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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Beslan school siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at approximately 9am local time. The siege ended on September 3, 2004, with more than 330 killed, including 186
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A divided federal appeals court ruled that the Trump-picked US Attorney in Albany is serving unlawfully and can no longer be involved in the investigation of one of the president’s top foes. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, upheld a lower court’s ruling from January
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Stephen Hu, and Etant Dupain (CNN) — Haiti’s northern coast is where the country faces the vast Atlantic with all its baggage. There’s Labadie, the private resort open only to American cruise ships and foreign holiday makers. Just next door is Ile de la Tortue, an infamous way station for human traffickers. And
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Today, August 21, is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. While fentanyl-related deaths have declined in Riverside County, the drug remains a major overdose threat. The county says fentanyl deaths dropped about 54%, from 545 deaths in March 2023–February 2024 to 251 in March 2025–February 2026. Keeping kids away from fentanyl
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – August is National Eye Exam Month, a reminder that routine eye exams are about more than checking whether you need glasses or contacts. Optometrists can identify vision problems and detect certain eye conditions that may not cause noticeable symptoms at first. Eye exams are also especially important for children heading
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By Kosta Gak, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to respond to a brutal Russian “double-tap” strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, that killed at least 16 people. Rescuers have been combing through rubble from Friday’s attack on Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky’s hometown, which has been targeted
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The defense rested Friday in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial, as the case – which has ignited conversations about postpartum mental health and the controversial “insanity defense” – nears its conclusion after four weeks of testimony. Prosecutors are now presenting rebuttal witnesses and are expected to continue their case Monday
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By Vasco Cotovio, Jomana Karadsheh, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, and Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Almería province, Spain (CNN) — On a hot sunny summer afternoon, Amoateng Foster leans against a table in a makeshift open-air classroom in southern Spain, facing outward toward the improvised student seats. This is not an unfamiliar setting for Foster, 44, who
Continue ReadingBy Sadie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest person, British woman Ethel Caterham, celebrated her 117th birthday on Friday. Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey, about 25 miles outside London, is the first British person ever to live to 117, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). “I’ve had a lovely day
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By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A 15-foot python has made an impressive recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans. The 50-kilogram (110-pound) reticulated python, named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, lives at Chester Zoo in England’s northwest.
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By Kaanita Iyer, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp expressed her utmost loyalty to him in at least two letters addressed to the president, which were published by The Daily Beast on Thursday amid increased scrutiny of the close aide’s relationship to Trump. “I want things to always be
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By Issy Ronald, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry and six other high-profile figures will have to make an initial payment of £9.5 million ($13 million) toward the legal costs of a British tabloid publisher after losing a high-stakes case against them last month, a UK High Court judge ruled Friday. The group
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By Allie Torgan, CNN Nogales, Sonora, Mexico (CNN) — Francisco “Kiko” Trujillo’s efforts helping disabled patients along the US-Mexico border has saved and changed thousands of lives. It is work that found him and unexpectedly became his life’s mission. In 2008, he was contacted by Dr. Burris “Duke” Duncan, a pediatrician in Tucson, Arizona, who
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Olympic and world champion figure skater Scott Hamilton. Personal Birth date: August 28, 1958 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Full name: Scott Scovell Hamilton Father: Ernest Hamilton, college professor Mother: Dorothy Hamilton, college professor Marriage: Tracie (Robinson) Hamilton (December 14, 2002-present) Children: Maxx Thomas,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Treasury Secretary Jacob “Jack” Lew. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1955 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Jacob Joseph Lew Father: Irving Lew, lawyer and rare book dealer Mother: Ruth (Turoff) Lew Marriage: Ruth Schwartz Children: Isaac “Danny” and
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By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Monaco, Las Vegas, Detroit, and Miami have boasted high-speed street races — and soon, Washington, DC will too. Race cars will push speeds up to 180 miles per hour this weekend as the nation’s capital joins other iconic cities hosting street circuits, where public roads are converted into a
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — What started as a business dinner between local officials and executives celebrating a lucrative real-estate deal has sparked public outcry in China, after two men were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in their party. Authorities in the affluent tech hub of Hangzhou have placed a senior executive
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By Patrick Svitek, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off the losses of three candidates he endorsed in Republican primaries, President Donald Trump faces a much higher-profile test of his political power in South Carolina. Trump is set to hold a rally Friday night in Myrtle Beach with Sen. Darline Graham, whom he endorsed for
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Pakistan’s former leader and cricket icon Imran Khan was taken back to prison Friday morning after a medical check at a private hospital in the capital Islamabad, the government said. Khan’s sons told CNN this month they were worried about his health, claiming they were unable to visit
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — When Lake Mead last plunged to record-low water levels in 2022, its dramatically receding shoreline revealed all manner of curiosities. For the first time in years, the sun shone on the gutted frame of a World War II-era vessel. Water retracted from the abandoned wreck of a houseboat. Dozens
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