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By Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has reversed its decision to grant George Floyd a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug conviction, according to a letter obtained by CNN. The about-face on Wednesday comes nearly a year after the board voted unanimously to recommend the pardon and
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN The daughter of cricket legend Shane Warne has called a TV miniseries which will dramatize his life “beyond disrespectful.” Warne’s sudden death from a suspected heart attack on the Thai island of Koh Samui in March shocked the cricketing world, particularly in Australia where he was regarded as one of the
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LONDON (AP) — London’s police force says two officers have been hospitalized after being stabbed in central London early Friday. It says the attack is not being treated as terrorism. The Metropolitan Police force says officers “encountered a man with a knife” in the Leicester Square area, a busy tourist hub, at around 6 a.m.
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PARIS (AP) — Many domestic and some international flights have been canceled in France after air traffic controllers went on a national strike Friday over pay and recruitment issues. French civil aviation authority DGAC warned that domestic traffic would be “severely disrupted” with many flights canceled and other experiencing long delays. Travelers have been advised
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Many domestic and some international flights have been canceled in France after air traffic controllers went on a national strike Friday over pay and recruitment issues. French civil aviation authority DGAC warned that domestic traffic would be “severely disrupted” with many flights canceled and other experiencing long delays. Travelers have been advised
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN In an open letter to Phoenix Suns employees and players on Thursday, team vice chairman Jahm Najafi has called on team owner Robert Sarver to resign. In the letter, obtained by CNN, Najafi said: “I cannot in good judgment sit back and allow our children and future generations of fans to
Continue Reading By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Heavy rains flooded hundreds of homes, knocked out power and collapsed structures in northern India, causing 12 deaths and more injuries, officials said Friday. Schools were closed for the day in Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh state capital, where the meteorological office recorded 35 millimeters (1.4 inches)
Continue ReadingCNN By Angela Dewan, CNN An analysis of Pakistan’s devastating floods has found “fingerprints” of the human-made climate crisis on the disaster, which killed more than 1,500 people and destroyed so much land and infrastructure it has plunged the South Asian nation into crisis. The analysis, published Thursday by the World Weather Attribution initiative, was
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Rhea Mogul, CNN When Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down with other Asian leaders at a summit in Central Asia Friday, they will seek to present a united front to counterbalance the United States and its allies. But within their “no-limits” relationship, potential differences over Russia’s
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Gigacalculator compiled a list of important events throughout the history of the modern calculator using historical and news sources.
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Jerry analyzes and explains how rising costs compare in the car and home markets in the last five years.
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By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British man accused by Denmark of masterminding a $1.7 billion tax fraud has been ordered by a Dubai court to pay Copenhagen’s tax authority $1.25 billion. That’s according to court filings seen Friday in the case against Sanjay Shah. Just days earlier, another
Continue Reading By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British man accused by Denmark of masterminding a $1.7 billion tax fraud has been ordered by a Dubai court to pay Copenhagen’s tax authority $1.25 billion. That’s according to court filings seen Friday in the case against Sanjay Shah. Just days earlier, another
Continue ReadingBy Chuck Johnston and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The remnants of Typhoon Merbok are putting residents of western Alaska on high alert as a coastal storm is expected to bring flooding and strong winds this weekend. Wind gusts as high as 65 mph are expected for Kotzebue Sound and Chukchi Coast, according to the National Weather
Continue ReadingCNN By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Tropical Storm Fiona‘s center is approaching Guadeloupe and tropical storm conditions (winds 39 mph or higher), heavy rain and strong waves are expected in the Leeward Islands by Friday evening, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, packing winds of 50 mph with even higher gusts, was only about
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Search and rescue efforts are underway after lightning struck near a middle school rowing club practicing at an Orlando lake Thursday, causing the boat to capsize and leaving one student missing and another hospitalized, officials said. Five middle school students were practicing near the North Orlando Rowing Complex in Lake Fairview
Continue Reading By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The GOP’s nominee for Nevada governor said Thursday he would fight against a national abortion ban if Congress were to pass one. “It’s the vote of the people within the state of Nevada, and I will support that,” Joe Lombardo, who is generally anti-abortion,
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A foreign correspondent, a consultant, a businessman, a retired accountant and his wife stand in a line for nearly eight hours. That is how this story begins, once I claim my spot among a growing queue of mourners coming from all corners of the United Kingdom and
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II last week has reignited debate in New Zealand about whether it should continue recognizing Britain’s monarch as its symbolic head of state or take the final step toward independence by becoming a republic. But there remains a significant complicating
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is taking control of three Russian-owned refineries to ensure energy security before a European Union embargo on oil from Russia takes effect next year. German officials said Friday that two subsidiaries of Russian oil giant Rosneft would be put under the administration of a German government
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