GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota has died
By Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a Minnesota Republican who had been battling kidney cancer, has died, his wife announced Friday. He was 59.…
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Amazon workers in NYC set to vote on whether to unionize
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The battle to unionize Amazon workers is intensifying after labor officials…
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Sotheby’s selling art treasures from divorced couple’s trove
LONDON (AP) — Artworks by Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol and other modern masters are going up for auction as part of a billionaire…
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El gobierno de Biden propone eliminar los obstáculos para que los inmigrantes utilicen las prestaciones públicas y busquen un estatus legal
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden planea poner en marcha una nueva norma que elimine los posibles obstáculos para los…
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Microsoft’s blockbuster Activision Blizzard deal could raise uncomfortable challenges for US antitrust enforcers
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business It has been about two decades since Microsoft and the US government went head-to-head in one of the country’s…
Continue Reading Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn dies at 59 after cancer battle
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a conservative Republican from southern Minnesota who followed his…
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Middle-school children fall prey to fatal fentanyl overdoses
By Jen Christensen, CNN At age 14, Alexander Neville was still very much a curious kid. He was a Boy Scout who enjoyed getting outdoors and camping.…
Continue ReadingRupert Murdoch Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place: Melbourne,…
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Germany leads in women’s Olympic bobsled, USA in 3rd
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Germans remain right at home on China’s Olympic sliding track. Winners of gold medals in…
Continue Reading Iditarod Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Iditarod dogsled race. The event is named after the Iditarod Trail, an old mail and supply route,…
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‘Bleak’ new intelligence assessment driving new urgency from Biden administration on Russia
By Jim Sciutto and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The latest US intelligence assessment indicates that Russia is continuing with preparations to invade…
Continue Reading Denmark withdraws from Algarve Cup after COVID-19 outbreak
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Danish women’s national soccer team has pulled out of the Algarve Cup in Portugal because of an outbreak of COVID-19…
Continue Reading Suspect jumps from bridge into river to escape traffic stop
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say a California man who was under surveillance by law enforcement conducting an arms trafficking investigation…
Continue Reading Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The doping case of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has dominated the conversation at the Winter Olympics in…
Continue Reading Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The doping case of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has dominated the conversation at the Winter Olympics in…
Continue Reading China’s Sui, Han top pairs short program record at Olympics
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sui Wenjing and Han Cong are in a most familiar place atop the pairs competition at the Olympics.…
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Thurgood Marshall’s signed oath, the works of Maya Angelou: See the features of the White House exhibit honoring Black pioneers
By Eva McKend, CNN An exhibit highlighting pioneering Black Americans is on display at the Executive Residence as the Biden administration aims to…
Continue Reading VP Harris heralds NATO unity as Ukraine crisis grows
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has heralded NATO unity during the escalating Ukraine…
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‘Atlanta’ ending with Season 4
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN FX’s critically-acclaimed “Atlanta” is coming to an end. The network announced the news on Thursday during…
Continue Reading ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s’ act is starting to look stale as it nears the exit
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Dear Mrs. Maisel: Maybe it’s the long layoff, or maybe it’s partly because your act already felt like it was…
Continue Reading French court finds former soldier guilty of child’s murder
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press GRENOBLE, France (AP) — After three weeks of court testimony that has riveted France, a former soldier…
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From wind and snow, here are the conditions expected in today’s sprawling storm
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A storm that stirred up tornadoes in the South on Thursday trekked up through the Northeast on Friday morning, bringing a…
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Tom Holland’s star power can’t keep ‘Uncharted’ on the right course
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Tom Holland puts his considerable charm to the test in “Uncharted,” a movie built around the Spider-Man star…
Continue Reading Tom Holland’s star power can’t keep ‘Uncharted’ on the right course
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Tom Holland puts his considerable charm to the test in “Uncharted,” a movie built around the Spider-Man star…
