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Fort Lauderdale is latest to contest rainbow crosswalk removal order as Florida cities face deadline

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — As cities across Florida face a state-imposed deadline next week to remove rainbow-colored crosswalks and other street art, at least three say they will appeal, arguing in part that the directive robs their neighborhoods of artistic expressions representing their cities’ dedication to diversity and inclusivity of LGBTQ+ communities. Others,

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Satellite view of the Bear Gulch Fire shows a dense smoke plume over Mason County

Border Patrol arrests 2 crew workers helping battle Washington’s biggest wildfire for being in the country illegally

By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Border Patrol agents on Wednesday arrested two crew workers helping to contain Washington state’s biggest wildfire, saying they were in the United States illegally. Lawyers for one of the men dispute that characterization, alleging he was already on track for legal status. The Bureau of Land Management and the

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ruled the East African nation with an iron fist since 1986.

Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country is facing backlash over US migrant deal

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Uganda’s decision to approve the Trump administration’s offer to take in migrants unwanted by the United States has sparked criticism in the East African nation that already houses the continent’s largest refugee population. “The whole scheme stinks” without parliamentary oversight, Mathias Mpuuga, until recently the leader of the opposition

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Germany boosts ammunition and the military but remains vague on security guarantees for Ukraine

By Sebastian Shukla, Sophie Tanno, and Claudia Otto, CNN Unterluss, central Germany (CNN) — For three years European nations have funneled huge amounts of arms to Ukraine to help Kyiv battle Russia’s full-blown invasion. Now, with reserves dwindling from a grinding, ammunition-guzzling conflict that shows no sign of ending, a factory that opened in Germany

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Rescuers work at the site of a building which was hit by a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv

Putin accused of ‘sabotaging’ peace efforts after diplomatic buildings hit in massive assault on Ukraine

By Laura Sharman, Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Catherine Nicholls, Betsy Klein Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — European leaders expressed outrage after Kyiv was bombarded by Russia’s second-biggest aerial attack since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with at least 23 people killed, including four children, according to officials. Buildings belonging to the European Union and the British

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People look at the damage to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis

New video reveals third strike in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza hospital

Exclusive by Abeer Salman, Lauren Kent, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews and five journalists. The attack on the hospital came just

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Families and loved ones reunite outside the police barricades after the shooting in Minneapolis on August 27.

2 children killed and 17 people injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass

KARE, WCCO By Elise Hammond, Emma Tucker, Tori B. Powell, Andi Babineau, Matt Lait, Maureen Chowdhury, Dakin Andone, Arit John, Hannah Rabinowitz, Mark Morales MINNEAPOLIS – The FBI is investigating a deadly shooting in Minneapolis during a Catholic school Mass as “an act of domestic terrorism and hate crimes targeting Catholics,” the agency’s director, Kash

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