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[ cnn.com ]'Many' people trapped after huge gas explosion rips through residential area of central Chinese city
A huge gas explosion in a residential community in central China has left "many" people trapped and injured, according to local authorities and state media.
[ cnn.com ]Record Store Day offers a sign of hope for businesses working on their pandemic rebound
Of all the aspects of normality Americans missed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, physical touch has been a common theme. The touch associated with browsing at a record store is no exception -- clicking a download button can't match the feeling of walking into a shop with other music fans, flipping through album covers and holding a new disc.
[ cnn.com ]'Sometimes we get forgotten about'
A bronze sculpture of a tin miner overlooks a short strip of budget food and clothing stores, and boarded up businesses in Cornwall's Redruth. It's a celebration of the town's proud mining history, but also a reminder of its decline. A surgical mask on the statue's face symbolizes the town's sense of community -- and its collective anxiety over how it will pull through the pandemic.
[ cnn.com ]The Southwest's first major heat wave of the season is set to sear the region
The first major heat wave of the season could set records later this weekend in the West, bringing life-threatening heat, and temperatures that could skyrocket into triple digits throughout next week.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: History shows just how ugly it can get when people don't want you to vote
As a curator of political history at the Smithsonian, I've spent years studying the bad old days of American politics. Leafing through contested election trial transcripts, constable's reports and boxes of fraudulent ballots, I've studied the voter suppression and violence that was once a common feature of our democracy in the 19th century. It always seemed distant to me, with a consoling "it used to be worse" appeal. But recently, this past has been reanimated by new, partisan state laws designed to make it harder to vote.
[ cnn.com ]New infrastructure deal faces Democratic resistance as liberals call for an end to bipartisan talks
Liberal Senate Democrats are unloading on a bipartisan group of senators working on an infrastructure deal, warning that the effort to win GOP backing could erode support on the left -- underscoring the stiff resistance the negotiators face in shepherding the proposal through a narrowly divided Congress.
[ cnn.com ]Speaker Donald Trump? It could happen
Could former President Donald Trump be heading for the House of Representatives? In this latest episode of The Point, CNN's Chris Cillizza discusses the possibility of Trump making a run at House leadership — through Florida.
[ cnn.com ]Dog rescued after wandering through Arctic ice for more than a week
A dog has been rescued by sailors after wandering through the Arctic for more than a week, according to Russian state media.
[ cnn.com ]What kids really need this summer
At 7:15 every morning Monday through Friday I return to my house and collapse, exhausted, my patience frayed, anxious if it was a day when I'd lost my temper and already ready to go back to bed.
[ cnn.com ]What the birds are trying to tell us
As the Covid-19 pandemic shut down cities across the globe, many of us — whether stuck inside gazing out at our birdfeeders or strolling close to home -- found comfort in nature, and in particular, the joy of birds. There's a good chance that those who have been paying attention this past month saw a bird they hadn't seen in a while. Billions of birds travel across our hemisphere throughout the spring, a time for renewal and change, making stops along the way in our backyards, parks and perched by our windows.
[ cnn.com ]Attackers kill 88 people in northwestern Nigeria
Attackers killed 88 people in Nigeria's Kebbi state on Thursday, spurring its governor to pledge a bigger deployment of security forces on Sunday as insecurity spreads largely unchecked through the country's northwest.
[ cnn.com ]Everything is bigger in Texas -- but these rainfall totals are super-sized
If you think it's been unreasonably wet and gloomy in southeast Texas, you are not alone. Rain has been recorded in Houston for 19 of the last 23 days and more is on the way from Texas to Louisiana, increasing the flood potential through early next week.
[ cnn.com ]Trapped by your own thoughts? Here are 5 ways to free yourself
You stare at your bedroom ceiling, willing yourself to go to sleep. Thoughts race through your head, holding your mind hostage. Or you ruminate on the awkward conversation you had with your boss on the way home from work.
[ cnn.com ]Capitol Police officers offer a window into the ongoing struggle and guilt following the insurrection
US Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell was beaten with a flagpole. His hand was sliced open. He was hit with so much chemical spray that the liquid soaked through to his skin. During intense hand-to-hand combat with rioters on the west front of the US Capitol on January 6, there were moments where Gonell thought he might die.
[ cnn.com ]At least 10% of the world's giant sequoias lost in a single wildfire, report suggests
About 10 to 14% of the world's giant sequoia trees were destroyed by a single wildfire that swept through California's Sequoia National Forest last summer, a new draft report from the National Park Service indicates.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: A radical idea to wake up lawmakers on gun violence
I will always appreciate the joy and challenges that came with helping my son Joaquin do his homework. It involved many inside jokes and thoughtful conversations throughout the process of understanding the main subject and achieving the final task.
[ cnn.com ]Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks are backing an initiative to increase Black representation on corporate boards
The number of African Americans serving on boards of directors for the nation's largest corporations has remained dismally low this year despite the ongoing movement to increase C-suite diversity throughout the business world.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: What Fauci's emails reveal -- and what they don't
This week, 3,234 pages of emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the President, were released through a Freedom Of Information Act request. I'm still trying to digest them all, as I expect many people are.
[ cnn.com ]As bombs rain down on Myanmar's hotbeds of rural resistance, tens of thousands flee to the jungle without food or water
In a remote part of Myanmar's far west, where narrow roads zigzag through treacherous mountain passes and villages nestle on precipitous slopes and ridges, lives a centuries-old community of hunters.
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