5 things to know for October 18: Student loans, Russia, Trump, Grocery stores, SpaceX
At least 13 people have died after a Russian SU-34 fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the western city of Yeysk during a training…
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5 things to know for October 18: Student loans, Russia, Trump, Grocery stores, SpaceX
Extremely cold temperatures warrant freeze alerts for the East as the Pacific Northwest smoke from wildfires. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 18: Student loans, Russia, Trump, Grocery stores, SpaceX
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman discusses a new House Oversight Committee report that says the Trump Organization charged the Secret Service…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 18: Student loans, Russia, Trump, Grocery stores, SpaceX
After exclusive CNN reporting that SpaceX will no longer fund critical satellite services in Ukraine, Elon Musk says his company will keep funding…
Continue Reading Astronaut James McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, has died at 93
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in…
Continue Reading As the Mississippi River plunges, the Army Corps is building a 1,500-foot-wide levee to keep salt water out of drinking water
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The US Army Corps of Engineers has launched construction on a 1,500-foot-wide underwater levee in the Mississippi River to…
Continue Reading Person of interest in Oklahoma river killings case taken into custody on unrelated charge
By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Amanda Watts and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The man who was named as a person of interest in the gruesome killings of…
Continue Reading Person of interest in Oklahoma quadruple killings appears in Florida court on unrelated charges
Police say the dismembered bodies of four missing men have been found in a river. CNN national correspondent Ed Lavandera…
Continue Reading Person of interest in Oklahoma river killings case taken into custody on unrelated charge
Oklahoma police say the four bodies of the men who found in the river were…
Continue Reading Dismembered bodies pulled from Oklahoma river identified as 4 missing men, police chief says
By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN The investigation into four men who vanished after leaving an Okmulgee, Oklahoma, home on bicycles last week…
Continue Reading Radioactive material found at Missouri elementary school more than 22 times expected amount
By Michelle Watson and Tina Burnside, CNN An elementary school outside St. Louis was found to have “unacceptable” levels of radioactive…
Continue Reading One of two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets was sold in an area hard hit by Hurricane Ian
By Devon M. Sayers, CNN One of the two winning lottery tickets in the latest Mega Millions jackpot of almost half a billion dollars was sold in an…
Continue Reading One of two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets was sold in an area hard hit by Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian slammed into southwestern Florida is a category 4 storm, the Crowley Museum and Nature Center stood right in it’s path. Gloria…
Continue Reading Extreme weather has devastated schools around the country. Now their students are suffering
By René Marsh, CNN Schools in southwest Florida preemptively shut down ahead of Hurricane Ian in preparation for the destruction they knew would…
Continue Reading Extreme weather has devastated schools around the country. Now their students are suffering
CNN correspondent René Marsh reports on how the climate crisis is having an extreme impact on education in the…
Continue Reading The gunman who killed 2 Connecticut officers and wounded another fired over 80 shots, report says
By Holly Yan and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A man who authorities say lured officers to a deadly attack fired over 80 rounds at police before he was killed…
Continue Reading California’s tomato farmers are getting squeezed by water crisis as growing costs continue to rise
By Stephanie Elam, CNN Take a summertime drive on Interstate 5 through the heart of the Golden State and it is nearly impossible to miss the…
Continue Reading California’s tomato farmers are getting squeezed by water crisis as growing costs continue to rise
California’s water woes will affect the price of tomatoes in the grocery…
Continue Reading California’s tomato farmers are getting squeezed by water crisis as growing costs continue to rise
This year fewer tomatoes were grown as rising interest rates, inflation and the crushing drought squeezed farmers who saw their margins sliced. CNN…
Continue Reading Shootings of police officers highlight a rise in violence and distrust
By Eric Levenson and Josh Campbell, CNN Over a 24-hour period last Wednesday, several police officers from departments across the country were shot…
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5 things to know for Oct. 17: Hearing aids, Ukraine, January 6, Immigration, Nigeria
Russia continues to target Ukrainian civilian areas with Iranian-made “Kamikaze” drones, striking the country’s capital at least four times on…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Oct. 17: Hearing aids, Ukraine, January 6, Immigration, Nigeria
Rain brought some slight relief to the Mississippi River as the East sees wild swings in temperatures. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri shows how…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Oct. 17: Hearing aids, Ukraine, January 6, Immigration, Nigeria
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a member of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, says that the panel will…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Oct. 17: Hearing aids, Ukraine, January 6, Immigration, Nigeria
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN ‘Tis the season for overpriced costumes and confiscating unwrapped candy. Halloween is right around the corner and…
Continue Reading UC Berkeley is repatriating cultural artifacts, including ancestral remains, to Indigenous tribes
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The University of California, Berkeley is working on repatriating thousands of ancestral remains and sacred belongings to the…
Continue Reading Nakia Creek Fire explodes amid powerful winds, forcing thousands of evacuations in Washington state
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Fueled by powerful winds and unseasonably hot temperatures, a wildfire burning in Washington state exploded to 2,000 acres…
Continue Reading California governor blocks parole for Manson family member Patricia Krenwinkel
By Michelle Watson and Chris Boyette, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked the parole of Patricia Krenwinkel, a former Charles Manson follower…
Continue Reading Drought-hit Mississippi River reveals 19th-century trading ship
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident hunting for artifacts in the Mississippi River was amazed to find the wreck of a…
Continue Reading As the Mississippi River plunges, the Army Corps is building a 1,500-foot-wide levee to keep salt water out of drinking water
A 19th-century shipwreck was uncovered in the drought-stricken Mississippi River. According to archaeologists, the wreck is believed to be a trading…
Continue Reading TikTok-famous emu Emmanuel has contracted the avian flu
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Emmanuel, the emu who won viral fame on TikTok for his attention-grabbing behavior, is in dire condition after contracting the…
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