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Month: November 2024

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — A massive, multi-story building in the Washington, DC, neighborhood of Georgetown welcomed back a former occupant this month that had been gone for over a decade. In a move that’s perhaps more symbolic than business-minded, Barnes & Noble, America’s largest retail bookseller, has reclaimed the flagship store it vacated

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Parents demand answers after man accesses high school, allegedly assaults ex-girlfriend

By Amelia Mugavero, Doug Myers Click here for updates on this story     MESQUITE, Texas (KTVT) — Parents are demanding answers after police say a 19-year-old man accessed Horn High School, threatened his ex-girlfriend with a knife and sexually assaulted her in a bathroom during the school day on Tuesday. According to Mesquite police, Synniaz Elijah

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PBS Kids’ ‘Carl the Collector’ breaks new ground with first lead character on the autism spectrum

By Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — PBS Kids’ newest star Carl – a raccoon with autism who collects everything from lint to plush toys – is making history as the network’s first lead character on the spectrum. “Carl the Collector,” which premiered Thursday, follows Carl and his neurodiverse animal friends as they tackle social interactions

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Owner says missing dog was euthanized by Miami-Dade Animal Services even though pet was microchipped

By Heather Walker, Darcelle Hall Click here for updates on this story     Heather Walker, Darcelle Hall (WSVN) — A South Florida dog owner said his pet was microchipped, but that didn’t save it from being euthanized by Miami-Dade Animal Services. 7’s Heather Walker investigates. Like many people, for Lazaro Gonzalez, dogs are more than just

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is trying to ‘corruptly influence witness testimony’ and taint the jury pool from jail, prosecutors say

By Kara Scannell and David J. Lopez, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has continued to attempt to obstruct the federal government’s investigation into his sex trafficking case and is trying to taint the jury pool even while he is in federal jail, prosecutors allege in a new court filing. A review of recorded calls

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Venezuela releases from prison some of the thousands detained after presidential election

Associated Press TOCUYITO, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has released some of the thousands of people who were detained during and after deadly protests that followed the July presidential election. The disputed results have earned officials, including President Nicolás Maduro, international scorn. The individuals left prison a day after the attorney general, who is loyal

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DOJ opens civil rights investigation of Illinois sheriff’s office after shooting of Sonya Massey

By Dalia Faheid, Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez (CNN) — The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her call about a possible prowler outside the 36-year-old Black woman’s home. The July 6 encounter between

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DOJ opens civil rights investigation of Illinois sheriff’s office after shooting of Sonya Massey

WICS, SANGAMON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Dalia Faheid, Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez (CNN) — The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her call about a possible prowler outside the 36-year-old Black woman’s

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La Fiscalía de Venezuela asegura que fueron excarcelados los 225 detenidos cuyos casos fueron revisados; organizaciones tienen documentadas solo 107 liberaciones

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Entre el viernes y el sábado, las autoridades de Venezuela excarcelaron a 225 personas detenidas durante las protestas posteriores a las controvertidas elecciones y cuyos casos fueron revisados, dijo a CNN el fiscal general del país, Tarek William Saab. Del total de excarcelaciones, 100 ocurrieron el viernes y 125 el

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An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine’s coast

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world’s largest aquaculture companies for violations of the Clean Water Act in Maine. The fish farmer ardently denies the allegations. Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the

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Former Greek premier Samaras is expelled from the ruling conservative party

Associated Press ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — Former Greek Prime Minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras has been expelled from the ruling New Democracy party over his persistent criticism of government policies. Samaras, 73, a hard-line nationalist, has criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ approach to negotiations with Turkey, which he has likened to appeasement. He also strongly

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‘Blame yourself’: Trump’s election hasn’t dampened pro-Palestinian activists’ anger at Democrats

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — For Democratic pro-Palestinian activists, Donald Trump’s reelection delivered a bitter vindication. Led by the Uncommitted National Movement, they spent months pushing and pleading with the Biden administration to scale back its support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Their warning had been consistent and direct: Not only did Democrats risk

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McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back after E. coli outbreak

McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions on the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The investments include $65 million that will go directly to the hardest-hit franchises, the company said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said

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Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential

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Tropical Storm Sara drenches Honduras’ northern coast with flash flooding and mudslides in forecast

Associated Press SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara started moving slightly faster Saturday after it stalled over Honduras, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers and trapping some people at home. Sustained rain fell overnight and continued Saturday in the city of San Pedro Sula, where the storm

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Weary Philippines cleans up after Super Typhoon Man-yi becomes fourth major storm to hit in the past fortnight

Taylor Ward, Allison Chinchar, Catherine Nicholls, Robert Shackelford and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A super typhoon ripped through the Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, knocking down houses and sending more than half a million people to emergency shelters, as rare back-to-back storms cause havoc across an exhausted nation. Super Typhoon Man-yi, known locally as

