By Devan Cole, CNN Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will appoint Randy Moore as the new chief of the US Forest Service, making him the first African American to lead the agency once sworn in, Vilsack announced Monday. Moore, a longtime employee of the Forest Service, will take the agency’s reins just as it braces for
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By Kenny Choi Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Car break-ins have skyrocketed in San Francisco, increasing by more than 700 percent in some parts of the city. With more people visiting after county and state restrictions were lifted, thieves are taking advantage of tourists by breaking into rental cars.
Continue Reading By Natasha Brown Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Defying the odds. A community is rallying around a little girl struck by a car after getting off a school bus back in 2019. She is still recovering but is not alone in her fight to get better. A nice refreshing
Continue Reading By Kiet Do Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KPIX) — A Bay Area lawmaker’s bill that would decriminalize the personal possession of several psychedelic drugs begins winding its way through the California State Assembly this week. Senate Bill 519 by State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) begins Assembly hearings in the Committee
Continue Reading By Tony Aiello Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A Rockland County family hopes Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign a law banning the sale of used cars if the airbags are missing or don’t work. Their effort is partly because the bill honors their son, but mostly because they believe
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Daniel Wagner, attorney of a woman who sued the condo in 2015, speaks with CNN’s Erin Burnett about the continual problems his client has faced while living at a residential building in Surfside, Florida.
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Opinion by Hanif Kara On Thursday, the partial collapse of a residential building in Surfside, Florida, left 11 dead and 150 still unaccounted for. While we await answers about what caused this tragedy, we are left asking the question: What could cause a building simply fall down? The answer, usually: exceptional circumstances. In modern times
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A 19-year-old man who allegedly believed he was exorcising demons from his father before his death in a Duxbury pond has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. Jack Callahan was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to
Continue Reading Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and John Cuti As long-time criminal law practitioners, we know that the Monday meeting held between New York prosecutors and former President Donald Trump’s attorneys was among the more dramatic that can play out in the behind-the-scenes life of any case. The District Attorney for the County of
Continue Reading By Paul Gessler Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two earthquakes in less than two days rattled Baltimore City and Baltimore County. About two miles and 34 hours separated Friday’s 2.6 magnitude earthquake from its aftershock north of Edmondson Village Shopping Center. “Something ‘boom!’ Yeah, I thought something fell on the
Continue Reading By Jessica Dean and Manu Raju, CNN High-stakes talks over a major revamp of policing laws are at a precarious state, with influential law enforcement groups divided, lawmakers struggling to bridge a gap on long-standing sticking points and skepticism among many congressional Republicans about the need for legislation at a time of rising crime in
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una carta de la presidenta de la junta directiva de Champlain Towers South, parte de la cual se desplomó inesperadamente la semana pasada en Surfside, Florida, describe el deterioro en el edificio desde 2018 así: «El daño observable, como en el garaje, ha empeorado significativamente desde la inspección inicial». La presidenta
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OCEAN CITY, Maryland (WJZ) — The law firm representing two Black teenagers who were violently arrested for vaping in Ocean City announced Tuesday that they will be representing the teens in a civil suit against Ocean City. Murphy, Falcon and Murphy represented Freddie Gray’s family,
Continue Reading SURFSIDE, Florida — Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says another victim has been found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo building. The new discovery brings the death toll to 12, with 149 people still unaccounted for. Meantime, Florida emergency management officials say they have requested help from the federal government as they near
Continue Reading Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN There are more and more mixed messages on masks, even for those vaccinated against Covid-19. The World Health Organization is encouraging even the vaccinated to keep the masks on, particularly indoors, as the Delta variant of Covid-19 ricochets around the world. Compare that with the US Centers for Disease
Continue Reading US cities in the Northwest are all reporting their hottest temperatures on record in a wave that has more heat in store. CNN’s Don Lemon discusses with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As temperatures surged past 100 degrees, Bree Oswill gathered all the blankets and towels she could find and taped them to every window that didn’t have a shade. She doesn’t have central air conditioning and wanted to prevent every bit of sunlight and heat from entering her home. Growing up in
Continue Reading US cities in the Northwest are all reporting their hottest temperatures on record in a wave that has more heat in store. CNN’s Don Lemon discusses with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Continue Reading By Rachel McCrary, Brianna Owczarzak Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — Local police went into an unlocked home while investigating a possible hostage situation to search for the suspected victim. After not finding anything, the homeowner said police left behind a mess and did not notify her leaving her
Continue Reading Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs, according to documents obtained by CNN. CNN’s Drew Griffin reports.
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan, CNN Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs — with payments set to begin a week after the building’s deadly fall. The Champlain Towers South condo association approved a $15 million assessment in April to complete repairs required
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Orozco, Cuba (CNN) — Los cuatro migrantes cubanos bajaron del barco de la Guardia Costera de EE.UU. parpadeando y luciendo aturdidos bajo el ardiente sol del Caribe. Arriesgaron sus vidas para cruzar el Estrecho de la Florida para ir a Estados Unidos, tan solo para ser detenidos en el mar y devueltos a
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DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — After three days of repeated power outages at his aunt’s Dallas home back during February’s arctic storm, Steven Brown noticed something was very wrong with his legs. “My feet had swelled up on me,” he recalled. “I couldn’t walk normal. My ankles locked up to the point where I couldn’t bend
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UPDATE, July 1: Authorities on Thursday identified the man whose body was pulled from Ascarate Lake a day prior as 25-year-old Jevan Alexei Angel. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Major Crime Unit said it was continuing to investigate the death. UPDATE, June 30: El Paso Fire Department divers recovered a body from Ascarate Lake
Continue Reading By J.D. Miles Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — A Plano couple’s harrowing experience raises new concerns and questions about the build up of debris alongside area freeways. It was a trip down LBJ Freeway that Lauren Drum will never forget. “This little car in front of us just happen
Continue Reading By Dana Kozlov Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Illinois (WBBM) — A father-son trip to Florida took a life-changing turn for two brothers from south suburban Lansing. Hours after arriving in Miami Beach, the brothers found themselves behind bars. They sat there for more than a month, even though charges were never
Continue Reading A local radio anchor caught the moment the Surfside condo building partially collapsed in Florida.
Continue Reading Analysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN Congress is trying again Tuesday on removing Confederate statues from the US Capitol. The House is expected to vote on a resolution to expel Confederate statues and replace the Capitol’s bust of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, with one honoring Thurgood Marshall, the first
Continue Reading By Lauren Victory Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A local mystery – solved. The Morning Insiders recently told you about film footage found of little girl in the 1930s. Lauren Victory shares how we tracked down her family. But is it a happy ending? That’s for you to decide. Bradley
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business The US government will scrutinize cars’ driver-assist systems, a shift that’s likely to improve road safety, according to auto experts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that automakers will be required to report crashes involving driver-assist systems, as well as crashes of fully autonomous vehicles, which are less
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