By Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A statue of Jesus at an Asheville church was vandalized over the weekend. The Very Rev. Roger Arnsparger, pastor at Basilica St. Lawrence, said someone threw red paint on the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue Saturday night. The statue has
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By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The number of guns found at airport checkpoints nationwide this year is fast approaching the number caught in all of 2020, officials say, and the uptick is slowing down screening lines as masses of passengers return to air travel. In the first six months of this year, Transportation
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Here’s some good news for long-suffering fans of England’s football (aka soccer) team. Goldman Sachs predicts that England has a 58% chance of defeating Italy in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. That would be England’s first victory in a major tournament in 55 years — and it would come
Continue Reading Italy defeated Spain on penalties in the first semifinal of Euro 2020 to move onto the final where they await the winner of England vs. Denmark.
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By David McKenzie, CNN Patients are crammed into every corner of the hospital’s emergency room ward. They lie on beds and gurneys, or sit slumped in wheelchairs. Many suck on oxygen, but nobody talks. Some die while waiting for a bed. On the worst nights in Johannesburg, currently in the grips of a terrible wave
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Los pandas gigantes ya no están en peligro de extinción, han dicho las autoridades chinas, después de décadas de trabajo para salvarlos y que ayudaron a impulsar su población en la naturaleza hasta 1.800. La especie será reclasificada como vulnerable, dijo Cui Shuhong, director del Departamento de Protección Ecológica Natural del
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MONITEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 14-year-old boy driving an ATV was seriously hurt in a crash in Moniteau County Thursday night. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports, the teen was going northbound on Lone Oak Road around 8:45 p.m. The ATV went off of the left side of the road into a ditch
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By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden is back on the road, heading to parts of the country disenchanted, disaffected and — perhaps — disbelieving of the benefits of Covid-19 vaccines. Biden has spent several days this summer crisscrossing the southern United States pleading with Americans to get their shots. It remains an open
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Already home to the world’s tallest skyscraper and the world’s largest mall, Dubai has just opened another record-breaking attraction — the deepest dive pool in the world. With a staggering depth of 60 meters (196 feet), the pool, part of the new Deep Dive Dubai attraction — has stolen the
Continue Reading Divers can explore “abandoned” sunken apartments and play boardgames underwater in the Deep Dive Dubai pool which is nearly 197 feet deep.
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By Amy Cassidy, Henrik Pettersson and Rob Picheta, CNN Nine people have been killed after a plane carrying skydivers crashed near the runway at Orebro airport in Sweden. A small aircraft with one pilot carrying eight parachuters crashed at 7.23 p.m. local time on Thursday shortly after takeoff and then caught fire, killing everyone on
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By Sandi Sidhu and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban have made further territorial gains in Afghanistan over the past day, capturing two strategic border crossings just days after the hasty departure of US combat troops from the country. One of the crossings that have fallen to the Taliban is in the town of Islam Qala
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By Allison Morrow and Matt Egan, CNN Business Wells Fargo is shutting down all of its existing personal lines of credit, sparking outrage from consumers and advocates. A spokesperson for the bank said Wells Fargo made the decision last year as part of an effort to simplify its product offerings. The bank feels it can
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Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Archeologists working in Gabon have discovered a cave with human remains that show evidence of ancient body modification that is unique to the area, according to a new study. The findings, published in the August volume of the
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca Producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Amid calls to present a comprehensive border reopening plan before thinking about calling a federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that it’s going to be “quite a while” yet before Canada is ready to welcome in any
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business The world’s biggest automakers don’t have much in common with tech companies. Volkswagen and General Motors employ hundreds of thousands of workers and operate huge factories on multiple continents. They rely on complicated supply chains to source parts, and they sell their products through brick-and-mortar dealership networks. But investors are
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said that her remarks comparing masks mandates and vaccination passports to the Holocaust were “offensive” and offered an apology for them after visiting the Holocaust Museum. CNN’s Ryan Nobles reports.
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