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Daredevil Alex Harvill died Thursday while practicing for a world record motorcycle ramp jump, officials in Washington state said. He was 28 years old.

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The Republican Party has turned to another page in the authoritarian playbook as it whitewashes the history of Donald Trump's presidency.

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Less than two years after Victoria's Secret pulled the plug on its star-studded annual fashion show, known for runway looks that combined strappy lingerie with enormous wings, the brand is retiring its supermodel "Angels" for good.

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The first reported Asian giant hornet of 2021 in the United States was found dead near Seattle by a Washington state resident in early June.

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The actor Frank Bonner, best known for his role as an overconfident sales manager in the TV sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," died Wednesday in California, his daughter Desiree Boers-Kort told CNN. He was 79 years old.

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States across the country are scrambling to close their government offices Friday after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a US federal holiday.

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When people like the German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the King of Belgium want to learn more about cybersecurity, they go to Estonia.

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A coronavirus outbreak in southern China has clogged ports critical to global trade, causing a shipping backlog that could take months to clear and lead to shortages during the year-end holiday shopping season.

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Su Thandar Win shows a photo of her 7-year-old son on her phone and a proud smile instinctively spreads across her face. But it soon fades when she explains why she hasn't seen him for well over two years.

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A video showing wolves chasing actors across the stage during a live show in China has raised alarm about the safety of the performers and audience.

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With millions of Californians set to experience a heat wave in the coming days, the operator of the state's power grid issued an alert that called for residents to conserve electricity.

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The planet is trapping roughly double the amount of heat in the atmosphere than it did nearly 15 years ago, according to an alarming new analysis from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Ronnie Oneal, a man in Tampa, Florida, accused of killing his wife and daughter and attempting to kill his son, is serving as his own attorney in his murder trial.

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Police departments in communities northwest of Phoenix told CNN there were multiple shootings in the West Valley region Thursday afternoon.

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• Supreme Court dismisses Obamacare challenge from GOP-led states

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Early Medieval graves in Europe were reopened as part of widespread burial tradition — not only by grave robbers, as experts previously thought.

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CNN's Matthew Chance speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following his summit with US President Joe Biden.

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A two-year-old boy in Florida is on a feeding tube after doctors had to remove 16 magnetic balls from his digestive tract.

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A Colorado Springs, Colorado, house was so badly trashed by a former tenant that its real estate agent describes it as a "house of horrors." CNN affiliate KMGH takes us inside.

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If there were ever a time to sell a house of horrors, the time is now.

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The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza for the second time this week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, after a continued barrage of incendiary balloons sparked eight fires in southern Israel.

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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo returns to the country after 10 years in exile, following an acquittal from the International Criminal Court. He had been on trial for violence in the country following his refusal to concede in the 2010 elections. Professor Phil Clark of the SOAS University of London speaks to CNN's Zain Asher about the ...

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The St. Louis attorney who waved a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

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Tennis star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from this year's Wimbledon but is planning on returning at the Tokyo Olympics, according to her agent Stuart Duguid.

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Even Queen Elizabeth II wanted to know: What would President Joe Biden say to Vladimir Putin?

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The moon enters Libra today.

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The costs of many fertility treatments are prohibitive—so some companies are stepping in to capitalize on those who can’t afford them.

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Dozens of brown pelicans have been attacked and injured in California, with whoever is responsible snapping some of the birds' wings.

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The Justice Department on Thursday charged a US Capitol rioter with bringing a handgun onto Capitol grounds -- two days after a hearing where Republican lawmakers downplayed the deadly attack and claimed the pro-Trump rioters were unarmed.

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In the five months since Donald Trump grudgingly left the White House, one of the central questions kicking around American politics is this: How big, exactly, is the group of pure "Always Trumpers" in Congress?

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Once again, the Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The conservative-leaning court ruled Thursday that 18 Republican states (and several individuals) did not have the legal standing to overturn the law. With only Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissenting, supporters of President Barack Obama's health care pol ...

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Health officials in the United States have eased their stance on the safety of cruise travel for vaccinated passengers, lowering the travel alert level just over a week before the first cruise in more than 15 months is scheduled to set sail from a US port.

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Danny Fenster, a US journalist who was detained in Myanmar over three weeks ago, has appeared at a court in Yangon according to Frontier Myanmar, the news publication Fenster works for as managing editor.

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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized President Joe Biden's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying in a statement on Thursday that Biden "gave Vladimir Putin a pass."

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A 15-year-old girl was hit in the leg and taken to a nearby hospital.

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These Cameos, indoor grills, whiskey crates, and more all scream “I ordered these a while ago.”

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Daddy wants some gabagool this year—and a new bathrobe, pinky ring, and humidor. Here are some genius gift ideas for "waste management consultants."

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Human composting is a more environmentally-friendly alternative to cremation or burial, and it's spreading across the US.

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• Analysis: 30 most bizarre lines from Trump's latest interview with Hannity

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Calls for liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to retire when the annual Supreme Court session ends in a few weeks are intensifying, following Sen. Mitch McConnell's warning this week that he may block a Democratic Supreme Court nominee should Republicans win the Senate in the November 2022 midterm elections.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples as potential foster parents because the agency believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

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The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care for millions of Americans

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Ukrainian authorities managed to make some high-profile arrests. But nothing's going to change until Russia does the same.

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The state passed a law last month allowing executions by firing squad, but they haven’t actually assembled one yet.

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Out of office and having shut down his revolutionary communications site blog, former President Donald Trump has lost much of his ability to drive the daily national political conversation.

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Acclaimed Nigerian author and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has published a reflective essay on young people on social media "who are choking on sanctimony and lacking in compassion."

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With the launch of a fifth new-generation satellite, the US finally has a constellation able to globally beam M-Code signals that are tough to spoof or jam.

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Biden's summit with Putin marked a quantum leap forward, but there's still little standing in the way from Russia interfering in future US elections.

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A new medical device collaboration is giving surgeons "x-ray vision," by fusing digitally enhanced images directly into the microscope of a surgical device.

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Former Zambian President and independence leader Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97.

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The U.S. is gearing up for what looks like another intense wildfire season with blazes across the West after months of drought, a winter without rain, and a changing climate.

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A new paper shows that two old encryption algorithms still used in mobile networks can be exploited to spy on phones' internet traffic.

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The Supreme Court just sided with a religious group that refused to work with same-sex couples.

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Blisters > UTIs > nail trauma.

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The Fair Repair act would make it easier for everyone in America to fix their own stuff.

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There’s a particular pleasure that commercial vegan products haven’t yet captured: the egg yolk in all of its gooey, globular, food porn-y glory.

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The phrase is a common response to the bleakest stories imaginable. But communications experts say it can have a deeper effect on how we perceive the world.

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