What caused Yellowstone’s ‘unprecedented’ flooding? Scientists saw it coming
By Brandon Miller and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Extreme rainfall rates and rapid snowmelt prompted the flash flooding in Yellowstone National Park early…
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A newborn baby was abandoned in a gravel pit 36 years ago. Now, her mother has been charged with murder
By Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the 1985 death of a newborn baby in Frenchville,…
Continue Reading Extreme heat poses significant and growing health risk to babies and children, study shows
By Rachel Ramirez When Aaron Bernstein became a pediatrician 15 years ago, it didn’t occur to him that the climate crisis would grow into a…
Continue Reading ‘People were very offended’: ‘Tone deaf’ corporations facing backlash for Juneteenth themed products
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Cherlisa Starks-Richardson was disappointed when she learned that the beloved children’s museum in her community…
Continue Reading Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya is fired
By Rob Frehse and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer has been fired less than a week after being charged with second-degree…
Continue Reading Suspect in racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket faces federal hate crime charges
By Sonia Moghe and Ray Sanchez, CNN Alleged mass shooter Payton S. Gendron faces multiple federal hate crime charges carrying the potential of the…
Continue Reading White supremacy has long had ties to anti-LGBTQ bigotry
By Brandon Tensley and Nicole Chavez, CNN The recent arrests of 31 people accused of planning to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho might be…
Continue Reading 2 Southern California police officers were killed while trying to protect a family, El Monte mayor says
By Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos, Topher Gauk-Roger and Stella Chan, CNN Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a…
Continue Reading Southern Baptist Convention passes 2 reform measures aimed at improving its handling of sexual abuse allegations
By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted Tuesday to pass two reform measures to address how it…
Continue Reading Suspect in custody after mass shooting threat prompts at least 8 Missouri school districts to cancel summer school classes
By Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN A suspect who allegedly made a mass shooting threat that prompted the cancellation of summer school events in…
Continue Reading Graduating students at Seattle Pacific University gave pride flags to their interim president during a commencement ceremony to protest anti-LGBTQ hiring policy
By Sharif Paget, CNN Students at Seattle Pacific University handed their interim president rainbow pride flags during a commencement ceremony Sunday…
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5 things to know for June 15: Primaries, Economy, Ukraine, Covid-19, UK deportations
Amid going concern that Russia may expand its control beyond the region in east Ukraine, Ukrainian president Zelensky is pleading for more western…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 15: Primaries, Economy, Ukraine, Covid-19, UK deportations
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The official start of summer is still six days away, but for many across the US, it feels like it’s been here for weeks…
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CNN is projecting that Donald Trump-endorsed Russell Fry will easily defeat incumbent Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC) who had voted to impeach Trump. Meanwhile,…
Continue Reading Woman wanted for allegedly attacking 4 people with pepper-spray and making anti-Asian remarks in Manhattan
By Liam Reilly, CNN A woman allegedly made anti-Asian remarks and pepper-sprayed four people in New York City over the weekend, authorities said. The…
Continue Reading Group allegedly affiliated with Patriot Front had protective gear, detailed operational plans, police say
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The people believed to be affiliated with White nationalist group Patriot Front arrested in Idaho over the weekend appear to…
Continue Reading Dozens evacuated as unprecedented flooding forces Yellowstone National Park to close all entrances
Heavy flooding caused by “unprecedented rainfall” near Yellowstone National Park caused the park to close all…
Continue Reading Third inmate who cut through Missouri jail ceiling is back in custody, authorities say
By Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN The last of three inmates who escaped from a Missouri jail after cutting through the ceiling was taken into…
Continue Reading Court rejects civil rights group’s effort to free elephant in Bronx Zoo, ruling she is not entitled to same rights as a ‘person’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a “person” and that the civil…
Continue Reading How a new library sheds light on the US ‘secret war’ in Laos
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Most Americans learn something about the Vietnam War at school. Fewer learn about the shadow war that was being fought alongside…
Continue Reading Wind and solar power are ‘bailing out’ Texas amid record heat and energy demand
By Ella Nilsen, CNN Texans are cranking on the air conditioning this week amid an unusually early heat wave, setting new records for electricity…
Continue Reading How Pride events nationally are responding after a White supremacist group allegedly planned to riot in Idaho
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN With Pride celebrations scheduled throughout the month in cities big and small across the country, organizers and police…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 14: January 6, Stocks, Gun laws, Ukraine, Yellowstone
Gun law activist Cameron Kasky talks to Christiane Amanpour about his push for substantial gun legislation in the United…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 14: January 6, Stocks, Gun laws, Ukraine, Yellowstone
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A Google engineer claims that one of the tech company’s unreleased artificial intelligence programs advanced so much…
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Testimony continues in the House investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Hear former attorney general William Barr discredit claims…
Continue Reading Dozens evacuated as unprecedented flooding forces Yellowstone National Park to close all entrances
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Claudia Dominguez and Ray Sanchez, CNN Yellowstone National Park will remain closed to visitors through at least Wednesday due to…
Continue Reading A 7th member of the Haitian delegation at the Special Olympics in Florida has gone missing, officials say
By Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN Another member of Haiti’s delegation to the Special Olympics USA Games has gone missing in Florida,…
Continue Reading A 7th member of the Haitian delegation at the Special Olympics in Florida has gone missing, officials say
Seven people visiting the US from Haiti now…
Continue Reading Woman who wrote an essay on how to murder a husband sentenced to life for murdering her husband
By Raja Razek and Faith Karimi, CNN Nancy Crampton-Brophy, author of the essay “How to Murder Your Husband,” was sentenced to life in…
Continue Reading Chicago woman dies after falling into the Colorado River while on a commercial river trip, NPS says
By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN A 47-year-old woman died Saturday after she fell in to the Colorado River, according a news release from the…
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