The unlikely story of the first photo of Mars ever seen on TV
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By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The candidate who led his party to first place in Thailand’s general election in May…
Continue Reading Students in shortchanged Pennsylvania school districts plug away while lawmakers dither over funding
By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America PHILADELPHIA (AP) — By pursuing funding equity in court, financially challenged Pennsylvania…
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Continue Reading 2,000 evacuated in La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands; official says blaze ‘out of control’
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Continue Reading Pope recognizes China’s unilateral appointment of Shanghai bishop, three months after the fact
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has given in to China’s unilateral appointment of a new bishop in Shanghai and…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet for the Wimbledon championship.…
Continue Reading Hundreds of flights across Italy are canceled amid air transport strike at peak of tourism season
By LUIGI NAVARRA and NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — Hundreds of flights across Italy have been canceled after air transport unions went ahead with a…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — After the remains of four women were found near a beach in Long Island, New York, more than a…
Continue Reading Killings of 3 women in Long Island went unsolved for more than a decade. Here’s how authorities tracked down the suspect
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Continue Reading South Korea to expand support for Ukraine as President Yoon Suk Yeol makes a surprise visit
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The case of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee who went missing in Rome…
Continue Reading Another twist in the 40-year-old missing ‘Vatican girl’ case
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The case of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee who went missing in Rome…
Continue Reading ‘I want to be left alone’: 93-year-old Hilton Head Island woman is in a legal battle over her family’s land
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Continue Reading Why allowing Ukraine to ship grain during Russia’s war matters to the world
By COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia has suspended a wartime deal designed to move grain from Ukraine to parts of the world…
Continue Reading Days of torrential rain in South Korea leave at least 26 dead in landslides and floods
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Days of heavy rain in South Korea have left at least 26 people dead and 10 others…
Continue Reading More than 26 dead and thousands evacuated in South Korea due to torrential rain and landslides
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Continue Reading More than 26 dead and thousands evacuated in South Korea due to torrential rain and landslides
By Irene Nasser, Chris Lau and Jake Kwon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Twenty six people have died and thousands have evacuated their homes in South…
Continue Reading Marketa Vondrousova is Wimbledon’s first unseeded female champion after beating Ons Jabeur
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Continue Reading A new bar in Dubai is offering ‘gourmet water’ infused with minerals to ‘suit your mood’
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Continue Reading Mega Millions jackpot grows to $640 million, among highest in lottery game’s history
By The Associated Press The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest…
Continue Reading A new look at an old clue helps investigators arrest the man accused of Gilgo Beach murders
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Continue Reading Missing children found after 40 days in Amazon released from hospital
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Continue Reading A suspect was charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings cold case. Here’s a timeline of the case and the investigation
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and…
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Continue Reading Why a single senator is blocking US military promotions and what it means for the Pentagon
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Continue Reading The Iowa caucuses are six months away. Some Republicans worry Trump may be unstoppable
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TEXICO, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say two women in eastern New Mexico have been sentenced to prison in a case in which they were accused of beating…
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Continue Reading Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of rape and attempted rape
By Matt Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has asked for privacy to begin “rebuilding his life”…
Continue Reading Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of rape and attempted rape
By Matt Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has asked for privacy to begin “rebuilding his life”…
Continue Reading Police release new doorbell video sighting of Pennsylvania inmate escapee
By Brian Todd and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania released doorbell video they say was taken sometime “the last…
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Continue Reading North Dakota police say 1 officer died, 2 injured in shooting that also left suspect dead in Fargo
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Continue Reading Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as Rainbow PUSH Coalition president
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Continue Reading Florida woman gets 6 years in prison for attacking officers during the US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida woman has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for attacking police officers during the insurrection at the…
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Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
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Continue Reading Police say person seen in doorbell video was not Pennsylvania inmate escapee
By Brian Todd and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania said they erroneously identified a person seen in recently released…
Continue Reading US sending F-16 fighter jets to protect ships from Iranian seizures in Gulf region
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Continue Reading An Alabama woman is missing after stopping to help a toddler she saw walking on the interstate, police say
By Jamiel Lynch and Chenelle Woody, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman has gone missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking…
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Continue Reading GOP attorneys general cite affirmative action ruling in warning to companies over ‘discrimination’
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Continue Reading What we know about Andrey Troshev, the man Putin proposed as the new Wagner boss
By Lauren Kent, Pierre Bairin and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to Wagner Group fighters that a…
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By Sharon Braithwaite, Henrik Pettersson and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Swedish authorities have approved a protest involving the…
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By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 79-year-old Florida man was bitten by a nearly 7-foot-long alligator Thursday morning at a golf…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers…
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The very online showdown between Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” all started…
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top Pakistani provincial official says rescuers in boats have evacuated 14,000 people over the past several days after…
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Survivors of one of New Zealand’s worst natural disasters have described the searing pain…
Continue Reading Wagner ‘does not exist’: Why Putin claims a rift in the mercenary group
By Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Now you see Wagner, now you don’t. Weeks after an armed uprising by the Russian mercenary group Wagner revealed…
Continue Reading Wagner ‘does not exist’: Why Putin claims a rift in the mercenary group
By Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Now you see Wagner, now you don’t. Weeks after an armed uprising by the Russian mercenary group Wagner revealed…
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Inflation’s steady slowdown in recent months has kept Americans feeling optimistic about the…
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — America is in the middle of a housing crisis. There are only 1.08 million existing homes on the…
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A 10-day UPS strike could cost the US economy $7.1 billion. That could make it the costliest work…
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By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A Mega Millions jackpot that was up for grabs Friday night worth an estimated $560 million will grow again after no…
Continue Reading Capitol riot suspect arrested near Barack Obama’s home indicted on firearms charges
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Capitol riot suspect who had guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested…
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Continue Reading FBI finds skulls, other human remains decorating Kentucky man’s apartment
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When FBI agents arrived at James Nott’s Kentucky apartment with a search warrant on Tuesday, they asked if…
Continue Reading Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant prepares to release diluted radioactive water into the sea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press FUTABA, Japan (AP) — At Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, giant blue pipes have been…
Continue Reading Cypriot official says probe backs Mossad claims that hitman plotted to kill Israelis on the island
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police investigations support claims by Israel’s Mossad spy service that…
Continue Reading Hollywood’s actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here’s why and what happens next
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions…
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