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Month: August 2022

Health officials urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated after poliovirus detected in wastewater in another county

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York state health officials are urging people to get vaccinated against polio after the virus was identified in wastewater samples in another county. The four wastewater samples were collected in July and August in Sullivan County, northwest of Orange County. CNN previously reported that polio was identified in wastewater samples

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Biden’s student loan relief plan will mainly help working and middle class borrowers, report finds

By Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan is expected to help mainly working and middle class borrowers, an updated report from an influential research group found. That’s a shift from its earlier projection that more higher-income borrowers would benefit from basic loan forgiveness. About 75% of the benefit will go

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‘It is all politics’: Trump and allies dismiss ‘heavily redacted’ Mar-a-Lago affidavit

By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump and his allies dismissed the affidavit that led to an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this month as politically motivated, saying after a redacted version was released on Friday that “what is unredacted only further supports” Trump’s claims of political persecution. “The release of

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US intelligence chief tells Congress she’s conducting damage assessment of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has sent a letter to the House Intelligence and House Oversight committee chairs, saying the intelligence community is conducting a damage assessment of the documents taken from former President Donald Trump‘s home in Mar-a-Lago, according to a letter obtained by CNN.

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At least 21 ​​’filtration​​​’ sites identified in Russian-controlled ​​territory, say Yale researchers

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Researchers at Yale University ​say they have uncovered 21 “​filtration” sites in the Russian-controlled territory of Donetsk ​in eastern Ukraine. The ​researchers say these ​sites are used by Russian forces ​and their allies to process, register, interrogate and detain Ukrainians trying to ​leave Russian-occupied territory. ​Those detained can include civilians and

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Screening dog at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport wins TSA’s ‘Cutest Canine Contest’

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Dog lovers — get ready for your hearts to melt over a hard-working dog named Eebbers. One of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s (MSP) passenger-screening canines, he has won the Transportation Security Administration’s 2022 “Cutest Canine Contest,” according to a news release. The announcement comes on National Dog Day, which is on

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