By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that we need to act quicker than we previously thought to avoid the worst consequences. As leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, Scotland, next month for crunch talks, they’ll be
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By Claire Colbert, CNN Huntington Beach has reopened its shoreline after water testing results came back with non-detectable amounts of oil-associated toxins in ocean water, city officials and California State Parks announced. State and local beaches opened at 6 a.m. Monday, just over a week after an oil pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of crude
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By Stephanie Halasz, CNN Alexander Schallenberg was named Austria’s new chancellor on Monday after his predecessor, Sebastian Kurz, resigned abruptly amid a corruption scandal. Former foreign minister Schallenberg was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg palace in Vienna. Schallenberg, 52, is a career diplomat and a close ally of the
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By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
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By AJ Willingham, Scottie Andrew and Dakin Andone, CNN Columbus Day has been a political lightning rod for states, cities and municipalities around the US for years now. Some have decided to do something about it. A number of states have moved to officially observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or some version of it, instead —
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, Scottie Andrew and Dakin Andone, CNN Columbus Day has been a political lightning rod for states, cities and municipalities around the US for years now. Some have decided to do something about it. A number of states have moved to officially observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or some version of it, instead —
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By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, has died in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, according to the country’s Ministry of Information. He was 85 years old. Khan was given a state funeral at Islamabad’s Faisal Mosque on Sunday. The funeral, attended by thousands of
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By Gregory Lemos and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Boynton Beach City Commission will meet this week to discuss a lawsuit filed on behalf of the city’s first Black female firefighter over a mural where she was inaccurately depicted with a White face. “The City Commission will meet in a closed-door session to discuss the litigation.
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By Natasha Chen Connie Young Yu’s grandfather was working in the fields of San Jose, California, on May 4, 1887, when he saw thick smoke rising from the thriving Chinatown of 1,400 people. “He was looking up and he could see smoke. The smoke… just covered the sky,” Young Yu said. The arson fire that
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen Connie Young Yu’s grandfather was working in the fields of San Jose, California, on May 4, 1887, when he saw thick smoke rising from the thriving Chinatown of 1,400 people. “He was looking up and he could see smoke. The smoke… just covered the sky,” Young Yu said. The arson fire that
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked
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By Sarah Dean England is set to remove an “outdated, unnecessary and actively discriminatory” question from blood donor forms, which campaigners say has predominantly affected Black communities’ ability to give blood. It comes after UK-wide changes in June made it easier for sexually active gay and bisexual men to give blood — overturning a ban
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By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked
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By CNN’s Katharina Krebs and Reuters A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage during an opera. The Bolshoi, one of Russia’s most prestigious theaters, said the incident occurred during a set change in Sadko, an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The cast member has been
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