GOP governor candidates win in Virginia, lead in New Jersey as Dems jolted
RICHMOND, Virginia — Businessman Glenn Youngkin will become Virginia’s next governor, ABC News and the Associated Press projected, after a fierce…
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Minneapolis voters reject defunding police, replacing with new agency after George Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Minneapolis voters have rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public…
Continue Reading CDC gives final approval for Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for kids
UPDATE: U.S. health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5. The director of the Centers for…
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from COP26 Day 2: Biden slams Xi and Putin, a methane agreement and a deal on steel
By Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy and Ingrid Formanek, CNN The mood in Glasgow was optimistic on Tuesday as world leaders wrapped up their high-level…
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from COP26 Day 2: Biden slams Xi and Putin, a methane agreement and a deal on steel
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour speaks to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an exclusive interview about the climate crisis at the COP26 summit in…
Continue Reading Democrats reach drug price deal, Biden upbeat on Manchin
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say they have sealed a deal to lower pharmaceutical drug costs for…
Continue Reading Ethiopia announces state of emergency as Tigrayan forces gain ground
By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN, and Reuters Ethiopia’s Attorney General Gedion Timothewos announced a state of emergency starting Tuesday, after…
Continue Reading Astronauts have a taco taste test using first chile peppers grown in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s the space taco party of your dreams. The International Space Station hosted a taco bash for astronauts on Friday…
Continue Reading Rescuers save dangling BASE jumper after he slammed into a cliff and his parachute got stuck on a rock
By David Williams, CNN First responders in Alberta, Canada, made a daring rescue over the weekend after a BASE jumper slammed into a cliff face and…
Continue Reading Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system…
Continue Reading Sheikh Jarrah families facing threat of forced eviction reject Israeli high court proposal
By Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Seven Palestinian families facing the threat of forced eviction from their homes in the east Jerusalem…
Continue Reading People buried under collapsed luxury high-rise in Nigeria call for help
By Stephanie Busari and Sheena McKenzie, CNN It had been advertised as “Luxury in the Sky,” a glamorous residential high-rise in an…
Continue Reading US, UK and EU will help fund South Africa’s coal phaseout, offering a model for the developing world
South Africa is more heavily dependent on coal than perhaps any other country. But for the world to combat a climate catastrophe, countries like…
Continue Reading US, UK and EU will help fund South Africa’s coal phaseout, offering a model for the developing world
By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN The US, UK, France, Germany and European Union will help fund South Africa’s transition away from coal,…
Continue Reading Dr. Aaron Beck, pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy, dies age 100
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Dr. Aaron Beck, the pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), has died at the age of 100. CBT, which is used to treat…
Continue Reading ‘Historic breakthrough’: 20 countries say they will stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
Climate Change is in the spotlight as leaders from around the world gather in Glasgow for COP26. Isabel Rosales…
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the first day of COP26: Biden’s apology, a forests deal and India’s net zero pledge
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports on how rising sea levels are impacting one coastal town in…
Continue Reading Israeli minister who couldn’t attend COP26 due to wheelchair access issue accepts UK leader’s apology
By Andrew Carey, Hadas Gold and Max Foster, CNN Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference Monday…
Continue Reading At least 20 killed in Kabul hospital blasts
By Ehsan Popalzai, Mahsoud Popalzai, Mia Alberti and Reuters At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded in blasts at Afghanistan’s biggest…
Continue Reading ‘All they’ve done is carry dead bodies out.’ Despair at site of Lagos luxury apartment collapse as families watch rescue effort
At least five people have died after a building with more than 20 stories collapsed in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. CNN’s…
Continue Reading Man detained for 9 days in China for sending meme deemed ‘insulting’ to police
By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN A man in China was reportedly detained for nine days after sending a meme to a group chat that was deemed…
Continue Reading Tonga goes into lockdown days after reporting its first ever Covid case
By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the country’s first…
Continue Reading Tonga goes into lockdown days after reporting its first ever Covid case
KOMO, UW MEDICINE, CNN By Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga went into lockdown on Tuesday, following the discovery of the…
Continue Reading Covid vaccine for younger kids being shipped in anticipation of CDC final approval
WASHINGTON, DC — The go-ahead for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 could happen this week. The Food and Drug Administration has…
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California man gets prison for fatally torturing puppy
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who fatally tortured a Chihuahua puppy and posted a video about it online has been sentenced to…
Continue Reading She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles
By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends as…
Continue Reading She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles
CNN By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends…
Continue Reading More than 100 countries agree to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 at COP26
By Ivana Kottasová and Angela Dewan, CNN More than 100 world leaders representing over 85% of the planet’s forests committed on Tuesday to…
Continue Reading 7 takeaways from the first day of COP26: Biden’s apology, a forests deal and India’s net zero pledge
By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Nearly 120 world leaders gathered in Glasgow on Monday to address what scientists and health experts say is…
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Mexican villages try to preserve authentic Day of the Dead
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press AROCUTIN, Mexico (AP) — Visitors are once again thronging the famed Day of the Dead ceremonies around Mexico’s…
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