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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The companies Chemours, DuPont and Corteva announced on Friday they have agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle claims that “forever chemicals” contaminated public US water systems. The family of ubiquitous synthetic chemicals – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS – linger in
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By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A 4-year-old girl, who wandered away from the Florida rental home her family had been staying in, has been found dead in a canal along the water’s edge, the sheriff’s office announced Friday. Deputies had been searching extensively for Evelyn K. Geer for several hours using
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Two humpback whales were found dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, according to local officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the presence of the two whales in a Wednesday Facebook post. One whale was off Wainscott, New York, and the other in Raritan
Continue Reading By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — A climber died this week on Mount Rainier in Washington state, the National Park Service said Friday in a news release. Brian Harper, 41, of Bremerton, Washington, was in a climbing group led by Alpine Ascents International, a licensed guide service, when he collapsed near the summit Wednesday morning.
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By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A three-year pause on student loan payments will end this summer regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the White House plan to forgive billions of dollars in student loan debt. If Congress approves a debt ceiling deal negotiated by House Speaker
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Economists have been closely watching monthly US job reports for signs of cracks in the labor market that could offer clues as to when a recession could start. But their predictions have been tested month after month with stronger-than-expected gains. Last month’s jobs report was no exception.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE STAHL Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A Delaware musician has a new lease on life after a kidney transplant. It was an operation that involved a robot and social media. This was a living donor transplant from a connection made on Facebook. It was performed at Penn Medicine
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested and charged after her car caught fire with her unattended children inside while she shoplifted inside a mall in Oviedo, police said. The woman, identified as Alicia Moore, 24, parked in a Dillard’s parking lot around noon May 26, leaving
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature _ another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the lifeline of the world’s most populous nation. Instead on Saturday, Narendra Modi traveled to eastern Odisha
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Police in Surrey, England, arrested 31 people on Saturday “in connection with planned criminal disruption” at the Epsom Derby Festival, one of the oldest and most famous horse races in the world. The Jockey Club, which runs the Epsom racecourse, won a High Court injunction last month to stop
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Cuando los primeros astronautas se aventuren a Marte en el futuro, la tripulación necesitará acceso a alimentos frescos y saludables, pero no habrá supermercados cósmicos en el camino. Y se espera que el viaje de ida y vuelta al planeta rojo dure unos tres años. La comida es uno de los
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — When the first astronauts venture to Mars in the future, the crew will need access to healthy, fresh food — but there are no cosmic grocery stores along the way. And the round trip to the red planet is expected to take about three years. Food
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — When the first astronauts venture to Mars in the future, the crew will need access to healthy, fresh food — but there are no cosmic grocery stores along the way. And the round trip to the red planet is expected to take about three years. Food is
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier. Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, an Israeli army spokesperson, said the fighting began overnight when soldiers thwarted
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The strawberry moon will light up the night sky this weekend. You can watch the full moon’s rise just after sunset in the southeast direction. The orb will reach peak illumination at 11:42 p.m. ET Saturday and appear full for three days, according to NASA. Find
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Alexei Navalny turns 47 on Sunday, he’ll wake up in a bare concrete cell with hardly any natural light. He won’t be able to see or talk to any of his loved ones. Phone calls and visits are banned for those in “punishment isolation” cells,
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A senior United Arab Emirates official says the Gulf nation wants a U.N. climate summit it’s hosting later this year to deliver “game-changing results” for international efforts to curb global warming. But UAE diplomat Majid al-Suwaidi said doing so will require having the fossil fuel industry at
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Alberga, CTV News Toronto Multi-Platform Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Notorious serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo was moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec this week. For a decade, Bernardo has been at Millhaven Institution near Kingston, and before that, he was located at
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — More than 5,000 new species have been discovered at an expansive future deep-sea mining site in the Pacific Ocean. Known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), the mineral-rich site stretches six million square kilometers from Mexico to Hawaii. About
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Keenan Anderson, who was repeatedly tased by Los Angeles police officers in January, died from cardiomyopathy, also known as an enlarged heart, and cocaine use, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner said. Anderson, 31, was the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. The medical examiner’s
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