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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s super PAC has disclosed its first spending on behalf of Republican candidates, providing roughly $800,000 to help congressional contenders across several states, new filings show. The expenditures by America PAC, made in August and disclosed on Wednesday night to the Federal Election Commission, cover printing costs –
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By Choire Sicha, CNN (CNN) — “Our goddess,” wrote a poster last week on the Reddit board devoted to being childfree, “has passed.” Dolly Parton, one of the greatest benefactors to children in world history while also being a role model to those who were without them, had died at 80. This week, Gloria Steinem,
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky said Thursday that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s staff have told him they are hoping the senator – who has had an extended absence from Washington due to health issues – will return when the Senate comes back into session on September 14. Although
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The global sell-off in the bond market is hitting the housing market, with US mortgage rates surging to their highest level of the year. That’s putting fresh pressure on home shoppers and homeowners hoping to refinance. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.71% this week, according to
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Por Ivana Kottasová y Kosta Gak, CNN Un general ruso, acusado por Ucrania de ordenar un ataque con misiles contra un hospital infantil en Kyiv, fue presuntamente baleado este jueves en el noroeste de Rusia. El Comité de Investigación ruso anunció la apertura de una investigación por el intento de asesinato de un militar, quien
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire investor Leon Black is suing the House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein to try and block the panel from obtaining his non-disclosure agreements and testimony. Black’s refusal to turn over the documents and appear for his deposition in front of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday marks a major
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By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Dozens are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants that departed Gambia last month was found by authorities drifting off Spain’s Canary Islands late Wednesday. Helena Maleno, the head of the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders), said that 83 of the boat’s 127 passengers had died, with four
Continue Reading Por Kara Fox, CNN Se teme que decenas de personas hayan muerto después de que las autoridades encontraran a última hora del miércoles, a la deriva frente a las Islas Canarias españolas, una embarcación que transportaba migrantes y que había partido de Gambia el mes pasado. Helena Maleno, directora de la ONG española Caminando Fronteras,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Julián Castro, former Housing and Urban Development secretary and 2020 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: September 16, 1974 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Julián Castro Father: Jesse Guzman, political activist and educator Mother: Maria “Rosie” del Rosario Castro, political activist
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of convicted serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. Personal Birth date: September 19, 1966 Birth place: Merritt Island, Florida Birth name: Eric Robert Rudolph Father: Robert Rudolph Mother: Patricia (Murphy) Rudolph Education: Attended Western Carolina University, 1985-1986 Military service: US Army, 1987-1989, discharged for
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CNN By Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and political activist who became the face of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died at age 92, according to her verified Instagram account. Steinem died Wednesday in New York City, “surrounded by some of the many
Continue Reading Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado realizó este jueves su primer pronunciamiento sobre el acuerdo petrolero anunciado por el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, y la presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, y cuestionó que el pacto para la explotación de pozos sea firmado por un “régimen ilegítimo”,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African American girls during church services in 1963. September 15, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing. Facts September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1934 Death date: September 2, 2026 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name: Gloria Marie Steinem Father: Leo Steinem, an antique dealer Mother: Ruth (Nuneviller) Steinem Marriage: David Bale (2000-2003, his death) Education: Smith
Continue Reading Por Tierney Sneed, CNN Una jueza federal bloqueó el miércoles el renovado intento del presidente Donald Trump de limitar la ciudadanía por nacimiento, suspendiendo parcialmente un decreto que el presidente emitió después de que la Corte Suprema invalidara el año pasado su iniciativa de mayor alcance. La jueza federal de distrito Deborah Boardman dijo que
Continue Reading Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Las enormes cifras mencionadas por las autoridades de Estados Unidos y de Venezuela por el nuevo acuerdo petrolero alimentan las ilusiones de un nuevo período de bonanza entre los venezolanos, luego de más de una década de crisis económica y social en un país que tiene las mayores reservas
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An ambitious mission to reveal the secrets of the least explored planet in the inner solar system is taking the initial big step in arrival at its cosmic destination after a lengthy journey. The BepiColombo mission, a joint effort between the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
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By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — The rise in bond yields is a global phenomenon, rooted in investors’ unease over unchecked government spending and intensified by bets that central banks may keep interest rates higher for longer. The US Treasury market gets the attention as the largest and most influential bond market in the world.
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By Fred He, CNN (CNN) — “C’mon Bo, C’mon Bo, C’mon Bo.” Inside the training facility at the University of Louisville, strength coach Eli Foy stands on a weighted sled, adding more resistance. Zhang Boyuan, a 19-year-old player from northeast China, gives it everything he has, pushing the sled toward the end of the court
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By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Adaeze Onejeme, a 28-year-old ad sales worker in Los Angeles, was visiting a night market in Hollywood with her sister in late August when she noticed something curious. Stall after stall, hawking loaded French fries or taquitos or smoothies, featured menus with pictures that at first seemed real —
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