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By Will Lanzoni and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — This summer will be remembered for being shrouded in a choking haze as wildfire smoke from…
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After 8 major hurricanes in 6 years, some Gulf Coast communities are hitting a ‘tipping point’
CNN, KCAL, KCBS, WCTV By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida Wednesday morning, it became the eighth major…
Continue ReadingThe world’s highest navigable lake is drying out
By Jack Guy and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s…
Continue Reading4 astronauts head home from space station after hurricane passes through Florida
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts concluded their six-month stay aboard the International Space Station on Sunday and are heading…
Continue ReadingFire erupts at oil depot in St. Petersburg
By Darya Tarasova and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A fire burning at an oil depot in St. Petersburg has been extinguished, the Russian Emergency…
Continue ReadingAfter 8 major hurricanes in 6 years, some Gulf Coast communities are hitting a ‘tipping point’
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida Wednesday morning, it became the eighth major hurricane to hit the Gulf…
Continue ReadingDrugs are sold out in the open in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. Inside the fight to curb it
By Veronica Miracle, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — The California Highway Patrol may best be known for freeway chases and the Hollywood glamour of…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 injured in violent disturbances in Tel Aviv involving Eritrean nationals
By Hamdi Alkhshali, Richard Allen Greene, Kareem Khadder and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured in Tel Aviv on Saturday as…
Continue ReadingSeahorses, snakes and illegal pork from Vietnam seized by US Customs
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to inspecting luggage, “there’s never a dull moment,” customs agents at Washington’s Dulles…
Continue ReadingMore than 70,000 Burning Man festival attendees remain stuck in Nevada desert after rain
By Nouran Salahieh and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of people remain trapped at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy…
Continue ReadingHere’s what happens when a parking garage becomes a delivery room
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — When Dr. Janelle Cooper, an OB/GYN, pulled into the parking garage of the hospital where she works in Annapolis,…
Continue ReadingUkrainian oligarch and Zelensky supporter Ihor Kolomoisky arrested in fraud investigation
By Olga Voitovych, Josh Pennington, Pauline Lockwood and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — One of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs has been arrested…
Continue Reading44 injured, thousands left without power as Typhoon Haikui hits Taiwan
By Wayne Chang, Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — At least 44 people were injured and tens of thousands of homes were…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Burning Man, Proud Boys sentenced, astronauts returning, Florida congressional map, Jimmy Buffett
CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Happy Labor Day weekend, also known as summer’s unofficial last hurrah. Unfortunately, the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea says it has simulated a nuclear missile attack to warn US of ‘nuclear war danger’
By Heather Law and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — North Korea said Sunday it had simulated a nuclear missile attack to warn the United States of…
Continue ReadingIn Japan, the young find dating so hard their parents are doing it for them
By Chris Lau and Junko Fukutome, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — It’s a steamy summer afternoon in the Japanese city of Osaka, where a group of around 60…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food,…
Continue ReadingAlligator bites child at closed New Orleans-area beach, officials say
By Jamiel Lynch and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An alligator bit a child at a New Orleans beach that has been officially closed to the…
Continue ReadingNYPD to deploy drones to monitor Labor Day weekend gatherings, raising civil liberties concerns
By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Police Department will deploy a fleet of hi-tech drones during the Labor Day weekend to monitor…
Continue ReadingLaw enforcement seeks help to identify barns in BTK serial killer cold case investigations
By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — A law enforcement team in northeast Oklahoma believes the prolific serial killer known as…
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