Columbus, OH

The Independent

  It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice.“We were enjoying life, playing music, walking through the city at night — we just wanted to be together again and have a good time,” Diallo, 22, told The Associated Press in Erfurt, in the eastern state of Thuringia.He was not prepared for how the day would end. Suddenly Diallo and his friends were confronted by three black-clad white men.“They...

Being Black in Germany has never been easy – Elections could make it harder still

A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country's east on Sunday, and looked set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote. A new party founded by a prominent leftist also made a strong...

German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second

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ERFURT (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) was attacked with pink paint on Thursday at a campaign rally in the eastern German state of Thuringia, where her party is expected to come third in state parliamentary elections this Sunday.

German leftist party leader Wagenknecht attacked with paint at campaign rally

Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party surged in elections in two eastern states on Sunday, according to projections based on exit polling. The populist and anti-immigration AfD is set to notch its first statewide win in Thüringia, while in Saxony, forecasts showed the AfD finishing just behind the Christian Democratic Union, the center-right party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany’s far right surges in regional elections

IDF international spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani speaks to CNN’s Dana Bash about how the six killed hostages were found.

IDF spokesperson shares how hostages were found

The bodies of six hostages held by Hamas have been recovered in an underground tunnel in Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday. Here’s what we know about them.

What we know about the six hostages who Israel says were killed by Hamas in Gaza

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A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday.

Authorities identify suspect in killing of Colorado dog breeder

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Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance discusses former President Donald Trump’s views on abortion and how he will vote on an upcoming state constitutional amendment in Florida. Voters in Florida will vote on Amendment 4 this November. The amendment would protect the right of women to have an abortion until a fetus is viable. Florida currently bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Vance reacts to Trump saying a six-week abortion ban is too short

With bosses ripping up their resignation letters, many Japanese workers hire these proxy firms to help them resign stress-free.

Workers in Japan can’t quit their jobs. They hire resignation experts to help

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A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania’s rolling farmlands has pleaded guilty to escape and burglary charges.

Convicted killer who spent 2 weeks on the run in Pennsylvania pleads guilty to escape charges

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Christy Shamblin, mother-in-law of Marine Corps. Sgt. Nicole Gee who was killed in the Kabul airport joins CNN to discuss what she saw at the Arlington National Ceremony event. 

She attended Arlington National Cemetery event at center of Trump controversy. Here’s what she saw

CNN’s Anna Coren reports on how some Afghan women and activists are staying defiant against draconian new laws set by the Taliban.

Afghan women refuse to be silenced by strict new laws

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Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

Three years after the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan, the situation in the country is bleak, with the Taliban tightening its grip as it introduces increasingly oppressive laws that restrict political freedoms and suppress the rights of women.

Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’

Hornbrook, CA

The Klamath River dams removal project was a significant win for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who for decades have fought to restore the river back to its natural state.

The largest dam removal project in the US is completed – a major win for Indigenous tribes

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Illegal pot farms are big business in this California city, despite police raids. Here’s why. CNN’s Kyung Lah Reports.

Lots of raids, few arrests: Illegal pot farms persist in this California suburb

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Aurora, CO

David Heitz

Aurora, Colo. -- Angry Aurorans on social media poked fun at the local news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Mike Coffman, Aurora mayor, posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It contradicted comments made by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who told the New York Post the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated? Denver media criticized

Chicago, IL

Palm Springs Tribune

Taylor Swift broke Wembley stadium records playing the venue eight times in a single tour at her final London show in of the Eras Tour and debuted her track So Long London live from her latest album, Tortured Poets Department . The timing of her last European performance is politically intriguing, as it coincides with the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where she might have the opportunity to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

Taylor Swift’s Potential DNC Appearance and Endorsement of Kamala Harris: Will It Happen?

Paula Newton speaks with U.S. House Democrat Brendan Boyle and former U.S. House Republican Charlie Dent about CNN’s exclusive first interview with the vice president since becoming Democratic nominee.

Harris ‘made no errors’ in CNN interview ‘and that’s a win for her,’ says former GOP congressman

A tiger mauled its handler at a popular amusement park in Australia, leaving the experienced worker hospitalized with “serious lacerations and puncture wounds”.

Tiger mauls handler at amusement park

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Germany’s far-right party AfD set to win one state election, and is level in another, exit polls show

For the first time since 1945 a German far right party is projected to win in regional elections, exit polls...

Germany’s far-right party AfD set to win one state election, and is level in another, exit polls show

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