Veteran wins six lottery prizes of $25K a year for life — in the same drawing
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Leaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports
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Continue ReadingThe Taliban pledged to honor women’s rights in Afghanistan. Here’s how it eroded them instead
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By Rob Frehse, CNN Adnan Syed, recently exonerated after spending over two decades behind bars, is now working as a program associate for Georgetown…
Continue ReadingHenrietta Lacks statue will replace Robert E. Lee monument in Roanoke, Virginia
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used without her consent in crucial medical research, will replace a monument to…
Continue ReadingTrustees reprimand Purdue University Northwest chancellor for racist remarks, as faculty call for his resignation
By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN The Purdue Board of Trustees has issued a formal reprimand to Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Iranian footballer is among dozens facing execution while the West is distracted by Christmas, supporters fear
CNN By Celine Alkhaldi, Nima Elbagir, Artemis Moshtaghian and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Shahid Alikhani square is a nondescript part of the historic Iranian…
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Continue ReadingPolice fire teargas to quell protesters at site of deadly Paris shooting
By Xiaofei Xu, Niamh Kennedy, Joseph Ataman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN French police on Friday fired teargas amid clashes with agitated protesters…
Continue Reading5 things to know for December 23: Air travel, Jan. 6, Ukraine, Immigration, NASA
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yes — but if your family is anything like mine, there might be some…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yes — but if your family is anything like mine, there might be some…
Continue ReadingFrench serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj released from Nepali jail
By Sugam Pokharel, Alex Hardie and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series…
Continue ReadingFor first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’
CNN By Radina Gigova and Rhea Mogul, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in…
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By Yoonjung Seo, Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, according to South Korean…
Continue ReadingMigrants in El Paso have trouble finding shelter as dangerously cold temperatures arrive
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As freezing temperatures from a coast-to-coast winter storm arrive in El Paso, Texas, some migrants who…
Continue ReadingSave Rohingya from starvation at sea, UN refugee agency urges Asian countries
By Rhea Mogul, CNN The plight of nearly 200 Rohingya refugees adrift in the Indian Ocean for the past month is growing increasingly desperate, the…
Continue ReadingQAnon members in Japan sentenced for breaking into Covid vaccination centers
By Jessie Yeung and Tetsu Sukegawa, CNN Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into…
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