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European colonizers killed so many Native Americans that it changed the global climate, researchers say
(CNN)When Europeans arrived in the Americas, they caused so much death and disease that it changed the global climate, a new study finds.European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in
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A Good Samaritan paid for hotel rooms for Chicago’s homeless. Now, others are helping.
(CNN)A single act of generosity was multiplied again and again this week after a Good Samaritan paid for hotel rooms to shelter homeless Chicagoans from a historic and potentially deadly cold snap.Donations of transportation,
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Extreme weather shatters records around the world
(CNN)US cities as cold as the Arctic. An Australian inferno. The UK covered in snow.It's only one month into 2019 and meteorologists are already talking in superlatives as extreme weather patterns have brought cities
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South Africa’s ‘boxing grannies’ juke and jab their way to healthier lives
(CNN)The women range in age from the mid-60s to the early 80s. They love to dance and sing. And twice a week, they come to a gym in Cosmo City, on the outskirts of
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Welcome to the world’s busiest airport
Atlanta (CNN) — Welcome to the 150,000 people flying into Atlanta for the 53rd annual Super Bowl. (Super Bowl LIII for fans of Roman numerals.) Despite the extreme winter weather, you've landed at Hartsfield-Jackson
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Should you tip your flight attendant?
(CNN) — Travelers in the United States are used to tipping a multitude of people, from the baristas who make their frothy coffee concoctions to restaurant servers, parking valets, hotel housekeepers and Uber drivers.
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Human ‘hot pot’ in China invites tourists to take a dip
(CNN) — A Lunar New Year promotion at a hotel in China's Zhejiang province will likely draw reactions of either horror or delight among fans of Chinese hot pot. Hangzhou's First World Hotel, home
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From the terror of domestic abuse to bare-knuckle world champion
(CNN)"He punched me, he kicked me, he elbowed me, he choked me unconscious, he smothered me with pillows, he pinned me down for hours at a time, he destroyed all my belongings, he pulled
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‘I’m lucky that I only had to deal with broken arms’
(CNN)Rugby runs in Billy Vunipola's blood.His father Fe'ao captained Tonga in the 1990s when several uncles also represented the national side. His cousin Toby stars for Wales, while Vunipola and his brother Mako are
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Rolling Stone enters horse in Grand National
(CNN)"Wild Horses" couldn't keep Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood from entering his Sandymount Duke in this year's Grand National.No mere "Beast of Burden," Wood's horse has won 10 of its 30 races and is


