August 19, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Aditi Sangal, Heather Chen, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Hannah Strange and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Aditi Sangal, Heather Chen, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Hannah Strange and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday. Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said. Weiskopf won on the PGA Tour 16 times between 1968 and
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By Andy Rose, CNN Three Indiana State University students died and two were seriously injured after their vehicle ran into a tree in western Indiana early Sunday, according to the school and local law enforcement. The Vigo County Sheriff’s Office identified the dead students as football players Christian Eubanks, 18, from Waukegan, Illinois, Caleb VanHooser,
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By Isa Kaufman Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN Buses with at least 140 asylum seekers arrived in New York Sunday in what officials are calling the largest single-day arrival of migrants from Texas. The asylum seekers arrived on three buses into Port Authority around 6:45 a.m., Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs spokesperson Shaina Coronel told
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By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by the
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By Ralph Ellis, CNN British boxing champion Tyson Fury said his cousin was stabbed to death Sunday as he called on the UK government to take steps to curb knife crimes. “My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck, this is becoming ridiculous idiots carry knives,” Fury said on social media. “This needs
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By Heather Chen, Wayne Chang and Tara John, CNN Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the country will repeal the colonial-era Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code, thereby decriminalizing gay sex in Singapore, but added that same-sex marriage will continue to be illegal in the city-state. “Sex between consenting men should not
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By Raja Razek, Zoe Sottile and Amanda Watts, CNN A man has been arrested in the death of five people — all younger than 25 — who were killed in a wrong-way car crash early Saturday morning in Miami-Dade County, Florida, officials say. Maiky Simeon, 30, was arrested on several counts of vehicular homicide, according
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A capuchin monkey named Route showed California police the true meaning of “monkey business” when she accidentally called 911. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that disconnected last Saturday, according to a Facebook post. Dispatchers received no response when they tried to call back, so they
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington, Jonny Hallam and Tara John, CNN Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of Moscow. The Russian Investigative Committee said it believed someone planned and ordered the car explosion
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By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Ten Chattanooga police officers have been reassigned to non-enforcement positions and will no longer be allowed to testify in court after they “misrepresented the truth or filed a false report,” according to a police department press release. Police Chief Celeste Murphy reassigned them after the US Attorney’s Office asked “for a
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By Andrew Torgan, CNN Pedestrians accustomed to the hum of a passing Tesla will be in for a shock when a new electric vehicle hits the streets. Dodge, famous for its gas-powered muscle cars like the Charger and Challenger, says it plans to roll out the electric Charger Daytona in 2024 — featuring exhaust pipes
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By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Shana Chappell sits on the grass in front of the tombstone, not sure where to look. It’s the grave for her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, killed almost a year ago in a terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, as American forces left the country. And next to
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By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Shana Chappell sits on the grass in front of the tombstone, not sure where to look. It’s the grave for her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, killed almost a year ago in a terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, as American forces left the country. And next to
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By Rob Picheta, CNN When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to her father, Alexander Dugin — the ultra-nationalist philosopher credited with being the “spiritual guide” to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. But Dugina herself played a smaller, public
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By Paul Vercammen, CNN Doreen Jansen looked at the brown hills from her Thousand Oaks home. “My plants are suffering,” Jansen said. “The animals, coyotes, rattlesnakes; they are all out in droves. It’s dry and unusually hot.” The signs of drought are everywhere here, from the shrinking lakes to the deathly drained color of trees
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN Rescuers continue searching for a hiker in southwestern Utah after a flash flood struck in a national park. More than 20 people looked Saturday for Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson, Arizona, near the Virgin River in Zion National Park, according to park officials. Rangers received a report Friday afternoon of multiple hikers
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Every morning at 7am Nigerian time, Pastor Jerry Eze can be seen on a YouTube livestream fervently praying over thousands of stacks of requests he has received from his followers around the world. Flanked usually by his wife Eno, and an associate, Eze’s passionate prayers are delivered in an urgent staccato,
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland elementary school teacher left his family vacation with memories to last a lifetime — and also won $250,000 in the lottery. The anonymous Baltimore County man purchased the ticket while on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland, according to a news release from the Maryland Lottery. The 58-year-old teacher bought
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Paradise Wildlife Park’s newest resident isn’t just adorable — it’s also a crucial addition to its species’ endangered population. The Hertfordshire zoo in the United Kingdom welcomed a newborn red panda in July, according to a news release. The tiny cub is currently called “Red Panda” while the zoo waits
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