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Year: 2024

More than 200 inmates escape as Nigerian prison wall collapses in floods

By Mariya Knight and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had died across western and central Africa. Initially, 281 inmates escaped while they were being transferred to “a safe and

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Minneapolis to light up green in honor of International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day

By Jonah Kaplan Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Leo and Lauren Zabezhinsky’s joy of welcoming their new daughter, Jackie, was soon met with a jarring discovery: baby Jackie wasn’t moving well and couldn’t swallow. “Sometimes in life we all get dealt a hand that things happen unexpectedly,” Leo Zabezhinsky said.

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Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. This Sunday, they needed that uplifting balm more than ever. Their community is reeling — confused, frustrated, hurt — from false accusations that they are eating

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