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‘Please stop this.’ Gaza’s hospitals are failing under the weight of war. US medical groups are scrambling to help

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 10:06:51 +0000

(CNN) — Dr. Mohammed Ghneim has not left his hospital in Gaza City in four weeks. He can’t remember the last time he slept or ate, and his blue scrubs are stained in the blood of patients who’ve died in his arms. His voice cracks under the weight of the horrors he’s seen: fetuses pulled

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Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst dies, police say

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:55:49 +0000

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A university in Canada is offering a class about Drake and the Weeknd

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:17:24 +0000

(CNN) — If you’re reading this, it’s too late. Unless you’re an undergraduate student at a university in Canada who is about to get the chance to study Drake. Ryerson University’s The Creative School is now offering a course that will delve into the lives and musical talents of Toronto-born musical artists Drake and the

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Kraft Macaroni & Cheese ice cream debuts and quickly sells out

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:14:39 +0000

(CNN) — Nothing gets cheddar than this… The Kraft Heinz Company has partnered with Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream to introduce a limited-edition macaroni and cheese flavor of ice cream. “We know that there is nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day than ice cream. That is why we wanted to combine two of

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Looks like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have made it Instagram official

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:55:32 +0000

(CNN) — For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck. She did not tag him in the post. “5 2 … what it do …” she

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The world’s most premature baby has celebrated his first birthday after beating 0% odds of surviving

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:26:13 +0000

(CNN) — A baby born weighing less than a pound has beaten the odds and celebrated his first birthday, becoming the most premature baby to survive, according to Guinness World Records. When Richard Scott William Hutchinson was born five months prematurely — recognized by Guinness as the world’s most premature baby — his doctors prepared

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Scientists say 90% of the world’s open-ocean sharks died off in mystery extinction event 19 million years ago

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:56:20 +0000

(CNN) — About 19 million years ago, roughly 90% of the world’s open-ocean sharks died off, and scientists don’t know why. The recent discovery left researchers stunned, unable to explain the immense loss or the reason behind the deaths of one of the ocean’s most powerful predators. It began when scientist Elizabeth Sibert and her

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Thousands of ‘fake AirPods’ seized in Ohio, CBP says

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Mon, 17 May 2021 09:00:19 +0000

(CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Ohio have seized 36,000 headphones that resembled Apple AirPods. CBP in Cincinnati found that the headphones, which arrived in three shipments from China, were in violation of “trademark and copyright codes,” CBP said in a news release Friday. The wireless headphones violated trademarks that “protected Apple

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An extremely rare calico lobster was rescued from a Red Lobster in Virginia

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Sun, 09 May 2021 23:42:18 +0000

(CNN) – A rare lobster almost ended up as someone’s dinner at a Red Lobster restaurant in Virginia before employees recognized its uniqueness and rescued it. The male calico lobster, named Freckles by the Red Lobster team in Manassas, arrived at the restaurant on April 25 as part of its Maine lobster delivery. When team

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It’s the US’ deadliest avalanche season in years. Experts say Covid is partially to blame

Alaa Elassar, CNN — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:29:10 +0000

(CNN) — The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the US economy, health care system and schools. Some experts say it’s also to blame for a recent spike in avalanche deaths. Seriously. So far this winter season, 36 people have died in US avalanches, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), tying the record set

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