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A half-century of armed conflict left many Colombians without basic services. This CNN Hero is delivering water, power and sanitation to those who need it most

By Laura Klairmont, CNN Growing up in Barranquilla, Colombia, Jenifer Colpas was mostly shielded from the poverty outside her door. It wasn’t until after college, when she moved to India for a job in information technology, that she appreciated the vast social inequalities people endure. “Something inside me (was) saying, ‘You need to do something

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A small crowd gathered in Salt Lake City Wednesday night to mourn Gabbi Petito

Brian Laundrie left home without phone or wallet and his parents were concerned he might hurt himself, source says

By Jenn Selva, Dakin Andone and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A source close to the family of Brian Laundrie told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday that Gabby Petito‘s fiancé, who is now the subject of a federal warrant, left his parents’ Florida home last Tuesday without his cell phone and wallet. Laundrie’s parents were concerned that

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Joseph Elledge pleads not guilty to three felony charges.

Prosecutor says vegetation on boots puts Elledge at site where wife’s body was found

Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight told Judge Brouck Jacobs during a hear in Joseph Elledge’s case that experts at the Missouri Botanical Garden matched juniper needles on Elledge’s boots to the spot where his wife Mengqi Ji’s body was found. A hiker discovered her remains off a trail in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park in October and identified them in April.

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Palm Beach County school board sides with latest state quarantine policy in tense meeting that separated those without masks

By Nick Valencia and Maria Cartaya, CNN Dozens of police officers were standing by as the Palm Beach County School Board held a meeting Wednesday evening with masked and unmasked spectators watching from separate rooms, as the board said it would abide with the latest state rule that takes a “symptoms-based approach” to quarantining students.

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Nearly 10 months after Johnson was reported missing

Mary Johnson, an Indigenous woman, went missing nearly a year ago. While the FBI recently offered a reward, activists say that’s not enough

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the months before Mary Johnson disappeared, her sister said she wasn’t herself. Johnson and her husband, who had been living in the home of her sister Gerry Davis in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, abruptly left and moved to Marysville about 40 miles away, Davis said. She rarely answered her phone when Davis

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Ben Platt in the movie adaptation of the musical 'Dear Evan Hansen.'

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and its Broadway pedigree get lost in translation

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its songs and cast, led by Ben Platt reprising his Tony-winning role, overcome the uncomfortable premise and problematic protagonist? The answer is not completely, despite tweaks seemingly made specifically to try softening those edges. Although

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Biden says Democrats are at a ‘stalemate’ as his economic agenda hangs in the balance on Capitol Hill

By Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said negotiations on Capitol Hill over his economic agenda had reached a “stalemate” as sharp disagreements between moderate and progressive members of his party threaten to derail his plans. The President said at the White House he was confident Democrats would ultimately reach

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