By Chris Boyette and Chuck Johnston, CNN One woman has died and six other people were wounded after a shooting in downtown Portland, Oregon, early Saturday, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were taken by ambulance to a hospital, where the woman was treated for what police had described as serious wounds. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning the Columbia Police Department and Columbia Fire Department responded to a trash pile file near I-70. ABC 17 News Crews on scene saw visible smoke rising above trees on the scene. The Columbia Fire Department told crews they were containing the trash fire. Columbia Fire Department
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By Reuters The International Olympic Committee on Saturday backed New Zealand’s selection of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics despite criticism, saying that under the current rules — which will be reviewed in future — she can compete. Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Games after
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By Rob Picheta and Junko Ogura, CNN A Ugandan athlete who has gone missing in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games had left a note saying his life in the African country was too difficult and he wanted to work in Japan, officials have said. Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old weightlifter, failed to qualify for the
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By Hannah Gard and Judson Jones, CNN Monsoon rains brought extreme flash flooding to the Southwest this week, causing at least one death and scenes of vehicles bobbing down roads like rafts on rapids. More flash flooding may occur this weekend. A flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park killed Rebecca Copeland, 29, of Ann
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By Chris Boyette, CNN With the breaking of a bottle of sparkling wine across its bow, the first in a class of Navy oiler ships was christened the USNS John Lewis in San Diego on the one year anniversary of the longtime US congressman’s death. “It’s fitting that we honor John Lewis with this formidable
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani Father: Sayyid Mohammad Baqir, a religious scholar Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriage: Information unavailable publicly Children: Muhammad Rida al-Sistani –
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After a blockbuster 2020, Netflix’s stock is having a rough year. What’s happening: Shares soared 67% last year, but are down 1% in 2021. The S&P 500, meanwhile, has rallied 16%. Subscriber growth has been slowing significantly as more people receive Covid-19 vaccinations and competition among streaming services ramps up.
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just days before the Olympics are set to begin, three members from South Africa’s Olympic football team have tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving at the Tokyo Olympic Village, according to the South African Football Association. “We have three positive cases of COVID-19 in the camp here, two players and an
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about Cuba, a communist country located in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 90 miles south of Florida. About Cuba (from the CIA World Factbook) Area: 110,860 sq km (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) Population: 11,008,112 (2022 est.) Median age: 42.1 years Capital: Havana Ethnic Groups: White 64.1%, mixed 26.6%, Black
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Empire State Building. Facts Located on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets in Manhattan. It is 103 stories tall (1,250 feet to top floor, excluding height of antennae, which is 204 feet). Took only one year and 45 days to build, or more than seven million
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By Pete Muntean and Devan Cole, CNN A private memorial service for the families of the victims of the 1996 TWA Flight 800 explosion is being held on Saturday, 25 years after the disaster that killed 230 people and just before the federal government begins destroying the reconstructed wreckage of the ill-fated aircraft. The service
Continue Reading It’s been 25 years since 230 people died aboard TWA Flight 800 when it exploded minutes after taking off from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. It took almost a year for investigators to recover over 95% of the plane, but now the federal government will begin destroying the reconstructed wreckage of the ill-fated aircraft.
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By Jessica DuLong, CNN Millions of Americans are grieving loved ones taken by Covid-19. Yet even outside of a pandemic — with its staggering losses of lives, homes, economic security and normalcy — grief is hard work. “The funny thing about grief is that no one ever feels like they’re doing it the right way,”
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — El Departamento de Energía avanza para revertir una norma de la era de Trump que redujo los estándares de eficiencia en el uso de agua en las regaderas de ducha, confirmó un funcionario del gobierno a CNN el viernes. La regla de la era Trump sobre las regaderas de ducha apuntaba
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El influencer cubano Adrián Herrera, quien suele compartir con sus miles de seguidores su arte con el maquillaje y la moda, usó este miércoles sus plataformas digitales para enviar desde La Habana un mensaje en inglés a Joe Biden, presidente de Estados Unidos, con el fin de pedir
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By Andy Rose, CNN A man in Doral, Florida, escaped from a mall store with stolen goods on Saturday by spraying everyone in his way with bear repellent, according to police. At least 30 people required treatment for their injuries, Doral Police spokesman Rey Valdes told CNN. About 15 of the mace victims were employees
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TODAY: Patchy fog is possible early this morning, but sunshine will clear this out by mid-morning. Skies start off mostly cloudy but clear up by the afternoon. Highs in the mid-80s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy skies to start with highs in the mid-80s again. There’s a chance for a brief light shower or two in the
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Summer is here and millions of people are flocking to beaches all across the country. But even on a seemingly beautiful weather day, a hidden danger can lie just under the surface: rip currents, high surf or sneaker waves — collectively known as surf zone incidents. Not all of these
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By Masrur Jamaluddin, Atika Shubert and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN The last time Aris Suharyanto saw his wife was through a hospital window. He never got to meet their newborn baby. When Suharyanto’s pregnant wife Rina Ismawati and two of their three children fell ill last month, he initially thought it was a common cold. But
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