Spain pardons 9 Catalan leaders for their roles in failed independence bid
By Al Goodman, CNN Spain’s government pardoned nine leaders serving prison sentences for their roles in Catalonia’s failed 2017…
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Rainforests are under siege. Here’s what you should know.
By Sam Romano The world’s rainforests are under siege. Climate change has driven the average temperature of the Amazon rainforest up by as much…
Continue Reading Rainforests are under siege. Here’s what you should know.
By Sam Romano The world’s rainforests are under siege. Climate change has driven the average temperature of the Amazon rainforest up by as much…
Continue Reading Elephant crashes into a woman’s home in search for food, as natural habitats shrink
By Jessie Yeung and Kocha Olarn, CNN A woman in Thailand found an unexpected visitor in her house in the middle of the night last weekend — a…
Continue Reading Pakistan PM Imran Khan refuses to condemn China’s Xinjiang crackdown
By Ben Westcott, CNN Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan refused to condemn the Chinese government’s alleged human rights abuses against the…
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Carl Nassib of Las Vegas Raiders is 1st active NFL player to announce he’s gay
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman with the Las Vegas Raiders, became the first active NFL player in league history to…
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She was in her car when a man wanted for murder forced her to drive 2,000 miles, authorities say
What started as a woman’s lunch break on Friday in Oregon ended more than 2,000 miles away in Wisconsin on Sunday when a man wanted for a…
Continue Reading Deputy under criminal investigation after ‘disturbing’ video shows him kicking suspect in the head, sheriff’s department says
A Southern California sheriff’s deputy is under criminal investigation after surveillance video showed him kicking a pursuit suspect in the…
Continue Reading Why scientists and meteorologists are wearing blue and red stripes
As extreme drought plagues the Western US and more intense storms brew in the tropics, climate-minded people joined scientists and meteorologists on…
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Winning California high school basketball team under fire after throwing tortillas at Latino challengers
CORONADO, California — A San Diego-area school district has apologized for an incident in which tortillas were hurled at a basketball team from a…
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U.S. extends Covid restrictions on border crossings with Mexico
EL PASO, Texas — The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential border crossings with Mexico until July 21, according to the…
Continue Reading Across sports, athlete injuries are on the rise. A few factors are to blame
Across the world, sports fans are starting to see a trend emerge: Their favorite athletes are getting injured. Numerous NBA stars have missed playoff…
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Stocks surge, Dow closes up 586 points
NEW YORK, NY — U.S. stocks rallied Monday and clawed back most of their sharp loss from last week. The Dow surged to close up 586.57 points or…
Continue Reading Unvaccinated Americans are at risk of a possibly more dangerous Covid-19 variant. These are the most vulnerable states
Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more…
Continue Reading 7 killed, more than 40 injured in 10 mass shootings across the US over the weekend
As Americans continue to come out of coronavirus isolation and states lift restrictions on gatherings, shootings continue to plague the nation, with…
Continue Reading Venus may still be active based on ‘pack ice’ finding
With its thick, toxic atmosphere and temperatures hot enough to melt lead, Venus seems like a dead planet. New research, however, suggests the planet…
Continue Reading Unvaccinated Americans are at risk of an aggressive and more dangerous Covid-19 variant. These are the most vulnerable states
Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more…
Continue Reading Adviser to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament: US has constantly lost opportunities
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen speaks with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, International Affairs Expert to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament, about what…
Continue Reading Adviser to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament: US has constantly lost opportunities
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen speaks with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, International Affairs Expert to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament, about what…
Continue Reading CNN asked Iran’s President-Elect about nuclear deal. Hear his reply
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi said in his first news conference that the United States violated the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the…
Continue Reading Iran’s hardline president-elect Ebrahim Raisi says he will not meet with Biden
Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Monday ruled out a meeting with President Joe Biden and in response to CNN called on the United States to…
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Fear shakes Mexico along Texas border after violence kills 18
REYNOSA, Mexico — Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers…
Continue Reading LIVE updates: After 14 deaths, Claudette is again a tropical storm
CAPE FEAR, North Carolina — After pummeling communities along the Gulf Coast and inland, the storm known as Claudette strengthened to become a…
Continue Reading A Tennessee father, his infant daughter and eight other children were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway
A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people — nine of whom were children — killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on…
Continue Reading High school seniors breathe a sigh of relief that they made it to graduation. But school administrators fear the fall semester
Joel Gilmore is wise beyond his years. When the salutatorian for the Lower Richland High School Class of 2021 took the stage before his classmates…
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Justices rule against NCAA caps on student athlete benefits, open door to compensation
WASHINGTON, DC— In a ruling that could reshape college sports by allowing more money from a billion-dollar industry to go to the players, the U.S.…
Continue Reading US police ‘very nervous’ about officer-initiated enforcement as gun violence soars
A team of Portland Police Bureau officers that responded to the city’s violent summer of protests has disbanded because of what their union…
Continue Reading US Open Golf Tournament Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the US Open Golf Tournament. June 17-20, 2021 – Jon Rahm of Spain wins the 121st US Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in…
Continue Reading Casey Anthony Trial Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the Casey Anthony trial of 2011. Anthony was accused of killing her two-year-old daughter in 2008. Timeline August 9, 2005…
Continue Reading Most major metropolitan areas have become more racially segregated, study shows
Some of the nation’s largest metropolitan regions have become increasingly segregated in the last 30 years, underscoring racial inequalities…
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