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Man burst into flames after Taser used on him, police say

November 5, 2021 3:42 PM Associated Press

CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York man is in grave condition at a hospital after police used a Taser to subdue him and he…

5 takeaways from Day 5 of COP26: Kids in the streets, carbon capture cost, caution on net-zero pledges

November 5, 2021 3:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek and Rachel Ramirez, CNN TGIF! It’s been a long week at the COP26 climate conference, where Friday’s…

Stocks rally to new record highs on strong jobs data, Pfizer Covid pill news

November 5, 2021 2:17 PM CNN, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Wall Street got a double dose of good news to cheer on Friday as stocks pushed further into record heights. The job market…

House Dems delay huge social bill, plan infrastructure vote

November 4, 2021 10:53 PM Associated Press

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats have abruptly postponed an expected House vote on a 10-year, $1.85 trillion social…

WATCH: Funeral for former secretary of state, military leader Colin Powell

November 5, 2021 10:04 AM ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing and widely praised soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to national prominence, was…

Mexico announces its biggest seizure of pure fentanyl

November 4, 2021 6:04 PM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has made the biggest seizure of pure fentanyl in its history, after five suspected drug traffickers were arrested…

Thousands of young campaigners descend on COP26 as Greta Thunberg leads climate protest

November 5, 2021 9:43 AM CNN

CNN’s Phil Black reports from a youth climate protest in Glasgow, Scotland, as the COP26 climate summit…

Russian diplomat found dead on street outside Berlin embassy

November 5, 2021 9:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt and Zahra Ullah, CNN A Russian diplomat found dead on the sidewalk outside the embassy in Berlin last month is believed…

300 million-year-old fossil skeleton in Utah could be the first of its kind

November 5, 2021 7:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Sherry Liang, CNN An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah could be the first of its…

Greta Thunberg slams COP26 as a ‘failure’ at youth protest in Glasgow

November 5, 2021 7:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Greta Thunberg criticized world leaders and called the COP26 summit a “failure” on Friday, as…

Armed groups join forces in Ethiopia in biggest threat yet to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

November 5, 2021 5:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Armed groups fighting Ethiopia’s central government are swelling in numbers as they advance on the capital, Addis…

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

November 5, 2021 4:50 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by…

Germany offers booster shots to everyone amid ‘very worrying’ surge in cases

November 5, 2021 4:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta and Nadine Schmidt, CNN German health officials have warned the country is in the grips of a “very worrying” spike in…

‘All they’ve done is carry dead bodies out.’ Despair at site of Lagos luxury apartment collapse as families watch rescue effort

November 5, 2021 3:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Tamara Qiblawi and Stephanie Busari CNN Families of the victims of Monday’s high-rise building collapse in Lagos have accused the Nigerian…

Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room

November 5, 2021 3:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn’t consider herself a…