5 tips to staying on track for students headed to college in the fall
Chalkbeat lists the five things students can do this summer to make it easier for them as they head to college in the…
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Election analysis for U.S. richest and poorest counties, 2016-2022
Ballotpedia reports on the 50 richest and 50 poorest counties in the U.S. and their voting trends since…
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Trump transformed the federal judiciary. He could push the courts further right in a second term
By Andrew Seger and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — Supporters and opponents of former President Donald Trump agree that the cornerstone…
Continue Reading Trump transformed the federal judiciary. He could push the courts further right in a second term
CNN By Andrew Seger and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — Supporters and opponents of former President Donald Trump agree that the cornerstone…
Continue ReadingHouston-area residents frustrated as they enter sixth day without power and air conditioning in punishing heat
By Dalia Faheid and Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row…
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Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon by beating Jasmine Paolini for her second Grand Slam trophy
AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — At age 18, a decade before Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon on Saturday, she was done with junior tennis and…
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Pan Am will return to the skies in 2025 (for a special flight)
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: A beloved former airline is making a brief – and expensive – victory lap, France…
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The UN condemns increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is undermining peace
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the…
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Inside the courtroom as case dismissed against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A nearly three-year legal saga for Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer ended Friday…
Continue Reading Inside the courtroom as case dismissed against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A nearly three-year legal saga for Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer ended Friday…
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Barbora Krejčíková wins first Wimbledon title, defeating Jasmine Paolini in tense final
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Barbora Krejčíková won her second grand slam and first Wimbledon title on Saturday, eventually overpowering…
Continue Reading The city of El Paso may call on residents to vote on the multipurpose center again
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Twelve years after residents voted yes on bringing a multipurpose performing arts and entertainment center to El Paso…
Continue Reading UN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans ‘to move like human pinballs’
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief appealed for funding Friday for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian…
Continue Reading Rescuers recover first body from 2 buses that were hit by landslide and fell into a river in Nepal
Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal recovered Saturday the first body after a landslide swept away two buses, pushing them…
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Locomotive FC fall 2-0 to Las Vegas Lights FC
(Courtesy: Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-0 to Las Vegas Lights FC on Friday night at Southwest University Park.…
Continue Reading Who is the Buddhist nun who built a global charity from a tiny apartment in rural Taiwan?
Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The Buddhist teacher who founded what is now a global charity and religion with a $283 million operating…
Continue Reading The son of Asia’s richest man gets married in the year’s most extravagant wedding
Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, married his longtime girlfriend early Saturday in…
Continue Reading Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where…
Continue Reading Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where…
Continue Reading A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun’s message of compassion global
Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for the region’s…
Continue Reading A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun’s message of compassion global
Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for the region’s…
Continue Reading Historically Black town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal
Associated Press WALLACE, La. (AP) — In a clash over the past versus the future, some descendants of enslaved people in St. John the Baptist…
Continue Reading Deeply Democratic Milwaukee wrestles with hosting Trump and the Republican National Convention
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee loves its Miller Beer, Brewers baseball and “ Bronze Fonz ” statue. The deepest blue city in swing…
Continue Reading The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River
Associated Press HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is in danger of toppling into the water, and advocates for the 150-year-old…
Continue Reading Biden’s supporters want to ‘let Joe be Joe’ — but his stumbles are now under a bigger spotlight
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is on a public and private blitz to shake off concerns about his cognitive capacities. But…
Continue Reading Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers
Associated Press Michelle Mata wasn’t diagnosed with a mental illness until she was 23, after years of suffering. She knew very little about who to…
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Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers
Associated Press Michelle Mata wasn’t diagnosed with a mental illness until she was 23, after years of suffering. She knew very little about who to…
Continue Reading The Olympics have long promoted safe sex. Now it wants to focus on pleasure.
By Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — The City of Love has a message as it prepares for the Olympics: Performance is not always the priority. Rather,…
Continue Reading The US held off sanctioning this Israeli army unit despite evidence of abuses. Now its forces are shaping the fight in Gaza
By CNN’s International Investigations team (CNN) — Former commanders of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, an Israeli military unit that has been…
Continue Reading Trump injured but ‘fine’ after attempted assassination at rally, shooter and one attendee are dead
Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania…
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