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By Helen Regan, CNN A severe Covid-19 wave is devastating Myanmar — a country already on its knees following February’s military coup…
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A teenage pilot had to make an emergency landing on a New Jersey bridge after the aircraft experienced an engine…
Continue ReadingFlorence ‘SeeSee’ Rigney, said to be America’s oldest working nurse, retires at the age of 96
By Amanda Jackson, CNN For over seven decades, Florence “SeeSee” Rigney, a nurse in Washington, has been taking care of patients and…
Continue ReadingAlabama councilman rejects requests to resign after using n-word in council meeting
By Jade Gordon, CNN An Alabama city councilmember has rejected requests to resign after he used the n-word earlier this week at a city council…
Continue ReadingPG&E announces it will bury 10,000 miles of power lines to help reduce wildfire risk
By Sarah Moon and Christina Maxouris, CNN The nation’s largest utility, its equipment having played a role in sparking some of the deadliest…
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By Keely Aouga and Laura Ly, CNN A teenage pilot had to make an emergency landing on a New Jersey bridge Monday afternoon after the aircraft…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover prepares to collect Martian samples that will be sent to Earth
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Almost a year after NASA’s Perseverance rover was launched on its nearly seven-month journey to Mars, the robotic…
Continue ReadingHarvey Weinstein, in a wheelchair, pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges in Los Angeles
By Stella Chan and Eric Levenson, CNN Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to 11 sexual assault charges in a Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingDeaf-blind Paralympic gold medalist heartbroken after pulling out of Tokyo Games because her mom can’t be there as personal care assistant
Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic &…
Continue ReadingDeaf-blind Paralympic gold medalist heartbroken after pulling out of Tokyo Games because her mom can’t be there as personal care assistant
By David Williams, CNN Becca Meyers won three gold medals and a silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the swimmer, who’s deaf…
Continue ReadingA deputy’s 11-month-old child was fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama
By Rebekah Riess, Tina Burnside and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Birmingham, Alabama, police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 11-month-old child of…
Continue ReadingNew York City to require its health care workers to get vaccinated or submit to weekly tests
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says it’s time to do something different to combat the spread of Covid-19 and will require all healthcare workers…
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By Mirna Alsharif, Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN Workers at New York City’s public hospitals and health clinics will be required to either…
Continue ReadingLiberty University sued by 12 women claiming school policies made sexual assault and rape more likely
By Kay Jones and Hollie Silverman, CNN Liberty University has been sued by 12 women who claim the school created an environment on its Virginia…
Continue ReadingMen have a bigger carbon footprint than women, thanks to their appetite for cars and meat
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Gender stereotypes are alive and well and harming our planet, a new study from Sweden shows, as men’s passion for meat and…
Continue ReadingHungary plans referendum on law criticized by EU as homophobic
By Luke McGee, Amy Cassidy and Boglarka Kosztolanyi CNN Hungary’s right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed a referendum on…
Continue ReadingHungary’s FM: We don’t want LGBTQI ‘activists’ in schools
Speaking to Bianna Golodryga, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó defends the country’s new law that bans content which “promotes”…
Continue ReadingAround 100 kidnapped women and children rescued in Nigeria
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as “bandits” have been rescued,…
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