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Canada
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CNN en Español
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Claudia Sheinbaum projected to be Mexico's first woman president
Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win Mexico's presidential election and become the first woman to lead the country's government, according to preliminary results.
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As photojournalist Giles Clarke walked through the maternity ward of a hospital in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, he asked a doctor why it was so dark.
Leopoldo Lopez Fast Facts
Read CNN's Fast Facts about Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan opposition leader who was imprisoned on charges of inciting anti-government protests.
Jair Bolsonaro Fast Facts
Read CNN's Jair Bolsonaro Fast Facts to learn more about the former president of Brazil.

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MPD Investigates Fatal Holiday Shooting on Irving Street, SE

July 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on the morning of Saturday, July 4, 2026, in the 1800 block of Irving Street, Southeast. Officers responded to the residential block at approximately 5:54 a.m. following a public report of an unconscious individual. Upon arrival, emergency responders…
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The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.
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DC Forecast | Fair weather to continues into the weekend
July 23, 2026
Humidity and temperatures lower for Thursday. More comfortable weather Friday and Saturday.
Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on southern Louisiana with threatening winds
July 23, 2026
The storm moving slowly along the Gulf Coast on Wednesday is packing strong winds that extend over 100 miles out from its center
'Don't let me go': Married veterans held hands as Kentucky tornado ruined home
July 22, 2026
Sharon and Chris Palmer held hands and huddled around a recliner with their dog as a wall came down and the roof came off.
Partial bridge collapse in Gaithersburg
July 22, 2026
Crews with Montgomery County are at the scene of a bridge collapse.
Signs of destructive storm remain in Burke 1 month after microburst
July 21, 2026
Another round of potentially destructive storms is rolling in Tuesday evening, but one Burke community is still reeling from June's microburst.
Could Tropical Storm Bertha turn into a hurricane? Here's what to know as it develops
July 21, 2026
Potentially life-threatening storm surges of up to 4 feet are possible in portions of the Louisiana, Alabama and Florida.
Tropical Storm Bertha forms on track approaching US Gulf Coast
July 21, 2026
The slow-moving storm has been drifting erratically but is expected to stay near or along the northern Gulf Coast this week.
Firefighters believe lightning sparked Gaithersburg house fire
July 20, 2026
Five people were displaced by the fire.
Tropical Storm Fausto forms off Mexico's Pacific as tropical depression swirls in Gulf of Mexico
July 20, 2026
Tropical Storm Fausto forms off Mexico, threatening to become a hurricane by Monday, while a Gulf depression nears Florida, potentially intensifying into a storm.
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July 19, 2026
Smoke from Canadian wildfires that engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final.