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By Sam Perez and Nicole Chavez, CNN The first Black student to attend the University of Alabama has died, days after a building on campus was…
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Russian troops have occupied Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, after fierce fighting near the Ukrainian facility that…
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers…
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The conditions described by the US Food and Drug Administration at a Family Dollar warehouse in West Memphis,…
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Google has suspended all advertising in Russia, the company confirmed to CNN Friday. “In light of the extraordinary…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics kicks off in Beijing today and a record number of Para athletes — around…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics kicks off in Beijing today and a record number of Para athletes — around…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics kicks off in Beijing today and a record number of Para athletes — around…
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By Tara John, AnneClaire Stapleton and Joseph Ataman, CNN The gray asphalt road that leads to Ukraine’s Shehyni border crossing with Poland has…
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By Tara John, AnneClaire Stapleton and Joseph Ataman, CNN The gray asphalt road that leads to Ukraine’s Shehyni border crossing with Poland has…
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Continue Reading An Indiana teacher granted early retirement after hitting a student in the face is charged with battery
By Jennifer Henderson, Amy Simonson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A now-retired Indiana high school teacher who was arrested after video showed him hitting…
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By Sarah Moon and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Fourteen children were taken to hospitals Thursday after a vehicle crashed into a day care center in…
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Continue Reading Radiation levels normal as fire burns at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, IAEA says
By Simone McCarthy, CNN A fire at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant is still burning following an attack by Russian troops, though a plant…
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Continue Reading A former Colorado police officer who was accused of breaking an elderly woman’s arm during an arrest has agreed to a plea deal
By Andy Rose, CNN A former police officer accused of breaking an elderly woman’s arm during an arrest in Loveland, Colorado, in 2020 agreed to…
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By Cheri Mossburg, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new plan Thursday to help unhoused individuals struggling…
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
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With war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
Continue Reading With war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
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By Raja Razek and Amy Simonson, CNN Philadelphia police provided more details Wednesday on a deadly incident, in which officers chased and shot a boy…
Continue Reading Russia sends a message to all of Ukraine by hitting these civilian areas in this city
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Continue Reading Ukrainian nuclear power plant attack condemned as Russian troops ‘occupy’ facility
By Tim Lister, Olya Voitovych, Simone McCarthy and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russian troops have occupied Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, with…
Continue Reading ‘Help us, we’re stranded’: International students say they’re trapped in northeast Ukraine
By Stephanie Busari and Shama Nasinde, CNN Hundreds of international students trapped in the Ukrainian city of Sumy by Russia’s invasion have…
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By Theresa Waldrop, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Sonia Moghe and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Four current and former Louisville police officers involved in the…
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By Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN Markeith Loyd, convicted of the murder of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton, was sentenced to death Thursday by…
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Continue Reading In a synagogue turned bunker, Ukrainian Jews open doors to ‘all people’
By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN As air raid sirens blared in the small Ukrainian city of Uman, about 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv,…
Continue Reading In a synagogue turned bunker, Ukrainian Jews open doors to ‘all people’
By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN As air raid sirens blared in the small Ukrainian city of Uman, about 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv,…
Continue Reading ‘A family died… in front of my eyes’: Civilians killed as Russian military strike hits evacuation route in Kyiv suburb
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The United States’ closest Middle East allies on Wednesday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in a break from…
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business A week of war in Ukraine has rocked the global economy, as quick-fire Western sanctions isolated Russia, collapsed its…
Continue Reading International coalition files United Nations appeal over reports of racism at border of Ukraine
By Maya Brown, CNN An international coalition of activists and human rights attorneys on Wednesday announced they filed an appeal to the United…
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Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the 40-mile-long Russian convoy outside Ukraine’s capital
By Luke McGee, CNN For days, residents of Kyiv had been bracing themselves for a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and towed…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about the 40-mile-long Russian convoy outside Ukraine’s capital
By Luke McGee, CNN For days, residents of Kyiv had been bracing themselves for a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, and towed…
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN The distribution of White supremacist propaganda in 2021 reached the second-highest level recorded since the Anti-Defamation…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The fallout from the war in Ukraine is extending to outer space. Russia’s space agency is refusing to launch a batch of…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The fallout from the war in Ukraine is extending to outer space. Russia’s space agency is refusing to launch a batch of…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A friendly reminder: Don’t wait until the last minute to file your taxes. The deadline is April 18, but get going now…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The fallout from the war in Ukraine is extending to outer space. Russia’s space agency is refusing to launch a batch of…
