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Tropical Storm Francine forces evacuations along Gulf Coast, Louisiana under hurricane warning

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The first evacuations have been ordered along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Francine gains strength ahead of an expected hurricane strike by midweek, and a hurricane warning has been posted for Louisiana in anticipation of Francine’s arrival. The storm was churning in the record-warm western Gulf of

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How did a popular Philippine televangelist land on the FBI’s most-wanted list?

Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In his heyday, Apollo Carreon Quiboloy was one of the most influential religious leaders and televangelists in the Philippines. Proclaiming himself as the “appointed son of God,” he also was a political kingmaker who backed former President Rodrigo Duterte. An expanded U.S. indictment in 2021 charged him with having

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Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum after disputed election

Originally Published: 08 SEP 24 00:26 ET Updated: 09 SEP 24 00:19 ET By Mauricio Torres, Stefano Pozzebon, Alex Stambaugh, Manuel Cobela, and Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez landed in Madrid on Sunday afternoon, Spain said, after fleeing his home country with an arrest warrant accusing him of terrorism, conspiracy and other crimes

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These common chemicals could affect your health all over your body, expert says

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There are chemicals in cookware, food, water, clothes and furniture that could cause problems for people’s health. These PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they don’t fully break down in the environment — have been used in consumer products since the 1950s. As

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Trump dice que votará para legalizar el uso recreativo de marihuana para adultos en Florida

urielblanco (CNN) — Donald Trump, expresidente de Estados Unidos y actual candidato presidencial republicano, dijo el domingo que votaría a favor de una medida en la boleta electoral en Florida que legalizaría el uso recreativo de la marihuana para adultos, una posición que lo pone en desacuerdo con el gobernador Ron DeSantis y otros líderes

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Iranian missiles in Russia are a legitimate target, a Ukrainian official says

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Ukrainian official says Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has provided ballistic missiles for the Kremlin’s war effort. Two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press at the

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Mueren el director de la Policía de El Salvador y ocho personas más en un accidente de helicóptero

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El director de la Policía Nacional Civil de El Salvador, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, murió al estrellarse el helicóptero UH-1H de la Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña en el que viajaba en Pasaquina, departamento de La Unión, a unos 190 kilómetros de San Salvador, según confirmó la Policía a través de la

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‘Hell no, we’re not leaving’: A California community defies evacuation warning as ancient landslide rips their homes apart

By Emma Tucker, CNN Rancho Palos Verdes, California (CNN) — Residents living on the largest area of natural vegetation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, used to call the coastal ground movement slowly shifting beneath their feet the best thing that ever happened to them. An ancient complex of

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Poland’s cybersecurity experts foil Russian and Belarussian attacks

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s security officials say they have foiled cyberattacks and online blackmail attempts by groups acting for Russian and Belarusian services. Poland has registered up to 1,000 online attacks daily targeting government institutions and agencies and has linked them to its support for neighboring Ukraine in its 2 1/2-year war against Russia’s

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Takeaways from AP’s report on the dilemmas facing Palestinian Americans ahead of US election

Associated Press Many Palestinian Americans, in recent months, have been reeling from the double blow of the rising Palestinian death toll and suffering in Gaza and their own government’s support for Israel in the war. Alongside pro-Palestinian allies, they’ve grieved, organized, lobbied and protested as the killings and destruction unfolded on their TV screens or

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Grief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many Palestinian Americans

Associated Press Demoralized by the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian American Samia Assed found in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ascension — and her running mate pick — “a little ray of hope.” That hope, she said, shattered during last month’s Democratic National Convention, where a request for a Palestinian American speaker was

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The Washington Post is giving its homepage a facelift as it seeks a turnaround

By Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — The Washington Post is trying to fix one of its biggest problems: an outdated homepage loathed by its own staff. The facelift is a key facet of Post publisher and chief executive Will Lewis’s plan to turn around the publication’s fortunes on behalf of owner Jeff Bezos This year the Post is forecast to lose about $50

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