Damascus to Tokyo 2020: Syrian refugees’ remarkable journeys to the Olympic Games
By Becky Thompson, CNN It has been six years since Olympian Aram Mahmoud has seen his family. Mahmoud left Syria to pursue his dream of competing in…
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China administers more than 1B coronavirus vaccine doses
By Yong Xiong, Nectar Gan and Laura He, CNN CHINA (KYMA, KECY) – China has administered more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, an astonishing…
Continue ReadingRelief is in sight for the Southwest following a stretch of dangerous, record heat
By Jackson Dill, CNN Dangerous heat will continue on Sunday in the West but relief is finally in sight. Unfortunately, that reprieve will be brief as…
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1 person dead, at least 6 wounded in Oakland shooting
One person was killed and at least six others were wounded in a shooting Saturday evening near Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, according to…
Continue ReadingIt has been 500 days since the first known US death from Covid-19. Variants and low vaccination rates threaten to prolong the pandemic
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the United States continues on a path to near pre-pandemic normalcy, experts remain concerned over low vaccination rates…
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Two young women hoping to take home the crown in the 2021 Miss Arizona competition
The final round of the Miss Arizona competition took place Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona. Our very own Miss Yuma County and Miss Yuma County’s…
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They lost their loved ones to COVID-19; then they heard from them again
By John Blake, CNN They never ran out of things to talk about. It was obvious from the start. He was a brawny former Maine lobsterman with a booming…
Continue ReadingMan with giant kidneys to have major surgery to remove both
By Jack Guy, CNN A man from Windsor, southern England is set to have major surgery next month after his kidneys grew up to an estimated 40kg (88lb)…
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A family Father’s Day concert tradition on pause during the pandemic returns, bringing conversation and camaraderie
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN It all began with a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in 2013. That’s the year Eric Reed got his father, Ted Reed, and his…
Continue Reading Covid-19 pandemic magnifies workforce crisis in veterinary field
By Alec Snyder, CNN Madison Vollbracht says she burned out after five years working as a veterinary technician. Her work was already grueling before…
Continue Reading Emory University School of Medicine formally apologizes after rejecting an applicant for his race
By Leah Asmelash, CNN More than 60 years ago, Marion Gerald Hood was rejected from a medical school because of his race. This week, the school…
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This rabbi is joining the German army, 90 years after Hitler expelled Jewish soldiers
By Nadine Schmidt and Sheena McKenzie, CNN During Germany’s Covid-19 lockdown, Rabbi Zsolt Balla earned a devoted online following,…
Continue ReadingAvanzan las indagatorias en la causa por la muerte de Maradona; enfermeros confirman la falta de control a la salud del Diez
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La investigación sobre la muerte de Diego Armando Maradona avanzó esta semana con las primeras tres…
Continue ReadingThe US triples its vaccine donations to Taiwan as the island battles an outbreak
By Philip Wang and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN The United States is more than tripling its vaccine allocation to Taiwan, as the island battles a…
Continue ReadingEl gobierno de Bolsonaro es ‘peor amenaza que el coronavirus’, dicen brasileños mientras la nación supera las 500.000 muertes
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Hoy en día es raro que exista una persona en Brasil que no haya perdido a un ser querido por culpa del covid-19…
Continue Reading College student uses $600 of her unused meal plan money to feed and care for the homeless community in St. Louis
By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Maya Nepos had only a few days left before graduating from college at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when she…
Continue Reading This cargo ship’s captain died aboard. The crew was stuck at sea for weeks, with a potential Covid outbreak on its hands
By Teele Rebane and Livia Borghese, CNN Captain Angelo Capurro started showing symptoms of Covid-19 on his second day at sea. Within five days, the…
Continue ReadingPediatra afirma que la inflamación del corazón en menores se asemeja a un ataque cardíaco
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Todos los adolescentes parecían estar sufriendo un ataque al corazón. Se quejaban de dolor en el pecho y malestar…
Continue Reading¿Cómo solicitar la licencia de conducir en Estados Unidos si eres inmigrante?
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Aproximadamente 11,4 millones de inmigrantes sin estatus migratorio regular viven en Estados Unidos,…
Continue ReadingBolsonaro’s rule is ‘worse threat than coronavirus,’ say Brazilians as nation passes 500,000 deaths
By Rodrigo Pedroso and Juliana Koch, CNN There is barely a person in Brazil today who hasn’t lost a loved one to Covid-19, say local…
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