Lebanon gets a new government, its first since last year’s deadly port blast
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN A new government has been formed in crisis-ridden Lebanon, ending a more than year-long power vacuum that began shortly after…
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Upside-down rhino experiment wins Ig Nobel Prize
By Sara Spary, CNN A team of researchers behind an experiment that involved hanging rhinoceroses upside down, suspended in the air by their feet, has…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth supports Black Lives Matter movement, says senior representative
By Jack Guy, CNN Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family support Black Lives Matter (BLM), a senior representative has told UK broadcaster Channel 4.…
Continue Reading Second Qatar Airways passenger flight takes off from Kabul
By Kareem Khadder, Mostafa Salem and Tara John, CNN A second Qatar Airways passenger flight, which arrived in Afghanistan on Friday, has now departed…
Continue Reading A newly discovered dinosaur with shark-like teeth was the T. rex of its day
By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of predatory dinosaur with shark-like teeth that would have been the T.…
Continue Reading Ethiopia to expel UN officials amid fears of Tigray famine
A CNN investigation has uncovered evidence of the torture, mass detention and execution of residents in the the town of Humera in Ethiopia’s Tigray…
Continue Reading Okefenokee Joe, a massive alligator estimated to have been around since WWII has died
By Amanda Watts, CNN Okefenokee Joe, an 11-and-a-half-foot alligator who is believed to have lived in a Georgia swamp since World War II, has died,…
Continue Reading Ukrainian opposition demand investigation into failed sting operation detailed by CNN
By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukrainian opposition politicians are demanding an immediate investigation into how a special…
Continue Reading Los Angeles schools are requiring vaccinations for eligible students. Hear what parents have to say
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they want to guarantee that children attend classes in person, not…
Continue Reading Louisiana areas hardest-hit by Hurricane Ida need a fundamental change in how they’re protected, official says
By Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN Louisiana officials are discussing new ways to safeguard areas outside the state’s flood protection…
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1 in every 500 US residents have died of Covid-19
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The United States has reached another grim milestone in its fight against the devastating Covid-19 pandemic: 1 in 500…
Continue Reading Vietnamese island Phu Quoc reopening to tourism
By Reuters Vietnam plans to reopen the beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists from next month, authorities said, as the country looks…
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Man charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in a barrage of gunfire at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina
By Rebekah Riess, Giovanna Van Leeuwen and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in North…
Continue Reading A Kentucky man says he paid Covid-19 no attention. Now he has it and he wants you to know it’s no joke
CNN’s Miguel Marquez speaks to an unvaccinated Covid-19 patient who says he didn’t pay attention to the coronavirus before he ended up in the…
Continue Reading A Kentucky man says he paid Covid-19 no attention. Now he has it and he wants you to know it’s no joke
By Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Billy Couch didn’t think much about Covid-19 until he got it and it sent him to the hospital. The…
Continue Reading Ex-Marine sharpshooter accused of killing 4 was searching for a non-existent girl who he believed needed help, sheriff says
By Gregory Lemos and Amir Vera, CNN The ex-Marine accused of killing four people, including an infant, outside Lakeland, Florida, was looking for a…
Continue Reading Biden unveils sweeping vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
WASHINGTON, DC — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine…
Continue Reading Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up
By AMY TAXIN and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to…
Continue Reading Minnesota county attorney to stop prosecuting non-public safety traffic stops in honor of Philando Castile
By Amir Vera and Christina Carrega, CNN Traffic stops for expired tags and broken tail lights will no longer be prosecuted in Ramsey County,…
Continue Reading Los Angeles school board votes to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for eligible students age 12 and over
By Dakin Andone, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN All eligible students attending Los Angeles Unified public schools — the nation’s…
Continue Reading U.S. jobless claims reach a pandemic low as economy recovers
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to…
Continue Reading Police are investigating after flags at a 9/11 memorial were knocked over or broken
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Police are investigating after some American flags placed at a 9/11 memorial in Boston were knocked…
Continue Reading Covid-19 is crushing this corner of rural America. Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treason
By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNN It felt like Covid-19 was closing in around us during the five days in August this CNN crew…
Continue Reading Covid-19 is crushing this corner of rural America. Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treason
CNN’s Elle Reeve revisits Carter County, Missouri, where Covid-19 is moving through towns of unvaccinated…
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His wife was in the ICU with Covid-19, so he stood outside for 10 days with a sign saying, ‘I love you’
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN For 10 days, Gary Crane stood outside of his wife’s ICU room holding a simple reminder of his love for her. Donna…
Continue Reading After two teachers died of Covid-19 in one week, a Texas school district implements mask mandate
By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district that closed for a week after two junior high school teachers died from Covid-19 within a few days, is…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis files emergency appeal on school mask mandates
By Mallory Simon, CNN Lawyers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have filed an emergency appeal with the First District Court of Appeals in Florida in…
Continue Reading Cuba begins vaccinating children as young as two for Covid-19
Patrick Oppmann The Cuban government has begun to vaccinate children as young as two years old for COVID-19, the island’s state media reported,…
Continue Reading Pumpkin season is upon us: Why we seem to embrace fall earlier every year
By Leah Asmelash, CNN The week after Labor Day has historically represented the unofficial start of fall, and though most leaves have retained their…
Continue Reading North Carolina sounds alarm that nearly half of state’s middle and high school Covid-19 clusters tied to sports
By Mallory Simon, CNN Forty-five percent of all Covid-19 clusters in North Carolina’s middle and high schools since July have been among sports…
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