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Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or for ‘It Was Just an Accident’ as Cannes draws curtains on a starry and divisive year

Essay by Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — There was a Hollywood ending on the French Riviera on Saturday evening as Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d’Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s the first time Panahi has won the festival’s highest honor, a sensational outcome after years of personal and

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Pictured is a muddied truck in Laurel Park

‘We need help’: Town waits on post-Helene aid as 70+ projects remain unaddressed

By Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story     HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — As the timeline for Hurricane Helene relief funding from the state and federal government remains unknown, multiple areas across Western North Carolina continue playing the waiting game. Detours, limited utilities and downed trees remain in many towns, including Laurel

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Sunderland overturned a 1-0 deficit to defeat Sheffield United 2-1.

Sunderland secures promotion to Premier League after winning ‘most valuable match’ in soccer with injury-time winner

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Sunderland secured promotion to the Premier League on Saturday after defeating Sheffield United 2-1 with an extraordinary injury-time winner in the “most valuable match” in soccer, as the Championship play-off final is known. For much of the game, Sunderland was trailing 1-0 after Sheffield United took the lead early

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Universidades cancelan graduaciones por afinidad debido a políticas antidiversidad, pero los alumnos preservan tradiciones

Por Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Elyse Martin-Smith empezó a reunirse con sus compañeros de la Universidad de Harvard el verano pasado para planificar la graduación anual de estudiantes negros organizada por un grupo del campus que ella dirige. La ceremonia iba a ser una celebración de la cultura negra, con músicos, recitales de poesía, mensajes

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