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By AJ Willingham, CNN Twenty-two years ago, humanity was teetering on the fulcrum of a new era. Our love affair with technology still felt glamorous…
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Homes on Lake Erie were encased in ice as blizzard whipped frigid waves onshore
By Angela Fritz, CNN Lakefront homes in Ontario were encased in a thick, spiky coat of ice after last weekend’s blizzard whipped frigid waves…
Continue ReadingFormer Minneapolis police officer charged with assaulting a man during 2020 protests after death of George Floyd
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN A former Minneapolis police officer is charged with assaulting a man during nighttime civil unrest following…
Continue ReadingBenjamin Netanyahu sworn in as leader of Israel’s likely most right-wing government ever
By Rob Picheta, Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday completed a dramatic return as Israel’s prime minister, after being…
Continue ReadingAn Alaska man says he was finally going to get a heart transplant. A winter storm meant the heart had to go to someone else
CNN By Paradise Afshar and Dakin Andone, CNN Patrick Holland had only been on the heart transplant list for a few weeks when he said he got a call…
Continue ReadingFormer Pope Benedict is ‘lucid and vigilant’ but his condition remains serious, Vatican says
By Delia Gallagher, CNN Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “lucid and vigilant” but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday…
Continue ReadingUN halts some aid programs in Afghanistan after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers
By Sophie Tanno, CNN The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the…
Continue ReadingAn Alaska man says he was finally going to get a heart transplant. A winter storm meant the heart had to go to someone else
By Paradise Afshar and Dakin Andone, CNN Patrick Holland had only been on the heart transplant list for a few weeks when he said he got a call last…
Continue ReadingAn Alaska man says he was finally going to get a heart transplant. A winter storm meant the heart had to go to someone else
KING, PATRICK HOLLAND, HALEY HOLLAND, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, CNN, Haley Holland/Social Media Posts By Paradise Afshar, CNN An Alaska man with congestive…
Continue ReadingPakistan court frees convicted rapist after ‘agreement’ to marry his victim
By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN A court in Pakistan on Monday freed a convicted rapist after it was “agreed” he would marry his…
Continue ReadingDeath toll rises to 24 after deadly Cambodia casino fire
By Yin Soeum, Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN The death toll has risen to 24 following a huge fire that engulfed a casino complex in Cambodia as…
Continue ReadingMore than 200 cars involved in massive pileup in China’s Zhengzhou
By Jessie Yeung and Jennie Chen, CNN One person was killed during a massive pileup involving more than 200 vehicles in the central Chinese city…
Continue ReadingA Buffalo woman went out on Christmas Eve, telling her daughter she’d be right back. They found her body a few hundred feet from home
By Miguel Marquez, Bonney Kapp and Frank Bivona, CNN Casey Maccarone’s mother was always a kind of superwoman, but even so, when Monique…
Continue ReadingPrinceton University student who had been missing died by suicide, county prosecutor says
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN The Princeton University student who was initially considered missing and was later found dead on the university’s…
Continue ReadingParents deliver baby at home during blizzard with help from doulas on video chat, then trek through knee-deep snow
By Sara Smart, CNN ‘Twas two days before Christmas when within the house, a soon-to-be mother began having contractions. Erica and Davon Thomas…
Continue ReadingSikh Marine recruits can keep their turbans and beards throughout training, court rules
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A federal appeals court has ruled that three Sikh men should be allowed to go through US Marine Corps recruit training with…
Continue ReadingTent processing center for migrants going up in El Paso, expected to increase capacity by 1,000
By Rosa Flores and Karol Suarez, CNN In response to the increased number of migrants crossing the border in El Paso, US Customs and Border Protection…
Continue Reading‘He was an angel in our community.’ These are the stories of the victims of the Buffalo blizzard
CNN By Sharif Paget, Caroll Alvarado and Jeanne Bonner, CNN Abdul Sharifu, 26, left his home in Buffalo Saturday afternoon in blizzard conditions to…
Continue ReadingNASA images showcase eerie beauty of winter on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Mars may seem like a dry, desolate place, but the red planet transforms into an otherworldly wonderland in winter,…
Continue ReadingSuspect in a series of killings in California is charged with additional murder counts
By Taylor Romine and Nouran Salahieh, CNN An additional five charges were filed Tuesday against a Stockton man already charged with murder in a…
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