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Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation

By Cindy Von Quednow, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm. Federal immigration officials used the book’s title to name their latest crackdown, in Charlotte,

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FAA ends emergency order mandating flight reductions at 40 airports during government shutdown, officials say

CNN, FAA.GOV By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. The cuts, which began on November 7,

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FAA ends emergency order mandating flight reductions at 40 airports during government shutdown, officials say

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Flight reductions at 40 airports mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month are set to come to an end Monday morning, according to a joint statement from United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. The cuts, which began on November 7, reduced air

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The receding waters of Latyan Dam reveal a dry riverbed near Tehran

Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — To combat a severe water crisis, Iranian authorities have begun cloud-seeding operations to induce rainfall, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday, amid the driest fall in half a century. Iran’s National Weather Forecasting Center of the Meteorological Organizations said Saturday that rainfall across the country has decreased

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Ecuador's Minister of the Interior John Reimberg posted this photo after Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barre

Alleged leader of Ecuadorian drug trafficking gang Los Lobos arrested in Spain

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español (CNN) — Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barré, known as “Pipo,” the alleged leader of drug trafficking gang Los Lobos – Ecuador’s most powerful and violent criminal organization – has been arrested in Spain, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced on Sunday. “Today we captured ‘Pipo’ Chavarría, the

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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9

Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has described his country’s nuclear program as still “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes badly damaged facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen Sunday, Khatibzadeh said Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program is intact, as we are speaking,”

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Former Columbia Second Chance employee claims she raised concerns about dog breeder, later charged with 18 counts of animal abuse

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman who says worked with breeder Melissa Sanders at Columbia Second Chance, claims she noticed and reported concerning behaviors to the organization. Melissa Sanders Torre Taylor, a former manager at Columbia Second Chance, said Sanders was contracted to train dogs in April. Taylor said she noticed what she said were

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Danish police conducting spot checks on incoming traffic from Germany stand at the A7 highway border crossing in 2016.

Britain announces ‘most significant’ change to asylum rules in years, setting Europe’s longest route to settlement

By Christian Edwards, Laura Sharman, CNN London (CNN) — Britain plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum policy in modern times by making refugee status temporary and quadrupling the wait for permanent settlement to 20 years, as the Labour government confronts a “broken” asylum system that has fueled support for right-wing

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Federal immigration crackdown begins in Charlotte, North Carolina, spreading fear and prompting some businesses to shutter

By Associated Press Charlotte (AP) — Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city has begun, as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations. “Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors,” Assistant Homeland Security

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