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Month: July 2022

Then-deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger looks on as then-President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in September 2020.

First on CNN: Former Trump National Security Council official will testify at Thursday’s January 6 hearing

By Evan Perez and Zachary Cohen, CNN Matthew Pottinger, who served on former President Donald Trump’s National Security Council before resigning in the immediate aftermath of January 6, 2021, will testify publicly at Thursday’s prime-time hearing held by the House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans.

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Russian tennis player Kasatkina says she is dating a woman

By The Associated Press Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina has said in a video interview released Monday that she is dating a woman. The French Open semifinalist’s comments come as the Russian parliament discusses tightening already stringent restrictions on public discussions of LGBTQ relationships. Kasatkina is the highest-placed Russian in the women’s tennis rankings. She

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Wanda Palmer identified her brother as her attacker after spending two years in a coma

A West Virginia woman woke up from two-year coma — and identified her brother as the attacker who nearly killed her, police say

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Benjamin Schiller, CNN A West Virginia woman has awoken from a two-year coma and identified her brother as her attacker, according to police. Wanda Palmer, 51, accused her brother of attacking her at her residence near Cottageville, West Virginia, in June 2020. Police said that Palmer was “attacked, hacked, and left

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The Dallas Independent School District shared this graphic of the new clear backpacks that 6th-12th grade students will be required to carry on its campuses in the upcoming 2022-2023 school year.

Dallas joins other Texas school districts in requiring clear or mesh backpacks after Uvalde massacre

By Nouran Salahieh and Chuck Johnston, CNN The Dallas school district announced Monday that it will require students to carry clear or mesh backpacks to class, joining other Texas districts in implementing new security measures following the Uvalde school massacre. The new rules apply to 6th-12th grade students at Dallas Independent School District — the

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