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Fatma Samoura: 'Facelift' of FIFA's Male Hierarchy Is 'ongoing'
As FIFA's secretary general, Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura is one of the most powerful figures in world football.
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New Covid-19 cases are declining across the US, official says, but that could quickly change if people aren't careful
States across the US are now seeing a decline in coronavirus cases, a US top official said this week, though he warned things could quickly change again if Americans aren't careful.
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Covid-19 deaths have dropped below 1,000 a day as summer surge tails off
Declines in the average number of daily Covid-19 deaths and in new cases indicate that the virus' summer surge through the US is waning.
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Harris' goal in vice presidential debate: Focus on Trump, not Pence
Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will be the two candidates on the debate stage in Utah on Wednesday night, but the California senator's goal is to make the contest all about the man who isn't there: President Donald Trump.
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A Third of Latino Voters Have Already Voted
With seven days until Election Day, COVID-19 remains the top issue for Latino voters as 40 percent say they know someone who has died from the virus
As Judge Amy Coney Barrett is to be seated on the Supreme Court, 65 percent of Latino voters believed the next president should have made the nomination
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Lewis Hamilton vs. Michael Schumacher: Who is the greatest?
It will be the question in pub quizzes for years to come. Where did Lewis Hamilton overtake Michael Schumacher's 91 race wins and become the all-time leader in Formula One Grand Prix victories?
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Obama heads to Georgia as Democrats seek breakthrough that has eluded them in Trump era
Joe Biden's campaign dispatched former President Barack Obama to Atlanta on Monday in a bid to finish Democrats' four-year project of turning Georgia blue.
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200,000 Americans dead, but Trump says Covid affects 'virtually nobody'
More Americans have now died of Covid than of five wars combined. Or, the US Covid deaths are the equivalent of US deaths on 9/11 occurring every day for 66 days.
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Biden Makes Class-focused Pitch to White Voters in Wisconsin
Joe Biden is making a bid to win back White working-class voters around smaller cities and towns in the Upper Midwest from President Donald Trump, targeting them with a cultural and economic pitch that was on display Monday in Wisconsin.
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NBA players decide to resume playoffs, reports say
NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs, according to multiple reports.
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Why putting a citizenship question on the census is a big deal
It sounds like a small change, in a survey many people forget about minutes after they take it. But the Trump administration's plan to put a citizenship question back on the US census is a big deal.
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Beyond Budapest: 5 day trips from Hungary's capital
While Budapest is a truly majestic place, there's so much more to Hungary than its hugely popular capital.
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Hurricane Florence, already a monster, is due to strengthen as 1 million people are told to flee the US East Coast
Hurricane Florence has potential to cause "massive damage" to parts of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States -- and not just in the coastal areas where the storm aims to make landfall Thursday night, officials warned.
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I was Anthony Bourdain's 'censor' at CNN
I was Anthony Bourdain's "censor" at CNN. No, we don't really have "censors," per se, at CNN -- we have Standards and Practices. I was the lucky one in our department to review "Parts Unknown" for things like graphic language or pictures, political bent or historical tweaking.
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The Bad Girl of Comedy Gets Candid: Luenell Brings the Heat On & Off the Stage
It’s a November evening in Houston, yet the air is deceptively mild, as a small line begins to form outside of the Houston Improv. Weaving through the crowd and into the building - conversations fade in and out - with some eagerly remembering past shows, and others just ready for a good laugh.
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Bishop Michael Curry's sermon -- the full text
And now in the name of our loving, liberating and life-giving God, Father, Sson and Holy Spirit, Amen. From the Song of Solomon in the Bible, "Set me as a seal upon your heart, a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death. Passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire. A raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it out."
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Texas school shooting: Accused shooter's dad believes bullying behind rampage, paper says
The father of the teenager accused of killing 10 people at Santa Fe High School in Texas says his son was a "good boy," and he believes bullying drove him to perpetrate last week's deadly rampage.
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5 Things for December 14: Net Neutrality, Tax Overhaul, Rod Rosenstein, North Korea
It's a red-carpet salute to kindness. "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribune" airs Sunday night at 8 ET. Before the big show, meet this year's top 10. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
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Alohilani Resort Waikki Beach Officially Launches Following $115 Million Transformation
Waikiki's Longstanding Pacific Beach Hotel is Poised to Become Hawaii's Hottest New Hotel
Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach today announces its official debut after an extensive $115 million transformation of the former Pacific Beach Hotel. Introducing an alluring "aloha-chic" factor as Hawaii's sophisticated new modern resort in the heart of Waikiki, Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach offers a stylish new way to stay and play in Hawaii's most iconic city beachfront that is transforming with unprecedented new cultural, culinary and shopping offerings.
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Nine post-Harvey Research Projects Receive Funding From Rice Houston Engagement and Recovery Effort
Nine projects for post-Hurricane Harvey research have been awarded funding by the Rice Houston Engagement and Recovery Effort (HERE). The projects are aimed at making the city of Houston and surrounding areas stronger and more sustainable following the devastation caused by the storm’s record rainfall.

