Airlines avoid Afghan airspace as Kabul airport closes to commercial flights
By Michelle Toh and Lauren Lau, CNN Business Major international airlines are scrambling to reroute flights away from Afghan airspace as the country…
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Fallen firefighter will be laid to rest
By Andrew Masse Click here for updates on this story BRISTOL, Connecticut (WFSB) — Friends, loved ones, and fellow…
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Some of Connecticut’s community colleges rank among the best in the country
By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Several Connecticut community…
Continue Reading Former student athlete of Sam Barlow High School killed
By Bridget Chavez Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — Dominic Jacoby, a former student…
Continue Reading Portland restaurants struggle to get food, product amid pandemic-related shortages
By Audrey Weil Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Restaurants are having a hard time…
Continue Reading MPD: Drag racing accident kills 2 at 76th and Silver Spring
By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee police are investigating a double fatal…
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Holocaust researchers in Poland win libel case on appeal
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An appellate court in Poland has rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars…
Continue Reading 3 ways companies can help advance racial equity
Opinion by Dan Schulman, Robert F. Smith and Rich Lesser for CNN Business Perspectives Amid the national reckoning over racial inequality,…
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Opinion by Dan Schulman, Robert F. Smith and Rich Lesser for CNN Business Perspectives Amid the national reckoning over racial inequality,…
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The Cure’s Simon Gallup ‘fed up of betrayal’ and leaving band after 40 years
By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Boys Don’t Cry,” but in the case of Simon Gallup, they do post their feelings on Facebook and offer…
Continue Reading Netflix first original series from Nigeria drops highly anticipated trailer
By Anita Patrick, CNN It is one of the most anticipated Nollywood films of all time and the trailer for King Of Boys: The Return Of The King was…
Continue Reading UN urged to probe alleged disappearances in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — New York-based Human Rights Watch is urging the United Nations to lead an independent investigation into the alleged…
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India skittles England for 120, wins 2nd test at Lord’s
LONDON (AP) — India skittled out England for 120 in less than two sessions on a highly charged Day 5 at Lord’s to win the second test by 151 runs…
Continue Reading Super League rebels back in European soccer’s top club body
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Nine of the teams who were part of the ill-fated launch of a breakaway Super League have been…
Continue Reading Super League rebels back in European soccer’s top club body
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Nine of the teams who were part of the ill-fated launch of a breakaway Super League have been…
Continue Reading Goals: Megan Rapinoe launches ‘The Call In’ book club
NEW YORK (AP) — Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke’s upcoming memoir, “Unbound,”…
Continue Reading Goals: Megan Rapinoe launches ‘The Call In’ book club
NEW YORK (AP) — Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke’s upcoming memoir, “Unbound,”…
Continue Reading ‘Canada left them behind’: Afghan interpreters and their families plead to be evacuated from Afghanistan
By Melanie Nagy, Vancouver Bureau Chief, CTV National News and Denio Lourenco, Digital Content Editor Click here for updates on this story…
Continue Reading US probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated…
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US probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated…
Continue Reading Neurons involved in opioid overdose deaths identified, marking first step in developing new treatment
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Continue Reading Wall Street’s confusion about Airbnb is a sign of the times
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business It’s a tough moment to predict the future of the travel industry. Just look at Airbnb’s stock.…
Continue Reading Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. is set to complete its troop withdrawal…
Continue Reading Ex-Bosnia Serb soldier sentenced to 20 years for war crimes
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A court in Bosnia has convicted a former Bosnian Serb policeman and soldier of war crimes and sentenced him to…
Continue Reading 3 shot dead outside San Antonio sports bar; suspect arrested
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting five people, three fatally, outside a San Antonio sports bar following an argument has been…
Continue Reading Airlines avoid Afghan airspace as Kabul airport closes to commercial flights
By Michelle Toh and Lauren Lau, CNN Business Major international airlines are scrambling to reroute flights away from Afghan airspace as the country…
Continue Reading Barcelona’s president says club’s debt now at $1.6 billion
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s president has presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation. Joan…
Continue Reading Los refuerzos de la vacuna contra el covid-19 están autorizados para algunos. Esto es lo que necesitas saber
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Los fabricantes de vacunas se preparan para una posible próxima fase del lanzamiento de una dosis de refuerzo…
Continue Reading ¿Hay vida después de Messi? Así le fue al Barcelona en su primer partido de La Liga sin la estrella argentina
olivertapia (Reuters) — El FC Barcelona comenzó el domingo su era sin Lionel Messi con una victoria por 4-2 como local sobre la Real Sociedad,…
Continue Reading Shein, la misteriosa app china de moda que es tan popular como Amazon
urielblanco (CNN) — Todas las noches, antes de acostarse, Anushka Sachan saca su teléfono para conectarse a una aplicación. “Se…
Continue Reading Who are the Taliban and how did they take control of Afghanistan so swiftly?
