By Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Abdul Basir Bina and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door. Najia’s daughter Manizha, 25, knew they were coming — her mother had told her they’d done the same
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By Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Abdul Basir Bina and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door. Najia’s daughter Manizha, 25, knew they were coming — her mother had told her they’d done the same
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By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Duke is trying to regroup from the worst season of David Cutcliffe’s tenure. The Blue Devils won just two games last season, including one in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Cutcliffe has juggled coaching responsibilities for his 14th season. That includes taking play-calling duties off his plate. Duke will need
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A federal trial for singer R. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges that could send him to prison for decades, is underway. But the accusations of abuse, manipulation and inappropriate encounters with girls and young women have been around — and vehemently denied —
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel is one of several standout American women planning to run the New York City Marathon on Nov. 7. Fellow U.S. Olympians Aliphine Tuliamuk, Sally Kipyego and Emily Sisson also are in the women’s field announced Wednesday. So is 2018 Boston
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Ozebek Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND PARK, Florida (WSVN) — A South Florida newspaper has apologized after the publication ran an offensive advertisement that featured racist imagery in a recent issue. Oakland Park resident Michael Williams and his partner are avid readers of South Florida Gay News, and this past
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Dominic Thiem has pulled out of the U.S. Open and says he will miss the rest of the year because of a right wrist injury. Thiem was hurt in June while playing in the Mallorca Open and said the pain returned last week after he hit a ball during
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Wake Forest has enough experience back on both sides of the ball to extend its bowl streak to six years. The Demon Deacons return nine starters on both sides of the ball. That includes quarterback Sam Hartman, top rusher Christian Beal-Smith and top receiver Jaquarii Roberson. The Demon Deacons
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By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (AP) — California’s top fire official says blazes raging across Northern California are wiping out forests that are central to plans to reduce carbon emissions and are testing projects designed to protect communities. Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter said Wednesday fires are exceedingly resistant
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Mastercard is getting rid of magnetic stripes on its credit and debit cards over the next 10 years, part of a broader push from the company to use “more capable and secure” alternatives to the old-fashioned swipe. The company said it’s the first payments network to phase out magnetic stripes,
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Deeply personal, complex and timely, “In the Same Breath” charts the initial outbreak of novel coronavirus in Wuhan, while paralleling the Chinese reaction to the outbreak with the US. Chinese-born filmmaker Nanfu Wang has created an unsettling window into the early days of the crisis and food for thought about
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Rodrigo Paz Delgado, exalcalde de Quito, Ecuador, polÃtico, empresario y presidente honorÃfico del equipo de fútbol Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (LDU), falleció este martes a los 87 años, en Tampa, Florida, confirmó su familia a través de un comunicado. “La familia Paz desea comunicar con profundo dolor el fallecimiento
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By Jason Hanna, CNN A line drive struck Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt in the face Tuesday in Chicago, dropping him to his knees for several minutes before he was carted off the field on his way to a hospital. White Sox outfielder Brian Goodwin hit a pitch right back at Bassitt in the
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville is looking to bounce back from a losing finish for the second time in three seasons. Scott Satterfield seeks a repeat of the 2019 resolve that turned the program around and perhaps take the team a step further. With seven starters back on
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By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5 million fund to help give tenants more say in housing matters, as millions of Americans struggle to make rent and face possible eviction as a result of the pandemic. The HouseUS Fund, supported
Continue Reading By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5 million fund to help give tenants more say in housing matters, as millions of Americans struggle to make rent and face possible eviction as a result of the pandemic. The HouseUS Fund, supported
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) — The body of an Abilene man who fell into the Smoky Hill River just east of Salina has been recovered, and authorities have ruled his death as accidental. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened around 6:30 p.m. Monday, when a witness reported seeing a man peering over, then
Continue Reading Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives The US economy’s immediate prospects appear inextricably tied to how the wave of infections and hospitalizations set off by the Delta variant of Covid-19 plays out. While it seems unlikely that the variant would become so disruptive that it undermines the recovery, there are mounting reasons to
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Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives The US economy’s immediate prospects appear inextricably tied to how the wave of infections and hospitalizations set off by the Delta variant of Covid-19 plays out. While it seems unlikely that the variant would become so disruptive that it undermines the recovery, there are mounting reasons to
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