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5 things to know for August 31: Idalia, Johannesburg, Mitch McConnell, Russia, Cannabis

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — As AI-generated images and deepfake videos become increasingly realistic, tech companies are scrambling to find reliable ways to identify and flag manipulated content. This week, Google unveiled an invisible, permanent watermark on images that will identify them as computer-generated but cautioned that “the technology isn’t perfect.” Here’s what else

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Uvalde mayor calls on district attorney to resign, accusing her of a ‘cover-up’ in the Robb Elementary shooting investigation

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, is calling on District Attorney Christina Mitchell to resign and filed a lawsuit accusing her of repeatedly blocking the city’s investigation into last year’s shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. “It’s been fifteen months since this tragedy,

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Connecticut man who feds say committed dozens of robberies in 3 months gets 28 years in prison

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — A Connecticut man was sentenced Wednesday to 28 years in federal prison in connection with a string of robberies and carjackings in a three-month span in 2021, federal officials said. Authorities alleged Christian Luis Velez-Ruiz, 25, of New Britain, committed 28 armed robberies of convenience stores, six armed

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Native American children have been sent to more Indigenous boarding schools than previously reported, group says

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Native American children have attended at least 523 Indigenous boarding schools since the 19th century, including hundreds that were run by the federal government to assimilate children into White society, a non-profit group says. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition released a new list of Indigenous boarding

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Idalia weakens to a tropical storm after pummeling Florida with record-breaking storm surge and disastrous flooding. Now Georgia and Carolinas are at risk

Originally Published: 30 AUG 23 01:13 ET Updated: 30 AUG 23 16:59 ET By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN Editor’s note: Affected by the storm? Use CNN’s lite site for low bandwidth. (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 5:00 p.m. ET] Idalia continues to weaken as it moves over southeastern Georgia

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September 11 Commission Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. Facts The Commission was created to provide a “complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” The official name of the 9/11 Commission is the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon

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