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A kilometer-wide asteroid will make its closest pass by Earth next week
An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18.
[ cnn.com ]Scores killed in northwest Nigeria during reprisal attacks by armed bandits
Around 58 people have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military airstrikes on their hideouts this week, government authorities told CNN. But residents told Reuters that an estimated 200 people or more were killed.
[ cnn.com ]A $441 million Powerball jackpot is still on the table
The final Powerball drawing of 2021 is Wednesday, with the jackpot up to an estimated $441 million.
[ cnn.com ]The housing market was on a wild ride this year. Here's what to expect in 2022
The US housing market has had a white hot year. Home sales are on track to reach the highest level in 15 years, with an estimated 6 million homes sold in 2021.
[ cnn.com ]This Chinese city found a Covid cluster. All 13 million residents are now under lockdown
On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi'an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict lockdown measures on its estimated 13 million residents.
[ cnn.com ]13 million put into lockdown in Chinese city
On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi'an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict lockdown measures on its estimated 13 million residents. CNN's Selina Wang has more.
[ cnn.com ]Forecast: 'White Christmas' or 'Hawaiian Christmas Day'
It is supposed to be the Christmas we all get back together with our families, and if you are one of the estimated 109 million Americans taking to the sky or highway to return home for Christmas week, it should be mostly hassle-free.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The infectious disease expert who warned us 800,000 Americans would die of Covid-19
Michael Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and author of The New York Times bestseller, "Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs." He has been publicly warning of the dangers of a global pandemic for more than a decade and half and was a member of Joe Biden's Covid task force during the presidential transition. In April 2020, he told me that he estimated that there could be 800,000 deaths from Covid-19 within 18 months in the US. That prediction has proven eerily prescient; a year and a half after Osterholm made that prediction more than 793,000 Americans have died from the disease. I spoke to Osterholm this week about what he sees ahead for the pandemic. Our conversation was edited for clarity.
[ cnn.com ]New York billionaire Michael Steinhardt surrenders $70 million of stolen ancient art
US billionaire Michael Steinhardt has surrendered 180 stolen relics worth an estimated $70 million and agreed to an "unprecedented" lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities, officials in Manhattan have said.
[ cnn.com ]Archaeologists find mummy thought to be up to 1,200 years old
Researchers from the National University of San Marcos found a mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old at a site near Lima, Peru.
[ cnn.com ]Peruvian mummy that's at least 800 years old found by archeologists in Lima
A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archeologists in Peru, at a site near the country's capital city of Lima.
[ cnn.com ]Two storm systems could cause travel woes this weekend
One of the busiest travel weekends of the year is here and if you are among the estimated 53.4 million people traveling home from Thanksgiving festivities this weekend one of two storm systems could impact your plans.
[ cnn.com ]How airlines are preparing for millions of Thanksgiving passengers
Traveling for Thanksgiving this year is going to look way more like 2019 than our first pandemic holiday season: crowded. CNN's Pete Muntean reports how airlines are preparing for the 20 million holiday travelers estimated by the TSA.
[ cnn.com ]Police seize $500 million in illegal marijuana in a raid in Oregon
At a time when legalized marijuana sales are rising nationally, state police in Oregon last week seized 500,000 pounds of illegal marijuana in a bust outside Medford, Oregon, that they estimated had a street value of $500 million, police said.
[ cnn.com ]Water cannons aimed at migrants in tense border standoff
An estimated 2,000 migrants, among them hundreds of babies and toddlers, have massed along the Kuźnica-Bruzgi border crossing separating Belarus from Poland. CNN's Matthew Chance reports from the scene.
[ cnn.com ]US seizes $6 million in ransom payments, expected to charge Ukrainian in cyberattack
Law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments, and the US Justice Department is expected to announce Monday that it has charged a suspect from Ukraine over a damaging July ransomware attack on an American company in a breakthrough for the Biden administration's pursuit of cybercriminals, CNN has learned.
[ cnn.com ]Squid Game crypto plunges to $0
A digital currency based off the popular Netflix series "Squid Game" is trading at $0 after its creators cashed out, effectively stealing an estimated $2.1 million from investors.
[ cnn.com ]'Dune' caps off solid month for movie theaters with strong opening
"Dune" — the science fiction epic from Warner Bros. — took in an estimated $40.1 million at the North American box office this weekend.
[ cnn.com ]'No Time to Die' has a muted opening for James Bond
"No Time to Die," the latest entry in the James Bond franchise, notched an estimated $56 million at the North American box office this weekend, according to its studio, MGM.
[ cnn.com ]Disaster on the beach
The oil spill disaster unfolding off the coast of Orange County, California, is just the latest example of the damaging effects of offshore drilling. The spill, estimated by officials to be at least 144,000 gallons, is devastating to birds, fish, marine mammals and other wildlife, as well as to beaches and coastal wetlands. For those of us lucky enough to live near this iconic stretch of coastline, the sight of it awash in oil is heartbreaking.
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