By Clarissa Ward and Brad Lendon, CNN The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Afghan Member of Parliament Gul Ahmad Kamin told CNN on Friday, as the insurgent group continues its rapid advancement toward the capital Kabul. Kandahar, which lies in the south of the country, has been besieged
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Amazon is delaying its return to office until 2022. CNN’s Matt Egan reports on businesses pushing back their returns because of surging Covid-19 cases.
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Key members of former president Donald Trump’s justice department could face questioning from the house select committee investigating the insurrection. CNN’s Elie Honig details the characters involve.
Continue Reading New information about the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency show an effort to subvert democracy with the help of his loyalists in the administration and Congress. CNN’s Jessica Scheider reports.
Continue Reading A draft letter circulated late last year by Donald Trump-loyalist Jeffrey Clark at the Justice Department shows the lengths his allies were willing to go to overturn the presidential election. The draft, published by ABC News, urged top Georgia officials to convene the state legislature in a special session to evaluate supposed “irregularities” in the 2020 election.
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In 2019, Jerry Goldfeder, who teaches election law at Fordham Law School, and Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches in political science department at Columbia University, predicted that then president Donald Trump would attempt to overturn the 2020 election if he lost. They say they are worried that even with Trump out office not much has changed and another January 6-style riot could occur if the Republican candidate doesn’t win in 2024.
Continue Reading Russia, China and other adversaries are launching attacks designed to damage or destroy US satellites and interfere with that critical infrastructure. CNN’s Jim Sciutto gets an exclusive look into how Space Force is fighting every day to defend against these technologies.
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Superintendent Larry Linthacum, PhD, said the district will announce its decision on masking no later than Monday, Aug. 16, which is one week before the first day of school.
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The biggest job gain since August last year is signaling a strong labor market. CNN’s Julia Chatterley reports.
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By Pete Muntean, CNN The CEOs of Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines say they are not requiring unvaccinated employees to receive the shot, breaking with United Airlines’ mandate that workers get vaccinated by October 25 or face getting fired. In an internal memo obtained by CNN, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Half of the US population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, White House Data Director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar said Friday. More than 821,000 doses had been reported administered over the previous day’s total, including about 555,000 people who got their first shot, Shahpar said in a tweet. “50% of Americans (all ages)
Continue Reading CNN’s Tara Subramaniam explains why some Republicans are being misleading when they claim that Democrats are responsible for inflation.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is currently only authorized for emergency use in the United States, but its full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration could happen within weeks. The ramifications could alter the course of the pandemic in several ways. First, full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine could persuade more
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As hospitals across the country are being overrun by Covid-19 patients — most of whom are unvaccinated — some lawmakers are hitting a wall in their efforts to increase vaccination rates and keep their states from closing down again.
Continue Reading Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, discusses the possibility of mandatory vaccinations for teachers amid the Delta surge. Currently the CDC is urging masking for students in schools as children under 12 years old remain ineligible for a vaccine.
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Great Britain’s gold medal winning diver, Tom Daley, unveils the cardigan he has been knitting while at the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo.
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By Michelle Toh and Jake Kwon, CNN Business Google and Apple are catching heat for their app store and payments practices in Asia Pacific. Less than a week after Apple said it would allow App Store developers to promote alternative payment methods to their users, South Korea is poised to end restrictions that critics say
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Some cattle ranchers are struggling to stay afloat due to drought and wildfires.
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Elizabeth Prann joins HLN’s Robin Meade to give helpful tips on how to re-enter the workforce with pandemic-related gaps in a resume.
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By Angela Dewan, CNN A crucial system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean that helps control temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere and has implications for the entire planet’s weather systems is showing signs of instability due to human-made climate change, scientists say. Its collapse would have dire consequences for our weather and life on Earth.
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