By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN There could be a new princess in Disney’s royal court. Nearly two decades after Sarah Culberson discovered that her father was the chief of a village in Sierra Leone, the West Virginia native’s life story could finally come to the big screen. Culberson, who is biracial, was put up for adoption
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By Tomas Etzler, CNN Five people have been killed after a rare tornado along with tennis ball-sized hailstones hit several villages in South Moravia, in the southeast of the Czech Republic, officials said. A local hospital in the town of Hodonin treated 83 injured people. Forty-five were admitted to hospital, six of whom were in
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Opinion by Allison Hope, CNN Gender reveal parties. Boys don’t cry. That color is for girls. That bathroom is for boys. That sport is only for “real” girls. That’s not the right clothing section, toy, partner, door, major, job or life for you. We are taught before we are even born that there are strict
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A passenger was injured Friday after jumping out of a United Express flight that was taxiing from a gate area at the Los Angeles International Airport, an LAX police spokesman told CNN. At about 7:10 p.m. local time, the man opened the door of the aircraft, activated the emergency slide, and
Continue ReadingBy Keith Allen, CNN The man hailed as a hero for preventing further bloodshed after a gunman fatally shot a police officer in Arvada, Colorado, on Monday was himself fatally shot by police, Arvada police said in a statement Friday afternoon. Police say Johnny Hurley, 40, confronted the gunman, identified as Ronald Troyke, after Troyke
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN In President Joe Biden‘s America, there are shades of gray between red and blue. While Biden is preaching that bipartisanship is possible in Washington on infrastructure and is making an effort to work with Republicans, his Justice Department is alleging “racially motivated” overreach by the GOP in US states
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — La SecretarÃa de Seguridad Pública (SSP) del estado mexicano de Zacatecas confirmó este viernes a CNN que al menos 18 personas perdieron la vida tras un enfrentamiento en el municipio de ValparaÃso, unos 150 kilómetros al occidente de la capital estatal, Zacatecas. El incidente se registró en la carretera
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man serving time for the death of Kent Heitholt is asking the high court for help. Charles Erickson is asking the Missouri Supreme Court to order a hearing to overturn his 2004 guilty plea. He’s claimed former prosecutor Kevin Crane coerced his story that he and Ryan Ferguson killed Heitholt
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El colapso de una torre de condominios en el sur de Florida la madrugada del jueves dejó al menos cuatro personas muertas y 159 desaparecidas. Ahora, mientras continúa la búsqueda de sobrevivientes, surge una pregunta crÃtica: ¿qué causó la caÃda del edificio? Los funcionarios prometen una investigación urgente, ya que los
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Video shot on January 6 captures a US Capitol rioter with a lengthy criminal history heckling police with a bullhorn and spraying an unknown substance toward them. Sean McHugh of Auburn, California, is accused of obstruction and assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon, among other charges. The video
Continue Readingolivertapia ParÃs (CNN) — El juicio por homicidio contra una mujer que mató a su marido abusivo comenzó el lunes en la ciudad francesa de Chalon-sur-Saône. En su libro Tout Le Monde Savait (Todos sabÃan) publicado en mayo, Valerie Bacot, de 40 años, admitió haber matado a tiros a Daniel Polette en defensa propia en
Continue Reading By Amy Sood and Zixu Wang, CNN Over the past 20 years, people have faced a series of outbreaks caused by coronaviruses, including SARS, MERS, and Covid-19. But humans may have faced the disease millennia ago, new research suggests. A team of researchers from Australia and the United States has found evidence of a coronavirus
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda ParÃs (CNN) — Una francesa que admitió haber matado a su esposo después de sufrir abuso por casi dos décadas dejó la corte como una mujer libre este viernes por la noche ante fuertes aplausos de simpatizantes, concluyendo su terrible experiencia que ha consternado a muchos en Francia. Valérie Bacot fue sentenciada
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JACKSON, Wy. (KMIZ) The Columbia School District says all students and staff are safe after being involved in a fatal crash. It happened during a school trip to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. Officials with the district say a motorcyclist died in the wreck. The district says the group is awaiting a new bus in
Continue ReadingJuan Garzón (CNN Español) — Microsoft presentó a Windows 11 como un refinamiento de lo que ha sido Windows 10 hasta ahora. Dentro de las grandes novedades de Windows 11 está una barra de Inicio centrada (puede ser colocado en la esquina izquierda como de costumbre), más transparencia, reflejos y esquinas menos pronunciadas que en
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By Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN A new and slightly changed version of the Delta coronavirus variant is spreading in a number of countries including the United Kingdom, United States and India, health officials say. This strain, which has generated a significant amount of global media attention, is called B.1.617.2.1 or AY.1 — Delta
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas The US Food and Drug Administration added a warning about the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis to fact sheets for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines Friday. The warning notes that reports of adverse events following vaccination — particularly after the second dose — suggest increased risks of both types of heart inflammation.
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By Ben Church, CNN Video by Stefania Dall’Armi, CNN It started with a two-and-a-half-mile run with his partner. Now it’s a lifestyle for Robbie Balenger. He’s pushed his body and mind to the very limits by taking on mammoth endurance challenges, notably running 3,175 miles across the US in just 75 days in 2019 in
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Earlier this year, Robbie Balenger set a new record for New York City’s Central Park Loop Challenge. The vegan ultrarunner completed 16 loops, totaling nearly 100 miles in just over 18 hours.
Continue ReadingBy John Le Click here for updates on this story MILLS RIVER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man who calls himself a “cat guy” turned his love of felines into a nonprofit to make a dent in the exploding community cat population here in the mountains. “Cats that live in neighborhoods, cats that live outside,”
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