The Tokyo Olympics: A Summer Games like no other
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will be the 29th edition of the Summer Games. But this edition, athletes and spectators will see an Olympics like no other.
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Suspect has been charged after an Indiana police officer on the FBI Task Force was killed
By Amir Vera, Taylor Romine and Rob Frehse, CNN The man who allegedly shot and killed a veteran Indiana officer serving on an FBI Task Force in Terre Haute, Indiana, was charged Thursday with murdering a federal agent, according to officials. FBI Task Force Officer Greg Ferency was “ambushed and fatally shot” outside of the
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Former South African President Jacob Zuma begins jail term after handing himself over to police
By David McKenzie, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma handed himself over to police late Wednesday, authorities said, to begin a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court. The move ended days of intense speculation over whether the police and former President would comply with the country’s Constitutional Court for Zuma’s arrest and imprisonment.
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Investigation finds no racial bias by employee who cut biracial girl’s hair, Michigan school district says
By Taylor Romine and Keely Aouga, CNN There was no racial bias at play when a Michigan school staff member cut a biracial child’s hair, the school district said on Friday, citing the result of a third-party investigation into the incident which occurred in March. The Mount Pleasant Public School district (MPPS) released a statement
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Global Covid-19 death toll surpasses 4 million
By Deidre McPhillips and Nectar Gan, CNN More than 4 million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In total, three countries account for more than a third of all global deaths. The United States, which has the highest number of fatalities at 606,000, accounts for 15%
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Health experts are worried about growing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among young adults as the Delta variant continues to spread across the U.S.
Continue Reading CNN gets rare look inside rebel base in Myanmar
CNN’s Sam Kiley gets a rare glimpse inside a Myanmar rebel camp, where volunteers are training to fight the country’s military junta who seized power after a coup earlier this year.
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Inside the Myanmar mountain camp where rebels train to fight for freedom from the junta
Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Full-throated they belt out songs of victory, their boots adding the drumbeat as ranks of new recruits jog in formation through their jungle training camp. There’s no doubting the shining eyes of these young people united by an ideal — freedom from the junta that’s smothered democracy in Myanmar. Nor,
Continue Reading A 12-foot Burmese python has been loose in a Louisiana mall store for days
By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Search teams in Baton Rouge are rolling snake eyes when it comes to finding Cara, a large, banana-yellow Burmese python that slithered out of her exhibit in the Blue Zoo aquarium in the Mall of Louisiana on Monday night. The mall, home to more than 140 stores, closed
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Florida authorities find dead woman in retention pond. Her injuries are consistent with an alligator attack
By Amir Vera, CNN The body of a dead woman was found in retention pond in the Tampa area Sunday, and authorities say her injuries appear consistent with an alligator attack. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies responded to a retention pond in Valrico at around 8:40 p.m. Sunday where they found the body, according
Continue Reading In the heap of concrete and twisted steel, the imprint of lives lost, memories and dashed hope
By Rosa Flores, Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Ray Sanchez, CNN The hulking pile of concrete and twisted steel rises from the ground — a heap of mangled air conditioning units, razor-sharp metal bars, shattered walls and balconies and now-browning palm fronds that had once been the thriving Champlain Towers South. In the gray and
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In Maryland, every person who died of Covid-19 in June was unvaccinated. That’s not an aberration, experts say
By Eric Levenson, CNN Last month, 130 people died of Covid-19 in Maryland. None of them were vaccinated, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. In addition, unvaccinated people made up 95% of new Covid-19 cases in the state and 93% of new Covid-19 hospitalizations, Hogan said at a news conference Wednesday. The connection between vaccination
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Massive X-class solar flare erupted from sun
By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN The first large flare of the current solar cycle has erupted from the sun. The solar flare happened at sunspot AR2838 at 10:29 a.m. ET on July 3, according to the US Space Weather Prediction Center. Researchers at the center measure the intensities of solar flares on a
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CNN correspondent describes moment of Dubai explosion
An explosion was heard and felt in Dubai as a large fire ripped through its Jebel Ali port which authorities said broke out in a ship’s container anchored at the port. Authorities said there have been no deaths or injuries and that the fire is under control. CNN’s Eleni Giokos has more.
Continue Reading Dubai’s port rocked by huge explosion on container ship
By Caroline Faraj, Eleni Giokos and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN An explosion on a container ship docked at Dubai’s Jebel Ali port late Wednesday caused a large fire and was felt across the city, authorities said. There were no reported deaths or injuries and the fire was brought under control, authorities said. The Comoros Islands-owned ship
Continue Reading Aung San Suu Kyi Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain.
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US zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas
By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The Oakland and Denver zoos will be among the first to start vaccinating tigers, bears and other mammals susceptible to coronavirus infections with a new animal Covid-19 vaccine from animal health company Zoetis. The vaccine requires two doses and was first administered to gorillas in the San Diego
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Health experts are worried about growing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among young adults as the Delta variant continues to spread across the U.S.
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One of the largest teachers’ unions will defend educators who teach ‘honest history’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN As some states move toward banning critical race theory from public schools, the president of the second-largest teachers’ union in the country has vowed to defend teachers against any backlash. “Mark my words: Our union will defend any member who gets in trouble for teaching honest history,” Randi Weingarten, president of
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Darnella Frazier’s uncle died in crash involving Minneapolis police, she says
By Omar Jimenez and Carma Hassan, CNN Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded George Floyd’s murder, said Tuesday that her uncle died in a car crash involving Minneapolis Police. Frazier identified her uncle as Leneal Lamont Frazier in a Facebook post, saying she is “so hurt” and “nothing feels real.” “Minneapolis police has cost my
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