Hezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says
CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Hezbollah has threatened to “usurp” the Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port blast in a verbal message…
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California regulators vote to restrict water access for thousands of farmers amid severe drought
By Ray Sanchez, Alexandra Meeks and Brisa Colón, CNN California water regulators voted Tuesday to restrict water access for thousands of Central…
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Dr. Uzma Hasan discusses with CNN’s Jim Sciutto how safe it is to send children back to school with the Delta Covid-19 variant this…
Continue ReadingChina’s spiraling Delta variant outbreak hits Wuhan, as country introduces mass travel restrictions
By Nectar Gan, CNN China’s spiraling Delta variant outbreak has reached Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pandemic, prompting citywide…
Continue ReadingAugust 4 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results
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Continue ReadingNew report commissioned by NCAA finds a massive gender inequity in college basketball
By Andy Rose, CNN The National Collegiate Athletic Association treats its Division I men’s basketball program better than its women’s…
Continue ReadingCanadian province will lift many restrictions a month before expected after hitting vaccination milestone
By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN With now at least 80% of eligible residents in Canada’s Manitoba province having received at least…
Continue ReadingMore than $170,000 raised in 24 hours for Las Vegas woman facing eviction
By Amanda Jackson, CNN Last Monday, Dasha Kelly was facing eviction and didn’t know how she was going to pay her back rent. A day later, thanks…
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Dasha Kelly, a mother of three who was facing eviction, talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett about donations and support she received on GoFundMe, including…
Continue ReadingFormer Minneapolis officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights want their federal cases separated from Derek Chauvin
By Omar Jimenez, CNN Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights filed motions Tuesday to…
Continue ReadingPowerful blast rocks Kabul after Afghan army urges civilians to leave Taliban-controlled areas of major city
A car bomb exploded near the home of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister in Kabul and residents in the area responded by chanting in support of…
Continue ReadingArmy unveils memorial to a Black soldier lynched on military base 80 years ago
Army unveils memorial to a Black soldier lynched on military base 80 years…
Continue ReadingArmy unveils memorial to a Black soldier lynched on military base 80 years ago
By Laura James, CNN Pvt. Felix Hall was barely an adult when he was found hanging from a tree on a segregated Army base in Georgia in 1941. His…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 cases among US children and teens jumped 84% in a week, pediatrician group says
By Jen Christensen and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Almost 72,000 children and teens caught Covid-19 last week — a “substantial” increase…
Continue Reading‘They took away my dream’: Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya on a life-changing week
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was set to compete in the women’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on…
Continue ReadingTitanic museum iceberg wall collapses, injuring 3 visitors
By David Williams, CNN A wall of ice collapsed Monday at the Titanic Museum Attraction, injuring three visitors to the popular tourist spot in…
Continue ReadingAt least 30 bodies float down river between Ethiopia’s Tigray and Sudan
Story by Reuters At least 30 corpses have washed up on the Sudanese banks of a river that abuts Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according…
Continue ReadingPowerful blast rocks Kabul after Afghan army urges civilians to leave Taliban-controlled areas of major city
By Tim Lister and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A car bomb exploded near the home of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister in Kabul on Tuesday evening,…
Continue ReadingHBCUs are canceling students’ debt, highlighting how integral they are to Black Americans’ lives
By Amir Vera, CNN Covid-19 ruined Brécha Byrd’s inaugural season as a basketball player at Saint Augustine’s University, a historically…
Continue ReadingFlorida’s Broward County school district reverses its mask mandate after funding threat from the governor
By Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN Florida’s second-largest school district said it will withdraw its mask mandate after the governor…
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