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Month: June 2024

‘They saved their whole lives for this’: American woman’s heartbreak as parents die on Hajj

By Pauline Lockwood and Maija-Liisa Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — Saida Wurie said it was her parents’ lifelong dream to participate in Hajj, the religious pilgrimage that brings Muslims from around the world to Saudi Arabia each year. They’d spent $23,000 on an all-inclusive travel package through a tour company registered in the state of Maryland.

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A person cools off in a water fountain by the Hudson River as a heat wave hits the northeast US on June 20

A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees

CNN By Dalia Faheid and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Here’s the latest: • Millions of Americans under

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