Majority of remaining fossil fuels must stay in the ground to limit climate crisis below critical threshold, study shows
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Majority of remaining fossil fuels must stay in the ground to limit climate crisis below critical threshold, study shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN To avoid the worst consequences of climate change — worsening extreme weather, irreversible ecosystem shifts, loss of life…
Continue Reading Louisiana revokes licenses of 7 nursing homes that evacuated patients to a warehouse ahead of Hurricane Ida
By Keith Allen, Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN Louisiana’s health department on Tuesday revoked the licenses of seven nursing homes that…
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Tthe licenses of a nursing home in New Orleans where 5 people died during hurricane Ida has been…
Continue Reading Today is International Literacy Day. Here are key facts to know
By Sam Romano, CNN The need for a literate world is more important than ever. In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the meaning of literacy…
Continue Reading Nxivm co-founder Nancy Salzman sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Nancy Salzman, who created Nxivm alongside Keith Raniere, was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison. Prosecutors said…
Continue Reading South Carolina attorney resigns and enters rehab after being shot in the head months after deaths of his wife and son
South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh said he was shot about three months after he discovered the bodies of his wife and son shot dead outside the…
Continue Reading Nurses detail horrific conditions at warehouse where patients were evacuated ahead of Hurricane Ida
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Two nurses who helped evacuate residents from seven nursing homes to a Louisiana warehouse told CNN on Tuesday that some…
Continue Reading An oil leak off the coast of Louisiana spread for miles and no one knows who is responsible
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN When Talos Energy was notified of an oil spill off the Louisiana coast after Hurricane Ida, the company said, it sent a…
Continue Reading 13 Miami-Dade school employees have died of Covid-19 since mid-August
By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Thirteen school employees from Miami-Dade County Public Schools have died from Covid-19 since August 16, the school district…
Continue Reading Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players plead guilty in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme
By Steve Almasy and Christina Carrega, CNN Two-time Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis and two other former NFL players have pleaded guilty for…
Continue Reading Cosby accuser after his release: ‘It was worth it’
By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Andrea Constand, the woman whose accusations led to Bill Cosby’s indecent assault conviction, said Tuesday she was…
Continue Reading Hurricane Ida took down more power poles in 2 states than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, power company says
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Damage to power poles from Hurricane Ida across two states was greater than that caused by Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta…
Continue Reading Hurricane Ida took down more power poles in 2 states than Katrina, Ike, Delta and Zeta combined, power company says
A half million people in Lousiana are still without power a week after Hurricane…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 7: Capitol riot, coronavirus, 9/11, Ida, Guinea
By Dominic Rech, CNN A toddler has been found three days after he went missing in the Australian wilderness, authorities confirmed. Here’s what…
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The Dixie fire is encroaching on the record for the largest wildfire in California’s history amid a heat wave and smoke blanketing whole states. CNN…
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Michael K. Williams, an actor best known for his role as Omar Little on HBO’s “The Wire,” has died at the age of 54. Williams was found dead in his…
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Nevada mother Christina Lowe is urging others to get vaccinated against Covid-19 after losing her husband to the virus, saying they thought the virus…
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Documentarian Ken Burns reflects on the dangers of divisive rhetoric in the U.S. He says the effort to rewrite history around the Capitol Riot is…
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Looking back 20 years after the 9/11 attacks, Leonard Pitts, Jr. of the Miami Herald says, “I did not have any idea it would be the engine of…
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Video provided by affiliate WCBS shows floodwater crash through a basement wall in Cranford, New Jersey. A mother and one of her sons were trapped in…
Continue Reading ‘Those people are not me’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Many Muslims in the United States point to September 11, 2001, as the day their relationship with the country changed.…
Continue Reading Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia’s capital will come down Wednesday, officials say
By Deanna Hackney, Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that sits on the historic…
Continue Reading Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia’s capital will come down Wednesday, officials say
Robert E. Lee statue coming down in Richmond,…
Continue Reading 911 calls describe chaotic scene at warehouse where Ida nursing home evacuees died
By Paul P. Murphy, Steve Almasy, Rebekah Riess and Deanna Hackney, CNN The 911 calls made from a Louisiana warehouse where more than 800 nursing home…
Continue Reading South Carolina attorney resigns and enters rehab after being shot in the head months after deaths of his wife and son
By Rebekah Riess, Dakin Andone, Shawn Nottingham and Amir Vera, CNN The law firm of prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh released a…
Continue Reading 6-year-old girl dies on amusement park ride in Colorado
A 6-year-old girl was fatally injured while riding an amusement park ride in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, according to the Garfield County Coroner’s…
Continue Reading State patrol major says he believes ‘vast majority of the agency’ deleted messages related to Minneapolis protests after George Floyd’s death
By Carma Hassan, CNN A state patrol officer said he believes the “vast majority” of the Minnesota State Patrol manually deleted emails…
Continue Reading What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Photographs by Edmund D. Fountain for CNN Milton Cayette Jr. was stuck in his home in St. James Parish…
Continue Reading What a hurricane means when you live in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Black business owners are worried about getting equitable resources after Hurricane…
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