The Weeknd is Donating 4 Million Emergency Meals to Gaza
The United Nations World Food Program announced on Friday (Dec. 1) that WFP Goodwill Ambassador The Weeknd, has directed $2.5 million from his XO…
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OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court, with billions of dollars at stake
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would…
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CNN Gaza reporter’s relatives killed and childhood home destroyed in two separate strikes
CNN By Helen Regan and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — For weeks, CNN producer Ibrahim Dahman reported from Gaza as Israeli airstrikes brought…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 4: Israel, Prescription drugs, Climate crisis, Airline merger, Volcanic eruption
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — ‘Tis the season for holiday shopping and Americans are in a mood to spend, as shown by record-high…
Continue Reading South Africa intercepts buses carrying more than 400 unaccompanied children from Zimbabwe
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Border officials in South Africa say they have intercepted dozens of buses carrying more…
Continue Reading Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, but Palestinians are running out of places to go
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around…
Continue Reading What happens when nature and cities collide
CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — More than half of the world’s population live in urban areas where nature can feel like a distant concern.…
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The promise of Suboxone depends on erasing stigma in opioid use disorder treatment
Ophelia analyzed data and studies from the National Institutes of Health to break down the stigmatization of medication-assisted…
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One city's surprising tactic to reduce gun violence: Solving more nonfatal shootings
The Marshall Project looks into how a Denver police unit started investigating all shootings like homicides—and why other cities are taking…
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'Let me tell them goodbye before they get killed': How eSIM cards are connecting Palestinian families
As blackouts in Gaza cut communications, The Markup follows a crowdsourced effort by an Egyptian writer to reconnect family members, one eSIM card at…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeals decision, allowing federal government to cut C-wire on the border
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After U.S. federal judge Alia Moses denied Texas’ request to stop federal government officials from cutting concertina wire…
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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who forged a path for women in the law, championed ideological compromise and…
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After deception and drama, George Santos faces expulsion from Congress
(CNN) — New York Republican Rep. George Santos’ short and dazzling political career may come to an end on Friday as a supermajority of his…
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Working the polls cleared up one Pennsylvanian's 2020 election suspicions. Now he's taking charge as a judge of elections.
Votebeat talked with Jay Schneider, a Pennsylvania poll worker once suspicious of the legitimacy of the 2020 election, who is now taking charge as an…
Continue Reading Hamas says its militants killed three people at Jerusalem bus stop
CNN By Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on…
Continue Reading Ukraine behind train fire in eastern Russia, source claims
CNN By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A fire that ripped through a train as it travelled along a strategic…
Continue Reading US home prices hit another record high in September, rising for the eighth straight month
Originally Published: 28 NOV 23 09:01 ET Updated: 28 NOV 23 10:02 ET By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home prices continued to rise in…
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How does the cost of living in each US state compare to the nations of Europe?
SmartAsset examined the cost of living across all 50 states and the 38 countries in Europe to get a sense of how the cost of living compares on a…
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Landslide season is upon us: Here are the most vulnerable counties in the US
To mark the start of landslide season—November to March—Gutter Gnome ranked 2023’s most landslide-vulnerable…
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Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100
By Paul LeBlanc and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Henry Kissinger, a former US secretary of state and national security adviser who escaped Nazi…
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Black people spend longer in the hospital after giving birth. Here's why
Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to examine data from the Department of Health and Human Services to see which states have the most…
Continue Reading Release of Palestinian prisoners sheds light on controversial Israeli justice system in the occupied West Bank
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir, Abeer Salman and Alex Platt, CNN (CNN) — The release of Palestinian prisoners by…
Continue Reading At least one dead as US Osprey aircraft crashes off coast of Japan
Originally Published: 29 NOV 23 02:32 ET Updated: 29 NOV 23 08:42 ET By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — At least one person was…
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Rosalynn Carter to be laid to rest at family home after private funeral
Rosalynn Carter, who transformed the role of first lady as a trusted political partner to former President Jimmy Carter and…
Continue Reading Walking could lower your risk of type 2 diabetes, and your speed may affect how much, study finds
Originally Published: 28 NOV 23 18:31 ET Updated: 28 NOV 23 23:08 ET By Kristen Rogers, CNN Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 29: Israel, Presidential race, Gas prices, Fruit recall, France smoking ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Cold weather is stretching across the US while parts of the East are getting walloped by lake-effect snow.…
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These US cities lost the most people over the last five years
SmartAsset ranked 344 of the largest U.S. cities based on the largest population declines over five years between 2017 and…
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Violent crime is up … and also down, according to new federal data
The Marshall Project looks into how while property crime and violence against young people are both up, other crime trends are…
Continue Reading ‘I kissed her but she wouldn’t wake up.’ Grandfather grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza
CNN By Jomana Karadsheh, Florence Davey-Attlee and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Picking through the rubble of his destroyed home, Khaled Nabhan lifts…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 29: Israel, Presidential race, Gas prices, Fruit recall, France smoking ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Cold weather is stretching across the US while parts of the East are getting walloped by lake-effect snow.…
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