Pelé Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, a professional Brazilian football (soccer) player.…
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Belarus opposition figure and protest leader sentenced to 11 years in jail
By Eliza Mackintosh and Katharina Krebs, CNN A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, a prominent opposition figure who led mass…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover successfully collects first Martian sample
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were enjoying the weekend, the Perseverance rover was hard at work making history on Mars. New images with better…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in Georgia shooting that left 7 people injured
By Gregory Lemos and Alta Spells, CNN A man suspected of opening fire into a crowd on the street in Athens, Georgia, over the weekend has been…
Continue Reading‘I won’t leave.’ Residents of hard-hit Louisiana town undeterred by another deadly hurricane
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN Digital video by Jon Sarlin and Madeleine Stix, CNN Cheryl Rogers Smith’s favorite…
Continue ReadingAn ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states
CNN, WFTS By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside…
Continue ReadingJobless Americans left scrambling after pandemic unemployment benefits end
By Tami Luhby, CNN April Stokes wants to go back to work. An optician by trade, Stokes was employed at Henry Ford OptimEyes until the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingTaliban accused of murdering pregnant Afghan policewoman in front of her family
By Jaide Garcia and Jonny Hallam, CNN The Taliban murdered a pregnant policewoman in front of her family on Saturday night, according to her son. Her…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 6: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Ida, gun violence, Ethiopia
CNN By Dominic Rech, CNN It’s Labor Day! If you have the day off, you might be curious about what’s open and what’s closed. At the…
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CNN By Dominic Rech, CNN It’s Labor Day! If you have the day off, you might be curious about what’s open and what’s closed. At the…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans lifts curfew as power returns to most of the city after Hurricane Ida left hundreds of thousands in the dark
CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN New Orleans on Wednesday lifted the curfew imposed after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast as power was restored to…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 6: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Ida, gun violence, Ethiopia
CNN By Dominic Rech, CNN It’s Labor Day! If you have the day off, you might be curious about what’s open and what’s closed. At the…
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CNN By Dominic Rech, CNN It’s Labor Day! If you have the day off, you might be curious about what’s open and what’s closed. At the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 6: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Ida, gun violence, Ethiopia
CNN By Dominic Rech, CNN It’s Labor Day! If you have the day off, you might be curious about what’s open and what’s closed. At the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 6: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Ida, gun violence, Ethiopia
By Dominic Rech, CNN It’s Labor Day! If you have the day off, you might be curious about what’s open and what’s closed. At the…
Continue ReadingAn ex-Marine sharpshooter said he killed a baby and 3 others because God told him to, affidavit states
By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland,…
Continue ReadingPalestinian prisoners escape from Israeli prison, apparently through a tunnel
By Abeer Salman, Amir Tal and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Israeli authorities are hunting for six Palestinian militants who broke out of prison, apparently…
Continue ReadingDivers discover a dislodged and broken pipeline that likely triggered Gulf of Mexico oil spill
By Keith Allen, CNN Divers using underwater sonar discovered a 12-inch oil pipeline Sunday that had become dislodged and is possibly the source of an…
Continue ReadingTaliban claim victory in Panjshir, but resistance forces say they still control strategic position in the valley
By Nic Robertson, Nilly Kohzad, Tim Lister and Helen Regan, CNN The Taliban have claimed victory in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, with a…
Continue ReadingJan Hecker, German ambassador to China, dies just a few weeks into his posting
By Zixu Wang and Sophie Jeong, CNN The German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, has died suddenly at 54, after only a few weeks in his position,…
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