5 things to know for July 8: Haiti, coronavirus, Trump, condo collapse, Colombia
By AJ Willingham, CNN Elsa is headed to the Northeast as a tropical storm, leaving a trail of suspected tornadoes across the South. The storm will…
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Elsa raises flood threat for the New York metro area
As Elsa moves into the Mid-Atlantic, flash flood concerns grow for New York and the surrounding vicinity. CNN Meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft urges Windows users to install update
Microsoft is urging Windows users to immediately install an update after security researchers found a serious vulnerability in the operating…
Continue ReadingAvlon: This is the new litmus test for the GOP
CNN’s John Avlon says Republicans once critical of former President Donald Trump are reversing course as a political…
Continue ReadingWhite House press secretary reacts to killing of Haiti’s president
White House press secretary Jen Psaki sends condolences from the White House to the people of Haiti after the Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, was…
Continue ReadingClimate change altered the size of human bodies
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is linked to a changing climate,…
Continue ReadingThe Tokyo Olympics: A Summer Games like no other
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will be the 29th edition of the Summer Games. But this edition, athletes and spectators will see an…
Continue ReadingTokyo Olympics will be held under a state of emergency as Japan mulls opening ceremony fan ban
By Junko Ogura, Chie Kobayashi and Nectar Gan, CNN The pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will take place under a coronavirus state of emergency,…
Continue ReadingBiden defends pulling US out of Afghanistan as Taliban advances: ‘We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build’
By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden delivered a vehement defense Thursday of his decision to end the war in Afghanistan, insisting no amount of…
Continue ReadingSuspect has been charged after an Indiana police officer on the FBI Task Force was killed
By Amir Vera, Taylor Romine and Rob Frehse, CNN The man who allegedly shot and killed a veteran Indiana officer serving on an FBI Task Force in Terre…
Continue ReadingGlobal Covid-19 death toll surpasses 4 million
Health experts are worried about growing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among young adults as the Delta variant continues to spread across the…
Continue ReadingFormer South African President Jacob Zuma begins jail term after handing himself over to police
By David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma handed himself over to police late Wednesday, authorities said, to begin a 15-month…
Continue ReadingInvestigation finds no racial bias by employee who cut biracial girl’s hair, Michigan school district says
By Taylor Romine and Keely Aouga, CNN There was no racial bias at play when a Michigan school staff member cut a biracial child’s hair, the…
Continue ReadingGlobal Covid-19 death toll surpasses 4 million
By Deidre McPhillips and Nectar Gan, CNN More than 4 million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins…
Continue ReadingInside the Myanmar mountain camp where rebels train to fight for freedom from the junta
CNN’s Sam Kiley gets a rare glimpse inside a Myanmar rebel camp, where volunteers are training to fight the country’s military junta who seized power…
Continue ReadingA 12-foot Burmese python has been loose in a Louisiana mall store for days
By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Search teams in Baton Rouge are rolling snake eyes when it comes to finding Cara, a large, banana-yellow…
Continue ReadingInside the Myanmar mountain camp where rebels train to fight for freedom from the junta
Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Full-throated they belt out songs of victory, their boots adding the drumbeat as ranks of new recruits jog in formation…
Continue ReadingFlorida authorities find dead woman in retention pond. Her injuries are consistent with an alligator attack
By Amir Vera, CNN The body of a dead woman was found in retention pond in the Tampa area Sunday, and authorities say her injuries appear consistent…
Continue ReadingIn the heap of concrete and twisted steel, the imprint of lives lost, memories and dashed hope
By Rosa Flores, Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Ray Sanchez, CNN The hulking pile of concrete and twisted steel rises from the ground — a…
Continue ReadingIn Maryland, every person who died of Covid-19 in June was unvaccinated. That’s not an aberration, experts say
By Eric Levenson, CNN Last month, 130 people died of Covid-19 in Maryland. None of them were vaccinated, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. In…
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