Bonnaroo organizers cancel this year’s festival, citing flooding from heavy rains
WSMV By Melissa Gray, CNN Organizers of the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee have canceled this year’s event, citing…
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California recall contender Larry Elder makes misleading claim that young people don’t need Covid-19 vaccines
CNN, KGO By Maeve Reston, CNN Larry Elder, the leading GOP candidate vying to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom, said he doesn’t think…
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Air quality more favorable
Smoke levels for Tuesday have not been as poor as they were Monday, and should not reach those same conditions for the most…
Continue ReadingBiden administration taps emergency oil stockpile amid Louisiana gas crisis
CNN, HLN, WDSU By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Biden administration is releasing 1.5 million barrels of crude oil from America’s emergency…
Continue ReadingHurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling climate disasters on several fronts
CNN, MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL, FACEBOOK, US COAST GUARD, WAFB, WAPT, WDAM, WDSU, WLOX, WSMV, Mississippi Highway Patrol/Facebook By Rachel Ramirez,…
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CNN By Joshua Berlinger and Adam Renton, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue ReadingBiden’s first August as president shreds his momentum and tosses daunting new challenges in his path
CNN By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden tried twice last month to get to his beach house on the Delaware coast.…
Continue ReadingAn Afghan YouTuber was killed at Kabul airport. Many more fear the worst.
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Masoud Popalzai and Rob Picheta, CNN Four days after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, 20-year-old YouTuber Najma…
Continue ReadingTaliban members escorted Americans to gates at Kabul airport in secret arrangement with US
CNN By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in members of the…
Continue ReadingSouth African researchers keep wary eye on yet another new coronavirus variant
CNN By Maggie Fox, CNN Genetics researchers who have been watching for new coronavirus variants say they’ve seen a troubling new lineage that…
Continue ReadingCool, hazy, dry
GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… While a low-pressure center over southern British Columbia will rotate cooler air into the NW, it will not bring…
Continue Reading‘Fortnite’ is shutting down in China
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Wayne Chang and Jill Disis, CNN Business The Chinese version of hit video game “Fortnite” is shutting down this…
Continue ReadingBiden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan after end of nation’s longest war: ‘I was not extending a forever exit’
CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal…
Continue ReadingRage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello seeking help to get female guitar students out of Afghanistan
CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is pleading for help to bring a group of young female guitarists in hiding…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 cases at this Texas school are spiking, yet officials buck local mask mandate
CNN, KPRC By Rosa Flores, CNN Michelle Woodard’s voice broke and her body shook with emotion as she described the moment she learned her…
Continue ReadingBud Light is launching a pumpkin spice spiked seltzer
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business From coffee to candy to macaroni and cheese, it’s possible to think that pumpkin spice has…
Continue ReadingTwo dead and 10 injured after Mississippi highway washed away by heavy rain
CNN, WDSU, WLOX, WAFB, OFFICE OF LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL, WSMV, SCV, MICHAEL GORDON, SCV/Michael Gordon By Joe Sutton, CNN Two people were killed…
Continue ReadingCDC adds 7 destinations to ‘very high’ Covid-19 travel risk list, including Puerto Rico and Switzerland
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Kristen Rogers and Marnie Hunter, CNN Switzerland and Puerto Rico are now among the highest-risk destinations for travelers,…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 31: Afghanistan, Ida, coronavirus, China, abortion
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN As many as 750,000 households are so far behind on rent they could be evicted this year, according to an estimate from…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 31: Afghanistan, Ida, coronavirus, China, abortion
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN As many as 750,000 households are so far behind on rent they could be evicted this year, according to an estimate from…
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