Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La estructura de liderazgo de los talibanes ha sido un misterio durante mucho tiempo, y se sabe poco sobre cómo funciona más allá de las figuras más influyentes del grupo. Después de tomar el control de Afganistán, los talibanes avanzan para formar un nuevo gobierno, con promesas de inclusión y reforma.
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN As Democratic lawmakers begin crafting a massive $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package this week, a coalition of prominent environmental groups is asking them to include between $577 billion and $746 billion for key climate provisions. In a letter delivered to members of Congress on Tuesday and shared exclusively with CNN, groups
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By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, and just days after the Taliban took control of Kabul, a small group of American combat veterans competing in the Tokyo Paralympics — a corps of elite athletes who have triumphed over catastrophic injuries they suffered in Iraq
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By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, and just days after the Taliban took control of Kabul, a small group of American combat veterans competing in the Tokyo Paralympics — a corps of elite athletes who have triumphed over catastrophic injuries they suffered in Iraq
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change, according to a new review of existing research. Animals are getting larger beaks, legs and ears that allow them to better regulate their body temperatures as the planet gets hotter, with
Continue ReadingBy Megan Mellado Click here for updates on this story LAKELAND, Florida (WESH) — Neighbors who spoke to WESH 2 tell us it could’ve easily been them who were shot and killed. One neighbor in particular, Miguel Rivera, tells us he believes the suspect knocked on his door first. “Before all this happened, he had
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A toddler was found three days after he went missing in the Australian wilderness, authorities confirmed on Monday. New South Wales (NSW) Police responded to reports just before 12.30 p.m. on Friday that three-year-old Anthony “AJ” Elfalak had gone missing from his family’s property in the rural area of Putty,
Continue ReadingBy Claire Metz Click here for updates on this story PORT ORANGE, Florida (WESH) — A Port Orange woman is back home after 10 days in ICU fighting COVID-19. “It is the most terrifying thing you will ever experience in your life, just laying there not being able to take a breath,” Donna Crane said.
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer National Weather Service chief Louis Uccellini says he will retire at the end of the year. Uccellini, who announced his retirement Tuesday, has been the director of the weather service for more than eight years. His tenure was marked by ever more extreme weather brought on by climate change
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By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Milton Cayette Jr. was stuck in his home in St. James Parish after uprooted trees from Hurricane Ida blocked his driveway and damaged his front door. Cayette, who uses a wheelchair, called parish officials for help. They never came. Parish
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Milton Cayette Jr. was stuck in his home in St. James Parish after uprooted trees from Hurricane Ida blocked his driveway and damaged his front door. Cayette, who uses a wheelchair, called parish officials for help. They never came. Parish
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A man whom U.S. authorities have described as the world’s largest purveyor of child pornography would be sentenced to 21 to 27 years in prison under the terms of a new plea deal. Eric Eoin Marques is scheduled to be sentenced next week. His attorneys
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid is the best offer on the table after regulators rejected a key part of Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer last week. Kansas City Southern said Saturday that its board
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid is the best offer on the table after regulators rejected a key part of Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer last week. Kansas City Southern said Saturday that its board
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Yang Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — It was 10 on Sunday morning and Xing Zhou, 59, was on her way to church when police say a man violently hit her on the head, causing her to lose her balance and fall on the tracks at the Union
Continue ReadingBy Naveen Dhaliwal Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — A garage in Manhattan came crashing down in the height of the storm on Wednesday night. The next morning, the damage was incredible. The damage even prompted Governor Kathy Hochul to visit the site to look at the damage on Saturday.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Singapur advirtió que es posible que deba volver a imponer las restricciones de covid-19 si no se contiene un nuevo brote de la variante delta que es altamente infecciosa, lo que pone en riesgo el cambio de la ciudad hacia la vida con el virus. El número de nuevas infecciones
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By Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia’s space chief was watching as billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blasted into space aboard vehicles they helped fund — and wishing Russian oligarchs would follow suit. “Our millionaires prefer to invest more in yachts rather than in spaceships,” Dmitry Rogozin told CNN in his first interview with Western media
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia’s space chief was watching as billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blasted into space aboard vehicles they helped fund — and wishing Russian oligarchs would follow suit. “Our millionaires prefer to invest more in yachts rather than in spaceships,” Dmitry Rogozin told CNN in his first interview with Western media
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia’s space chief was watching as billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson blasted into space aboard vehicles they helped fund — and wishing Russian oligarchs would follow suit. “Our millionaires prefer to invest more in yachts rather than in spaceships,” Dmitry Rogozin told CNN in his first interview with Western media
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