Shanghai to lock down each half of city for mass Covid-19 testing
CNN By Yong Xiong, Simone McCarthy and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Shanghai has said it will lock down each half of the city by turns for mass Covid-19 testing…
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They fled Afghanistan’s takeover by the Taliban last year. Now they’ve fled Ukraine, refugees again
By Josh Campbell and Meridith Edwards When Russian forces first rolled across the border into Ukraine last month, Sayed and Masuma Hosseini were…
Continue ReadingDollywood closes drop tower ride out of ‘abundance of caution’ after fatal fall at Orlando amusement park
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Dollywood is temporarily closing its drop tower attraction after a boy fell to his death from a similar type of ride by the same…
Continue ReadingGeorgia teenager accepted to almost 50 colleges
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Georgia high school senior has received acceptance letters from 49 colleges and over $1 million in scholarship offers. Makenzie…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador proclaims state of emergency as homicides soar
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN El Salvador’s legislative assembly approved a state of emergency law early Sunday to tackle a spiraling homicide rate…
Continue ReadingUkrainians disrupt and derail Russian offensive as war moves to new phase
CNN By Tim Lister, Paul P. Murphy and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Just over a month after the first ballistic missiles slammed into Kyiv’s…
Continue ReadingColorado firefighters make gains against a Boulder-area wildfire that forced thousands to evacuate
By Hannah Sarisohn and Holly Yan, CNN Just one day after a wildfire spurred evacuation orders for 19,000 people in Colorado, the blaze is 35%…
Continue ReadingShanghai to lock down each half of city for mass Covid-19 testing
By Yong Xiong, Simone McCarthy and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Shanghai has said it will lock down each half of the city by turns for mass Covid-19 testing…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials catch 500-pound bear roaming near a Tennessee university
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 500-pound black bear prowling around a Tennessee university has been captured and relocated, according to the Tennessee…
Continue ReadingUkrainians disrupt and derail Russian offensive as war moves to new phase
By Tim Lister, Paul P. Murphy and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Just over a month after the first ballistic missiles slammed into Kyiv’s international…
Continue Reading4 are dead after a driver crashed into a Salem, Oregon, encampment of unhoused people
By Kaylene Chassie and Keith Allen, CNN Alcohol may have been a contributing factor when a motorist drove into an encampment of unhoused people early…
Continue ReadingA woman died after falling into whitewater rapids at Grand Canyon National Park
By Dakin Andone, CNN A woman died in Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday after falling into rapids on the Colorado River, according to the…
Continue ReadingA fire at an Exxon refinery draws firefighters from multiple departments
By Melissa Alonso, CNN A structure fire at an ExxonMobil refinery in Montana burned for more than three hours, officials said Sunday. “Last…
Continue ReadingThis 101-year-old man finally received his high school diploma
By Zoe Sottile, CNN After waiting more than 80 years, Merrill Pittman Cooper finally received his high school diploma. Cooper, 101, attended Storer…
Continue ReadingMeet Scot, the 1,600-pound great white shark swimming off Florida’s coast
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Florida’s got yet another spring breaker in town: Scot, a massive great white shark, has been recorded swimming off the…
Continue ReadingDozens in central Texas lost everything in a wildfire. Ongoing blazes are now forcing others to evacuate
By Christina Maxouris, CNN David Lipson sat in his dining room talking on the phone with his son when he smelled the smoke. He grabbed his dog, his…
Continue ReadingWhat a UC Berkeley legal battle says about college housing affordability nationwide
By Leah Asmelash, CNN College students across the country are facing a crisis. It’s not just the basic cost of attending college, which has…
Continue ReadingAtari’s ‘Home Pong’ prototype sells at auction for more than $270K
By Yenny Sanchez, CNN If you think the PS5 is expensive, get a load of Atari’s “Home Pong” prototype. The original 1975,…
Continue ReadingA construction worker was killed in a partial collapse at a Boston parking garage that was being demolished
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A construction worker died Saturday after suffering a “substantial” fall while apparently inside a crane at a…
Continue ReadingNYC executes plan to clear homeless encampments, place individuals in shelters
By Mark Morales and Emma Tucker, CNN New York City is executing a plan to clear out encampments across the city where homeless people are known to…
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