Continue Reading Pritzker to take school mask fight to Illinois high court
By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor plans to ask the state Supreme Court to review a ruling…
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Kids with insomnia might have it until adulthood, study says. Parents can help
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Adolescence is a critical period of physical growth and self-discovery, but it also might be the most important phase for…
Continue Reading Abortion recedes from spotlight in Texas’ primary election
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortion isn’t taking center stage in Texas’ first-in-the-nation primary. The…
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A predator could have sent hundreds of blackbirds crashing to their death in Mexico
By Megan Marples, CNN A swarm of hundreds of birds plummeted to the ground outside your house. Carcasses lay strewed in the street, the birds killed…
Continue Reading De Minaur denies link to Spain probe of fake vaccine passes
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur has denied wrongdoing after being linked to a…
Continue ReadingPhone scam involving fake Canadian lottery leads to 6-year prison sentence for U.S. man
By Maggie Parkhill Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A defendant in a multi-million-dollar…
Continue ReadingMore than half of women experience female pattern hair loss after menopause: study
By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The prevalence of female pattern…
Continue Reading IAEA reviews water release from damaged Japan nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has visited the site at Japan’s…
Continue Reading UN chief: Security threat seems higher than during Cold War
By KARL RITTER Associated Press MUNICH, Germany (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world is probably a more dangerous place…
Continue Reading F1 and COTA agree to new 5-year deal for U.S. Grand Prix
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Formula One has announced a new five-year contract with the Circuit of the Americas to keep…
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How cryptocurrencies could trigger a financial crisis
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Gone are the days when bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies could be thought of as a niche corner of financial…
Continue Reading Crews restore power, clear debris after Alabama storms
LEEDS, Ala. (AP) — Roads were being cleared and crews were restoring power to thousands of customers after severe storms and possible tornadoes…
Continue Reading Spain: Conservative party rift grows into all-out battle
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Months of simmering tensions within Spain’s main opposition party has come to a head with an…
Continue Reading G20 finance leaders urge care in unwinding pandemic support
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA (AP) — Finance leaders of the world’s biggest economies have called for a well coordinated approach…
Continue Reading G20 finance leaders urge care in unwinding pandemic support
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA (AP) — Finance leaders of the world’s biggest economies have called for a well coordinated approach…
Continue Reading After skating debacle, Bach takes rare shots at Russians
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — A worldwide wave of sympathy has flowed to Kamila Valieva for the ordeal she endured at the…
Continue Reading After skating debacle, Bach takes rare shots at Russians
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — A worldwide wave of sympathy has flowed to Kamila Valieva for the ordeal she endured at the…
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Here’s who won gold medals at the Beijing Olympics on Friday
By Homero De La Fuente, CNN There were five gold medals up for grabs on Friday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who…
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Fire erupts at Oakland Hills Country Club, former PGA host course
By Paradise Afshar, Tanika Gray, Caroll Alvarado, CNN No one was injured after a fire erupted at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills,…
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Chamath Palihapitiya resigns as chairman of Virgin Galactic
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya, who was one of the executives to help take Virgin Galactic public, has…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | Los problemas legales de Trump se agravan y podrían traer nuevos problemas políticos
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Podría decirse que es el maestro del arte del trato. Pero el verdadero superpoder de Donald Trump es su talento…
Continue Reading Ottawa crackdown: police arrest 100 after 3-week protest
By ROB GILLIES, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police in Canada say they have made more than 100 arrests…
Continue Reading WHO says polio detected in Malawi in setback to eradication
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization said authorities in Malawi have detected a case of polio in the southern African country’s…
Continue Reading Prince Harry lawyers say he feels unsafe bringing kids to UK
LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for Prince Harry say the British royal is unwilling to bring his children to his homeland because it is not safe. Harry has…
Continue Reading Sustaining women’s hockey growth still post-Olympics issue
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Another Olympic women’s hockey tournament is over and very little appears to have changed. Canada…
Continue Reading ‘Irreversible’: No easy fix for water fouled by gas driller
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — One of the best-known pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking…
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