[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Sign up to get this weekly column as a newsletter. We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. CNN — Frederick Huntington Gillett was the model of a New England gentleman. Educated at Amherst College and Harvard Law …
Read More »Senegal bus crash: 40 dead, many injured, president says
[ad_1] CNN — At least 40 people were killed Sunday and many others seriously injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, according to the country’s president. “I am deeply saddened by today’s tragic road accident in Gniby, where 40 people died and many were seriously injured. I send my …
Read More »Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine
[ad_1] The Russian-declared ceasefire ended with no let-up in violence as Russia launched two missile strikes in the Kharkiv region late Saturday. The attack resulted in the death of one civilian, the head of the regional military administration Oleh Syniehubov confirmed in a Telegram post Sunday. The ceasefire was supposed …
Read More »Colorado will halt busing of migrants to New York City and Chicago following conversation with cities’ mayors, governor says
[ad_1] CNN — After earlier announcing that Colorado would help asylum-seeking migrants leave the state for their intended destinations, Gov. Jared Polis said the state would not be sending additional buses of migrants to New York City and Chicago following “a very productive conversation” with the mayors of both cities, …
Read More »Rosewood, Florida marks 100 years since race massacre. Here’s what happened
[ad_1] CNN — In the years after World War I, Black people were thriving in the central Florida town of Rosewood when a White mob driven by racial animosity decimated the entire community within days. Rosewood became the site of a horrific massacre 100 years ago, during the first week …
Read More »Lightning in the ‘cataclysmic’ Tonga volcano eruption shattered ‘all records’
[ad_1] CNN — When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in January 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. Not only did it trigger widespread tsunami waves, but it also belched an enormous amount of climate-warming water vapor into the Earth’s stratosphere. Now researchers in a new report have unveiled …
Read More »Amid negotiation gridlock between Mount Sinai Hospital and the nurse’s union, newborns in intensive care are caught in the middle
[ad_1] CNN — Crucial union negotiations between Mount Sinai Hospital and the New York State Nurses Association appear to be at a standstill and both parties say the other is refusing to return to the bargaining table. As the impasse continues between the hospital and union, the most vulnerable patients …
Read More »CBP seizes $9.1 million worth of cocaine at the Pan American Dock in Puerto Rico
[ad_1] CNN — US Customs and Border Protection officers seized 877 pounds of cocaine on board the San Juan-Santo Domingo Ferry at the Pan American Dock in Puerto Rico last month. The drugs, which have an estimated value of $9.1 million, were spotted on December 26 during a routine cargo …
Read More »Los Angeles County: A traffic stop involving a deputy threatening to shoot a driver in the chest is under investigation, police say
[ad_1] CNN — A Los Angeles County traffic stop in which a local rapper was approached by a deputy who threatened that the man would “take one to the chest” if he failed to comply with exiting his parked vehicle is now under investigation, according to police. Rapper Feezy Lebron …
Read More »Germany detains Iranian national suspected of planning a terror attack
[ad_1] CNN — German police have detained an Iranian national on suspicion of planning a terror attack, authorities in the country said Sunday. Police in the western city of Munster said the 32-year-old man is believed to have procured unspecified amounts of the toxins cyanide and ricin in preparation for …
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