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Year: 2021

TSA investigating new assaults on its workers; new self-defense training planned

By Pete Muntean, CNN With federal agencies trying to crack down on passengers who are violently acting out on commercial flights, officials now say travelers are attacking — and even biting — those staffing airport security checkpoints. In new details shared first with CNN, the Transportation Security Administration laid out two attacks on Transportation Security

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As federal voting legislation falters, state Republicans push to exert new powers over elections

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN In Kansas, the secretary of state now needs the approval of a legislative committee to settle election-related lawsuits. In Arkansas, a new law empowers the state’s elections commission to investigate every aspect of an election “without limitation.” And in the key battleground state of Arizona, Republican legislators this week moved to

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El covid hizo que se cancelaran las bodas en todo el mundo. También dejó su huella en los códigos de vestimenta

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Los estragos causados por el covid-19 en la industria de las bodas tenían que dejar su huella de alguna manera. Las ceremonias de 2020 fueron pospuestas en todo el mundo pospuestas indefinidamente o canceladas por completo, las parejas decididas se adaptaron lo mejor que pudieron: reduciendo las listas de invitados en más

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Mayflies hatch, in some places blanketing downtown sidewalks and roads

By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Mayflies covered the sidewalks and just about everything around downtown St. Paul Thursday morning. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the short-lived insects are found in almost all freshwater systems. Mayflies are very sensitive to chemical pollutants and decreased oxygen levels.

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Biden campaign workers and ex-state lawmaker sue ‘Trump Train’ members involved in dangerous Texas highway incident

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN A White House staffer and former Texas state representative are among those suing several participants of a “Trump Train” that allegedly harassed a Biden campaign bus last October in Texas, claiming in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the Trump supporters engaged in coordinated, illegal political intimidation in violation of the Ku

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Derrumbe de edificio en el área de Miami: unos dedos pequeños y gritos llevaron a un hombre a rescatar a un niño atrapado en los escombros

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Después de la medianoche, mientras paseaba a su perro, Nicholas Balboa sintió que el suelo temblaba cerca del edificio en Surfside, Florida. Columnas de polvo y escombros pronto se elevaron por todas partes cuando una sección masiva de un complejo de condominios en Surfside, cayó al suelo este jueves. Nadie

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