5 things to know for Sept. 1: Idalia, Trump, Student loans, LGBTQ rights, Trader Joe’s
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — For many Americans, the extended Labor Day weekend is an opportunity to reconnect with loved ones, take…
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Russia is reinvited to glitzy Nobel Prize banquet after last year’s exclusion, sparking controversy
By Amy Cassidy and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ambassadors from Russia and Belarus have been invited back to the Nobel Prize banquet after…
Continue ReadingOne of Louisiana’s only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation
By Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN) — When Jake Kleinmahon and his husband, Tom, decided to move back to New Orleans in 2018, they had plans to live…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s election battle shaken up by billionaire’s second attempt at presidency
By Wayne Chang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A self-made, septuagenarian billionaire with limited political experience has thrown his hat into…
Continue ReadingUltra-nationalist military blogger arrested in Moscow
By Tim Lister, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Russian military blogger who has written critically of Russia’s conduct in…
Continue ReadingNew Delhi doesn’t want its monkeys to ruin G20. But it has a plan
By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India are determined to keep a lid on any monkey business ahead of world leaders jetting in next…
Continue ReadingRecovery efforts are focused on power restoration in Florida communities as sweltering heat moves in after Hurricane Idalia
CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — As many communities along Florida’s west coast face oppressive heat Friday without air conditioning or…
Continue ReadingMurder, torture, sexual violence among thousands of Russian crimes against children, Ukraine says
By Mariya Knight and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has opened more than 3,000 criminal cases over Russia’s alleged crimes against children…
Continue ReadingThai King cuts ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra’s 8-year prison sentence to 1 year
By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister…
Continue ReadingHong Kong closes schools and cancels hundreds of flights as Typhoon Saola arrives
CNN By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Schools and businesses closed while hundreds of…
Continue ReadingTrees fall, scaffolding collapses as Typhoon Saola hits Hong Kong
By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in…
Continue ReadingRetired teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after tweeting criticism
By Hande Atay Alam and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — A Saudi court has sentenced a retired teacher to death over his comments online, say his…
Continue ReadingOregon suspect, who escaped while fully shackled, taken into custody after found stuck in mud
By Cheri Mossburg and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — An aggravated murder suspect who escaped a psychiatric hospital in Oregon while shackled at…
Continue ReadingCanadian authorities race to capture five million bees from roadway spill
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Authorities raced to capture five million bees released yesterday after a truck carrying several crates of hives…
Continue ReadingUS attorney’s office files legal motion to block a Titanic expedition planned for 2024
Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — The US government has filed a motion to stop a Titanic expedition planned for 2024, citing a law that protects and…
Continue ReadingWhite homeowner will stand trial for allegedly shooting Black teen who went to the wrong Kansas City house, judge rules
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The White homeowner accused of wounding a Black teen who went to the wrong Kansas City address in April will stand…
Continue ReadingNiger junta order police to expel French ambassador
By Niamh Kennedy, Nimi Princewill and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The military junta in Niger has canceled the visa of the French ambassador and…
Continue ReadingNew video purports to show Prigozhin days before his death
By Mariya Knight and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — A new video published by pro-Wagner PMC Telegram channel Grey Zone on Wednesday appears to…
Continue ReadingConvicted murderer escapes prison outside Philadelphia
CNN, WPVI By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — An inmate convicted of murder escaped a prison in Pennsylvania’s Chester County on…
Continue ReadingAn inmate was killed in a stabbing at Fulton County Jail. It’s the jail’s fifth death since the end of July
By Devon M. Sayers and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A detainee was killed and four other inmates injured in a mass stabbing at the Fulton…
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