Amplify Energy faces possible class-action lawsuit after Southern California oil spill
Huntington Beach oil spill has 4 oiled birds collected so far, one had to be…
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Taiwan won’t be forced to bow to China, President Tsai says during National Day celebrations
CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan will not bow to pressure and nobody can force it to accept the path China has laid out for the self-governing…
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Winning ticket sold in California for $700M Powerball jackpot
UPDATE #2: One winning ticket was sold in California for what ended up being a nearly $700 million Powerball jackpot due to strong sales up to the…
Continue Reading Louisiana offering travel trailers and other housing to those left without a home after Hurricane Ida
By Rebekah Riess and Kelly McCleary, CNN Louisiana is launching a sheltering program for those “currently living in unsafe or unsanitary”…
Continue Reading The California oil spill is endangering wildlife. Here’s how authorities are trying to clean it up
By Amir Vera, CNN The pristine beaches and beautiful wildlife in Southern California are now suffering after a weekend oil spill that responders and…
Continue Reading Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells
By Taylor Romine, CNN The family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells have been used for groundbreaking scientific research for decades, filed a…
Continue Reading Dr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH
By Maggie Fox, CNN Dr. Francis Collins, the folksy, guitar-playing director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Tuesday that he plans to…
Continue Reading Taliban accused of killing 13 ethnic Hazaras in Afghanistan
By Sarah Dean, CNN Taliban forces unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras — including nine surrendering former government soldiers and a…
Continue Reading Outgoing State Department official says US border policy is illegal and inhumane
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent A top State Department legal adviser leaving his post told his colleagues in a memo over the weekend that…
Continue Reading Oregon man charged in fatal shooting of man who spoke to his girlfriend
An Oregon man has been arrested and indicted on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a man that prosecutors say occurred after the victim…
Continue Reading New Zealand to abandon zero-Covid strategy as Delta variant proves hard to shake
By Ben Westcott, CNN New Zealand will begin to move away from a zero-Covid strategy toward living with the virus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said…
Continue Reading Refugee admissions hit record low, despite Biden’s reversal
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Refugee admissions to the United States fell to a record low during the 2021 budget year despite…
Continue Reading Lawsuit alleges past culture of sexual abuse at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
By Madeline Holcombe and Lauren del Valle, CNN A new lawsuit alleges faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts perpetrated…
Continue Reading Hundreds of billions were spent by the US in Afghanistan. Here are 10 of the starkest examples of ‘waste, fraud and abuse’
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Half a billion dollars of aircraft that flew for about a year. A huge $85 million hotel that never opened, and sits in…
Continue Reading Texas pardons board votes unanimously to recommend posthumous pardon for George Floyd
By Josh Campbell and Amir Vera, CNN The Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously Monday to recommend a full posthumous pardon of…
Continue Reading DEA agent killed, 2 others hurt in shooting on Amtrak train slated to stop in El Paso
TUCSON, Arizona — A DEA agent was killed and another agent along with a Tucson police officer were seriously injured after someone opened fire…
Continue Reading Bali gradually reopening to tourists starting October 14
Reuters Indonesia will reopen its tourist island Bali for some international travelers, including those from China, New Zealand, and Japan, among…
Continue Reading 1 DEA agent killed, 2 officers injured in Amtrak train shooting in Tucson
Livestream cameras captured the moment a gunman opened fire during a routine contraband check on an Amtrak train in Tucson,…
Continue Reading Britney Spears thanks #FreeBritney fans after dad’s removal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is thanking fans who have called for years to #FreeBritney after major changes in the conservatorship that has…
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Alberto Fujimori, ex-president of Peru, in ‘delicate’ health after hospitalization
By Abel Alvarado and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Peru’s former president, Alberto Fujimori, is currently in “delicate” condition,…
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Why ending our dependence on fossil fuels is so challenging
The oil leak on the coast of California appears to have stopped, but the damage is already…
Continue Reading Why ending our dependence on fossil fuels is so challenging
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Humans have been burning fossil fuels for energy since the Industrial Revolution. We use them to heat our homes, cook our food…
Continue Reading Facebook back online after massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp
NEW YORK, NY — Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online. Facebook, Instagram and…
Continue Reading UN report on China’s Uyghurs: What you need to know
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just minutes before the end of her term on Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dropped a…
Continue Reading This is what the fight looks like to save the wildlife impacted by the California oil spill
By Christina Zdanowicz and Stella Chan, CNN As oil-covered animals come ashore, the broader effect of the California oil spill on wildlife is…
Continue Reading Did ship’s anchor cause California oil spill? Maybe
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil…
Continue Reading 1 DEA agent killed, 2 officers injured in Amtrak train shooting in Tucson
By Josh Campbell, Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A US Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed in a shooting on an Amtrak…
Continue Reading Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…
Continue Reading ‘Some are just psychopaths’: Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs
By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Zahid Mahmood and Tom Booth, CNN The raids started after midnight in Xinjiang. Hundreds of police officers armed with…
Continue Reading A woman vanished from a home in the California desert in June and hasn’t been seen since
By Natasha Chen, CNN When New Jersey native Lauren Cho moved to California late last year she dreamed of a fresh start. The cross-country trip came…
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