By Brian Lowry, CNN The context is more important than the content in “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special,” a spare one-man comedy show that the former “Weekend Update” anchor, knowing that he was ill, wrote and performed in a single take at home alone before his death in September. The posthumous release provides a fitting and
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By Matt Egan, CNN Millions of Americans traveling this holiday weekend are being greeted by unprecedented prices at the gas pump. The national average for regular gasoline rose to a fresh record of $4.62 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. That’s up by a penny from Sunday and 44 cents more expensive than a
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By Amanda Watts, CNN Musician Ronnie Hawkins has died according to a post on The Band’s verified Facebook page. Hawkins, 87, died Sunday according to a post by Robbie Robertson, a member of The Band. “The story of The Band began with Ronnie Hawkins. He was our mentor. He taught us the rules of the
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Dos de los opositores cubanos más destacados irán a juicio a partir de este lunes, según informaron otros activistas, en un proceso judicial que grupos de derechos humanos han calificado de persecución polÃtica. Gobierno de EE.UU. y AmnistÃa Internacional rechazan sentencia contra artistas cubanos Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara y Maykel Castillo Pérez,
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Many businesses, government offices and schools will be closed on Monday, May 30 because of Memorial Day — a federal holiday honoring members of the US armed forces who have died serving the country. The holiday is observed on the last Monday of May. Here’s what’s open and closed on Memorial
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By Claudia Dominguez and Leslie Perrot, CNN A climber died and two others were injured after a rockfall and avalanche on Mount Meeker in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday morning, park authorities said. Three climbers were involved in the accident, two males and a female, according to a news release. One of the
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Uvalde, Texas — Carlos Hernandez enjoys cooking, especially when he gets to do it for the people he loves. But on Tuesday, for the first time in his life, he wasn’t able to fire up the grill. “There’s no possible way I can open my kitchen with a broken heart and
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By Naomi Thomas, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between a hepatitis A outbreak and fresh organic strawberries. The FDA with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and state and local partners, said the strawberries were
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Nota del editor: el 18 de junio eliminamos el widget de resultados de la primera vuelta que aparecÃa en los contenidos del 29 y 30 de mayo debido a que estaba tomando automáticamente los datos de pruebas de la RegistradurÃa, lo que no estaba previsto. (CNN Español) — Más de 21,4 millones
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The pandemic changed the way people lived and, for many, where they lived. Working from home was a significant driver of this “Great Reshuffling” and accounted for more than half of the steep increases in home prices seen during the pandemic, new research has found. Remote work allowed some people
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By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu and Konstantin Gak, CNN In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President Vladimir
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu and Konstantin Gak, CNN In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President Vladimir
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu and Konstantin Gak, CNN In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President Vladimir
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By Forrest Brown, CNN It seems so eternal, doesn’t it? The gleaming white marble. The massive columns. The huge statue of a man sitting straight up with purpose and solemn dignity. The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. The hands — one clinched and the other relaxed. The inscribed speeches calling us
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN For most of his life, Edward Salinas never knew he had a great uncle who served in World War II. The 26-year-old grew up in Edinburg, Texas, just north of the border with Mexico, thousands of miles away from where his relative was a crew member on one of the Navy’s
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GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Henrik Stenson has checked out the Italian course staging next year’s Ryder Cup for the first time since being appointed as captain of the European team. He had a couple of assistants with him at the Marco Simone course outside Rome. Italian golfer Edoardo Molinari has been named as the
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By Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman, CNN As more cases are uncovered in a global monkeypox outbreak, biotech companies and health officials are looking to make PCR testing for the virus more widely available in the US. Dozens of public health labs across the country now use a more generalized test for orthopoxvirus, a larger
Continue ReadingVerónica Ojeda Hong Kong (CNN) — China ha ordenado una revisión a nivel nacional de los libros de texto escolares después de que ilustraciones consideradas feas, sexualmente sugestivas y veladamente pro-estadounidenses causaran un escándalo público. La noticia ha alarmado a algunos expertos y padres que temen que la campaña se convierta en una caza de
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken comet on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. It could result in a brand new meteor shower. Night sky watchers in North America have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending around 1 a.m.
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By Anna Cooban and James Frater, CNN Business Europe’s united front against Moscow is being put to the test as countries struggle to agree a ban on Russian oil imports. European Union diplomats failed to reach consensus Sunday on the terms of an embargo, but held further talks Monday in preparation for a summit of
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