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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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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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‘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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New York’s highest court agrees to hear Harvey Weinstein’s appeal to overturn 2020 sex crime convictions

By Sonia Moghe and Nouran Salahieh, CNN New York’s highest court has agreed to hear disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s appeal challenging his 2020 conviction on sex crime charges, according to a copy of the court filing provided by Weinstein’s team. Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s ruling will allow Weinstein’s lawyers to argue their case

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A Texas sheriff says he finds the bodies of migrants almost every day. 2022 could be the deadliest year yet for migrants crossing at the US border

By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN On the banks of the Rio Grande, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber pointed at the spot where just a day earlier a 3-year-old boy had drowned. “Medical attention (was) provided,” Schmerber said. “He died anyway.” The boy’s white t-shirt had a murky tinge in a post-mortem photo. Schmerber

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A Texas sheriff says he finds the bodies of migrants almost every day. 2022 could be the deadliest year yet for migrants crossing at the US border

By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN On the banks of the Rio Grande, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber pointed at the spot where just a day earlier a 3-year-old boy had drowned. “Medical attention (was) provided,” Schmerber said. “He died anyway.” The boy’s white t-shirt had a murky tinge in a post-mortem photo. Schmerber

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The Columbus teachers’ union and school board reached a ‘conceptual agreement,’ ending a strike

By Eric Bradner and Chris Boyette, CNN The Columbus, Ohio, teachers’ union and the Columbus Board of Education have reached a “conceptual agreement,” ending a strike and allowing students to return to classrooms next week, the school district announced early Thursday morning. The Columbus Education Association confirmed the agreement on Twitter, saying the “comprehensive conceptual

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