following a deadly riot of Trump supporters at the US Capitol. CNN’s Whitney Wild reports.
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Click here to view ABC-7 StormTrack Doppler RadarClick here to see the latest National Weather Service alerts El Paso, Texas- Grab your umbrellas and the rain boots! Our summer soaker is set to arrive this afternoon. It’s been a breezy to low-end-windy Sunday morning for westside residents. That’s in part to a cold front that
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Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large On Friday evening the US intelligence community released something remarkable: An unclassified report to Congress of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) aka UFOs. Which is a big deal! Especially when you consider that, for decades, the American government totally denied the existence of flying objects that they simply could not
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By Martin Goillandeau and Mia Alberti, CNN French authorities have launched an investigation after a fan caused dozens of cyclists to crash during the Tour de France on Saturday. The disastrous fall was caused by a woman standing on the roadside of the Tour’s opening stage. She stepped in front of the racing pack holding
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New York’s Pride, which launched as an anti-police march, is now embroiled in a controversy over uniformed police participation. CNN’s Polo Sandoval has more.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox, CNN Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has been fighting for years to change the way the military prosecutes sexual assault cases, is poised to finally remove those cases from the military’s chain of command after the Pentagon’s civilian leader endorsed the change last week. But a
Continue Reading By Richard Galant, CNN In 2008, Brian Sicknick reached out to Sandra Garza on a dating site. She responded quickly and when they decided to date, “he made an odd request,” Garza recalled: Could they meet for breakfast? It “was his favorite meal of the day, particularly blueberry pancakes …” “Brian was very quiet, shy
Continue Reading By Mia Alberti, CNN Defense officials are investigating after an employee from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) lost several “sensitive” documents that were later found by a member of the public, a ministry spokesperson said. The action follows a BBC report that the papers were found at a bus stop in Kent, southeast England.
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Francesca Street, CNN The world’s cruise ships were once titans of the oceans, raking in billions in profit as their city-sized passenger populations traveled across the globe. But last year, many of these floating palaces became coronavirus epicenters, turned away from port after port as Covid cases rose on board and the pandemic escalated on
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Before Sunday night’s BET Awards, there will be a weekend takeover on the network. The “BET Awards: Year of the Black Woman” will air on BET on Saturday, June 26. The one-hour special will showcase some of the women expected at the event, including Megan Thee Stallion, Taraji P. Henson, Jazmine
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN Professional athletes have shown over the past few years they are not afraid to speak out on their beliefs. Athletes around the world protested or refused to play in the name of racial justice. Leagues have taken a stance when it comes to policies that may negatively impact the very fans
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Delta variant continues to be a major threat to America’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and getting more vaccine shots into arms is a way to combat it, an expert says. The highly contagious, aggressive variant was first detected in India and has made its way to the majority of
Continue Reading By Sarah Jorgensen and Polo Sandoval, CNN When NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea took the podium Thursday to address this year’s preparations for New York’s Pride weekend, his comments were tinged with disappointment and pride for his own. “This is what makes this department so special,” Shea said. “We are far from perfect. But you look
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By Alta Spells, CNN The pilot of a small airplane was killed when it crashed into a home in North Logan, Utah, Saturday night, according to authorities. First responders were notified of the crash after receiving a call around 8:40 p.m., North Park Police Chief Ulysses Black told CNN. When fire crews arrived, they confirmed
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Julie Moore recalls harrowing experiences from the pandemic inside the Philadelphia nursing home where she works. As the virus spread throughout the facility last year, emergency responders came and went regularly, taking yet another resident running low on oxygen to the hospital. Staff members were infected and some died, leaving a
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Linda Johnson-Thomas’ grandfather worked at the Virginia Theological Seminary for more than a decade, first as a farm laborer before moving up to head janitor. Her grandparents lived in a little white house on campus with their four children, including her mother. But until two years ago, she had no idea
Continue Reading AJ Willingham, CNN There are some things that cannot be properly explained within the lines of your average news website. “Ice Planet Barbarians” is one of those things. The science fiction romance series chronicles a band of human women stranded on — you guessed it — an ice planet, along with the hunky blue aliens
Continue Reading The death toll in the Surfside, Florida, building collapse has risen to five, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference.
Continue Reading Opinion by John Duffy I work with a remarkable teenager who is figuring out where she fits in the LGBTQ+ community. Meanwhile, her mother is earnestly pressing her to dress and behave more “normal” and “straight.” “I just don’t want your life to be so hard, honey,” her mom said in one session. “But Mom,
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN It was a bad week for the Big Lie — former President Donald Trump and his allies’ false claims that widespread fraud is to blame for his 2020 election loss. In one battleground state, Republican senators issued a report that eviscerated Trump’s lies about voter fraud. In another, a judge undercut
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US-Burmese journalist Nathan Maung tells CNN of torture and conditions in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison after he was detained for spreading “fake news”. Maung is safely in the US, but fears for his family still in Myanmar – and the treatment of his TV news producer Hanthar Han Thar Nyein who was arrested at the same time – but remains in prison. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– La viuda del controvertido empresario del software antivirus John McAfee aseguró que su esposo no era un suicida, y culpó a las autoridades de Estados Unidos de «esta tragedia» después de que fuera encontrado muerto en su celda en una prisión cerca de Barcelona este miércoles. McAfee, de 75 años, tenía múltiples
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Un pasajero resultó herido el viernes después de saltar de un vuelo de United Express que se movía lentamente desde las zonas las puertas en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Los Ángeles, dijo a CNN un portavoz de la policía de LAX. Aproximadamente a las 7:10 p.m. hora local, el hombre
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Era una tarde de sábado normal en New Hampshire cuando un cliente entró a un restaurante, se sentó en la barra de afuera y pidió algo de comida. Aproximadamente dos hot dogs, papas fritas, una coca cola, una cerveza y un trago de tequila después, pagó su cuenta de US$
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Desde sus rivales hasta el uso de su energía, los ciclistas del Tour de Francia tienen mucho de qué preocuparse en las calles. Entonces, cuando un aficionado invadió las carreteras, tuvo efectos predeciblemente desastrosos. Durante la primera etapa de la famosa carrera ciclista, una persona se paró frente al grupo
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Texas statewide Amber Alert has been issued for 13-year-old Antonette Rodriguez after she left her home near Brownsville and was reported to be in the company of an older man. She was last seen at a San Antonio hotel and anyone with information was urged by authorities to call 911 immediately.
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Donald Trump kicked off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election on Saturday, using a sizable event here in Lorain County to lambast Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for voting to impeach him earlier this year. The effort to oust the Republicans
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