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Month: September 2022

Iranian security forces arrest a woman for eating at restaurant in public without her hijab, family says

By Celine Alkhaldi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Iranian security forces arrested a woman after a photo of her and another woman eating at a Tehran restaurant without their head scarves was widely circulated online, her family said Friday. The photo emerged Wednesday showing the two women having breakfast at a cafe that, like most coffeehouses

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GOP congressional candidate Joe Kent’s ties to white nationalists include interview with Nazi sympathizer

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Despite disavowing White nationalism last spring when one of its adherents endorsed him, a US House candidate in Washington subsequently gave a previously unreported interview in June to a Nazi sympathizer and White nationalist. While Republican Joe Kent touted his support for prominent far-right figures like Reps. Marjorie

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Hack puts Latin American security agencies on edge

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ, CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and FRANK BAJAK MEXICO CITY (AP) — A massive trove of emails from Mexico’s Defense Department is among electronic communications taken by hackers from military and police security institutions in several Latin American countries. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the breach Friday and Chile’s government said last week that

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Police say no active shooter incident at Austin, Texas, hospital after responding to a report of ‘shots fired’

By Rosa Flores, CNN Authorities in Austin, Texas, said Friday that there was no active shooter at a local hospital after police responded to a call of “shots fired.” “Officers have secured the scene and it is safe,” Austin police said on Twitter Friday afternoon. “This was not an active shooter incident. No injuries reported,

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A Texas prison warden and his brother face charges in a shooting that killed a migrant and injured another

 (CNN) — The former warden of a Texas prison and his brother were arrested and now face manslaughter charges in the fatal roadside shooting of a migrant this week. A migrant woman also suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach in the Tuesday incident, authorities said. Michael and Mark Sheppard, both 60, were arrested Thursday, according to

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Several states are sending out inflation relief checks, but some economists say they could further fuel rising prices

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Several states are sending taxpayers money to help them cope with inflation, but some economists warn that the payments will do little to alleviate the pain of rising costs and could further fuel inflation. In California, for example, about 23 million qualifying taxpayers are expected to receive up to $1,500, with

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First on CNN: Election workers to be trained to deal with violence at polls as midterms approach

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Federal officials are offering state and local election officials training to “safely de-escalate” confrontations with voters that could turn violent ahead of November’s midterm elections, according to an email to election workers obtained by CNN. The move underlines the level of concern ahead of the upcoming elections and comes in response

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Jailed dissident Alexey Navalny says Russia must be transformed after war

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Imprisoned Russian dissident Alexey Navalny says the only way for his country to avoid an “endless cycle of imperial authoritarianism” is to become a parliamentary democracy. Writing in the Washington Post, Navalny said while Western nations have rightly asserted the importance of Ukraine’s independence and preventing Russia from winning the war

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Ucrania busca ser miembro de la OTAN con un “procedimiento acelerado” mientras la alianza condena las anexiones de Rusia

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky dijo el viernes que su país solicita “bajo un procedimiento acelerado” convertirse en miembro de la OTAN. Agregó que entendía que la adhesión requeriría el consenso de los miembros de la OTAN. El jefe de alianza dijo que los miembros apoyan al derecho de

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