Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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This week's televised debate is crucial for Biden and Trump — and for CNN as well

The stakes are high for Joe Biden and Donald Trump for Thursday's first presidential debate

This week's televised debate is crucial for Biden and Trump — and for CNN as well
Education|Opinion|Political

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
News|Opinion

Karen Read's jurors must now decide: Was it deadly romance or police corruption?

The fate of Karen Read is now in the hands of jurors

Karen Read's jurors must now decide: Was it deadly romance or police corruption?
Health|News|Opinion

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis

The U.S. surgeon general is declaring gun violence a public health crisis, driven by a growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
Lifestyle|Opinion

Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life

Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her most personal yet

Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life
Lifestyle|Opinion|Uncategorized

On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage

Catholics gathered for three days of traditional devotions in the small Ohio city of Steubenville as part of the two-month National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage
News|Opinion|Technology

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?

Before he emerged as an eccentric internet publisher of state secrets, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange experienced an itinerant childhood and attended dozens of schools, becoming a computer hacker as a teenager

Who is Julian Assange, the polarizing founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks?
Economy|Opinion|Political

Here's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the president's resignation

Kenya’s president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a “hustler” and vowing relief from economic pain

Here's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the president's resignation
Health|News|Opinion|Political

Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use

Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use

Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use
Opinion|Sports

Vitello teams that played with attitude and edge laid foundation for Vols' national championship run

Winning the national championship validated what already was obvious

Vitello teams that played with attitude and edge laid foundation for Vols' national championship run
News|Opinion|Political

Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade

Four protesters have been awarded nearly $700,000 after they were jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on a temporary police barricade on Jan. 1, 2021

Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade
Economy|Health|News|Opinion|Political

Detroit is banning gas stations from locking customers inside, a year after a fatal shooting

The city of Detroit is taking steps to ban gas stations from locking people inside the store

Detroit is banning gas stations from locking customers inside, a year after a fatal shooting
News|Opinion|Political

Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons

A judge has struck down a Montana law that defined sex as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional

Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons
Lifestyle|News|Opinion

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

It was once half of the Stonewall Inn, the dive bar where a police raid exploded into a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights movement

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history
Health|News|Opinion|Political

States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says

Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment

States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says
News|Opinion

Karen Read's jurors weigh evidence in a murder trial that challenged police integrity

The fate of Karen Read is in the hands of jurors after a two-month murder trial in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend

Karen Read's jurors weigh evidence in a murder trial that challenged police integrity
Opinion|Political

Mark Rutte is named NATO chief. He'll need all his consensus-building skills from Dutch politics

Mark Rutte knows a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners

Mark Rutte is named NATO chief. He'll need all his consensus-building skills from Dutch politics
Education|News|Opinion

Pennsylvania bishop Sean Rowe elected new leader of Episcopal Church. He's the youngest since 1789

Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, has become the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church

Pennsylvania bishop Sean Rowe elected new leader of Episcopal Church. He's the youngest since 1789
Business|Education|Opinion

Where tech, politics & giving meet: CEO Nicole Taylor considers Silicon Valley's busy intersection

Nicole Taylor has an insider’s view of philanthropic trends from her seat as the president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Where tech, politics & giving meet: CEO Nicole Taylor considers Silicon Valley's busy intersection
Health|News|Opinion|Political

Health care needs to diversify its workforce to get rid of racial inequalities, a new report says

A new national report says racial and ethnic inequities in health care are found in every state despite some progress over the past two decades

Health care needs to diversify its workforce to get rid of racial inequalities, a new report says
News|Opinion|Political

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000

Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000
News|Political

The mismatch in US economy perception versus reality: McGeever

As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump prepare to face off in the first of the 2024 presidential debates, the gulf between Americans'

The mismatch in US economy perception versus reality: McGeever
News|Opinion|Political

How troops convicted under a gay sex ban can apply for a pardon from Biden. Will benefits follow?

President Joe Biden says troops who were convicted under an old military policy criminalizing consensual gay sex can now apply for full pardons

How troops convicted under a gay sex ban can apply for a pardon from Biden. Will benefits follow?
Opinion|Sports

Historic NBA draft for France, which joins US as only country with 3 players within top 10 picks

The NBA may have to rethink the timing of its draft

Historic NBA draft for France, which joins US as only country with 3 players within top 10 picks
News|Opinion|Political

7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll

As the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a major case involving former President Donald Trump, 7 in 10 Americans think its justices are more likely to shape the law to fit their own ideology, rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority

7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll

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