Inside the cave where a nonhuman species carved mysterious symbols
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Discoveries within the Cradle of Humankind’s limestone caves in South Africa are changing the way…
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Newborn deaths prompt federal warning over recalled Boppy baby loungers
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday urged parents and caregivers to stop using Boppy…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A solar mission that has been spiraling closer to the sun to unravel its secrets has flown near enough to our…
Continue Reading Authorities raise alert level as Kilauea volcano erupts
By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting on Wednesday morning, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported.…
Continue Reading Authorities raise alert level as Kilauea volcano erupts
By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting on Wednesday morning, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported.…
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Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley’s seat
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black prosecutor who stepped into leadership during protests over the fatal…
Continue Reading Prince Harry to tabloid newspaper’s lawyer: ‘Nobody wants to be phone hacked’
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Continue Reading Coco Gauff is 0-7 against No. 1 Iga Swiatek after losing to her in the French Open quarterfinals
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Continue Reading Climate activists deflate tires of more than 100 SUVs in Denmark’s capital
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of climate activists has claimed responsibility for deflating the tires of sport utility vehicles in Denmark’s…
Continue Reading Gunman who opened fire after Virginia high school graduation targeted graduate, Richmond police say
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Continue Reading Rowing to allow ‘limited number’ of Russians to compete in key Olympic qualifier
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Continue Reading Philippine court rejects bail request by former opposition senator who opposed deadly drug campaign
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Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine is undermining global efforts to tackle the climate crisis, new report finds
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Continue Reading New version of ‘The Wiz’ will be led by Wayne Brady and Alan Mingo Jr. sharing the title role
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Continue Reading Platonic co-parenting offers an alternate model for family building
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Continue Reading Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights
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Continue Reading CNN head Chris Licht is out at the global news network after a brief, tumultuous tenure
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Continue Reading Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle
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Continue Reading Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill ‘star-struck’ as he witnessed 1965 signing into law
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Continue Reading Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated
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Continue Reading Activist’s fight against segregation evolved into political action to push for voting rights
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Continue Reading UN court rules Rwandan genocide suspect mentally unfit to stand trial
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Continue Reading Groundbreaking held for Cambodia’s second expressway, linking capital to Vietnam
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Continue Reading Rishi Sunak comes to Washington with Ukraine, economy and AI on agenda for Biden meeting
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Continue Reading New York City goes after Hyundai, Kia after security flaw leads to wave of social media fueled theft
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Continue Reading US Balkan envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to deescalate tensions or jeopardize progress toward EU
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Continue Reading Germany alarmed by detention of Vietnam climate activist, warns on coal phase-out pact with Hanoi
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Continue Reading For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support
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Continue Reading Lionel Messi picks MLS’s Inter Miami in a move that stuns soccer after exit from Paris Saint-Germain
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Continue Reading Three U.S. biologists win Spanish Asturias award for scientific and technical research
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 7: Pence, Hazardous air, Virginia shooting, Ukraine, Crypto
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Continue Reading Former ByteDance executive says Chinese Communist Party tracked Hong Kong protesters via data
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Continue Reading Residents briefly allowed back into rockslide-threatened Swiss village
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Continue Reading Indonesia to deport Australian surfer jailed for drunken rampage in conservative province
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Continue Reading Israeli Cabinet minister chides US Vice President Harris for judicial overhaul criticism
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Continue Reading ‘It felt like an eternity.’ Parkland student testifies in trial of ex-school resource officer who stayed outside during massacre
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Continue Reading Is it a ‘skip’ or a ‘pause’? Federal Reserve won’t likely raise rates next week but maybe next month
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Here are the key theories on what caused Ukraine’s catastrophic dam collapse
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Continue Reading Pope Francis undergoes abdominal surgery in latest health concern
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Continue Reading NATO allies prepare unprecedented air deployment exercise over Europe in show of force to Russia
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Continue Reading UN judges declare elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial due to dementia
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Continue Reading The 2 killed in mass shooting after Virginia high school graduation ceremony were an 18-year-old graduate and his stepfather
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By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, Michelle Watson and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — A rural Texas high school that had postponed graduation after…
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Continue Reading 2 dead in shooting after high school graduation ceremony in Virginia capital
By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside…
Continue Reading Wife of slain man says police didn’t respond to her 911 report that he had been taken hostage
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Continue Reading It’s been 4 days since Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens was fatally shot after knocking on a neighbor’s door. Here’s what we know
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Continue Reading North Carolina legislature approves limits on politics, race discussion in state workplaces
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