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5 things to know for June 22: World Cup, UK prime minister, Iran deal, tornado outbreak, reflecting pool

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Health officials are warning that the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite once thought eradicated from the US, has resurfaced and is threatening cattle, wildlife and pets. While the risk to humans is considered low, experts say the outbreak could cost the southwestern US billions of dollars if it continues to

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Supporters of Colombia's presidential candidate from the ruling party Pacto Historico

Trump-backed de la Espriella wins preliminary count in razor-tight Colombian presidential runoff

By Ines Capdevila, Max Feliu, Alessandra Freitas, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who was endorsed by US President Donald Trump, won the preliminary count of the presidential race in Colombia on Sunday, clinching a narrow margin over his government-backed rival Iván Cepeda. De La Espriella claimed victory, telling a

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She got home, left a movie in the VCR and vanished. Decades later, police haven’t given up on the search for Carla Anderson

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — “Did somebody take her? Do they have her somewhere else? Is she alive?” These are the questions that have haunted Dan Anderson in the nearly four decades since his younger sister, then 23-year-old Carla Anderson, vanished from her apartment in Wadena, Minnesota. Memories of their childhood still flash into

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FAA and NTSB investigate close call between two aircraft at intersecting runways at Boston Logan International Airport

By Danya Gainor, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a close call between two commercial flights at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday morning. Flight tracking data shows the pilots of Delta Air Lines Flight 2351 aborted their approach for landing around 11:30 a.m. as

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A woman sits in the rubble of her destroyed home in the southern Lebanese village of Toul on June 18

Why is there fighting in Lebanon?

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Tim Lister CNN (CNN) — Persistent fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon is threatening a tentative deal reached between the United States and Iran to end their war. Their memorandum of understanding includes a ceasefire in Lebanon that would protect Iran’s long-time ally Hezbollah from Israeli strikes, so

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Bolivian truck drivers block a road during a protest over their inability to work amid nationwide road blockades by demonstrators in Cochabamba

Bolivia’s president declares state of emergency over blockade crisis

By Helen Regan, Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency Saturday, after weeks of anti-government protests over rising living costs and economic pressure that have since grown into an escalating political crisis. Protests, backed by workers unions, farmers and supporters of former President Evo Morales, are demanding Paz

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