By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — The enormous investments that the US and Venezuela have promised from their new oil production deal have brought cautious optimism that Venezuelans face a new period of prosperity after more than a decade of economic and social turmoil. As the country with the world’s largest proven reserves of crude
Continue ReadingBy Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! For $5 million and tens of thousands in annual fees, you can stay in a resort-style doomsday bunker. Check out what it’s like inside. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Swamped refuge Flash floods struck a historic
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By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — No evidence of mechanical problems was found in either of the two aircraft involved in last month’s deadly midair collision between a small private plane and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The finding is part of a new preliminary report on the
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By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Antisemitic hate crimes are up 8% so far this year and make up more than half of the incidents in New York City, even as officials tout record low numbers for shootings and murders, according to statistics released by the New York Police Department on Thursday. Overall hate crimes
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CNN By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many
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By Choire Sicha, CNN (CNN) — “Our goddess,” wrote a poster last week on the Reddit board devoted to being childfree, “has passed.” Dolly Parton, one of the greatest benefactors to children in world history while also being a role model to those who were without them, had died at 80. This week, Gloria Steinem,
Continue Reading CNN By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Dozens are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants that departed Gambia last month was found by authorities drifting off Spain’s Canary Islands late Wednesday. Helena Maleno, the head of the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders), said that 83 of the boat’s 127 passengers had died, with four
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian general who has been accused by Ukraine of ordering a missile strike against a children’s hospital in Kyiv has reportedly been shot in northwestern Russia on Thursday. The Russian Investigative Committee said it opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a military service member
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many who
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — About two weeks ago, US authorities took Cubans, Venezuelans and other Latin Americans from detention centers and placed them on a flight to Liberia. When they landed, having spent the entire flight in shackles, some of the men refused to get off the plane, according to the Miami Herald.
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied accusations that the government ignored warnings about an impending mass border crossing from Morocco to the enclave of Ceuta. Sánchez has been under intense pressure over the crisis, which saw an estimated 72,000 people cross the border. Dozens died and many remain
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The Grand Canyon’s vast, mile-deep landscape may appear timeless, but two devastating disasters have recently struck the iconic natural wonder as the climate crisis intensifies extreme weather. Muddy brown floodwaters roared through Phantom Ranch on August 29, swamping the 1920s lodge that has welcomed adventurers seeking a rare chance
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — As the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln pulled into port in Thailand on Wednesday, observers were shocked by its appearance. The almost 1,100-foot-long warship was covered in rust from bow to stern. But experts say that’s to be expected from what the Navy says was 286 days at sea
Continue ReadingBy Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — A Mexican musician, his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter, as well as their nanny and a family dog were found dead on Tuesday, in a gruesome homicide case. Jonathan Meléndez, the 38-year-old keyboardist of the well-known indie rock band Camilo Séptimo, was among those found dead in
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By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Adaeze Onejeme, a 28-year-old ad sales worker in Los Angeles, was visiting a night market in Hollywood with her sister in late August when she noticed something curious. Stall after stall, hawking loaded French fries or taquitos or smoothies, featured menus with pictures that at first seemed real —
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CNN By Amanda Musa, Eric Levenson, and Nicki Brown The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was sent home for the day at about 4 p.m. Wednesday and will return Thursday morning at 9 a.m. to continue deliberations. “I know it’s been a long day,” Judge William F. Sullivan said. The 12-person jury has deliberated
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By Cindy Von Quednow, Dalia Faheid, Julianna Bragg, Taylor Galgano, Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — Officers confronted a barrage of gunfire, their vision clouded by a haze, as they responded to a shooting at a Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday that left at least two people dead and injured multiple others, officials said. Police opened fire
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (CNN) — An engine failed on a US Coast Guard plane with the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security onboard, forcing it to make an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon. “We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency,” the
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By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown, Jean Casarez, CNN Plymouth, Massachusetts (CNN) — One by one, the 12 deliberating jurors and six alternate jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s trial approached the judge’s bench Wednesday morning. The clerk swore in each juror, and one at a time they listened to the judge speak, while the prosecution and defense
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