How oil spills harm birds, dolphins, sea lions and other wildlife
By Brandon Griggs, CNN An oil spill like the one off the coast of Southern California is a disaster on many levels — maybe none more tragic…
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US Department of Education overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
By Liz Stark, CNN The US Department of Education announced major changes Wednesday to a federal student loan forgiveness program that the agency says…
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Pope expresses ‘shame’ over Church response to sexual abuse survivors following French report
By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 6: Facebook, Congress, coronavirus, NYPD, Ethiopia
By AJ Willingham, CNN The US admitted 11,411 refugees during the 2021 fiscal year — the lowest number in 40 years. Here’s what you need…
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A level 3 out of 4 threat for excessive rainfall is the outlook for the Southeast today. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the…
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said in her opening statement before a Senate subcommittee that the company consistently put profit over moral…
Continue Reading Inside Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit bubble, where he’s king of his party but cut off from reality
By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson should be in trouble. There are very real challenges to everyday life unfolding all over Britain. Drivers have been…
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Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been…
Continue Reading Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘simple’ yet ‘ingenious’ discovery
By Rob Picheta and Katie Hunt, CNN The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan, two scientists honored…
Continue Reading DEA agents had found bulk marijuana on Amtrak train before the deadly shooting in Arizona, court documents say
By Carma Hassan, CNN The deadly shooting on an Amtrak train in Arizona on Monday erupted after US Drug Enforcement Administration agents recovered…
Continue Reading China could be ready to mount a ‘full-scale’ invasion of Taiwan by 2025, island’s defense minister says
By Eric Cheung, CNN China could be capable of mounting a “full-scale” invasion of Taiwan by 2025, the island’s defense minister…
Continue Reading 7 passengers injured in Amtrak train crash that killed 3 sue train companies
By Aya Elamroussi and Jenn Selva, CNN Seven people injured when an Amtrak train derailed last month in rural Montana have filed federal lawsuits…
Continue Reading Texas man sentenced to 15 months in prison for posting Covid-19 hoax on social media
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 on social media,…
Continue Reading Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, son of late dictator, announces Philippines presidential bid
By Akanksha Sharma and Ben Westcott, CNN The only son of late Philippines’ dictator Ferdinand Marcos said on Tuesday he will stand for…
Continue Reading A 13-inch tear in a pipe was likely the source of a California oil spill. Here’s how it may have gotten there
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Authorities believe they have identified the source of an oil spill off the California coast that has shuttered beaches and…
Continue Reading Ethiopia used its flagship commercial airline to transport weapons during war in Tigray
Exclusive by Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN Video by Mark Baron, CNN Ethiopia’s government has…
Continue Reading Whistleblower: Facebook harms children, stokes division and weakens our democracy
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said in her opening statement before a Senate subcommittee that the company consistently put profit over moral…
Continue Reading ‘Terrifying’: Facebook whistleblower cites violence in Myanmar and Ethiopia, spying by China and Iran
By Caitlin Hu, CNN During much-anticipated testimony Tuesday before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Facebook whistleblower Frances…
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Missouri man executed over objections of Pope Francis
BONNE TERRE, Missouri — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago.…
Continue Reading Tiny rare fossil found in 16 million-year-old amber is ‘once-in-a-generation’ find
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Microscopic tardigrades have thrived on Earth for more than 500 million years, and may well outlive humans, but the tiny…
Continue Reading 5 alternative energy sources to speed our transition away from fossil fuels
A grave ecological disaster is unfolding along California’s southern coast and authorities say they may have found the source of the oil leak that’s…
Continue Reading Group of bystanders builds makeshift stretcher to help rescue an injured hiker from a Colorado mountainside
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A family on a trip to see the fall foliage in Colorado turned into a rescue mission when they came across an injured man. On…
Continue Reading Group of bystanders builds makeshift stretcher to help rescue an injured hiker from a Colorado mountainside
A 77-year-old man who fell off a Colorado mountain trail was carried by fellow hikers until paramedics…
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Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline
By STEFANIE DAZIO, MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor…
Continue Reading His dad was vaccinated and his son was not. He lost them both to Covid-19
By David Williams, CNN A Pennsylvania restaurant owner says he’s been overwhelmed by the community support for his family after both his father…
Continue Reading A ship anchor hooking the pipeline may have caused the California oil spill, federal agency says
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN An anchor hooking an oil pipeline may have caused the Southern California…
Continue Reading Wisconsin’s wolf hunt quota is lowered following months of conflict
By Leah Asmelash, CNN After months of tension between hunters and environmentalists in Wisconsin, the state’s Department of Natural Resources…
Continue Reading Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz, says museum
By Sarah Dean Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, staff from the museum said in a statement on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline
By STEFANIE DAZIO, MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor…
Continue Reading Planet with iron rainfall is even more extreme than scientists thought
By Ashley Strickland, CNN On this sizzling exoplanet hundreds of light-years from Earth, droplets of iron rain fall from the sky at night. Now,…
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