Swiss claim record for world’s longest passenger train
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss railway company claimed the record for the world’s longest passenger train Saturday with a trip on one of the most…
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Obama in Georgia lambasts Walker as ‘a celebrity that wants to be a politician’
CNN By Dan Merica and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Former President Barack Obama described Herschel Walker as “a celebrity that wants to be a…
Continue Reading An officer was reunited with the baby he helped deliver and rescue at the US-Mexico border
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A US Customs and Border Protection officer was reunited with a young girl who he helped deliver at the US-Mexico border six…
Continue Reading They fled a Boko Haram massacre. Now, after years in refugee camps, families return to rebuild their lives
By Stephanie Busari, CNN It is a sight Ya Lewa Aji says she can never forget: a baby strapped to her mother’s back, shot dead while the mother…
Continue Reading 8-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb California’s El Capitan
By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An 8-year-old boy became the youngest person to finish climbing El Capitan in California’s Yosemite…
Continue Reading 8-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb California’s El Capitan
CNN talks to eight-year-old climber Sam Baker, along with his dad Joe Baker, as they are on the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in their…
Continue Reading 8-year-old boy becomes youngest person to climb California’s El Capitan
By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An 8-year-old boy became the youngest person to finish climbing El Capitan in California’s Yosemite…
Continue Reading The Happy Meal inventor says McDonald’s didn’t want it at first
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business McDonald’s said this week that it sold half of its new Happy Meals geared toward adults –Cactus…
Continue Reading Women powered a blue wave in 2018. Now the tables appear to have turned
By Maeve Reston, CNN Republicans are bullish that this could the year of the “security mom” — the moment when women who abandoned…
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Here’s how fracking and renewables are changing US energy production
Using annual report info from the Energy Information Administration, OhmConnect looked into how the U.S. generates its power, and how the rise of…
Continue Reading A Colorado train passenger looked out the window — and found a missing hiker
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Colorado train passenger helped lead to the rescue of a missing, injured hiker after she spotted her through a train window.…
Continue Reading A Colorado train passenger looked out the window — and found a missing hiker
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Colorado train passenger helped lead to the rescue of a missing, injured hiker after she spotted her through a train window.…
Continue Reading Australia repatriates families of ISIS fighters from Syria
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Australia has repatriated a group of women and children who were left stranded in refugee camps in northeastern…
Continue Reading Ahead of harsh winter, tourism roars back in Mediterranean
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press CAPE SOUNION, Greece (AP) — When Stelios Zompanakis quit his job at Greece’s central bank to try his luck at…
Continue Reading With the fate of affirmative action in the hands of the Supreme Court, these graduates are fighting to save it
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For nearly 60 years, institutions of higher education have been able to give limited preference to people of color and…
Continue Reading Russia says it repelled drone attack on Crimea
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Russian Black Sea warships have repelled a drone attack in Sevastopol Bay, a Russian official in Crimea said on…
Continue Reading What causes armies to lose the will to fight? Here’s what history tells us — and what Putin may soon find out
By John Blake, CNN It was one of the strangest episodes in military history, an event so unusual that it was first treated as a myth. At 8:30 pm on…
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World Series: Astros head home to Houston leading Phils 3-2
By The Associated Press Trey Mancini and Chas McCormick buoyed the Astros with clutch defensive plays in Game 5 of the World Series. Defend home…
Continue Reading Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plant
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it has chosen the U.S. government and Westinghouse to build its first nuclear power plant. The announcement is an…
Continue Reading France, NZ into semifinals at Women’s Rugby World Cup
By STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer Winger Joanna Grisez scored a try in the first two two minutes and added two more late for a hat-trick which…
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After breast cancer, El Paso mom encounters multiple health risks
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Sometimes, overcoming breast cancer doesn’t mark the end of the fight. For Iran Rios, it marked the beginning of…
Continue Reading After a 16-month pregnancy, Chester Zoo finally welcomes endangered rhino calf
By Zoe Sottile, CNN She’s adorable, endangered, and covered in wrinkly armored plating. The Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom has announced the…
Continue Reading Musk takes over Twitter and faces social media crash course
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers Twitter’s newly minted owner, the self-described “free speech…
Continue Reading Canucks top Penguins 5-1 for 2nd straight after opening skid
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Bo Horvat scored twoce and Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and an assist and the Vancouver Canucks won their second…
Continue Reading Philadelphia Phillies come back from 5 runs down, stun Houston Astros in 10th inning to win World Series Game 1
By Jill Martin and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros in dramatic fashion Friday night to take Game 1 of the World…
Continue Reading Guns, God and fake news dominate Brazil’s presidential race
By Vasco Cotovio, Paula Newton, David von Blohn and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN The thundering sound of gunfire reverberates through a room during a…
Continue Reading Nets owner disappointed Irving backed antisemitic work
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai says he is disappointed that Kyrie Irving appears to support a…
Continue Reading Nurkic has 27 points, Blazers beat Rockets 125-111
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jusuf Nurkic had 27 points and 15 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the…
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the Colorado Senate debate
By Maeve Reston and Eric Bradner, CNN In a year when they are hoping for a red wave, Republicans have set their sights on defeating Colorado…
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Even with 5-0 lead, Verlander can’t get 1st World Series win
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander was dejected. Even with a five-run lead, he couldn’t get his first World…
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