Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa wins Republican mayoral primary in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Polls have closed in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. But with the debut of ranked choice voting and absentee…
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Pelosi to create new committee to probe Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic colleagues on Tuesday that she is creating a new committee to investigate the Jan.…
Continue Reading Republicans block sweeping voting rights bill in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, DC — The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law stalled in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, blocked by a wall of…
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Defense secretary backs change in military handling of sex assault cases
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support long-debated changes to the military justice…
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U.S. to give another chance to thousands denied asylum under Trump policy
SAN DIEGO, California — Thousands of asylum-seekers whose claims were dismissed or denied under a Trump administration policy that forced them to…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Tour de France. June 26-July 18, 2021 – The 108th Tour de France is scheduled to take place.…
Continue Reading U.S. to fall short of Biden’s 70% July 4 vaccination goal
WASHINGTON, DC — The White House Covid response team announced Tuesday the U.S. will not hit President Joe Biden’s goal of getting 70% of all adults…
Continue Reading Iron Age people kept mementos of dead loved ones
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Keeping the belongings of dead loved ones was commonplace in Iron Age Britain, a new study suggests, with men and women…
Continue Reading Alleged drug kingpin argues Australia illegally had him sent to the Netherlands
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Lawyers for a Canadian national accused of running a global multibillion-dollar methamphetamine cartel have alleged that he…
Continue Reading 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…
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 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 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…
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…
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