Pandemic unemployment benefits end for jobless Americans
WASHINGTON, DC — Millions of jobless Americans who have depended on federal unemployment aid as a financial lifeline are losing those benefits just…
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Twins joined at the head are separated after 12-hour surgery in Israel
By Rob Picheta and Amir Tal, CNN One-year-old Israeli twin girls, who were born joined back-to-back at the head, have been separated after a rare and…
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Former France defender Adams dies after 39 years in a coma
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former France and Paris Saint-Germain defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died after spending 39 years in a coma.…
Continue Reading Missing toddler found after three days lost in the Australian bush
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A toddler was found three days after he went missing in the Australian wilderness, authorities confirmed on Monday. New South…
Continue Reading An ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states
A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland, Florida, and fatally shot four people he…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 6: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Ida, gun violence, Ethiopia
The peak of hurricane season is four days away, and there is another area of possible development eying the Gulf coast. CNN Meteorologist Tyler…
Continue Reading New Orleans lifts curfew as power returns to most of the city after Hurricane Ida left hundreds of thousands in the dark
Cheryl “MaMaw” Rogers Smith died at her neighbors’ home after floods swept into LaPlace, Lousiana during Hurricane Ida. Now her family is picking up…
Continue Reading An ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states
By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland,…
Continue Reading Palestinian prisoners escape from Israeli prison, apparently through a tunnel
By Abeer Salman, Amir Tal and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Israeli authorities are hunting for six Palestinian militants who broke out of prison, apparently…
Continue Reading Jan Hecker, German ambassador to China, dies just a few weeks into his posting
By Zixu Wang and Sophie Jeong, CNN The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly at 54, after only a few weeks in his position,…
Continue Reading Israel will reopen to small groups of tourists
Reuters Israel will allow small foreign tour groups from selected countries to visit from September 19 under a pilot program to kick-start tourism,…
Continue Reading Former South African President Zuma released from prison on medical parole
By David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the…
Continue Reading Guinean military officer says President Alpha Conde arrested, as apparent coup unfolds
By Umaro Djau, Kareem Khadder and David McKenzie, CNN A Guinean military officer broadcast a statement Sunday announcing that Guinea’s…
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Migrant caravan broken up again in southern Mexico
By MARCO UGARTE Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican border agents and police have broken up a caravan of hundreds of migrants who had…
Continue Reading Former aide to Prince Charles steps down over cash-for-honors scandal
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Prince Charles’ longest-serving and closest aide has stepped down voluntarily as head of The…
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CNN’s Natasha Chen reports on why many climate scientists say that climate crisis and rising global temperatures are leading to more wildfires and…
Continue Reading Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river
By Nima Elbagir, Katie Polglase, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The ghostly outlines of limbs emerge through the…
Continue Reading Hurricane Larry becomes a Category 3 storm — this season’s third major cyclone in the Atlantic
Michael Mann, a lead author of the UN Climate Change report, explains the science that directly connects rising temperatures to the increased…
Continue Reading New Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane Ida
The northeastern US will contend with some showers this weekend along with cooler temperatures while the South and West will be hot. CNN…
Continue Reading A mother, father and son drowned after more than a dozen feet of water drenched their apartment
The remnants of Ida cause extreme rainfall leading to deadly flash flooding across the Northeast. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the…
Continue Reading Surfer dies in shark attack off Australian beach
By Sophie Jeong, CNN A man who was attacked by a shark at Emerald Beach on Australia’s east coast on Sunday died after a…
Continue Reading Willard Scott, longtime weatherman for ‘Today,’ dies at 87
Willard Scott, former longtime weatherman for “Today,” has died, according to the NBC show. He was…
Continue Reading Nearly 30% of 138,000 assessed species are facing extinction, group warns
By Katya Krebs, CNN A top international conservation agency warned that 28% of the 138,374 species identified on its “survival watchlist”…
Continue Reading Explore some of the best wildlife photography of the year
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet is wonderfully wild. It’s easy to forget that amid the daily hustle and bustle of our lives —…
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Navy declares 5 missing sailors dead after helicopter crash
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy has declared five missing sailors dead nearly a week after a helicopter crashed in the ocean off San Diego. The Navy has…
Continue Reading US: Afghan evacuees who fail initial screening Kosovo-bound
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press A U.S. official says the United States plans to send Afghan evacuees who require more screening to a site in…
Continue Reading He fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba. His advice to Afghan refugees moving to the US
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is the temporary home for up to 13,000 recently evacuated Afghan refugees. CNN’s Omar Jimenez visits a nearby town to speak…
Continue Reading An Army base in Wisconsin is welcoming Afghan refugees. The same post helped Cubans fleeing the Castro regime in 1980
By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN As Afghans flee the Taliban regime and flow into the United States, they are landing in places like Fort McCoy,…
Continue Reading Americans can now drive to Canada — but Canadians can’t do the reverse
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Everything old is new again. Swedish supergroup ABBA has just released their first new music in 40 years, while the Swedish East…
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