Argentine star Lionel Messi is leaving FC Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel “Leo” Messi is leaving FC Barcelona, the Spanish club said on Thursday. “Despite club and player reaching an agreement and…
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Feds to probe Phoenix police over excessive force, homeless abuse
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been…
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders another special session to pass GOP voting bill after Democrats left the state in protest
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Greg Abbott is ordering another special legislative session to again try passing a GOP voting bill. The…
Continue Reading Take a look at this perfectly preserved Ice Age animal
A well-preserved cave lion cub found in Siberia’s permafrost is 28,000 years old, according to researchers. The Siberian Simba, nicknamed Sparta, was…
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Summer funding helped school districts address disparities
By ANNIE MA Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Even before the pandemic, student experiences over the summer divided heavily on socioeconomic…
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Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has died at 72
WASHINGTON, DC — The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor union has died. News of Richard Trumka’s death was announced Thursday by President…
Continue Reading Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia is 28,000 years old. Even its whiskers are intact.
By Katie Hunt, CNN Found frozen deep in the Siberian Arctic, the cave lion cub looks like she’s asleep and one touch might awaken her. The…
Continue Reading Mars Ingenuity helicopter is on borrowed time as it endures winter
Three years after NASA’s Insight Lander arrived on Mars, its data reveals that Mars is larger, lighter and has a more liquid core than previously…
Continue Reading Two robots are changing the way we explore Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN In the quest to understand Mars, two robots are better than one — especially when they work together. While the…
Continue Reading Israelis told to ‘stop embracing’, elderly urged to get booster as Covid-19 cases spike
New data from Pfizer shows a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant, but the US Surgeon General…
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U.S. women settle for soccer bronze at Tokyo Olympics
KASHIMA, Japan — Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored a pair of goals and the United States won the bronze medal in women’s soccer at the…
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Planets similar to those in our solar system found around nearby star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN An array of planets with similarities to some in our solar system have been found around a nearby star by astronomers using…
Continue Reading Israelis told to ‘stop embracing’, elderly urged to get booster as Covid-19 cases spike
By Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is warning that Israelis over 60 are at risk unless they go get their third booster shot…
Continue Reading CNN gets exclusive look inside Simone Biles’ ‘secret gym’ in Tokyo
Simone Biles has publicly thanked the gym an hour outside of Tokyo where she was able to step away from the public eye and train privately to get…
Continue Reading Iran’s hardline new president sworn in amid stalled nuclear talks and hopes of Saudi detente
By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Ramin Mostaghim, CNN Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as Iran’s next president on Thursday, signaling the…
Continue Reading August 5 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results
By Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adam Renton, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All…
Continue Reading Delta variant is ravaging the world but it’s pushing Southeast Asia to breaking point
By Helen Regan, CNN Countries across Asia are grappling with their worst coronavirus outbreaks of the pandemic, spurred by low vaccine rates and the…
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U.S. military plans to require Covid-19 shots for active duty troops
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to seek authorization to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all active duty…
Continue Reading Belarusian dissidents fear the regime will put them into detention camps. It may have already built one
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports on a recently renovated possible prison camp in Belarus for dissenters against President Alexander…
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U.S. plans to require Covid-19 vaccinations for all foreign visitors
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for…
Continue Reading Belarusian dissidents fear the regime will put them into detention camps. It may have already built one
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Three layers of electrified fence. New security cameras. A military guard and a sign saying “Entry forbidden.”…
Continue Reading Meet the ‘seed detective’ on a mission to save our rarest vegetables
British horticulturalist Adam Alexander collects, grows and saves endangered vegetable varieties, in an effort to preserve the genetic diversity of…
Continue Reading Meet the ‘seed detective’ on a mission to save our rarest vegetables
Words by Sasha Fairhead, video by Gisella Deputato, CNN Hidden amongst lush Welsh woods and fields of wildflowers, grows an assortment of rare…
Continue Reading A majority of NY state Assembly members now favor impeaching Gov. Cuomo if he doesn’t resign
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A majority of state Assembly members support beginning impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo if he doesn’t resign…
Continue Reading Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared for her safety at home arrives in Poland
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on…
Continue Reading U.S. Forest Service changes criticized ‘let it burn’ wildfire policy
LOS ANGELES, California — The U.S. Forest Service has told its firefighters to stop following the agency’s ‘let it burn’ policy after criticism…
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Mexico sues U.S. gun makers over flow of arms across border
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The Mexican government is filing a civil lawsuit in the U.S. against major gun manufacturers, alleging that negligent…
Continue Reading Hubble captures stunning image of squabbling galaxies
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A galactic sibling rivalry is taking place millions of light-years away, and the Hubble Space Telescope has captured it in…
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Delta variant now accounts for over 93% of all U.S. Covid cases
ATLANTA, Georgia — The highly-infectious Delta variant now accounts for an estimated 93.4% of all coronavirus cases now occurring in the United…
Continue Reading WHO chief calls for moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots through Sept. so low-income countries can catch up
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to…
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