5 things to know for September 7: Capitol riot, coronavirus, 9/11, Ida, Guinea
Documentarian Ken Burns reflects on the dangers of divisive rhetoric in the U.S. He says the effort to rewrite history around the Capitol Riot is…
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‘Those people are not me’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Many Muslims in the United States point to September 11, 2001, as the day their relationship with the country changed.…
Continue Reading This premature supernova was triggered by a dead star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a dead star plunges into an active star, expect an explosion of astronomical proportions that isn’t supposed to…
Continue Reading Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia’s capital will come down Wednesday, officials say
By Deanna Hackney, Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that sits on the historic…
Continue Reading 911 calls describe chaotic scene at warehouse where Ida nursing home evacuees died
By Paul P. Murphy, Steve Almasy, Rebekah Riess and Deanna Hackney, CNN The 911 calls made from a Louisiana warehouse where more than 800 nursing home…
Continue Reading Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
By Stephanie Elam, CNN Almost everything about a sequoia tree is giant: It can grow to more than 200 feet tall and live longer than 3,000 years. Yet…
Continue Reading Majestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
Almost everything about a sequoia tree is giant, yet the iconic tree’s footprint is shrinking. As CNN’s Stephanie Elam reports, human-induced climate…
Continue Reading From Nobel laureate to global pariah: How the world got Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia so wrong
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN ​​”Abiy, Abiy,” the crowd chanted, waving Ethiopia’s tricolor flag and cheering as the country’s…
Continue Reading South Carolina attorney resigns and enters rehab after being shot in the head months after deaths of his wife and son
By Rebekah Riess, Dakin Andone, Shawn Nottingham and Amir Vera, CNN The law firm of prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh released a…
Continue Reading 6-year-old girl dies on amusement park ride in Colorado
A 6-year-old girl was fatally injured while riding an amusement park ride in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, according to the Garfield County Coroner’s…
Continue Reading What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Milton Cayette Jr. was stuck in his home in St. James Parish…
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Black business owners are worried about getting equitable resources after Hurricane…
Continue Reading El Salvador’s top court paves way for president’s re-election
By Merlin Delcid and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN El Salvador’s highest court has ruled that the country’s president can serve two consecutive…
Continue Reading Michael K. Williams, ‘Wire’ actor, found dead
By Sandra Gonzalez and Mark Morales, CNN Michael K. Williams, an actor best known for his role as Omar Little on HBO’s “The Wire,”…
Continue Reading 6-year-old girl dies on amusement park ride in Colorado
By Amanda Jackson, Carma Hassan and Rachel Webb, CNN A 6-year-old girl was fatally injured while riding an amusement park ride in Glenwood Springs,…
Continue Reading A statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City will be replaced by one of an Indigenous woman
By Scottie Andrew, CNN A statue of Christopher Columbus that was removed last year from its position along Mexico City’s main thoroughfare…
Continue Reading Belarus opposition figure and protest leader sentenced to 11 years in jail
By Eliza Mackintosh and Katharina Krebs, CNN A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass…
Continue Reading Perseverance rover successfully collects first Martian sample
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were enjoying the weekend, the Perseverance rover was hard at work making history on Mars. New images with better…
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Pandemic unemployment benefits end for jobless Americans
WASHINGTON, DC — Millions of jobless Americans who have depended on federal unemployment aid as a financial lifeline are losing those benefits just…
Continue Reading Twins joined at the head are separated after 12-hour surgery in Israel
By Rob Picheta and Amir Tal, CNN One-year-old Israeli twin girls, who were born joined back-to-back at the head, have been separated after a rare and…
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Former France defender Adams dies after 39 years in a coma
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former France and Paris Saint-Germain defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died after spending 39 years in a coma.…
Continue Reading Missing toddler found after three days lost in the Australian bush
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A toddler was found three days after he went missing in the Australian wilderness, authorities confirmed on Monday. New South…
Continue Reading An ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states
A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland, Florida, and fatally shot four people he…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 6: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Ida, gun violence, Ethiopia
The peak of hurricane season is four days away, and there is another area of possible development eying the Gulf coast. CNN Meteorologist Tyler…
Continue Reading New Orleans lifts curfew as power returns to most of the city after Hurricane Ida left hundreds of thousands in the dark
Cheryl “MaMaw” Rogers Smith died at her neighbors’ home after floods swept into LaPlace, Lousiana during Hurricane Ida. Now her family is picking up…
Continue Reading An ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states
By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland,…
Continue Reading Palestinian prisoners escape from Israeli prison, apparently through a tunnel
By Abeer Salman, Amir Tal and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Israeli authorities are hunting for six Palestinian militants who broke out of prison, apparently…
Continue Reading Jan Hecker, German ambassador to China, dies just a few weeks into his posting
By Zixu Wang and Sophie Jeong, CNN The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly at 54, after only a few weeks in his position,…
Continue Reading Israel will reopen to small groups of tourists
Reuters Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selected countries to visit from September 19 under a pilot program to kick-start tourism,…
Continue Reading Former South African President Zuma released from prison on medical parole
By David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the…
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