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Month: August 2023

Nebraska volleyball sets world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event, at above 92,000, school says

By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Memorial Stadium was the place to be on Wednesday night when the University of Nebraska women’s volleyball team hosted in-state opponent Omaha. The official attendance of 92,003 in Lincoln – at what normally is the university’s football stadium – set the world record for the largest announced crowd at

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Mother of Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales released from hospital after church hunger strike, according to reports

By Tara Subramaniam, Radina Gigova, Ana Melgar and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The mother of beleaguered Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales, who was admitted to a hospital in the Spanish town of Motril after a hunger strike, has been discharged, according to various Spanish media outlets. Ángeles Béjar locked herself in the Divina Pastora

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Liberan a más de 50 agentes penitenciarios y policías que estaban retenidos por presos en seis cárceles del Ecuador

macamilarincon (CNN Español) — Un total de 50 agentes penitenciarios y siete miembros de la Policía que se encontraban retenidos en seis prisiones del Ecuador a manos de reos fueron liberados, informó este viernes en un comunicado el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral a Personas Adultas Privadas de la Libertad y a Adolescentes Infractores (SNAI).

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Marijuana recommendation by US health agency hailed as first step to easing weed restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it Wednesday as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that

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Descubren un templo romano “extremadamente raro” durante la construcción de un supermercado

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Sarsina es una ciudad rural muy tranquila, de apenas 3.000 habitantes, que está situada a ambos lados de las prístinas montañas de los Apeninos en la región de Emilia Romagna, Italia, rodeada de impresionantes vistas y ovejas pastoriles. Si bien tiene un pasado glorioso como puesto defensivo estratégico del Imperio Romano

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Hundreds of illnesses followed a Tough Mudder race in Sonoma County, California, officials estimate

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — An outbreak of illnesses after a Tough Mudder race in Sonoma County, California, this month has reached about 300 cases, the county estimated Wednesday. The Sonoma County Department of Health Services issued a health advisory last week after reports of rash, fever, muscle pain, nausea and vomiting among participants in the August 19-20

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