A deputy’s 11-month-old child was fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama
By Rebekah Riess, Tina Burnside and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Birmingham, Alabama, police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 11-month-old child of…
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OSU study: Proximity to oil, gas drilling linked to slightly lower birthweights in newborns
A new study from Oregon State University found that infants born within 3 kilometers of oil and natural gas drilling facilities in Texas had slightly…
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Officials say nearly 400,000-acre Bootleg Fire was sparked by lightning, now 1/3 contained
Officials on the massive Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, approaching 400,000 acres in size, confirmed Wednesday that the fire was determined to be…
Continue ReadingNew York City to require its health care workers to get vaccinated or submit to weekly tests
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says it’s time to do something different to combat the spread of Covid-19 and will require all healthcare workers…
Continue ReadingNew York City to require its health care workers to get vaccinated or submit to weekly tests
By Mirna Alsharif, Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN Workers at New York City’s public hospitals and health clinics will be required to either…
Continue ReadingLiberty University sued by 12 women claiming school policies made sexual assault and rape more likely
By Kay Jones and Hollie Silverman, CNN Liberty University has been sued by 12 women who claim the school created an environment on its Virginia…
Continue ReadingMen have a bigger carbon footprint than women, thanks to their appetite for cars and meat
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Gender stereotypes are alive and well and harming our planet, a new study from Sweden shows, as men’s passion for meat and…
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Arnold Irrigation piping project comment period extended to Friday; upset residents raise objections
Anyone looking to weigh in on the Arnold Irrigation District’s draft plan to pipe more than 13 miles of its main canal now has until this Friday to…
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GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING EVERYONE… The low pressure center off the British Columbia coast will bring some cooler air into the NW today. Under sunny…
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Area closure to be lifted around Grandview Fire, now 84% contained
With the fire now 84% contained, the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests and Crooked River National Grassland will lift the temporary area closure…
Continue ReadingHungary plans referendum on law criticized by EU as homophobic
By Luke McGee, Amy Cassidy and Boglarka Kosztolanyi CNN Hungary’s right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed a referendum on…
Continue ReadingHungary’s FM: We don’t want LGBTQI ‘activists’ in schools
Speaking to Bianna Golodryga, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó defends the country’s new law that bans content which “promotes”…
Continue ReadingAround 100 kidnapped women and children rescued in Nigeria
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as “bandits” have been rescued,…
Continue ReadingThe Milwaukee Bucks are NBA champions for the first time in 50 years as Antetokounmpo scores 50 points
Milwaukee Bucks defeat Phoenix Suns to win their second NBA…
Continue ReadingPfizer-BioNTech to start producing Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa in 2022
By David McKenzie and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech will start to manufacture their Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, they announced…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 21: Covid-19, Congress, Trump ally, opioid trial, Olympics
Olympic athletes have arrived in Japan for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and are sharing what they do in their down time on social…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 21: Covid-19, Congress, Trump ally, opioid trial, Olympics
Tom Barrack, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, was charged with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates as an…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dr. Anthony Fauci got into another heated exchange at a Senate hearing over Dr. Fauci’s past testimony over…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 21: Covid-19, Congress, Trump ally, opioid trial, Olympics
By AJ Willingham, CNN After successfully blasting off to the edge of space yesterday, Jeff Bezos announced he is donating $100 million apiece to chef…
Continue Reading5 things to know for July 21: Covid-19, Congress, Trump ally, opioid trial, Olympics
Smoke and haze shroud portions of the East which is also bracing for severe storms. CNN Meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the…
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