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Year: 2022

The climate crisis is supercharging rainfall in hurricanes, scientists report

By Rachel Ramirez The rainfall from hurricanes during the deadly, record-breaking 2020 season was as much as 11% higher because of the human-caused climate crisis, scientists reported Tuesday. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found global warming supercharged hourly rainfall rates in tropical storms and hurricanes by 5 to 10%. When they looked

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Tiroteo en un metro de Brooklyn, Nueva York: el sospechoso activó un contenedor de gas y abrió fuego, dicen las autoridades

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un pasajero de tren se puso una máscara antigás, activó un contenedor de gas y luego abrió fuego, disparando a 10 pasajeros cuando un tren subterráneo con destino a Manhattan se dirigía hacia una estación en Brooklyn, Nueva York, este martes por la mañana, dijeron las autoridades. Cinco de las 10 personas

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Attacks on voting rights aren’t slowing down and Black Americans are in the crosshairs, new report finds

By Maya Brown, CNN Some Republicans and far-right groups’ attacks on voting rights and American democracy are making it harder for Black people to achieve racial equality, according to a new report from the National Urban League. The civil rights organization on Tuesday released its annual State of Black America report, titled “Under Siege: The

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Russian military-linked hackers target Ukrainian power company, investigators say

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Russian military-linked hacking group has attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian power substations and deploy malicious code capable of cutting electricity, Ukrainian government officials and private investigators said Tuesday. The cyberattack appears to have been thwarted, and the Ukrainian government Computer Emergency Response Team said it had prevented the attackers from “carrying

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A quiet morning commute on a Brooklyn subway quickly became a ‘war zone’ leaving more than 20 people injured, NYC mayor says

By Brynn Gingras, Pervaiz Shallwani, Mark Morales, Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Passengers on a Manhattan-bound train had to dodge bullets while being blinded by smoke during the Tuesday morning commute, setting off a manhunt for a gunman whose motives are still unknown. Commuters were riding the subway as it

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