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Month: October 2022

Amazon workers vote against forming union in upstate New York, dealing setback to grassroots labor group

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon workers in upstate New York have voted against forming a union, dealing another blow to a grassroots labor group attempting to organize several of the tech giant’s US warehouses. In total, 406 workers at the Amazon facility near Albany voted against unionizing and 206 voted for it, according to

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‘Massive blackouts’ as 30% of Ukraine’s power stations destroyed in just over a week, Zelensky says

By Sana Noor Haq, Gul Tuysuz and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Thirty percent of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed in just over a week, leading to “massive blackouts” across the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as the Kremlin steps up attacks on critical energy infrastructure. “Another kind of Russian terrorist attacks: targeting energy &

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Exclusive: Bob Woodward releasing new audiobook ‘The Trump Tapes’ with eight hours of recorded interviews

By Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Jeremy Herb, CNN During a December 2019 Oval Office interview with then-President Donald Trump, Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward asked whether his bellicose rhetoric toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been intended to drive Kim to the negotiating table. “No. No. It was designed for whatever reason,

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Florida farmers and ranchers could see up to $1.5 billion in Hurricane Ian-related losses

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Florida farmers and ranchers lost up to $1.56 billion in crops, livestock, and nursery and aquaculture products due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian, according to a new preliminary analysis from the University of Florida released Tuesday. The assessment done by the UF/IFAS Economic Analysis program puts the preliminary losses

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NBA season preview: Golden State Warriors bid for back-to-back titles and LeBron James eyes scoring record as new year tips off

By Ben Church, CNN The Golden State Warriors are eying a second consecutive NBA title — and the franchise’s fifth since 2015 — as the season tips off on Tuesday, bidding to cement its era-defining legacy with yet more success. The reigning champions face LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in their opening game

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US woman files lawsuit against L’Oréal, claiming chemical hair straightening products are linked to her cancer

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Cosmetics company L’Oréal, along with multiple other parties, is being sued over claims that its chemical hair straightening products put women at an increased risk of uterine cancer. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, counsel Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann and others filed a lawsuit Friday in Illinois on behalf of 32-year-old Missouri

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John Fetterman said he’s ‘always supported’ fracking — he previously said ‘I don’t’ and ‘never have’

By Andrew Kaczynski and Olivia Alafriz, CNN Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Candidate John Fetterman said in a national television interview last week that he has always supported fracking in his state, but in 2018 Fetterman said he never supported the industry and “never” will. The comments are part of a long and often contradictory series of

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Walker defends his transparency on abortion allegations and says ‘my campaign now has been about going forward’

By Dan Merica, CNN Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Tuesday defended his own transparency over allegations he paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, telling reporters at a press conference that he had “answered that question time and time again” and that his campaign was “about going forward.” The question was about Walker’s transparency around the

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Hair-straightening chemical products linked to increased uterine cancer risk in new study

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between using certain hair straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing products, and an increased risk of cancer in women. Ongoing research previously suggested that hair straightening chemicals are associated with an increased risk of certain hormone-related cancers, including breast and ovarian

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Republicans press Biden administration on use of Chinese comms equipment near US military installations

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are pressing the Biden administration on the use of Chinese-made telecommunications equipment near sensitive US military installations, in a signal of what the powerful committee may pursue if the GOP claims the House in November. Rep. James Comer, the ranking member, and Rep.

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ANÁLISIS | Barack Obama: el momento extraño de autocrítica pública de un expresidente sobre Irán

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Mientras las protestas históricas y una sangrienta reacción autoritaria convulsionan Irán, el expresidente Barack Obama reflexionó sobre su respuesta a los levantamientos previos que vivió el país. Cómo las protestas en Irán se transformaron en un levantamiento nacional Durante las protestas de la Revolución Verde de 2009 en Irán, el entonces presidente

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Exclusive: Bob Woodward releasing new audiobook ‘The Trump Tapes’ with eight hours of recorded interviews

By Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Jeremy Herb, CNN During a December 2019 Oval Office interview with then-President Donald Trump, Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward asked whether his bellicose rhetoric toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been intended to drive Kim to the negotiating table. “No. No. It was designed for whatever reason,

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