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Tom Brady cracks stolen election joke at White House visit

July 23, 2021 6:51 AM CNN

During a visit to the White House, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady made a joke referring to some people believing Joe Biden lost the 2020…

See inside capsule during Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight

July 23, 2021 6:51 AM CNN

Video shows footage from inside the Blue Origin capsule as Jeff Bezos and his crew launched to…

Dog was missing for 5 days. Then a neighbor heard whining behind a wall

July 23, 2021 6:51 AM CNN

The Cincinnati Fire Department broke through a wall to free a dog that had been missing and trapped in a small space for five…

Bride dances too hard to Dave Matthews Band and dislocates knee

July 23, 2021 6:51 AM CNN

A bride’s first dance was a doozy as she dislocated a knee at her wedding. Here comes the bride … to the ER. CNN’s Jeanne Moos…

Must-watch videos of the week

July 23, 2021 6:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…

Frustration in Lebanon as residents search for essential items

July 23, 2021 6:03 AM CNN

CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports from Lebanon where residents grow increasingly frustrated at politicians while they search for medicine, gasoline, food and…

Lebanon’s water system on brink of total collapse, says UN

July 23, 2021 6:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Ghazi Balkiz, Ben Wedeman and Kareem Khadder, CNN Lebanon‘s water supply system is on the verge of total collapse, according to the United…

Athletes from more than 200 nations partake in Olympic parade at Japan’s empty national stadium

July 23, 2021 5:40 AM Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) —The parade of athletes at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has taken place. Organizers said about 5,700 athletes took part…

Opening ceremony of virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics held at vast national stadium kept mostly empty by the pandemic

July 23, 2021 5:00 AM Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was held. It began with a…

Watch the July full ‘buck’ moon illuminate the sky tonight

July 23, 2021 4:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Sarah Molano and Ashley Strickland, CNN Lunar lovers, grab a cozy spot outside and set your sights to the southeast to gaze upon July’s full…

‘Once in a thousand years’ rains devastated central China, but there is little talk of climate change

July 23, 2021 4:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN As record heat waves hit western North America and deadly floods swept Germany, the growing risks associated with…

How skateboarding went mainstream in Japan

July 23, 2021 2:04 AM CNN

As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan’s home team is gunning for gold. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a…

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony just hours away

July 22, 2021 10:00 PM CNN Newsource

Problems at China nuclear power plant are serious enough to warrant shutdown, French co-owner warns

July 22, 2021 9:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Barbara Wojazer, Zachary Cohen, Michael Callahan and Jessie Yeung, CNN The French power company that co-owns a nuclear plant in China would shut…

Afghan interpreter for US Army was beheaded by Taliban. Others fear they will be hunted down too

July 23, 2021 4:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Helen Regan and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Sohail Pardis was driving from his home in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to…

Tragic death of translator highlights plight of allies left behind in Afghanistan

July 22, 2021 10:16 PM CNN

CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of…

Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

July 22, 2021 5:49 PM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Mississippi’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Roe v. Wade was…

As the West winds down its ‘war on terror,’ jihadists are filling the vacuum, UN warns

July 22, 2021 3:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister and Nic Robertson, CNN As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the United Nations is warning that the threat from…

Internet outage that took down major websites now fixed

July 22, 2021 11:59 AM CNN

NEW YORK, NY — A sweeping internet disruption on Thursday briefly took out a wide range of major corporate websites — from FedEx and Delta…

More than 150 people still missing in German floods unlikely to be found, officials fear

July 22, 2021 11:17 AM CNN

CNN’s Sam Kiley takes a walk in Schuld, Germany, where the scale of destruction from the deadly flash flooding is revealed after the floodwater has…

More than 150 people still missing in German floods unlikely to be found, officials fear

July 22, 2021 11:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Nadine Schmidt, Frederik Pleitgen, Barbara Wojazer and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany,…

GM is shutting down most of its pickup production for a week

July 22, 2021 8:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors will stop making most of its full-size pickup trucks for a week starting Monday. It’s another…

Daughter of detained man behind ‘Hotel Rwanda’ says she was spied on by Israeli software

July 22, 2021 10:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN The daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotelier who inspired the movie “Hotel Rwanda,”…

Chimpanzees have been spotted attacking and killing gorillas in the wild for the first time

July 22, 2021 6:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, CNN Chimpanzees‘ lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time, a team of researchers has said.…

Astronomers spy first moon-forming disk around an exoplanet

July 22, 2021 6:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time, astronomers have found a disk around a Jupiter-like planet outside of our solar system — the kind…

Death toll rises as passengers recount horror of China subway floods

July 23, 2021 2:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Zixu Wang, CNN At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery…

Wildfires have erupted across the globe, scorching places that rarely burned before

July 21, 2021 11:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Photo editor Sarah Tilotta, CNN Yakutsk in Russian Siberia is known as the world’s coldest city. In a place where even…

A far-right extremist killed 77 people in Norway. A decade on, ‘the hatred is still out there’ but attacker’s influence is seen as low

July 23, 2021 12:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Ten years ago, Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Brevik killed 77 people, many of them teenagers, in a bomb…

Chinese government rejects WHO plan for second phase of Covid-19 origins study

July 22, 2021 2:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Ben Westcott, Isaac Yee and Yong Xiong, CNN The Chinese government will not participate in a second phase of the World Health Organization’s…

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics

July 21, 2021 10:00 PM CNN Newsource