The new fight to reform the UN’s colonial-era world order
By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — In a city known for its private members clubs battling for exclusivity, one gilded room in Manhattan reigns…
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Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, its first case in 25 years, they’re too late
By Muhammad Darwish and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. For…
Continue ReadingFormer Massachusetts detective indicted on federal charges he killed a young woman who claimed he fathered her unborn child
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A former Massachusetts police detective has been indicted in connection with the killing of a young pregnant woman…
Continue ReadingLego’s new strategy, plastic in your brain, parental burnout: Catch up on the day’s stories
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Continue ReadingFrail and malnourished, rescued hostage hopes war in Gaza ends ‘for all Palestinian and Israeli families’
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Negev, Israel (CNN) — After more than 300 days in Hamas captivity, a frail and malnourished Farhan Al-Qadi sat in a…
Continue ReadingWorld Food Programme halts movement in Gaza after repeated gunfire strikes aid vehicle
By Richard Roth and Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN (CNN) — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles…
Continue ReadingEric Robert Rudolph Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of convicted serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. Personal Birth date: September 19,…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of award-winning screen legend Sophia Loren. Personal Birth date: September 20, 1934…
Continue ReadingGround Zero Memorial and Rebuilding Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the rebuilding of Ground Zero in lower Manhattan and the memorial to the victims of the…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He is currently the deputy…
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CNN Editorial Research CNN – Here is a look at cyclist Lance Armstrong. Personal Birth date: September 18, 1971 Birth place: Plano, Texas Birth…
Continue ReadingGuantanamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station and its detention facilities. Facts The base, sometimes…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute…
Continue ReadingEx-politician found guilty of murder in Vegas reporter’s stabbing death sentenced to life in prison
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A jury has sentenced Robert Telles, a former Nevada politician found guilty of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas…
Continue ReadingA West Virginia boy died after a collision during football practice. It’s the third student football player death this month
WSAZ, CNN By Holly Yan and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — Cohen Craddock was the baby of his family, a gregarious 13-year-old who “cared more…
Continue ReadingA woman allegedly killed her friend’s newborn twin and abused the other. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — For Ethan Katz and Savannah Roberts, the evening of June 15 was already stressful. They had gone to a Pittsburgh…
Continue ReadingA West Virginia boy died after a collision during football practice. It’s the third student football player death this month
By Holly Yan and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — Cohen Craddock was the baby of his family, a gregarious 13-year-old who “cared more about others…
Continue ReadingGreek vessel attacked by Houthis in Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, Pentagon warns
By Catherine Nicholls and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Greek-flagged vessel attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea appears to be leaking…
Continue ReadingA judge heard the case of a death row inmate who claims innocence, weeks before he’s scheduled to be executed
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus…
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