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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Photographs by Bryan Anselm/Redux for CNN Mario Gamiño was startled awake by the panicked-sounding bark of his pet cockapoo. When he got up, he realized water was rising quickly in his basement apartment in Flushing, Queens, so he immediately shook his wife awake. Within minutes, Ida’s floodwaters took nearly everything away.
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Ben Affleck stirred controversy with comments about his marriage and addiction to alcohol. But he also shined a light on important conversations for addicts and their loved ones, an expert said. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend that was It’s unclear whether Omicron
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Business Nearly a year ago, a bunch of day traders from the fringes of the internet figured out how to beat Wall Street at its own game. Or so they thought. Around mid-January, shares of GameStop — a brick-and-mortar retailer that most analysts expected to go the way of Blockbuster —
Continue ReadingBy Natalie Angley, CNN At first, Joann Fouquette’s son, Ezra, was hitting all the milestones. It’s what every new mom hopes for: a happy, healthy baby. But around 17 months, things started to change. He stopped speaking. He started covering his ears and hitting his head on the floor like something was bothering him. Fouquette
Continue ReadingCNN By Natalie Angley, CNN At first, Joann Fouquette’s son, Ezra, was hitting all the milestones. It’s what every new mom hopes for: a happy, healthy baby. But around 17 months, things started to change. He stopped speaking. He started covering his ears and hitting his head on the floor like something was bothering him.
Continue ReadingBy Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN Just when we thought we could exhale and enjoy the holidays, the newest coronavirus variant Omicron has given us another gut punch. With this renewed uncertainty hitting when we are already depleted, it’s increasingly hard to keep calm and carry on. As a psychologist, I hear every day from my clients
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Rusia ha seguido acumulando más tropas cerca de la frontera con Ucrania en los últimos días, a pesar de que el presidente Joe Biden instó al presidente de Rusia Vladimir Putin a desescalar las tensiones durante una reunión virtual la semana pasada. Según afirman fuentes familiarizadas con la inteligencia, más unidades
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of peaceful protesters have demonstrated in central Brussels for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter a spike in infections and the emergence of the worrying omicron variant. A strong police presence was deployed on streets in anticipation of the crowds, given how previous
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, former prime minister of Iraq. Personal Birth date: 1947 Birth place: Karbala, Iraq Marriage: Married, name unavailable publicly Children: Five Education: Mosul University, M.D., 1974 Religion: Shiite Muslim Timeline 1968 – Joins the Islamic Dawa Party. Al Dawa (formally the Hizb al-Dawa al-Islamiyya
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Nearly three years after her brother was detained in Moscow, Elizabeth Whelan is keeping her eye on the goal: bringing him home. Paul Whelan, a US citizen and former Marine, was detained at a Moscow hotel on December 28, 2018, and arrested on espionage charges, which he has consistently and vehemently
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Personal Birth date: September 10, 1964 Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma Yun Father: Ma Laifa Mother: Cui Wencai Marriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say three) Education: Hangzhou
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Personal Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died in 2002), Yasser and Tareq Education: Damascus University, B.A.; Oriental College (in Moscow), Ph.D. Other Facts His family left the British Mandate area Safed, Palestine,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that a rapper was stabbed at a Los Angeles music festival, prompting organizers to end the festival early. The Los Angeles Times says Drakeo the Ruler was assaulted at the Once Upon a Time in LA concert Saturday night. The paper cited a person with direct knowledge
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that a rapper was stabbed at a Los Angeles music festival, prompting organizers to end the festival early. The Los Angeles Times says Drakeo the Ruler was assaulted at the Once Upon a Time in LA concert Saturday night. The paper cited a person with direct knowledge
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, CNN Even as the partisan battle lines for the next epic political clash were being drawn, President Joe Biden had no desire to engage. “Nope,” Biden said matter-of-factly in August when asked by a reporter if he was concerned about the potential for a US default on its debt. “They’re not going
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant. Sajid Javid said Sunday that the government was assessing the fast-moving situation and urged the public to be cautious as
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Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese have taken to the streets across the country in mass protests against a military takeover and a subsequent deal that reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok but sidelined the movement. Sudanese authorities tightened security in the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman, barricading government and
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VAL d’ISÈRE, France (AP) — Sofia Goggia has won the last women’s World Cup super-G of the calendar year. The Italian had also triumphed in the downhill a day earlier. Goggia wasn’t the fastest starter but mastered the tricky middle section of the O.K. course to beat Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway by 0.33 of a
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is warning against the spread of the new, highly infectious variant of coronavirus and urging people to vaccinate. Naftali Bennett told ministers Sunday that there was already community transmission of the omicron variant in Israel and a rise in the country’s coronavirus infection rate. The country’s health ministry has
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