Mexico Supreme Court rules criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional
By Karol Suarez and Sharif Paget, CNN Mexico’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, in a decision…
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Mexico’s Supreme Court rules that abortion is not a crime
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion. The court on…
Continue Reading CDC adds two popular island getaways to ‘very high’ Covid-19 travel risk list
By Forrest Brown, CNN Two tropical islands half a world apart and popular with tourists — Jamaica in the Caribbean and Sri Lanka in South Asia…
Continue Reading Biden seeking additional funds for Ida relief and Afghans
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane…
Continue Reading Hurricane Ida took down more power poles in 2 states than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, power company says
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Damage to power poles from Hurricane Ida across two states was greater than that caused by Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta…
Continue Reading Hurricane Ida took down more power poles in 2 states than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, power company says
A half million people in Lousiana are still without power a week after Hurricane…
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16 die as floods swamp public hospital in central Mexico
By GERARDO CARRILLO Associated Press TULA, Mexico (AP) — Torrential rains in central Mexico have suddenly flooded a hospital, killing 16 patients.…
Continue Reading ‘You bloody fool’: Duck mimics human sound during mating display
By Jack Guy, CNN An Australian musk duck has been recorded saying “You bloody fool” in the first documented instance of the species…
Continue Reading CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME WEATHER
A look at what might be causing extreme weather around the U.S. and…
Continue Reading Animals are ‘shape shifting’ in response to climate change
By Katie Hunt, CNN Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change,…
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Taliban name ex-Guantanamo detainees and wanted man to new caretaker government
By Tim Lister and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The Taliban on Tuesday announced the formation of a hardline interim government for Afghanistan, filling top…
Continue Reading The Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the…
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In recent years, young Nigerians have increasingly turned to digital investment platforms to grow their wealth. CNN takes a look at how financial…
Continue Reading Justin Trudeau pelted with gravel by protesters at campaign stop
By Paula Newton, CNN After denouncing protesters as “anti-vaxxer mobs,” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pelted with…
Continue Reading This summer was Europe’s hottest on record as Mediterranean heat soared
By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor Europe experienced its hottest summer on record this year and temperatures in the Mediterranean smashed…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 7: Capitol riot, coronavirus, 9/11, Ida, Guinea
The Dixie fire is encroaching on the record for the largest wildfire in California’s history amid a heat wave and smoke blanketing whole states. CNN…
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Nevada mother Christina Lowe is urging others to get vaccinated against Covid-19 after losing her husband to the virus, saying they thought the virus…
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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…
Continue Reading ‘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…
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