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Her son ‘hated’ her when he was a teen. Then a pandemic homecoming changed their relationship forever

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN It will just be two weeks. That’s what Kerry Stutzman thought when she invited her 22-year-old son to come back home to Colorado — and bring his girlfriend with him. The rapidly spreading novel coronavirus had virtually shut down big cities like Chicago, where Palmer Skudneski and his girlfriend Anabelle

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‘Alzheimer’s disease is the only illness where the person passes away twice.’ Latino caregivers say they’re facing more barriers

By Maya Brown, CNN Sarah Rodriguez spends most of her day multitasking as she switches from watching her mother on remote cameras to talking on video and phone calls with doctors and aides to organize proper care for the 67-year-old. The 40-year-old’s life in Virginia has been like this ever since her mom was diagnosed

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Refugees fleeing war in neighboring Ukraine queue at the Medyka border crossing

More than 2.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia’s invasion. Here’s where they are now

By Travis Caldwell, CNN In the span of just two weeks, millions of Ukrainian refugees have been forced to flee as the brutal Russian invasion of their homeland continues. The amount of people on the move constitutes “the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II,” UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Commissioner Filippo Grandi

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A bouquet of flowers lies at the base of a flagpole outside Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium where at Stanford University soccer players practiced in Stanford

Stanford soccer star’s death renews questions about student-athletes’ mental health. The pressures they face present distinct challenges, experts say

By Dakin Andone, CNN After confirming her 22-year-old daughter Katie Meyer had died days earlier by suicide, Gina Meyer wondered aloud this month if the star goalkeeper for Stanford University’s women’s soccer team might have been overwhelmed by the pressure of sports and academics. “There is anxiety,” she told NBC’s “Today Show,” “and there is

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Missiles hit Kurdish capital in Iraq, no casualties, officials say

By Jennifer Hauser, Simone McCarthy, Jomana Karadsheh and Muwafaq Mohammed, CNN A dozen ballistic missiles struck Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional capital Erbil early Sunday morning, local officials said. The missiles were launched from the “east outside Iraq’s borders” towards a new United States consulate building and residential areas, according to a statement from the Kurdistan

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People walk past the entrance of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) which remains temporarily closed after two employees were stabbed the previous day

Man accused of stabbing 2 people at New York’s Museum of Modern Art arrested in Philadelphia, police say

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN The man accused of stabbing two employees inside New York’s Museum of Modern Art on Saturday was arrested in Philadelphia, police said Tuesday morning. Information on charges against Gary Cabana, 60, will be announced pending his extradition to New York, a New York Police Department spokesperson said. Cabana was arrested at

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