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Get ready for the next spacewalk outside the International Space Station with a far-out song list. David Bowie (center) performs with Trevor Bolder (left) and Mick Ronson (right)

No spacewalk is complete without a celestial soundtrack of space-themed songs. You’re welcome

By Gregory McNamee, CNN Gear up for the latest spacewalk on September 12 with an out-of-this world playlist. Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet from the European Space Agency will venture into space to mount a support bracket on the International Space Station for the third new solar array,

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Emergency vehicles respond to evacuate people at a mass shelter on Sept. 2 in Independence

Louisiana AG opens investigation into deaths of nursing home residents at temporary hurricane shelter

By Keith Allen, Dave Alsup and Rebekah Riess, CNN Louisiana’s attorney general on Friday announced the state’s justice department is launching a full investigation into the deaths of four nursing home residents who were transferred to a warehouse in the town of Independence on August 27 ahead of Hurricane Ida. Following Ida’s landfall on August

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Emergency vehicles respond to evacuate people at a mass shelter on Sept. 2 in Independence

‘Conditions became unacceptable’ at hurricane shelter where 4 nursing home residents died, police chief says

By Keith Allen and Dave Alsup, CNN Four nursing home patients in Louisiana died after being evacuated to a temporary facility on August 27 ahead of Hurricane Ida, officials said, in a situation they described as deteriorating and overwhelmed. “I would not have wanted my mother or grandmother to be in those conditions,” Independence Police

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A former nurse pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled woman in an Arizona long-term health care facility. The sexual assault occurred at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix

Former nurse pleads guilty to sexual abuse of intellectually disabled woman at long-term care facility

By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A former nurse pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled woman in an Arizona long-term health care facility. Nathan Sutherland also pleaded guilty to abusing a vulnerable adult, court records show, at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, where the victim had been living for years.

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Police guard the area around Countdown LynnMall where an ISIS supporter stabbed six people before being shot by police on Sept. 3 in Auckland

ISIS supporter shot dead by New Zealand police after shoppers stabbed in ‘terrorist attack’

By Angus Watson and Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand police have shot and killed an ISIS supporter who injured at least six people in a supermarket “terrorist attack” in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday, authorities say. “This afternoon at approximately 2:40 p.m., a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack,” said Prime Minister

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Heavy clashes reportedly erupted around Afghanistan's northern Panjshir Valley between Taliban fighters and an anti-Taliban group.

Heavy clashes erupt between Taliban and anti-Taliban group in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Nathan Hodge, Nilly Kohzad and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Fighting in Afghanistan’s last major holdout against Taliban rule continued through Friday after heavy clashes erupted overnight between Taliban fighters and an anti-Taliban group, according to Taliban sources. Panjshir Valley, a mountainous, inaccessible region north of Kabul, has a long history of resisting the

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The Louisiana Department of Health reports the deaths of four nursing home residents who had been evacuated to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 27

4 Louisiana nursing home residents die after they were evacuated to another facility ahead of Ida, health department says

By Rebekah Riess, CNN The Louisiana Department of Health on Thursday reported the deaths of four nursing home residents who had been evacuated to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 27. The coroner classified three of the deaths as storm-related, the health department said in a news release. After Ida

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Lake Tahoe ski resorts are using snow blowers to help fight flames from the Caldor Fire

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Lake Tahoe ski resorts near the Caldor Fire in Northern California are helping firefighter crews hold off the flames. Heavenly Ski Resort and Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort are using their snowmaking systems to protect the resorts and surrounding areas, according to their Instagram account. “The snow blowers are used because they

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The Louisiana Department of Health reports the deaths of four nursing home residents who had been evacuated to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 27

4 Louisiana nursing home residents die after they were evacuated to another facility ahead of Ida, health department says

By Rebekah Riess, CNN The Louisiana Department of Health on Thursday reported the deaths of four nursing home residents who had been evacuated to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 27. The coroner classified three of the deaths as storm-related, the health department said in a news release. After Ida

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