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Month: August 2022

Human remains found in receding Lake Mead identified as man who reportedly drowned two decades ago, officials say

By Paradise Afshar and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Human remains found at Lake Mead more than three months ago have been identified as Thomas Erndt, who is believed to have died by drowning two decades ago, authorities in Nevada said Wednesday. Erndt’s remains, found in the lake’s Callville Bay area on May 7, were identified through

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Abortion to be put further out of reach for millions of women as slate of ‘trigger bans’ take effect

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Tierney Sneed, CNN A slate of restrictive state abortion laws, including so-called trigger laws, are set to take effect this week, putting access to abortion further out of reach for millions of women as Republican-led states rush to limit the procedure since the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Trigger

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A long-awaited UN report on Xinjiang may be further delayed, stalling what’s seen as a critical chance to call China to account

By Simone McCarthy, CNN It’s been four years since a committee of United Nations experts called attention to “credible reports” that more than 1 million Uyghur and other Muslim minority peoples were interned in extrajudicial camps in Xinjiang in northwestern China for “re-education” and indoctrination. But since that moment in August 2018, the international community

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Congress wants to hear what Twitter whistleblower has to say

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter’s former security chief, who has alarmed Washington with allegations that the influential social network misled regulators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control fake accounts. Leaders of several congressional panels are poring over the disclosures by respected

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Inflation’s harsh realities on display as Fed officials meet

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — A half-hour drive or so from the resort where the high priests of international finance — leading economists and central bank officials — have convened in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss the world’s economic challenges, Ash Hermanowski oversees the distribution of about 1,200 free

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‘It steals our dignity’: Houston residents have turned to the federal government to clean up trash dumped in their neighborhood

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Huey German-Wilson has spent six years trying to get rid of piles of tires, mattresses, and other debris that have marred the streets of her Houston neighborhood. “It steals our dignity,” said German-Wilson, 58, an activist living in Houston’s Trinity / Houston Gardens neighborhood. “I’ve seen the (neighborhood’s) dignity slowly fade

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