Miranda Jeyaretnam

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NowCNN — When a deal to buy Caitlin Bigelow’s San Francisco condo fell through last month, she felt relief, rather than disappointment. Bigelow was working with a Realtor she trusted from Compass who had suggested she first list her home as a “Compass Private Exclusive.” That meant her home wouldn’t …

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An aerial view of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay on May 16, 2024. Credit - Josh Edelson—AFP/Getty ImagesSince its closure in 1963, Alcatraz Prison has become the stuff of legend. The seemingly inescapable federal penitentiary on a California island surrounded by frigid and powerful currents gained notoriety for housing some of history’s most famous prisoners, from Al “Scarface” Capone to George “Machine Gun” Kelly.

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Credit - Beata Zawrzel—NurPhoto/Getty ImagesA senior Chinese Communist Party official casts a suspicious eye towards an unmarked van lurking outside his building, as he rushes in and shuts the door. Inside his room, he picks up a framed photograph of his wife and their two children clinging to her before turning his gaze to footage of the National People’s Congress playing on TV. “As I rose the ranks of the party, I watched as those above me were cast aside,” he narrates in Mandarin.

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, left, and President Donald Trump during the Al Smith Dinner in New York on Oct. 17, 2024. Credit - Michael M. Santiago—Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has some thoughts on who should be the next Pope—that is, if it can’t be himself. “I’d like to be Pope. That would be my number one choice,” he joked to reporters on Tuesday, a prospect that Sen.

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Credit - TIMEApril 30 marks half a century since the official end of the Vietnam War, which killed more than three million Vietnamese and 60,000 American servicemembers over two bloody decades of fighting—and which has left a lasting impression on both nations ever since.