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Month: June 2023

Shooting leaves 1 dead and 6 others hurt after uninvited guests showed up to a 19-year-old’s birthday party in northern California, police say

By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old woman was killed and six others were wounded in a shooting at a birthday party in Antioch, California, early Sunday morning, police said. The shooting happened after uninvited guests showed up to a 19-year-old’s birthday party at a home in the northern California city shortly before 1

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Migrantes podrán registrarse en Oficinas de Movilidad Segura en Colombia a partir del 19 de junio, informa la Cancillería colombiana

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Colombia comenzará a recibir a partir del 19 de junio solicitudes de migrantes irregulares que estén en el país en las denominadas Oficinas de Movilidad Segura, informó este domingo la Cancillería colombiana en un comunicado. La medida fue acordada durante un encuentro que sostuvieron este sábado en la Casa Blanca,

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Body recovered after a truck crash caused the inferno that toppled part of I-95 in Philadelphia, official says

By Nouran Salahieh, Celina Tebor, Holly Yan and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A body has been recovered from among the wreckage of Sunday’s Interstate 95 collapse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State Police told CNN on Monday afternoon. The body was turned over to the Philadelphia County Medical Examiner. “Authorities are in the process of identifying

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Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To its members, it’s a grassroots army of “joyful warriors” who “don’t co-parent with the government.” To anti-hate researchers, it’s a well-connected extremist group that attacks inclusion in schools. And to Republicans vying for the presidency, it has become a potential key partner in the fight

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The Great Grift: Five things to know about how COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

By AARON KESSLER, RICHARD LARDNER and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID-relief aid. Fraudsters

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The Great Grift: Five things to know about how COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

By AARON KESSLER, RICHARD LARDNER and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID-relief aid. Fraudsters

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Rape and torture: Transgender women open up about their suffering under Argentina’s dictatorship

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Julieta González stepped inside the blocky white building where the Argentine military dictatorship held her for a month, and the flashbacks began. Blood stains on the mattresses. Hearing screaming as she was inside her cell. Being forced to wash blood out of cars. The endless

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The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

By RICHARD LARDNER, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Much of the theft was brazen, even simple. Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database

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Thousands evacuated in Philippines as Mount Mayon volcano spews lava and sulfuric gas

By Kathleen Magramo, Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines’ most active volcano began spewing lava and sulfuric gas Sunday, prompting the evacuation of nearly 13,000 residents in the southeast of the country’s main island, authorities said. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recommended everyone within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius or

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