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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Troops and patrols have deployed around Baghdad following the failed assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted Iraq’s prime minister in his residence. The attack significantly raises tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month’s parliamentary election results. Two Iraqi officials said Al-Kadhimi
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Everyone has a favorite childhood toy. But is yours a hall of famer? This week, the National Toy Hall of Fame inducted American Girl Dolls, the board game Risk, and even sand. The honorees were unveiled during a ceremony at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. They
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business In August 2019, when a Facebook employee typed “climate change” into the platform’s search bar, the auto-fill suggestions that popped up included “climate change debunked” and “climate change is a hoax.” The results prompted the employee to ask in a post on the company’s internal site: “Do our policies combatting
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN, KHOU By Chloe Melas, CNN Drake is speaking out for the first time since the Astroworld Festival in Houston which resulted in the deaths of eight concertgoers. He took to Instagram and wrote, “I’ve spent the past few days trying to wrap my mind around this devastating tragedy. I hate resorting to this
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN Rapper and producer Travis Scott, the organizer of the Astroworld Festival in Houston where at least eight people died Friday night, gave his first on-camera statement in a video posted to his Instagram account Saturday night. “I’m honestly just devastated,” Scott said as he repeatedly sighed and rubbed his forehead. “We’re
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against Scotland on Sunday with the aim of going unbeaten in the T20 World Cup group stage. Pakistan is the only unbeaten team in the tournament and looks to finish on top of Group 2 with a full complement of 10
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN As the season changed from summer to fall, first lady Jill Biden has found a spot to sit outside at the White House to grade her students’ essays. “On these cool afternoons, I like to go to the Jackie Kennedy garden,” Biden said Thursday night at a gala to honor the
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Police in western Australia have called off a search for a swimmer who was attacked by a shark. The wife of 57-year-old Paul Millachip said she was with him at the Port Beach in the suburb of Perth on Saturday morning when two teenagers on a boat witnessed the shark attack. She
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa has fired manager Dean Smith with the team mired in a five-match losing run. The Premier League club made the announcement on Sunday. Smith, who guided the club back to the top flight, has paid the price for the team’s disappointing form this season. Friday’s 1-0 defeat at Southampton
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By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Many elementary schools around the U.S. are preparing to offer COVID-19 shots that educators see as key to keeping students learning in person and making the classroom experience closer to what it once was. The approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for younger children has some district leaders saying it is
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Many elementary schools around the U.S. are preparing to offer COVID-19 shots that educators see as key to keeping students learning in person and making the classroom experience closer to what it once was. The approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for younger children has some district leaders saying it is
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The trillion-dollar market cap club is starting to get crowded. Microsoft is now worth a smidge more than Apple, making the Satya Nadella-led cloud software giant the world’s most valuable company. Both companies are worth about $2.5 trillion. Google owner Alphabet is worth just a touch less than
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN The United States flung its doors open to vaccinated international travelers on Monday, welcoming many visitors who’ve been shut out of the country for nearly 20 months. For Maria Giribet Caldentey, it marked a precious opportunity to see her twin grandchildren in California. She’s already had to postpone this trip once
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has conducted artillery firing exercises to bolster its defense capability, its latest weapons test in recent weeks. The official Korean Central News Agency says an artillery firing competition among mechanized units was held on Saturday. The report says the drills were
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Health Ministry has issued instructions to doctors confirming that it is legal to end a pregnancy when the woman’s health or life is in danger. The document comes in reaction to the hospital death of a young mother whose pregnancy had medical problems. Her family said doctors held off performing
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An ambitious program to replace thousands of residential lead water lines in New Jersey’s largest city is about to be completed years ahead of schedule. Newark was once castigated for its slow response and was sued in 2018. The city is now on the verge of
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Police in Germany say a 27-year-old man who stabbed four people on a German high-speed train apparently attacked his victims “at random” and showed signs of mental illness. Police and investigators told reporters Sunday that the attacker’s intentions are still unclear, but there is no indication of a terrorist motive. Shortly before
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say they plan to watch video, interview witnesses and review concert protocols to determine how eight people died at a Houston music festival when fans suddenly surged toward the stage to watch rapper Travis Scott. City officials say they are in the early stages of
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN Sitting next to the Israeli Foreign Minister in Washington this October, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was clear: The Americans want to re-open their consulate in Jerusalem to serve Palestinians. “We’ll be moving forward with the process of opening a consulate as part of deepening of those ties with the Palestinians,”
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