Continue Reading One million refugees flee Ukraine as Russia escalates bombardment of key cities
By Helen Regan, Paul P. Murphy and Tim Lister, CNN Russia’s relentless bombardment of residential areas across Ukraine has so far forced more…
Continue Reading One million refugees flee Ukraine as Russia escalates bombardment of key cities
By Helen Regan, Paul P. Murphy and Tim Lister, CNN Russia’s relentless bombardment of residential areas across Ukraine has so far forced more…
Continue Reading China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior…
Continue Reading Russians struggle to understand Ukraine war: ‘We didn’t choose this’
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Continue Reading ‘They shoot at anyone who tries to leave.’ Ukrainians describe terror of living under Russian occupation
By Tamara Qiblawi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A volley of machine-gun fire erupted just as Andriy Abba’s family raised a toast to celebrate…
Continue Reading China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior…
Continue Reading The adoptive parents of missing California boys Orrin and Orson West are charged with murder. But the bodies haven’t been found, DA says
By Stella Chan and Holly Yan, CNN Almost 15 months ago, Orrin and Orson West’s adoptive parents told police the young boys disappeared from the…
Continue Reading A Lyft driver was arrested for allegedly raping an intoxicated Miami Beach tourist during a ride
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A male Lyft driver has been arrested for allegedly raping an intoxicated Miami Beach tourist during her early morning ride from…
Continue Reading China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior…
Continue Reading US officials warn Russia will increasingly hit civilian targets and seek ‘slow annihilation’ of Ukraine’s military
By Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr, Jim Sciutto and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russia’s strategy in its war on Ukraine is shifting toward a “slow…
Continue Reading Last week, he was a hot air balloon pilot. Now, he’s helping defend Kyiv as missiles fall from the sky
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Rostislav was manning the defensive post outside Kyiv’s TV tower when a Russian missile struck nearby on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Last week, he was a hot air balloon pilot. Now, he’s helping defend Kyiv as missiles fall from the sky
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Rostislav was manning the defensive post outside Kyiv’s TV tower when a Russian missile struck nearby on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Texas judge grants ACLU’s request for temporary restraining order on child abuse investigation of trans child and her parents
By Amir Vera, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN A district court judge in Travis County, Texas, granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday…
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Continue Reading People around the world are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine. They don’t plan to check in
By Faith Karimi and Samantha Kelly, CNN Volodymyr Bondarenko spends most of his day holed up in his apartment in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A rocket part that’s been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the…
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Continue Reading Here are the companies pulling back from Russia
By CNN Business staff Dozens of the world’s biggest companies have abandoned or scaled back their operations in Russia in response to its…
Continue Reading Biden administration does not ‘have a strategic interest’ in sanctioning Russian oil, White House says
By Betsy Klein and Devan Cole, CNN The White House on Wednesday appeared to downplay its openness to sanctioning Russian oil as a means of punishing…
Continue Reading Russians are bracing for a dramatic shift in their standard of living
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business As Western sanctions take root, Russians are bracing for a dramatic shift in their standard of living as their…
Continue Reading New York man arrested in connection with 7 separate attacks against Asian women
By Kiely Westhoff and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A New York man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly assaulting seven Asian women in a span of about…
Continue Reading Why Biden’s key Mideast allies aren’t condemning Russia’s Ukraine invasion
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The United Arab Emirates surprised its Western allies last week when it abstained on a US-drafted United Nations Security…
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A juror in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial who may have lied about his history of sexual abuse on a jury…
Continue Reading What the writer of ‘We Lived Happily During the War’ wants you to know about Ukraine
By Leah Asmelash, CNN In recent days, Russia’s attack on Ukraine has left many living in the country in a nightmare. Subway stations double as…
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Continue Reading Former Louisville officer Brett Hankison cries on the stand in trial connected to fatal Breonna Taylor raid
By Aaron Cooper, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN The former Louisville Metro Police detective who was part of the botched raid of Breonna…
Continue Reading Former Louisville officer Brett Hankison cries on the stand in trial connected to fatal Breonna Taylor raid
By Aaron Cooper, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN The former Louisville Metro Police detective who was part of the botched raid of Breonna…
Continue Reading ‘Covid-19 need no longer control our lives.’ Biden outlines plan to emerge from the pandemic
By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States can “move forward safely” into a less disruptive phase of the pandemic, a…
Continue Reading Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border
By Stephanie Busari, Nimi Princewill, Shama Nasinde and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign students…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 2: Ukraine, State of the Union, Texas, Covid-19, Baseball
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A growing list of energy companies, including BP, Shell, and now ExxonMobil, have announced they will leave Russia over its…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for March 2: Ukraine, State of the Union, Texas, Covid-19, Baseball
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A growing list of energy companies, including BP, Shell, and now ExxonMobil, have announced they will leave Russia over its…
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