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Month: August 2022

Colonial Williamsburg tells the story of early American settlers. But in 1956 it paved over Black history to make a parking lot

By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Beneath the asphalt parking lot of America’s largest living history museum, gravesites linked to one of the nation’s oldest Black churches remained hidden for decades until last year. Archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia, are now excavating three burials at the original location of the historic 18th century First Baptist Church, launching a

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Senate Democrats pass budget package, a victory for Biden

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740

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He was shot and killed playing the sport he loved. Now this Ohio 15-year-old is one of the country’s latest victims of gun violence

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Ali Jeylani knows you shouldn’t pick favorites when it comes to family members, but of his seven siblings, he’s always had a soft spot for his younger brother, Issa. Maybe it’s their shared love of soccer, their admiration for Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo, or maybe it’s simply that the pair

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Tiffany’s sells out custom Cryptopunk ‘NFTiff’ pendants for $50,000 each

Zoe Sottile, CNN On Friday, Tiffany & Co debuted and quickly sold out a limited collection of 250 custom jewel-encrusted pendants for holders of CryptoPunks, a popular early non-fungible token collection. CryptoPunks was launched in 2017 and consists of 10,000 unique 8-bit-style generated characters stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection is “essentially the cave

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‘You are not a refugee.’ Roma refugees fleeing war in Ukraine say they are suffering discrimination and prejudice

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Luiza Baloh left her home in Dnipro, central Ukraine, in March. Fleeing the constant sound of explosions, she and her five children came to the Czech Republic hoping to find refuge. Instead, they found themselves behind a barbed wire fence in a repurposed immigration detention center that was, she says, dirty

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Covid lockdown strands 80,000 tourists in ‘China’s Hawaii’

By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical Hainan island after authorities announced lockdown measures to stem an outbreak of Covid-19. Public transportation was suspended and people’s movements inside the city were restricted from early Saturday morning, authorities said. Stranded tourists

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Arrestan al sospechoso de matar al periodista mexicano Ernesto Méndez y tres personas más en ataque armado

macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía General del estado de Guanajuato, en México, informó este sábado que arrestó al sospechoso de matar al periodista Ernesto Méndez y a tres personas más durante un ataque armado en un bar que era propiedad del comunicador en el municipio de San Luis de La Paz, según un comunicado.

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A fourth Muslim man was killed in Albuquerque after authorities said 3 similar killings may be connected

By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced Saturday a fourth Muslim man was killed overnight and there is “reason to believe” his death is related to three other recent killings of Muslim men. “These shootings are disturbing,” Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina said in a Saturday news conference.

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Algunas de las cerca de 1.000 personas varadas en el Parque Nacional del Valle de la Muerte se han ido pese a las inundaciones

macamilarincon (CNN) — El Parque Nacional del Valle de la Muerte anunció su cierre este viernes debido a inundaciones significativas, según un comunicado de prensa. Los autos quedaron atascados entre el lodo y los escombros en una zona del Valle de la Muerte el 5 de agosto de 2022. (Crédito: National Park Service via AP)

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Thousands of dead fish are washing up along a California river. It’s because of a massive wildfire and flash floods, the Karuk Tribe says

By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN “Tens of thousands” of dead fish have washed up along the Klamath River in the area of Happy Camp in northern California this week — a phenomenon that’s tied to a dangerous combination of flash flooding and the McKinney Fire that’s burning in the area, according to Craig

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A new lens on America’s past

Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted by CNN’s Abby Phillip, Suzanne Malveaux, Omar Jimenez, Athena Jones, Ryan Young, John Avlon and more. Knowing these stories might reshape your understanding of the disparities the country faces today. July 11, 1868

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A new lens on America’s past

Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted by CNN’s Abby Phillip, Suzanne Malveaux, Omar Jimenez, Athena Jones, Ryan Young, John Avlon and more. Knowing these stories might reshape your understanding of the disparities the country faces today. July 11, 1868

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Trump wins CPAC straw poll in Dallas

By Michael Warren At the Conservative Political Action Conference Texas on Saturday, former President Donald Trump overwhelmingly won an unofficial straw poll of attendees who were asked who they preferred as the Republican nominee for president in 2024. “He’s more popular than ever,” said Jim McLaughlin, a pollster for Trump who conducted the straw poll.

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