Financially struggling university in West Virginia closes down, leaving students scrambling
WCHS By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A small West Virginia university will close down after financial struggles, leaving many students…
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Sports official suspended for nepotism after painfully slow athlete finishes last in 100-meter race
By David Close and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A Somali sports official was suspended for nepotism on Wednesday after a viral video showed an…
Continue ReadingFinancially struggling university in West Virginia closes down, leaving students scrambling
By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A small West Virginia university will close down after financial struggles, leaving many students…
Continue ReadingFamily of Lashawn Thompson, who died in a Georgia jail, reaches $4 million settlement with county
By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — The family of Lashawn Thompson, who died in September while incarcerated at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta,…
Continue ReadingA Niger coup leader meets with Wagner-allied junta in Mali
By Larry Madowo, Jessie Gretener and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — General Salifou Mody, one of the Niger officers who seized power in a military coup…
Continue ReadingTexas is separating families at the border in apparent ‘harsh and cruel’ shift in policy, immigration attorney says
By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Texas has separated at least 26 migrant family units on the southern border since July 10 under…
Continue ReadingA woman escaped a makeshift cinder block ‘dungeon’ in Oregon, police say. The FBI believes there are more victims in other states
CNN, KPTV By Sara Smart, Emma Tucker and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in…
Continue ReadingLouisiana public schools now required to display ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms
By Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — All Louisiana public schools are now required to display the national motto of “In God We Trust” inside of…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft built by a partnership of 16 nations:…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19,…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Personal Birth date: December 25, 1971…
Continue ReadingA woman escaped a makeshift cinder block ‘dungeon’ in Oregon, police say. The FBI believes there are more victims in other states
By Sara Smart, Emma Tucker and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — After a woman escaped from a makeshift “dungeon” made of cinder blocks in a man’s…
Continue ReadingOldest known species of jellyfish discovered in the Canadian Rockies
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been…
Continue ReadingAmerican woman charged with conspiring to kill husband in the Bahamas still in jail after $100,000 bail granted, lawyer says
By Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas,…
Continue ReadingMissouri executes Johnny Johnson, convicted of murdering a 6-year-old girl, despite his claim he was mentally ill
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Missouri has executed a death row inmate for the 2002 murder of a young girl over the objections of his attorneys,…
Continue ReadingCanada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie are separating
By Jennifer Henderson, Paula Newton and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are…
Continue ReadingLongtime Massachusetts truck driver wins $1 million 3 days after announcing his retirement
By Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — After being in the trucking industry for more than two decades, a Massachusetts man is heading into retirement…
Continue ReadingGerman heavy metal festival halts admissions as rain turns site to mud
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A heavy metal festival in Germany has been forced to halt admissions after heavy rain turned the site into a mud…
Continue ReadingIran proposes long jail terms, AI surveillance and crackdown on influencers in harsh new hijab law
By Celine Alkhaldi and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Just weeks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the mass protests sparked by the death of…
Continue ReadingA newly discovered colossal whale might be the heaviest animal ever, study finds
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. At…
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