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Anxiety and dismay inside the Justice Department after Trump taps Gaetz as attorney general

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling, worried not only about their own jobs but the future of the agency that the Trump loyalist has railed against. The president-elect’s pick of the Florida Republican sent a shock throughout the Cabinet department,

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Israeli troops make deepest incursion so far into southern Lebanon as Hezbollah considers fresh ceasefire proposal

By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Charbel Mallo, Niamh Kennedy and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Israeli troops are understood to have made their deepest incursion into southern Lebanese territory since the recent offensive began on October 1, as the militant group Hezbollah considered its response to a fresh ceasefire proposal. On Friday night,

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El origen de Miss Universo: de Afrodita a la reina de la belleza que se negó a posar en bañador

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — ¿Quién fue la primera persona a la que se le ocurrió hacer un ‘concurso de belleza’? Algunos afirman que el origen de estos cuestionables certámenes puede rastrearse a la mitología griega y una de sus grandes diosas: Afrodita. Detrás de uno de los concursos actuales más populares, Miss Universo,

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Protesters in Georgia’s separatist Abkhazia region refuse to cede control of government buildings

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government buildings seized during rallies on Friday during which at least 14 people were injured in clashes with police. President Aslan Bzhania said Saturday that he will step down on the condition that protesters vacate the

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Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since Oct. 1 invasion, Lebanese media say

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago before pulling back Saturday after battles with Hezbollah militants, Lebanese state media reported. The clashes and further Israeli bombardment came as Lebanese and Hezbollah officials study a draft proposal presented by the U.S. on ending

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Detención masiva y devolución de migrantes a México: los planes de Donald Trump sobre inmigración comienzan a tomar forma

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Los planes de la próxima administración de Trump para implementar medidas estrictas en la frontera, derogar las políticas de la era Biden y comenzar con la detención y deportación a gran escala de migrantes están en marcha y comenzando a aclararse, según cuatro fuentes familiarizadas con los planes. El presidente electo

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Georgia election chief doused in paint as protests continue after divisive parliamentary vote

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission has been doused with black paint at a meeting to confirm the results of the country’s divisive Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Protesters gathered outside commission’s building in Tbilisi, where officials announced that the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 53.93% of the

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Mass detention and returning migrants to Mexico: Donald Trump’s plans on immigration are coming into focus

By Priscilla Alvarez and Phil Mattingly, CNN Washington (CNN) — The incoming Trump administration’s plans to implement strict border measures, strike down Biden-era policies and kick off the detention and deportation of migrants at large scale are underway and starting to come into focus, according to four sources familiar with the plans. President-elect Donald Trump

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Katie Taylor abucheada tras su controvertida victoria sobre Amanda Serrano para retener el título indiscutido de campeona mundial de peso súper ligero

Julia Hernández (CNN) — La controvertida victoria por decisión de puntos de Katie Taylor sobre Amanda Serrano fue recibida con abucheos en el AT&T Stadium este viernes, cuando la boxeadora irlandesa retuvo su título indiscutido de campeona mundial de peso súper ligero. En el evento coestelar previo al combate entre Mike Tyson y Jake Paul,

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Some exult, others worry: Reactions to Trump’s victory are mixed on NATO’s eastern flank

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump’s victory, standing and applauding while they chanted his name. The prospect of a second Trump term has excited people on the populist right across Central Europe who share his anti-immigrant views and contempt for international organizations. But many others

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Katie Taylor booed as she controversially beats Amanda Serrano to retain undisputed world light-welterweight champion status

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Katie Taylor’s controversial points decision victory over Amanda Serrano was met with boos at the AT&T Stadium on Friday as the Irish boxer retained her undisputed world light-welterweight champion status. Fighting as the co-main event ahead of the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight, Taylor and Serrano provided another

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Prosecutors share how a smartwatch left clues in the killing of Laken Riley. Here are the key trial takeaways so far

By Ashley R. Williams, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan, Nick Valencia, Amanda Musa, Devon M. Sayers and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — About a half dozen people, including at least one of Laken Riley’s relatives, left an Athens, Georgia, courtroom to avoid seeing videos and images of the nursing student’s lifeless body. Emotions ran high among

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Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean troops

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has arrived in Kyiv to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of thousands of troops to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Takeshi Iwaya will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, on Saturday to reaffirm Japan’s strong support for Ukraine and discuss

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Los jóvenes chinos se agrupan en “bares académicos” a medida que se reduce el espacio para la libre expresión

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Tomando una cerveza turbia en un pub tenuemente iluminado de Shanghái, Liang Xiao se encontró inmerso en una conferencia de sociología que lo dejó asombrado. Bajo una pantalla de proyector, un estudiante de doctorado chino de una universidad estadounidense de élite explicaba cómo se construyeron los estados modernos ante una multitud

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