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By Wayne Sterling, CNN The National Basketball Association (NBA) will allow teams dealing with Covid-19 issues to add replacement players due to the…
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after winning a presidential…
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after winning a presidential…
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after winning a presidential…
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after winning a presidential…
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By Phil Mattingly, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, just days before he called off negotiations with President Joe Biden, proposed a version of the Build Back…
Continue Reading Omicron now accounts for 73% of coronavirus cases in the US, according to the CDC
By Travis Caldwell, CNN [Breaking news update at 6:03 p.m.] The omicron variant now accounts for over 73% of new coronavirus cases in the US,…
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By Helen Regan and Jacob Lev, CNN Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied making sexual assault allegations against a retired Communist Party…
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By Don Riddell, CNN Athletes who are good enough to compete in the world championships are among the very best in their field. They dedicate their…
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States in 2020, driving a record increase in the death rate…
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By Kevin Liptak, Nikki Carvajal and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday a purchase of a half-billion at-home rapid Covid-19…
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Sophie Tremblay, CNN Archer Calder spent his childhood unable to talk with his younger sister, Della, his only sibling. Della has Bainbridge-Ropers…
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Despite a rise in COVID-19 cases and new restrictions emerging across the country, travelers at US airports do not appear to be deterred from…
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By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi projected confidence Monday, vowing Democrats will not give up on passing the Build Back Better Act,…
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By Daniella Diaz, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he’s a no on the Build Back Better Act, effectively ending negotiations…
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Continue Reading California school system is sending every student and staff member home with a Covid-19 antigen test for the holidays
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to “keep up the fight” to pass voting rights legislation that remains stalled…
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By Amanda Davies and George Ramsay, CNN Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner says the decision to allow racing on the last lap of…
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By Amanda Davies and George Ramsay, CNN Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner says the decision to allow racing on the last lap of…
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By Ella Nilsen and Rene Marsh, CNN In an ancient and now extinct supervolcano sitting in northern Nevada lies a treasure that its seekers call…
Continue Reading New York state sees record daily high of new Covid-19 cases
By Travis Caldwell, Artemis Moshtaghian and Maggie Fox, CNN New York state reported that Thursday had the highest single day count of new Covid-19…
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By Marianne Garvey “Jagged Little Pill” has closed for good on Broadway due to the omicron variant of Covid-19. Following a number of…
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Continue Reading Native American tribes announce $590 million settlement framework with opioid maker J&J and distributors
By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Native American tribes, who have “suffered some of the worst consequences of the opioid epidemic of any population in…
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By Amir Vera, Josh Campbell and Kay Jones, CNN A search warrant has been issued for actor Alec Baldwin’s cell phone in connection with the…
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By Gawon Bae, CNN An unidentified man who crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday is presumed to be a North…
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A judge in Delaware has found that Fox News’ coverage of election fraud after the 2020…
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Continue Reading 2 suspects charged in shooting that wounded a Baltimore police officer as well as a separate shooting that killed a man
By Amy Simonson, Amir Vera, Gregory Lemos, Leslie Holland and Kay Jones, CNN Two suspects are in custody and have been charged in the ambush shooting…
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Continue Reading CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over J&J’s
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 15-0 Thursday to change recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines to make…
Continue Reading Former officer Kim Potter tells court she’ll testify at her manslaughter trial
By Ray Sanchez and Carma Hassan, CNN Kim Potter, the former officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis,…
Continue Reading Biden awards Medal of Honor to 3 soldiers, including the first African American since the Vietnam War
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden bestowed the Medal of Honor, the most prestigious decoration in the US military, to three Army soldiers on…
Continue Reading Apple is delaying its return to offices indefinitely and giving each employee $1,000
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple will delay bringing its workers back to the office until a “yet to be determined” date, while giving…
Continue Reading DOJ asks Supreme Court to reinstate federal vaccine mandate for certain health care workers nationwide
By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow a vaccine mandate aimed at certain…
Continue Reading CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over J&J’s
By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to make clear that…
Continue Reading Jennifer Lopez says she’s not upset over Ben Affleck’s comments regarding his ex-wife Jennifer Garner
By Chloe Melas, CNN Jennifer Lopez has nothing but love for Ben Affleck. The singer, actress and entrepreneur told People Magazine she is not…
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By Peter Nickeas, CNN When Keechant Sewell became the first Black woman to oversee Nassau County’s detective division 15 months ago, she said…
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Continue Reading Flu and COVID-19 cases rising in much of the US
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Continue Reading McDonald’s claws back $105 million from fired CEO Steve Easterbrook
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s has settled a lawsuit with former CEO Steve Easterbrook, forcing the disgraced executive to repay…
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Continue Reading Dallas nonprofit helps refugee women stitch together a bright future
By Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
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By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into our…
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