Biden’s been taking Amtrak for more than 30 years (2020)
The Democratic National Convention shares the story of how Joe Biden took the train to work for more than 30 years in a video featuring Amtrak…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles is schooling us on how to excel despite setbacks (like the pandemic). The new tricks she’s unleashed since her Olympic golds help prove it
By Holly Yan, CNN By now, Simone Biles was supposed to be enjoying retirement at the ripe old age of 24. The 25-time world medalist previously said…
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Police: 2 dead, at least 20 hurt in ‘targeted’ shooting in Miami-Dade County
Police are looking for the assailants who opened fire on a Florida club, killing at least two people and wounding at least 20 more. A white Nissan…
Continue Reading Get it straight: The difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day
By Lisa Respers France, CNN We are here to make sure you don’t embarrass yourself. Inevitably, someone says something demonstrating confusion…
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Why investors should look beyond Big Tech
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tech stocks are showing investors how durable they can be, bouncing back from two sharp sell-offs this year to…
Continue ReadingManchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker racially abused online after Champions League defeat
By Ben Church, CNN Manchester City stars Raheem Sterling and Kyle Walker both received racist messages on Instagram after losing 1-0 to Chelsea in…
Continue ReadingNaomi Osaka fined for avoiding media after straight sets victory at the French Open
By Ben Church and Wayne Sterling Tennis star Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 for not talking to the media after her straight set victory at the French…
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92 earthquakes and tremors recorded in past 24 hours around Mount Nyiragongo volcano
By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN A further 92 earthquakes and tremors have been recorded in the past 24 hours around the Mount Nyiragongo…
Continue ReadingFor Biden, the White House is ‘a Monday-through-Friday kind of place’
By Kate Bennett, CNN Beginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop…
Continue Reading An anonymous donor is paying the college tuition of Black athletes who get straight As at a Georgia high school
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Black athletes at a high school in Georgia received the gift of a lifetime when an anonymous donor offered to pay their college…
Continue Reading Store that offered ‘not vaccinated’ Star of David badges facing backlash
Demonstrators gathered outside a Nashville hat store after it announced the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced…
Continue Reading Manatees are dying in droves this year. The die-offs could spell trouble for Florida
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida’s manatees are survivors. When power plants began popping up…
Continue ReadingNew NASA photo shows our galaxy’s ‘violent energy’
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN NASA has released an image detailing the never-before-seen “violent energy” at the center of our galaxy, created…
Continue Reading At least 22 people shot, 2 fatally, after assailants get out of an SUV and fire assault rifles at a club, police say
By Alta Spells, Laura James and Holly Yan, CNN Police are looking for the assailants who opened fire at a Florida club, killing at least two people…
Continue ReadingDon’t just go back to ‘normal.’ Post-pandemic life can be much better than that
By Melissa Mahtani, CNN There’s no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic was tough. It turned our world upside down. It disrupted our routines, forced us…
Continue ReadingHow Belarus ‘hijacking’ has redrawn Europe’s air map
Julia Buckley, CNN In the week since Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius was forcibly diverted to Minsk, travel in Europe already looks very…
Continue ReadingA man traveled cross-country to mine the diamonds for his girlfriend’s engagement ring — he dug up a 2.2 carat beauty
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Washington man dreamed his whole life of finding a raw diamond to create a one-of-a-kind engagement ring for his future…
Continue ReadingUnvaccinated people are still at risk as the US celebrates Memorial Day weekend maskless
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A maskless Memorial Day weekend is a huge deal. People are traveling, Covid-19 cases are down across most of the country and…
Continue Reading Changes are coming to the nation’s largest Confederate monument. Are they enough?
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Changes announced this week at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park, home to the nation’s largest Confederate monument,…
Continue ReadingThe $450M painting that continues to stir scandal
The “Salvator Mundi” — the world’s most expensive painting — is also the subject of a $1B battle between a Russian oligarch and a Swiss art dealer,…
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