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | La fallida retirada de Afganistán de Biden es un desastre en el país y en el extranjero que se estaba gestando hace mucho tiempo
Mariana Toro (CNN) — La debacle de la derrota de Estados Unidos y la retirada caótica en Afganistán es un desastre político para Joe Biden,…
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Paralympics follow lead of Olympics: No fans during pandemic
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — All fans will be barred from the Paralympics because of the coronavirus pandemic just as they were…
Continue Reading Paralympics follow lead of Olympics: No fans during pandemic
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — All fans will be barred from the Paralympics because of the coronavirus pandemic just as they were…
Continue Reading New clue to human evolution’s biggest mystery emerges in Philippines
By Katie Hunt, CNN The only definitive fossil evidence that points to the existence of Denisovans — an enigmatic group of early humans first…
Continue Reading Japan extends, expands coronavirus emergency as cases surge
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has decided that a coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept.…
Continue Reading Japan extends, expands coronavirus emergency as cases surge
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has decided that a coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept.…
Continue Reading India’s Modi promises to spend over $1 trillion on infrastructure — once again
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has renewed a pledge to spend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure to create…
Continue Reading US veterans are disappointed with how the war in Afghanistan is ending — and fearful for their Afghan allies
By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: Lessons in back-to-school shopping for 2021
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet This year’s back-to-school shopping will include some unwanted lessons in dealing with supply-chain challenges.…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: Lessons in back-to-school shopping for 2021
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet This year’s back-to-school shopping will include some unwanted lessons in dealing with supply-chain challenges.…
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Connor Fields says he suffered brain shearing and bleeding after BMX crash
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN American BMX rider Connor Fields says he is “progressing nicely” after he suffered brain shearing and bleeding,…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 16: Afghanistan, Covid-19, Haiti, weather, China & Russia
By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus. For…
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Sex ed conversations you need to have with your tween or teen
By Christine Koh, CNN My mom and I first talked about menstrual cycles last year, at ages 83 and 46, respectively. While sometimes the phrase…
Continue Reading Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after…
Continue Reading Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital
By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after…
Continue Reading Greece wildfires: Winds fan 2 new blazes outside of Athens
By ELENA BECATOROS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More wildfires have broken out in hard-hit Greece, with two blazes…
Continue Reading Juez federal ordena al gobierno de Biden reactivar una política fronteriza de la era Trump
olivertapia (CNN) — Un juez federal en Texas ordenó al gobierno de Biden revivir una política fronteriza de la era Trump que requería que…
Continue Reading Spain interior minister: child migrants ‘wanted to go home’
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s interior minister says that unaccompanied child migrants being sent back to Morocco in groups of 15 at a time wanted to go…
Continue Reading Muhammad Ali’s grandson marks professional boxing debut with a victory
By John Sinnott, CNN The continuation of a legacy was how Nico Ali Walsh — the grandson of Muhammad Ali –– described making his…
Continue Reading The Delta variant is just one of the clouds hanging over China’s economy
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economic recovery is slowing down — and it’s not just the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19…
Continue Reading The Delta variant is just one of the clouds hanging over China’s economy
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economic recovery is slowing down — and it’s not just the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19…
Continue Reading Israel asks allies for help as wildfires rage near Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has appealed to its international allies for help in fighting wildfires raging outside of Jerusalem. Israeli firefighters…
Continue Reading Flooding death toll in Turkey climbs to 77; dozens missing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the sites of severe flooding that devastated parts of northern Turkey, bringing the…
Continue Reading Por qué las infecciones de covid-19 después de la vacunación no son una señal de fracaso de las vacunas
Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – En las últimas semanas, tanto en Estados Unidos como en el resto de la región, hemos leído y…
Continue Reading A 7-year-old girl was killed in Chicago over a weekend of gun violence
By Deanna Hackney and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An unknown suspect shot two young girls, killing one and leaving the other “fighting for her…
Continue Reading El nieto de Muhammad Ali debuta en el boxeo profesional con una victoria
olivertapia (CNN) — La continuación de un legado. Así fue como Nico Ali Walsh, nieto de Muhammad Ali, describió su debut en el boxeo…
Continue Reading President Widodo says pandemic changed Indonesia’s culture
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president has pledged to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in a…
Continue Reading President Widodo says pandemic changed Indonesia’s culture
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president has pledged to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in a…
Continue Reading Pritchard, Mitchell among standouts at NBA Summer League
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Payton Pritchard arrived at the NBA Summer League looking to show he deserves major minutes this upcoming season with…
Continue Reading Cómo ayudar a las víctimas del terremoto de Haití
olivertapia (CNN) — Un terremoto de magnitud 7,2 sacudió Haití el sábado por la mañana y provocó una destrucción generalizada, según el…
Continue Reading Air raid sirens sound in Israel after rocket fired from Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Air raid sirens have sounded in southern Israel after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said Monday…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40…
Continue Reading Haiti braces for Grace, Florida for Fred as storms brew
The Associated Press Tropical Depression Grace is drenching Haiti, dumping up to 15 inches of rain on a quake-damaged landscape as thousands of…
Continue Reading Giants holding off more celebrated NL West rivals
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The San Francisco Giants haven’t had a winning season since 2016, and they were certainly overshadowed by the…
Continue Reading Death toll from 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti rises to over 1,200 people
By Etant Dupain, AnneClaire Stapleton and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The Haitian government declared a state of emergency after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake…
Continue Reading ‘A new day’: Opposition leader elected president in Zambia
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia’s veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the southern African…
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