EXPLAINER: Why the Social Security COLA is jumping next year
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising inflation has triggered a jump in Social Security’s annual cost-of-living…
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New findings a ‘complete reversal’ in understanding why Earth became hospitable to life and its ‘twin’ didn’t
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Venus may be a sweltering wasteland today, but scientists have questioned whether the planet was always so inhospitable.…
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Borrowers denied student loan relief will get a second look
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Thousands of public servants who were rejected from a student loan forgiveness program will get their cases…
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Bereaved relatives of Covid victims slam Boris Johnson after UK Prime Minister pictured painting on vacation
By Allegra Goodwin, Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Relatives of Covid-19 victims have hit out at “deeply…
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Killed on Zoom: Dad held after toddler finds gun, shoots mom
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Police in central Florida have arrested the 22-year-old father of a toddler who fatally shot his mother while she…
Continue Reading Social Security checks getting big boost as inflation rises
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost…
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China to test thousands of Wuhan blood samples in Covid-19 probe
Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of…
Continue Reading The world’s tallest living woman is a 24-year-old from Turkey
By Jack Guy, CNN A 24-year-old Turkish woman who stands 215.16 centimeters (7 feet, 0.7 inches) tall has been confirmed as the world’s tallest…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 13: Covid-19, debt ceiling, economy, North Korea, Petito
An influx of tropical moisture is prompting a level 3 out of 4 risk for flash flooding that stretches from the Texas border to Arkansas. CNN…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 13: Covid-19, debt ceiling, economy, North Korea, Petito
By AJ Willingham, CNN Synthetic chemicals found in items such as makeup, perfume and food storage containers have been linked to up to 107,000…
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CNN’s Brian Todd looks at a recent weapons display put on by Kim Jong Un that has analysts and experts…
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Dr’s Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci changed the course of history with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine. They call it a miracle born of science and human…
Continue Reading It’s time to talk about money with your tweens and teens. Here’s how
With the US Senate set to grill Facebook, the impact of social media on children’s mental health has become a critical issue for schools. CNN’s Clare…
Continue Reading It’s time to talk about money with your tweens and teens. Here’s how
By Christine Koh, CNN Children are watching — and it’s not just behaviors like kindness and empathy that can make an impression. They…
Continue Reading A coroner has ruled Gabby Petito died by strangulation. But these questions are left unanswered
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There is now a clearer picture of what happened to Gabby Petito after a coroner said Tuesday that she died by…
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U.S. to reopen Mexico border in November for fully vaccinated
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the United States will reopen its land borders to nonessential…
Continue Reading With all eyes on Taiwan, tensions are building on another Chinese frontier: India
By Brad Lendon, CNN China’s increased military activity in the Taiwan Strait may have grabbed all the headlines in recent weeks, but thousands…
Continue Reading US will re-open Canadian and Mexican borders to fully vaccinated visitors
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in…
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A Chicago teenager and security guard were shot at a high school, police say
A Chicago shooting outside Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Bronzeville left a student and a security guard…
Continue Reading A Chicago teenager and security guard were shot at a high school, police say
By Raja Razek, CNN A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured Tuesday when she and a security guard at a Chicago high school were shot, police said.…
Continue Reading Coroner says Gabby Petito’s cause of death was strangulation
UPDATE: Gabby Petito’s cause of death was ruled to be strangulation and the manner of death was homicide, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said on…
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3 employees killed in shooting at postal facility in Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say two Postal Service workers have been fatally shot at a postal facility in…
Continue Reading Here’s why the once vaccine hesitant are changing their minds
By Miguel Marquez, CNN There’s a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US. Transportation, translation…
Continue Reading Here’s why the once vaccine hesitant are changing their minds
Project Finish Line is working to vaccinate skeptics in Texas despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s steps to prevent vaccine mandates. CNN’s Miguel Marquez…
Continue Reading U.S. House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default
WASHINGTON, DC — Members of the House have approved a short-term hike to the nation’s debt limit. The vote Tuesday evening ensures the federal…
Continue Reading Oregon is changing its substitute teacher license rules to combat an ‘extraordinary shortage’
By Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN Hoping to help curb what officials are calling an “extraordinary shortage” of substitute…
Continue Reading Two postal workers were killed during a shooting at facility in Memphis. The shooter is also dead
3 Postal workers are dead, including the shooter, in a shooting at a facility in the Memphis neighborhood of Orange…
Continue Reading Two postal workers were killed during a shooting at facility in Memphis. The shooter is also dead
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two US Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting Tuesday at a facility in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the federal…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth II cancels trip on advice to rest for a few days
Queen Elizabeth, 95, was recorded using a walking stick for what is believed to be the first time at a major public…
Continue Reading China to test thousands of Wuhan blood samples in Covid-19 probe
CNN Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of…
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