DC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman year…
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Darya Dugina’s death provides a glimpse into Russia’s vast disinformation machine — and the influential women fronting it
CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately…
Continue ReadingThese 3 New York races highlight Democrats’ ideological and generational divides
By Gregory Krieg, CNN On a Monday morning in May, a little more than six weeks before New Yorkers were scheduled to vote in their midterm primaries,…
Continue ReadingNew York museums are now required to disclose artwork looted by Nazis
Zoe Sottile, CNN Museums in New York will now be required to disclose which artworks were stolen in Europe during the Nazi era, thanks to new…
Continue ReadingWould you rip up your lawn for $6 a square foot? Welcome to drought-stricken California
CNN By Paul Vercammen, CNN Doreen Jansen looked at the brown hills from her Thousand Oaks home. “My plants are suffering,” Jansen said.…
Continue ReadingAbrams aims to win back Dems who voted in Ga.’s GOP primary
By BILL BARROW Associated Press CLAYTON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is a conservative by any measure. As the Republicans seeks a second…
Continue ReadingDefense in school shooter’s trial set to present its case
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecution spent three weeks telling jurors how Nikolas Cruz murdered 14…
Continue ReadingJapan’s PM Kishida isolates with COVID-19, cancels travels
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has mild symptoms of COVID-19 and has canceled his planned…
Continue ReadingWhere have the unicorns gone? The IPO window has slammed shut
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Unicorns, the nickname for multi-billion dollar startups looking to go public, are starting to become an…
Continue ReadingPope voices worry over bishop’s detention in Nicaragua
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis voiced worry Sunday about the situation in Nicaragua, where police…
Continue ReadingRescue crews are searching for a hiker in Utah after flash flooding
By Paradise Afshar, CNN Rescuers continue searching for a hiker in southwestern Utah after a flash flood struck in a national park. More than 20…
Continue ReadingThe YouTube prayer channel started during Covid that’s become a global movement
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Every morning at 7am Nigerian time, Pastor Jerry Eze can be seen on a YouTube livestream fervently praying over thousands of…
Continue ReadingIs losing weight an important health goal?
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Accepting your body as it is and stopping all the dieting may sound great, but would doing so hurt your health?…
Continue ReadingStrike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by…
Continue ReadingStrike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by…
Continue ReadingFlash fooding kills dozens in Afghanistan, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Local officials in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan say heavy flooding from seasonal rains has left dozens of people…
Continue ReadingFloods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the…
Continue ReadingPeople are now testing Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ on real kids
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Carmine Cupani wanted to set the record straight. So he asked his young son to stand in the path of his Tesla as it…
Continue ReadingOn Ukraine’s front line, a fight to save premature babies
By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, three hospitals in…
Continue ReadingTurkey: Crashes at emergency sites kill at least 35 people
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities are investigating a pair of secondary crashes at emergency sites that killed at least 35 people. In both cases,…
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