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CNN By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude…
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CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN A federal trial for singer R. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges that…
Continue ReadingFor the Afghans who make it through Taliban checkpoints, Kabul airport is a gateway to a new world
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN A baby desperately held aloft to US Marines on top of a besieged gate. Shots fired in the air. A crush of Afghan people…
Continue ReadingBiden administration proposes overhaul of asylum system to speed up claim approval
CNN, KRGV By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has proposed a federal regulation that would overhaul the asylum system in an attempt to…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 vaccine booster shots to be offered to Americans beginning September 20, health officials say
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN US health officials and medical experts announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that booster doses of Covid-19…
Continue Reading‘Frozen in time’: Lobbyists, lawmakers and mayors plead with the White House to ease Covid travel restrictions
CNN, DISNEY, UNITED AIRLINES By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease…
Continue ReadingT-Mobile says data breach affects more than 40 million people
CNN, CNNBUSINESSS By Brian Fung, CNN Business Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers’ personal information has…
Continue ReadingChina’s Delta outbreak shows signs of slowing, as variant rages across the world
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jessie Yeung, CNN On July 20, Chinese authorities detected a cluster of Covid-19 cases in the eastern city of Nanjing. The virus…
Continue ReadingBiden administration faces daunting odds of pulling off massive Afghanistan evacuation in 2 weeks
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Evan Perez, CNN The Biden administration is still struggling to answer basic…
Continue ReadingEx-defense secretary: Trump’s push to get US troops out of Afghanistan possibly ‘undermined’ deal with Taliban
CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
CNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to…
Continue ReadingTaliban keep low key presence on streets of Kabul
CNN By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Little by little, life appears to be creeping back to normal in Kabul, even though no…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 18: Afghanistan, coronavirus, tropical storms, wildfires, China
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 18: Afghanistan, coronavirus, tropical storms, wildfires, China
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 18: Afghanistan, coronavirus, tropical storms, wildfires, China
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN Major retail chains are having trouble finding workers, but not necessarily for jobs in the store — it’s the…
Continue ReadingLocal mask mandates allowed for now after Texas Supreme Court rejects Gov. Abbott’s request to intervene
CNN, KTVT, KPRC By Kay Jones and Andy Rose, CNN The Supreme Court of Texas refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to intervene Thursday in the case…
Continue ReadingChinese state media sets sights on Taiwan as US’ Afghan retreat stokes nationalism
CNN By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN The chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan has presented Beijing with a propaganda boost, with Chinese state…
Continue ReadingRates of Covid-19 hospitalizations for children and adults under 50 reach their highest levels yet, CDC data shows
CNN, KTVT, KPRC By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The pace of Covid-19 hospitalizations is surging across the US, with the rates for children and adults…
Continue ReadingAs the government talks about vaccine boosters, it’s time to cover the endemic reality of Covid
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for…
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