Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc in Louisiana, leaving more than 500,000 without power
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, early Sunday afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150…
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How you can help Hurricane Ida victims
By Lauren Lee, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29 near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds…
Continue ReadingFour young children hiding in a Kabul apartment have reunited with their mother in the US
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Four young siblings who had been hiding alone in an apartment in Afghanistan’s capital reunited with their mother on…
Continue ReadingSeptember 11 Commission Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. Facts The Commission was created to…
Continue ReadingTen family members, including children, dead after US strike in Kabul
By Sandi Sidhu, Nick Paton Walsh, Tim Lister, Oren Liebermann, Laura Smith-Spark and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Ten members of one family —…
Continue ReadingSeptember 11 Victim Aid and Compensation Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of…
Continue ReadingSpy Court Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Facts The Foreign Intelligence…
Continue ReadingWitnesses describe life inside R. Kelly’s ‘Chocolate Factory’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN About 25 miles outside of Chicago in the village of Olympia Fields sits a mansion that R. Kelly once lived and worked in. The…
Continue ReadingTwo die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, MODERNA By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan…
Continue ReadingTwo die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Jacob Blake speaks out a year later. ‘I have not survived until something has changed’
By Omar Jimenez, CNN During the Fourth of July weekend, Jacob Blake says he called 911 over what he later realized was an anxiety attack. The…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 30: Ida, Afghanistan, Covid-19, North Korea, California
CNN, KCBS By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably…
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Gulf Coast braces for Sunday arrival of Hurricane Ida, potentially a Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ida is expected to rapidly strengthen before pummeling Louisiana on Sunday, forcing evacuations in New Orleans and the surrounding coastal…
Continue ReadingStates making up the SEC have low vaccination rates, but stadiums will be at 100% capacity as college football kicks off this weekend
By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN As football season kicks off this weekend, stadiums across the Southeastern Conference (SEC) return to full…
Continue ReadingA soon-to-be father, a beloved brother and a state champion among US service members killed in Kabul attack
CNN By Paul P. Murphy and Madeleine Fitzgerald, CNN The Department of Defense has released the names of the 13 US service members who were killed in…
Continue ReadingDNA of ancient teen girl holds unknown human secrets
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Some of the most insightful discoveries about the past have been found in caves. Like sanctuaries of history, caves have…
Continue ReadingUS carries out Afghanistan drone strike as Kabul evacuation effort enters final stretch
CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, Barbara Starr, Nick Paton Walsh and Sandi Sidhu, CNN The US military carried out a drone strike against what it said was an…
Continue ReadingA teacher is building confidence in her students — one heartwarming look in the mirror at a time
By Faith Karimi, CNN The fourth-graders walk up to a full-length mirror — one after the other — at a school in southwest Atlanta.…
Continue ReadingGrandson of labor icon Cesar Chavez has a warning for America and its voting rights battle
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN If Cesar Chavez were alive today, he’d be fighting for Latino voters but also African Americans and Asian…
Continue ReadingLouisiana hasn’t yet recovered from two major hurricanes in 2020. Now another is taking aim
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Last year’s hurricane season devastated parts of Louisiana with no reprieve. In August 2020, Hurricane Laura made…
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