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2,000 migrants continue trek through southern Mexico

October 25, 2021 12:04 PM Associated Press

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — More than 2,000 mostly Central American migrants were walking along a highway in…

Ex-Saudi intelligence official describes Crown Prince as a ‘psychopath’ who boasted he could kill the sitting monarch in 2014

October 25, 2021 10:53 AM CNN Newsource

By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the…

Miami private school reverses course on a 30-day quarantine for vaccinated students

October 25, 2021 10:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Miami private school that came under scrutiny for its Covid-19 protocols has reversed course, saying…

3 children found abandoned in an apartment with another child’s remains in Texas, sheriff says

October 25, 2021 7:47 AM CNN

The eldest child, who is 15, told deputies that no adult has lived in the apartment for several months, and that his room was next door to where he…

German police stop far-right vigilantes attempting to patrol Polish border

October 25, 2021 10:16 AM CNN Newsource

By Claudia Otto and Inke Kappeler, CNN, and Reuters German police say they intercepted 50 “right-wing” vigilantes on their way to try and…

House Oversight report shows inadequate discipline for border agents connected to offensive Facebook groups

October 25, 2021 9:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection determined that 60 CBP agents “engaged in misconduct and were subject to…

Sudan Fast Facts

October 25, 2021 8:53 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Sudan, a North African country bordering the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic,…

DeSantis says plan to offer $5,000 bonuses to out-of-state police relocating to Florida is not related to vaccine mandates

October 25, 2021 8:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday his plan to offer $5,000 bonuses to law enforcement officers who relocate to Florida for…

Moderna says its low-dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11

October 25, 2021 8:23 AM Associated Press

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds. It is the second…

A worker tries to clear a drain in a flooded street Sunday in San Rafael

A West Coast storm breaks records as another storm threatens 70 million Americans in the eastern US

October 25, 2021 8:20 AM CNN

CNN’s Paul Vercammen reports heavy rain is triggering landslides in California, with one that shut down a highway — likely for…

3 children found abandoned in an apartment with another child’s remains in Texas, sheriff says

October 25, 2021 7:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Andy Rose, Ralph Ellis and Raja Razek, CNN A Texas mother and her boyfriend have been charged after authorities found three young siblings…

Iran Hostage Crisis Fast Facts

October 25, 2021 6:36 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days. Timeline 1978…

Sudan’s military dissolves transitional government in coup

October 25, 2021 5:32 AM CNN

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdallah have been arrested and taken to an undisclosed location, the prime minister’s economic…

Jury hears opening statements in trial over whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally was intended to spur violence

October 25, 2021 3:40 AM CNN

CNN’s Elle Reeve revisits Charlottesville, Virginia five years after the “Unite the Right” rally. The civil trial against the rally’s organizers has…

Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the start

October 25, 2021 3:40 AM CNN

Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the…

Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the start

October 25, 2021 3:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera, CNN Four years after White supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for the “Unite the Right” rally, a civil…

UK ‘leaning towards’ mandatory Covid vaccines for health care workers

October 25, 2021 3:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Nina Avramova and Jack Guy, CNN UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid is “leaning towards” requiring staff in the National Health Service…

CO2 levels in the atmosphere reach a 3 million-year high, putting the world ‘way off track’ on climate goals

October 25, 2021 3:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, CNN The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has once again reached record highs, according to a UN report published…

CO2 levels in the atmosphere reach a 3 million-year high, putting the world ‘way off track’ on climate goals

October 25, 2021 3:01 AM CNN

A new UN report says fossil fuel usage is expected to be too high to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030. CNN’s Brandon Miller…

Covid chaos grips the East and uncertainty haunts the West. Europe is entering its second pandemic winter

October 25, 2021 2:58 AM CNN

28 million children ages 5 to 11 may soon be eligible for the Covid-19…

Fresh lockdowns in China as local Covid-19 infections spread to 11 provinces

October 25, 2021 2:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN Authorities in northern China are reimposing lockdowns and other emergency measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, with health…

Sudan Prime Minister arrested and detained amid reports of an apparent coup

October 25, 2021 1:37 AM CNN

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been placed under house arrest by “military forces,” the country’s Ministry of Information said in a…

Colombia captures its ‘most-feared’ drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga

October 25, 2021 1:31 AM CNN

Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country’s narcotics…

Sudan’s military dissolves transitional government in coup

October 24, 2021 11:49 PM CNN Newsource

By Yasir Abdallah, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mostafa Salem, Jennifer Deaton and Kara Fox, CNN Sudan’s military dissolved its power-sharing…

Texas man charged with murder after shooting someone in a car outside his home. He told police it was self-defense

October 24, 2021 11:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Sharif Paget and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A Texas man is facing a first-degree murder charge related to the fatal shooting of a man sitting in a…

What you need to know about ‘stand your ground’ laws

October 24, 2021 11:16 PM CNN

A Texas man is facing a first-degree murder charge related to the fatal shooting of a man sitting in a parked car outside his home earlier this month…