Virgin Galactic launches first tourism mission after decades of promises
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Austin-area wildfire is 85% contained after destroying an apartment building and damaging others
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Fire crews have contained roughly 85% of a brush fire in an Austin, Texas, suburb that has been burning for two…
Continue ReadingOne of the largest banyan trees in the US and a 200-year-old church are among the beloved landmarks imperiled by Maui’s wildfires
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The disastrous wildfires in Maui have ransacked virtually every aspect of life, killing at least three dozen…
Continue ReadingLahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing
CNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It was once filled with bright green leaves and sweeping branches that covered its visitors with shade.…
Continue ReadingEcuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US Capitol. Located at 100 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, DC, it is the meeting…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Personal Birth date: August 18, 1961 Birth place:…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US Open Tennis Tournament. It is held annually at the USTA Billie Jean King National…
Continue ReadingKai Cenat condemns NYC Union Square melee, says ‘it was not my intention’
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Continue ReadingControversial Police Encounters Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at controversial police encounters that have prompted protests over the past three decades. This…
Continue ReadingThe wildfires scorching Maui have killed at least 53 people and reduced communities to ashes
By Christina Maxouris, Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — The catastrophic wildfires that have been scorching Maui for…
Continue Reading‘We’re all homeless’: Maui wildfires incinerate houses and kill at least 36 people
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Continue ReadingECOWAS orders ‘immediate activation’ of standby force in Niger
By Chris Liakos, Sophie Tanno, Martin Goillandeau and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — West African leaders on Thursday ramped up the rhetoric against…
Continue ReadingUkraine orders evacuation of northeastern city of Kupyansk as Russia claims advances
By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for the Ukrainian city of Kupyansk and…
Continue ReadingFormer NFL wide receiver Henry Ruggs III sentenced to 3-10 years in fatal DUI case
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced on Wednesday to three to 10 years in prison,…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Luna 25 mission launches to the moon
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Russia has successfully launched Luna 25, the country’s first lunar lander in 47 years. The uncrewed…
Continue Reading‘I haven’t seen a tree in three years,’ TV anchor jailed in China says in rare message
By Alex Stambaugh and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei, who will have spent three years in detention in China as of…
Continue ReadingA devastating fire leveled their Maui home 5 years ago. Now it’s happened again
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — When Mark Stefl and his wife Michele learned their Hawaii home was swallowed by vicious flames, it brought back…
Continue ReadingPoland plans to move around 10,000 troops to border with Belarus
By Antonia Mortensen, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Poland is planning to move around 10,000 troops to its eastern border…
Continue ReadingFernando Villavicencio promised to crack down on Ecuador’s ‘narco state.’ It made him powerful enemies
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shot dead on the campaign trail on Wednesday, was known as a…
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