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New January 6 committee subpoenas issued for 5 Trump allies including Roger Stone and Alex Jones

November 22, 2021 3:49 PM CNN

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot issued a new round…

Portugal’s power production goes coal-free long before deadline

November 22, 2021 3:14 PM CNN Newsource

Story by Reuters Portugal shut down its last remaining coal plant over the weekend, ending the use of the polluting material for electricity…

Lobsters and crabs are sentient beings and shouldn’t be boiled alive, UK report says

November 22, 2021 2:10 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are capable of experiencing pain or suffering, according to a review commissioned by the UK…

SUV driver in parade crash may have been fleeing a crime

November 21, 2021 11:06 PM Associated Press

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A person taken into custody after an SUV plowed into a…

Target says it will never open on Thanksgiving again

November 22, 2021 10:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Say goodbye to Target runs on Thanksgiving. Target said Monday that it will close all of its stores on…

Women banned from Afghan television dramas under new Taliban media rules

November 22, 2021 9:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Women will be barred from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under the Taliban’s new media restrictions, in…

Ahmaud Arbery killing trial: Attorneys deliver closing arguments in case of jogger’s shooting

November 22, 2021 7:22 AM CNN

A defense attorney in the trial of the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, Kevin Gough, compared a rally of Black pastors supporting the…

Why we’re grateful for the tiny Ingenuity helicopter on Mars

November 22, 2021 2:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year, we’ve watched the story of a little chopper unfold on another planet. And much like the joy brought by the…

Bodies pile up outside hospital morgue as Romania struggles with fourth wave of Covid

November 21, 2021 10:49 PM CNN

Intensive care units and morgues are filling up in Romania amid record levels of Covid-19 related deaths and one of Europe’s lowest vaccination…

Bodies pile up outside hospital morgue as Romania struggles with fourth wave of Covid

November 21, 2021 10:49 PM CNN Newsource

By Cristiana Moisescu and Ben Wedeman, CNN “It’s relentless — relentless,” sighed nurse Claudiu Ionita, standing in front of…

Making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory was once unthinkable. But European countries are showing it can work

November 21, 2021 10:44 PM CNN

Protests in European countries against new Covid-19 restrictions turned violent as cases continue to rise on the continent. CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz…

Police report ‘some fatalities’ after more than 20 people were injured when a driver plowed through a Wisconsin Christmas parade

November 21, 2021 4:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, Keith Allen and Joe Sutton, CNN Police reported “some fatalities” after more than 20 people, including children, were…

US missionaries say 2 of 17 abductees freed in Haiti

November 21, 2021 2:15 PM Associated Press

By HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An Ohio-based church organization says two of 17 members of a missionary group have…

Residents evacuated from Italian island Vulcano over carbon dioxide levels

November 21, 2021 2:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Most of the 250 permanent residents of a volcanic Italian island have been told to evacuate after levels of carbon…

Pregnant woman shot dead while unloading baby shower gifts; doctors unable to save unborn child

November 21, 2021 2:29 PM ABC News, CNN

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A pregnant woman unloading gifts from her own baby shower was fatally shot outside a Philadelphia home Saturday night…

‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic moved to North Carolina facility

November 21, 2021 12:20 PM Associated Press

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — A defense attorney says the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has been transferred to a medical…

Violent clashes erupt during anti-lockdown demonstrations in Europe

November 21, 2021 7:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Iddiols and Jo Shelley, CNN Protests in European countries against new Covid-19 restrictions turned violent over the weekend as cases continue…

70-year-old hunter in France suffers ‘serious’ injury after bear encounter

November 21, 2021 6:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Martin Goillandeau and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 70-year-old man sustained a “serious leg injury” in southwestern France on Saturday after…

Sudan’s military chief reinstates prime minister ousted after last month’s coup

November 21, 2021 5:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Yassir Abdullah and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Sudan’s military chief on Sunday reinstated Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, almost a month after he…

Hamas gunman kills one Israeli, injures four others, in Jerusalem attack; police shoot dead assailant

November 21, 2021 1:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Amir Tal, Abeer Salman, Mike Schwartz, Ibrahim Dahman and Shira Gemer, CNN A 26-year old Israeli man has died after a Hamas gunman carried out a…

How Friendsgiving found its place in the holiday season

November 21, 2021 1:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Leah Asmelash, CNN For many people in the US, the end of November is populated by two holidays: Thanksgiving, the family-oriented mainstay, and,…

Meet the 70-year-old who is believed to be the oldest woman to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan

November 20, 2021 11:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Dierdre Wolownick dreamed of watching the sunset from the top of Yosemite National Park’s famous El Capitan rock formation…

The victims of the Belarus border crisis were obvious. For Poland’s government, it was a useful distraction

November 20, 2021 10:20 PM CNN

CNN’s Matthew Chance presses Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei about the migrant crisis at the Belarus-Poland…

The victims of the Belarus border crisis were obvious. For Poland’s government, it was a useful distraction

November 20, 2021 10:20 PM CNN

Polish deputy foreign minister Pawel Jablonski responds to a migrant’s cry for help at the Belarus-Poland…

The victims of the Belarus border crisis were obvious. For Poland’s government, it was a useful distraction

November 20, 2021 10:20 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN It was clear who the losers were in the dispute between Poland and Belarus. The thousands of migrants who became stranded…

A Starbucks employee tested positive for hepatitis A, possibly exposing thousands of customers to the virus

November 20, 2021 8:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Liam Reilly, Artemis Moshtaghian and Alaa Elassar, CNN A New Jersey Starbucks employee who handled food and later tested positive for hepatitis A…

Coast Guard investigating reports of an oil sheen near area of October’s oil spill off southern California coast

November 20, 2021 5:21 PM CNN Newsource

By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN The US Coast Guard said it is investigating reports of an oil sheen, about 30-by-70 feet in size, which was…