5 things to know for August 31: Afghanistan, Ida, coronavirus, China, abortion
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN As many as 750,000 households are so far behind on rent they could be evicted this year, according to an estimate from…
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Two dead and 10 injured after Mississippi highway washed away by heavy rain
By Joe Sutton, CNN Two people were killed and 10 others injured after part of a highway washed away Monday night near the town of Lucedale,…
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Continue ReadingUS completes withdrawal from Afghanistan
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A man identified only as “Louis” testified Monday at R. Kelly’s trial, saying the singer lured him to his home…
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Continue ReadingHere’s how Louisiana hospitals are handling the double onslaught of Hurricane Ida and Covid-19
By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Already overwhelmed by a surge in Covid-19 cases, Louisiana hospitals are now struggling with…
Continue ReadingHere’s how Louisiana hospitals are handling the double onslaught of Hurricane Ida and Covid-19
CNN By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Already overwhelmed by a surge in Covid-19 cases, Louisiana hospitals are now struggling…
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CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN As many as 750,000 households are so far behind on rent they could be evicted this year, according to an estimate from…
Continue Reading‘I don’t want them to kill my kids’: Afghan translator’s desperate journey from the clutches of the Taliban to a new life in the US
By Anna Coren and Jessie Yeung, CNN Abdul Rashid Shirzad was quiet and nervous on the taxi ride with his family to the Kabul airport, the last…
Continue ReadingTaliban declare victory from Kabul airport tarmac after US withdrawal
CNN By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Taliban leaders declared victory over the United States from the tarmac of Kabul airport on Tuesday, hours after the…
Continue ReadingResidents of this small Louisiana town describe ‘hours of agony’ as Hurricane Ida slammed the Gulf Coast
By Amir Vera and Ed Lavandera, CNN Residents of LaPlace endured hours of harsh winds and rising water as Hurricane Ida’s fierce winds blew…
Continue ReadingCristhian Bahena Rivera receives life sentence for murder of Mollie Tibbetts in 2018
By Eric Levenson, Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A farm worker has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for…
Continue ReadingAfghan folk singer taken from his house and killed by the Taliban
By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Afghan folk singer Fawad Andarabi was dragged from his home and killed by the Taliban in a restive mountain province north of…
Continue ReadingHate crime reports in US surge to the highest level in 12 years, FBI says
By Christina Carrega and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN More than 10,000 people reported to law enforcement last year that they were the victim of a hate…
Continue ReadingGriddy Energy customers won’t have to pay for sky-high electricity bills from winter storm
By Sarah Moon and Eric Levenson, CNN Griddy Energy customers won’t be financially responsible for the sky-high electricity bills charged during…
Continue ReadingMarine Rylee McCollum, 20, died in the Kabul blast weeks before the birth of his child, family says
CNN By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high…
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