Former girlfriend of R. Kelly testifies about alleged abuse
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A woman who said she was R. Kelly’s girlfriend for five years took the stand Monday to testify about how she went to…
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City defends hands-off policing after groups clash in Portland
By Natasha Chen and Julia Jones, CNN Fireworks, flares, pepper spray and projectiles like soda cans flew between far-right and counterprotesters in…
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By Amanda Jackson and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Igor Vovkovinskiy, crowned the tallest living man in the US by Guinness World Records in 2010, died…
Continue ReadingGermany’s deadly floods were up to 9 times more likely because of climate change, study estimates
By Angela Dewan, CNN Record rainfall that triggered deadly floods in Western Europe in July was made between 1.2 and 9 times more likely by…
Continue ReadingStaten Island hospital employees protest Covid-19 vaccine and testing requirements
By Laura Studley and Taylor Romine, CNN Employees at a Staten Island, New York, hospital are protesting Covid-19 vaccination and testing requirements…
Continue ReadingState investigation finds a California police department violated constitutional rights of residents
By Douglas S. Wood, CNN The Bakersfield Police Department in California will revise its policies after a four-year state investigation found that the…
Continue ReadingNYPD commissioner implores officers to get vaccinated after 3 employees die of Covid-19 in a week
By Pervaiz Shallwani, CNN New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea sent a message to members of the NYPD on Friday imploring them to get vaccinated…
Continue ReadingCalifornia DOJ to investigate police shooting of ‘uninvolved’ bystander
By Stella Chan, CNN Police in the California town of Guadalupe fatally shot an “uninvolved” bystander Saturday night as officers pursued…
Continue ReadingJosephine Baker will be the first Black woman buried at the Panthéon in Paris
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Legendary Black entertainer Josephine Baker is set to become the first Black woman to have her remains buried in the Panthéon…
Continue ReadingA new king was crowned in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region and young Nigerians are inspired
By Anita Patrick, CNN The coronation of a dashing monarch in the oil-rich but impoverished Delta region has sparked a resurgence in royalty,…
Continue ReadingTuesday spacewalk postponed due to ‘minor medical issue’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A spacewalk outside of the International Space Station including NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japan Aerospace…
Continue ReadingDoomed comet ATLAS had a long history with Earth
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A Comet that intrigued astronomers with its first appearance in our sky at the very end of 2019, but it disintegrated into…
Continue ReadingJesse Jackson Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of civil rights activist and clergyman Jesse Jackson. Personal Birth date: October 8, 1941…
Continue ReadingNYC announces Covid-19 vaccine mandate for all public school employees, with no testing opt out
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Eric Levenson, CNN New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all Department of Education staff for public…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban hasn’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
CNN By Kara Fox, Tim Lister and Nilly Kohzad, CNN As the Taliban firms up its grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Judaism, the monotheistic (belief in one God) religion of the Jewish people. About Judaism Jewish law…
Continue Reading‘Expecting the worst, hoping for the best’: Nurse recalls delivering baby on Afghanistan evacuation aircraft
By Atika Shubert, James Briggs and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse who delivered a baby girl on board an aircraft that evacuated people from Afghanistan has…
Continue ReadingPresident Buhari’s son marries royal bride in glitzy and glamorous ceremony
By Nimi Princewill, CNN It was a roll call of Nigeria’s most powerful political elites during the wedding of Yusuf Buhari, son of…
Continue ReadingHealth officials warn people not to take a drug meant for livestock to ward off or treat Covid-19
CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN Mississippi health officials are warning residents not to take an anti-parasitic drug — in most cases, a formulation…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban haven’t captured all of Afghanistan yet. One province has vowed to resist
By Kara Fox, Tim Lister and Nilly Kohzad, CNN As the Taliban firm up their grip on Afghanistan, there is one remote region whose resistance to the…
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