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5 things to know for June 22: World Cup, UK prime minister, Iran deal, tornado outbreak, reflecting pool

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Health officials are warning that the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite once thought eradicated from the US, has resurfaced and is threatening cattle, wildlife and pets. While the risk to humans is considered low, experts say the outbreak could cost the southwestern US billions of dollars if it continues to

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Conservatives spent heavily in key Democratic primaries, filings show

By David Wright, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — An influential conservative nonprofit covertly funded a series of super PACs with names suggesting liberal provenance as the groups injected hundreds of thousands of dollars into key nominating Democratic contests across the country. A new round of Federal Election Commission filings Saturday confirmed national Democrats’ suspicions that

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Trump-backed de la Espriella wins preliminary count in razor-tight Colombian presidential runoff

By Ines Capdevila, Max Feliu, Alessandra Freitas, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who was endorsed by US President Donald Trump, won the preliminary count of the presidential race in Colombia on Sunday, clinching a narrow margin over his government-backed rival Iván Cepeda. De La Espriella claimed victory, telling a

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She got home, left a movie in the VCR and vanished. Decades later, police haven’t given up on the search for Carla Anderson

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — “Did somebody take her? Do they have her somewhere else? Is she alive?” These are the questions that have haunted Dan Anderson in the nearly four decades since his younger sister, then 23-year-old Carla Anderson, vanished from her apartment in Wadena, Minnesota. Memories of their childhood still flash into

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Music, culture, and community highlight Juneteenth celebration in Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Music, dance, storytelling and community came together Saturday as the Sunset Music and Education Foundation hosted its Joyful Juneteenth Celebration at Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs. The free event honored Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free

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