5 things to know for December 15: Storms, Congress, Covid tests, US border, World Cup
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At least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
CNN, WDSU By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over…
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By Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN A Michigan man accused of making death threats against Black Lives Matter supporters during unrest following George…
Continue ReadingFamily of Texas girl allegedly killed by a delivery driver sues FedEx and the driver’s employer
By Andy Rose, CNN The family of Athena Strand, the 7-year-old Texas girl allegedly kidnapped and killed by a delivery driver, is suing FedEx and one…
Continue ReadingHost mother of missing US student studying in France suspects he left voluntarily. His parents disagree
By Melissa Bell, Saskya Vandoorne and Christina Maxouris, CNN The woman who hosted an American college student studying in France before he went…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations begin in murder trial of former Texas police officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home
By Bill Kirkos and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder…
Continue Reading10 years after Sandy Hook, the victims’ memories still endure
CNN Compiled by CNN Staff They were pianists and painters, swimmers and dancers, budding readers, little brothers and big sisters. Then, in a flash…
Continue ReadingFive people arrested on domestic terrorism charges in clash at Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ site
By Devon M. Sayers, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Five people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta on Tuesday after…
Continue ReadingA Los Angeles jury to deliberate for a 10th day Monday in Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd sexual assault trial
By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury will meet for a 10th day Monday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein,…
Continue ReadingHow the climate crisis may be changing the way tornadoes behave
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Among the cocktail of extreme weather events that plow through the United States, tornadoes can be the most destructive and…
Continue ReadingSports reporter Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at World Cup, wife says
CNN By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar…
Continue Reading2 police officers shot and killed in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
By Matt Phillips, CNN Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials said. Mississippi…
Continue ReadingNearly half of US states lack data on incarcerated mothers, new report finds. Here’s why that’s ‘very troubling’
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Nearly half of US states do not collect data on the number of incarcerated women with children making it difficult for…
Continue ReadingSports reporter Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at World Cup, wife says
By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar…
Continue ReadingSandy Hook parents push for changes in the decade since the school shooting
By Will Simon, CNN They were living ordinary and full lives in the small New England town of Newtown, Connecticut, unprepared for the devastation…
Continue ReadingAt least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
CNN By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the…
Continue ReadingA massive storm is producing raging blizzards in the north and damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child was killed and homes flattened
CNN By Nouran Salahieh and Rob Shackelford, CNN A massive cross-country storm is producing damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child has died,…
Continue ReadingAt least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past…
Continue Reading10 years after Sandy Hook, the victims’ memories still endure
Compiled by CNN Staff They were pianists and painters, swimmers and dancers, budding readers, little brothers and big sisters. Then, in a flash of…
Continue ReadingOregon governor calls death penalty ‘immoral,’ commutes sentences for all 17 inmates on death row
By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of all 17 people on death row to life…
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