Russia’s war in Ukraine
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5 things to know for August 3: Primaries, Taiwan, Monkeypox, January 6, Kentucky
By AJ Willingham, CNN US veterans service organizations are breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate passed a long sought-after bill on Tuesday to expand care for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 3: Primaries, Taiwan, Monkeypox, January 6, Kentucky
By AJ Willingham, CNN US veterans service organizations are breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate passed a long sought-after bill on Tuesday to expand care for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 3: Primaries, Taiwan, Monkeypox, January 6, Kentucky
By AJ Willingham, CNN US veterans service organizations are breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate passed a long sought-after bill on Tuesday to expand care for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 3: Primaries, Taiwan, Monkeypox, January 6, Kentucky
By AJ Willingham, CNN US veterans service organizations are breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate passed a long sought-after bill on Tuesday to expand care for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The legislation now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Here’s what you need to
Continue ReadingA father of 5 is among at least 38 dead connected to the Kentucky floods
By Caroll Alvarado and Christina Maxouris, CNN Gabriel Hensley, a father of five who stopped to help an injured driver and was later swept away by floodwaters himself was found dead this week, as the storm damage across eastern Kentucky complicates efforts to find the many people still unaccounted for. “He was a hero,” his
Continue Reading‘Unsustainable and shambolic’: Flight attendants speak out on summer travel chaos
Francesca Street, CNN British flight attendant Kris Major has worked in aviation for over two decades. He’s seen the industry suffer and recover in the wake of 9/11, SARS and foot and mouth disease. Now, Major’s on the front line of what he reckons is the worst aviation crisis yet: the 2022 summer of travel
Continue Reading‘Unsustainable and shambolic’: Flight attendants speak out on summer travel chaos
Francesca Street, CNN British flight attendant Kris Major has worked in aviation for over two decades. He’s seen the industry suffer and recover in the wake of 9/11, SARS and foot and mouth disease. Now, Major’s on the front line of what he reckons is the worst aviation crisis yet: the 2022 summer of travel
Continue ReadingChina hits Taiwan with trade restrictions after Pelosi visit
By Laura He and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business China has suspended some trade with Taiwan in apparent retribution for a visit by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island. The curbs include the suspension of some fruits and fish imports from Taiwan, and exports of natural sand to the island. China
Continue ReadingGeorgia says an ‘unborn child’ can be claimed as a dependent on state taxes
By Nouran Salahieh and Chuck Johnston, CNN Georgians can now claim an “unborn child” as a dependent on their state taxes, the state’s Department of Revenue announced this week. Residents filing their 2022 tax returns who had fetuses with detectable heartbeats at six weeks of pregnancy can claim a dependent personal exemption in the amount
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Continue ReadingThe next extreme floods could be even worse, a new study shows. But there’s a way to prevent that
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN While it’s hard to imagine flooding more frightening than what the St. Louis area and Kentucky saw last week, new research shows that more extreme events are coming, and if the communities impacted don’t build back smarter, the devastation will be worse the second time around. The world is getting better
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Greitens: ‘It doesn’t always work on our timeline’
Former governor Eric Greitens did not admit defeat but instead praised his supporters after Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt beat him in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
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Former TV reporter Mark Alford wins Republican primary in the Fourth Congressional District
Voters in the primary election voted Mark Alford as the Republican candidate to potentially fill the seat of U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler in Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District.
Continue ReadingFederal grand jury subpoenas Trump’s former White House counsel in 2020 election probe, source says
By Pamela Brown, CNN Donald Trump’s White House counsel has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The move on such a high-ranking official in Trump’s White House marks a significant escalation in the department’s probe into the plots to
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Trudy Busch Valentine wins Democratic U.S. Senate primary
Trudy Busch Valentine easily won the Democratic U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday over former U.S. Marine Lucas Kunce.
Continue ReadingUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan
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Continue ReadingNear-total abortion ban in Indiana moves to full House debate after passing key committee
By Samantha Beech, Kiely Westhoff and Paul LeBlanc, CNN An Indiana bill that would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions is headed for debate in the state’s full House of Representatives this week after clearing a key committee in the chamber Tuesday evening. The GOP-authored legislation passed the Indiana House Committee
Continue ReadingSenate passes long-sought bill to help veterans affected by burn pits
By Jessica Dean and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted Tuesday night to pass a long-sought bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The final vote was 86-11. Passage of the
Continue ReadingPelosi praises Taiwan as ‘one of the freest societies in the world’ in visit to parliament
By Jeremy Herb and Eric Cheung, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan as “one of the freest societies in the world” on Wednesday morning local time in her first public remarks since becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the island in 25 years. Pelosi spoke at the beginning of a meeting between
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