Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A growing number of school board members across the U.S. are resigning or questioning their willingness to serve…
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Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume
By MICHAEL CASEY and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — States have begun to ramp up the amount of rental assistance reaching…
Continue Reading Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume
By MICHAEL CASEY and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — States have begun to ramp up the amount of rental assistance reaching…
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Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume
By MICHAEL CASEY and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — States have begun to ramp up the amount of rental assistance reaching…
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Players fly to World Cup qualifiers despite quarantine gripe
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Argentina players Emi Martinez and Emi Buendia face 10 days in hotel quarantine on their return to England…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Facts The Foreign Intelligence…
Continue Reading Verstappen wins rain-marred Belgian GP after short restart
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Max Verstappen has won a rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix. The race was…
Continue Reading Burnley signs Maxwel Cornet from Lyon
LONDON (AP) — Burnley has signed Ivory Coast international Maxwel Cornet from Lyon on a five-year deal. The northwest English club says the…
Continue Reading Expedition discovers island believed world’s northernmost
HELSINKI (AP) — A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they have accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost…
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Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates
By Michael Warren, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board…
Continue Reading Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates
By Michael Warren, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board…
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Pandemic jobless benefits expire soon. Don’t expect employment to suddenly soar
By Tami Luhby, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits are ending nationwide the first weekend in September, but don’t expect to see millions of…
Continue Reading Iran and Syria vow to confront U.S. sanctions
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran and Syria have vowed to take “mighty steps” to confront U.S. sanctions imposed on…
Continue Reading UAE capital mandates booster shot for Sinopharm recipients
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The capital of the United Arab Emirates has ordered all residents who received the Chinese state-backed…
Continue Reading As troops return, UK under pressure over Afghans left behind
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised the “colossal” effort to airlift civilians from…
Continue Reading Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — At a military base in Delaware, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving…
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Tennis star Andy Murray says players ‘have a responsibility’ to get vaccine
By Ben Church, CNN Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray says he hopes more tennis players decide to get a Covid-19 vaccine in order to keep the…
Continue Reading Tennis star Andy Murray says players ‘have a responsibility’ to get vaccine
By Ben Church, CNN Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray says he hopes more tennis players decide to get a Covid-19 vaccine in order to keep the…
Continue Reading Protest on wheels in Thai capital seeks government’s ouster
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A long line of cars, trucks and motorbikes has wended its way through the Thai…
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A genre reborn: Inside the evolution of the rom-com
By Leah Asmelash, CNN A recent episode of the Apple TV+ sitcom “Ted Lasso” features a moment that brings the characters together: a love…
Continue Reading Ex-UK Marine leaves Kabul with dogs, cats but no local staff
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former U.K. Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200…
Continue Reading Britain defeats US 54-49 for gold in wheelchair rugby
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Britain defeated the United States 54-49 in the gold-medal game of Paralympic wheelchair rugby, the…
Continue Reading Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sheriff’s department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that…
Continue Reading US says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport
By KATHY GANNON, LOLITA C. BALDOR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. officials say a drone strike has…
Continue Reading Manchester City smashes Arsenal 5-0 as Gunners drop to bottom of Premier League
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Manchester City put on a stunning display to thrash Arsenal 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, dropping the Gunners to the…
Continue Reading France’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war
By HADI MIZBAN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Iraq’s northern city of…
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Meet the 17-year-old swimmer and TikTok star who just won Paralympic gold
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Anastasia Pagonis is, in many ways, a typical teenage girl. The New Yorker loves trying out TikTok dance trends and is…
Continue Reading Meet the 17-year-old swimmer and TikTok star who just won Paralympic gold
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Anastasia Pagonis is, in many ways, a typical teenage girl. The New Yorker loves trying out TikTok dance trends and is…
Continue Reading Spain: 2 hospitalized when ferry runs into islet near Ibiza
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that a passenger ferry has run aground on an islet near the Spanish island of Ibiza and a child and a man…
Continue Reading Spain: 2 hospitalized when ferry runs into islet near Ibiza
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that a passenger ferry has run aground on an islet near the Spanish island of Ibiza and a child and a man…
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Biden says another terrorist attack on Kabul airport is ‘highly likely’ while vowing that US retaliatory strike was not ‘the last’
By Barbara Starr and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Another terrorist attack on Kabul’s airport is “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours,”…
Continue Reading Biden says another terrorist attack on Kabul airport is ‘highly likely’ while vowing that US retaliatory strike was not ‘the last’
By Barbara Starr and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Another terrorist attack on Kabul’s airport is “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours,”…
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Bolsonaro says he will either be arrested, killed or win Brazil’s next election
By Duarte Mendonca, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he sees only three possibilities for his future: death, prison or winning the…
Continue Reading Messi era begins as PSG beats Reims; Mbappe scores 2
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer The Lionel Messi era has begun at Paris Saint-Germain. Messi finally made his debut for PSG in a 2-0 win at Reims…
Continue Reading Yemeni official: Missile, drone attack on airbase kills 30
BY AHMED AL-HAJ AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military spokesman says a missile and drone attack on a key military…
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Witnesses describe life inside R. Kelly’s ‘Chocolate Factory’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN About 25 miles outside of Chicago in the village of Olympia Fields sits a mansion that R. Kelly once lived and worked in. The…
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Two die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use…
Continue Reading Two die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Jacob Blake speaks out a year later. ‘I have not survived until something has changed’
By Omar Jimenez, CNN During the Fourth of July weekend, Jacob Blake says he called 911 over what he later realized was an anxiety attack. The…
Continue Reading SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is on its way to…
Continue Reading Afghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been…
Continue Reading Afghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Gazans protest blockade along Israeli frontier
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have ended a protest along Gaza’s separation fence with Israel.…
Continue Reading Croatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
Continue Reading Croatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
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Concerts and Covid: Can the show go on?
By Eric Berger, Kaiser Health News Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to Break…
Continue Reading LEADING OFF: Yankees seek new winning streak vs A’s
By The Associated Press A day after ending their longest winning streak in nearly 60 years, the Yankees try to get back in the win column against…
Continue Reading Starkel passes MWC defending champ San Jose State to win
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nick Starkel threw for four touchdowns and 394 yards and defending Mountain West Conference champion San Jose State kicked…
Continue Reading Starkel passes MWC defending champ San Jose State to win
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nick Starkel threw for four touchdowns and 394 yards and defending Mountain West Conference champion San Jose State kicked…
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US carries out Afghanistan drone strike as Kabul evacuation effort enters final stretch
By Laura Smith-Spark, Barbara Starr, Nick Paton Walsh and Sandi Sidhu, CNN The US military carried out a drone strike against what it said was an…
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