By Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden watched in real time Wednesday as US commandos landed in Syria to raid a three-story home, surrounded by olive trees, where the top leader of ISIS was living with his wife and members of his family. From the head of the Situation Room
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Valentine’s Day, celebrated every February 14. Facts There are several different theories about the origins of Valentine’s Day. The ancient Romans held the festival of Lupercalia on February 15 to protect themselves from wolves. Men struck people with strips of animal hide; women believed that this made them
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The US Army will begin discharging soldiers who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, unless the service member has an approved exemption or pending request. “Army readiness depends on Soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement
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By Matias Grez, CNN Two players for the Honduras national team were forced off at halftime in Wednesday’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to the US due to “extreme climate conditions,” the federation said. In total, three players — Luis Lopez, Romell Quioto and Diego Rodriguez — were substituted during the interval as the temperature
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By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers came in the heavy favorites and the Los Angeles Rams a double-digit underdog. That didn’t stop Terry Bradshaw from struggling to sleep the night before over the thought of losing instead of clinching an unprecedented fourth Super Bowl ring. The Steelers trailed
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Terry Bradshaw feels blessed to have won four Super Bowls. Lynn Swann is sure he has plenty of teammates who wondered how close they came to stringing together six straight championships. John Stallworth sees winning Super Bowls as just what the Pittsburgh Steelers did. Pittsburgh had the
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business More people are flipping homes, but they are making less of a profit. Investors looking to get a piece of skyrocketing home prices by buying a home, fixing it up and then quickly putting it back on the market, aren’t getting quite the returns they used to. Finding a home
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Este es un vistazo al Estado Islámico en Iraq y Siria (ISIS, en inglés), incluyendo historia y datos esenciales de este grupo. Datos rápidos sobre ISIS Comenzó como un grupo escindido de al Qaeda. También se conoce como Estado Islámico en Iraq y el Levante (ISIL, en inglés) y Estado Islámico
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By Reuters Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch video game consoles in the nine months to the end of December, the Japanese company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million and beating the lifetime sales of its Wii console. Although the figure undershot the 24.1 million Switch units sold in the same
Continue ReadingBy MATT MCFARLAND Click here for updates on this story CHESHIRE, Connecticut (WFSB) — In Cheshire Police say thieves are targeting drivers and swiping catalytic converters in broad daylight. Police in Cheshire say some people have had their catalytic converters stolen right in the middle of the day.” Cheshire Police Department Chief Neil Dryfe said,
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By Celine Alkhaldi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Almost 90% of Dubai’s population is made up of foreigners who flocked to the Gulf business hub for its yearlong sunshine, a chance for prosperity and, of course, zero taxes. But this week, the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is part, announced the introduction of a corporate
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Amazon and Facebook’s Meta are two of the market’s biggest players. Both have come under pressure during a recent sell-off in tech stocks. But this morning, the direction of these companies and their stocks couldn’t look more different. What’s happening: Facebook’s earnings report triggered a 26% collapse in its stock
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Nueva Zelandia anunció que comenzará a reabrirse al mundo, lo que supone el fin de casi dos años de duras normas fronterizas que separaron a las familias y dejaron fuera a casi todos los extranjeros. La primera ministra de Nueva Zelandia, Jacinda Ardern, presentó este jueves un plan de cinco pasos que
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By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Herb and Eyad Kourdi, CNN ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed Wednesday during a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria, President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning. It was the biggest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Qurayshi
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When COVID-19 shuttered much of the economy in 2020, Bill Thomas sold off his whiskey inventories to keep his Washington, D.C., whiskey bar afloat. By the next year, he was replenishing inventories. Thomas’ restocked supplies reflect the start of a comeback for on-premise spirits sales at
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Cada 4 de febrero, se celebra el Día Mundial contra el Cáncer. Es una de las causas principales de muerte en todo el mundo, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Tanto así que solo en 2020 fue la causa de casi 10 millones de muertes en todo el mundo,
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By Travis Caldwell and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The FBI has identified people suspected of making bomb threats this week directed at historically Black colleges and universities — which the bureau is investigating as hate crimes, a law enforcement official said. No arrests have been made, the official said. At least 14 HBCUs reported bomb threats
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed the importance of unifying the country at a “moment of great division,” as he delivered remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the US Capitol. “As I stand in this citadel of democracy that was attacked one year ago, the issue is, for us, is
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were flat for a third straight week after rising about a half percent early in the year. The average rate on the 30-year loan held at 3.55% from last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. It stood at 2.73% a
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE KENNEDY Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Homeowners near Grant Park said they were amused and annoyed on Monday to wake up to written warnings from the city of Atlanta for leaving their trash cans out for too long. “It was a courtesy ticket from the city of Atlanta
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