DC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman year…
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These 3 New York races highlight Democrats’ ideological and generational divides
By Gregory Krieg, CNN On a Monday morning in May, a little more than six weeks before New Yorkers were scheduled to vote in their midterm primaries,…
Continue ReadingAn elementary school teacher went on vacation and won $250,000 in the lottery
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Maryland elementary school teacher left his family vacation with memories to last a lifetime — and also won $250,000 in…
Continue ReadingWould you rip up your lawn for $6 a square foot? Welcome to drought-stricken California
By Paul Vercammen, CNN Doreen Jansen looked at the brown hills from her Thousand Oaks home. “My plants are suffering,” Jansen said.…
Continue Reading Abrams aims to win back Dems who voted in Ga.’s GOP primary
By BILL BARROW Associated Press CLAYTON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is a conservative by any measure. As the Republicans seeks a second…
Continue Reading Defense in school shooter’s trial set to present its case
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecution spent three weeks telling jurors how Nikolas Cruz murdered 14…
Continue Reading Japan’s PM Kishida isolates with COVID-19, cancels travels
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has mild symptoms of COVID-19 and has canceled his planned…
Continue Reading Pope voices worry over bishop’s detention in Nicaragua
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis voiced worry Sunday about the situation in Nicaragua, where police…
Continue ReadingIs losing weight an important health goal?
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Accepting your body as it is and stopping all the dieting may sound great, but would doing so hurt your health?…
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Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by…
Continue Reading Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by…
Continue Reading Flash fooding kills dozens in Afghanistan, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Local officials in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan say heavy flooding from seasonal rains has left dozens of people…
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Rodgers’ RBI single in 10th lifts Rockies over Giants 4-3
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Brendan Rodgers drove in Wynton Bernard with his fourth hit of the game, and the Colorado Rockies…
Continue Reading Ferreira scores equalizer, Dynamo tie Rapids 1-1
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Sebastian Ferreira scored the equalizer for the Houston Dynamo in a 1-1 draw against the Colorado Rapids. The Rapids…
Continue Reading Floods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the…
Continue ReadingCar bomb kills daughter of ‘spiritual guide’ to Putin’s Ukraine invasion – Russian media
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Josh Pennington, Jonny Hallam, Tara John and Rob Picheta, CNN Russian authorities said Sunday they had opened a murder…
Continue Reading On Ukraine’s front line, a fight to save premature babies
By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, three hospitals in…
Continue ReadingIf North Korea has Covid beat, why buy 1 million face masks from China?
By Reuters North Korea imported more than 1 million facial masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring…
Continue Reading Turkey: Crashes at emergency sites kill at least 35 people
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities are investigating a pair of secondary crashes at emergency sites that killed at least 35 people. In both cases,…
Continue ReadingLouisiana state officials delay flood funding to New Orleans a second time over city officials’ stance on abortion
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Louisiana’s State Bond Commission denied funding Thursday for a $39 million infrastructure project in Orleans Parish…
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