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A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific Ocean and putting nations from Japan to the United States to Chile on high alert with millions urged to evacuate. The waves hit Russia and Japan first

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Flags fly at half-staff on the shaded plaza in front of the building on Tuesday.

Inside 345 Park Avenue when a mass killer arrived

CNN By Rachel Clarke from reporting by Dakin Andone, Taylor Galgano, Lauren Mascarenhas, John Miller, Mark Morales, Sharif Paget, Shimon Prokupecz, Andy Rose, Ray Sanchez and Jessie Yeung, CNN New York (CNN) — Hundreds of people call 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan their work home. The skyscraper soars more than 600 feet and occupies the

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A plane lands behind a memorial to those killed in the midair collision at Reagan National Airport in Arlington

Never again: legislation targets preventing another midair collision like the one that killed 67 people in January

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — A bill introduced Tuesday, exactly six-months after the fatal midair collision over the Potomac River, aims to fix aviation safety weaknesses exposed by the tragedy. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, would require aircraft operators to install key anti-collision technology on all flights and require the

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A maternity hospital was the safest place for ‘ray of sunshine’ expecting her first baby. Then Russia hit it with a missile

By Ivana Kottasová, Darya Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Diana Koshyk’s friends said the 23-year-old struggled to get pregnant and suffered several miscarriages before she and her husband finally got the news they were hoping for: they were expecting. Doctors said the pregnancy was high risk, so Koshyk was sent to what she believed was the

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The Khehne and Nagel warehouse storing millions of contraceptives is seen in Geel

US to burn $9.7 million worth of USAID-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives rather than deliver them to women overseas, following the dismantling of foreign assistance programs carried out by the US Agency for International Development, or USAID. The “preliminary decision” to destroy the USAID–procured birth control was confirmed

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‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ is unfolding in Gaza, UN-backed food security initiative says

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A UN-backed food security agency has warned that “the worst case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, its starkest alert yet as starvation spreads and Israel faces growing international pressure to allow more food into the territory. “Conflict and displacement have intensified, and access to food and other

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5 things to know for July 29: Mass shootings, Extreme weather, SNAP lawsuit, Planned Parenthood, Ghislaine Maxwell

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Darren Beattie, who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump’s first term after CNN revealed that he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, will now serve as the acting president of the US Institute of Peace, a senior State Department official said. Here’s what else

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5 things to know for July 29: Mass shootings, Extreme weather, SNAP lawsuit, Planned Parenthood, Ghislaine Maxwell

SPECTRUM-NEWS-NY1, CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Darren Beattie, who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump’s first term after CNN revealed that he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, will now serve as the acting president of the US Institute of Peace, a senior State Department official said. Here’s

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