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UPS driver among at least two killed after small plane crashes in Southern California neighborhood

October 11, 2021 2:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN At least two people died when a twin-engine Cessna crashed in a Southern California neighborhood on Monday…

UPS driver among at least two killed after small plane crashes in Southern California neighborhood

October 11, 2021 2:43 PM CNN

UPS driver among at least two killed after small plane crashes in Southern California…

Gas prices skyrocket as the global energy crisis worsens

October 11, 2021 11:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The cost of energy was dirt cheap in the spring of 2020 as roads and airports sat nearly empty during the height of the…

UNC Chapel Hill to cancel classes Tuesday for a ‘Wellness Day’ after suicide investigations

October 11, 2021 12:19 PM CNN

UNC Chapel Hill to cancel classes Tuesday for a ‘Wellness Day’ after suicide…

UNC Chapel Hill to cancel classes Tuesday for a ‘Wellness Day’ after suicide investigations

October 11, 2021 12:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Claire Colbert, CNN The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill announced Sunday, World Mental Health Day, it is canceling classes Tuesday to…

Prosecutors granted second hearing after evaluators find Colorado supermarket mass shooting suspect incompetent to stand trial

October 11, 2021 11:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Kay Jones, CNN The suspect in a Colorado supermarket shooting that claimed 10 lives has been declared incompetent to stand trial by evaluators,…

Lava from La Palma volcano sparks cement factory fire, pushing 2,500 people into lockdown

October 11, 2021 11:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Al Goodman, CNN Lava flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island sparked a fire at a cement factory Monday, leading to…

ISIS finance chief captured by Iraqi forces, Iraq PM says

October 11, 2021 11:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Aqeel Najim and Mostafa Salem, CNN Iraqi forces captured Sami Jasim, the deputy of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraq’s Prime…

Southwest cancels hundreds more flights; passengers stranded

October 11, 2021 5:49 AM Associated Press

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has canceled hundreds more flights following a weekend of major service…

Jennifer Sewell, missing Fort Hood soldier, found safe

October 11, 2021 9:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Claire Colbert, CNN Missing Fort Hood soldier Pfc. Jennifer Sewell has been found safe, officials said in a press release. Sewell’s family…

Scientists looked at more than 100,000 studies and found the world has a giant climate-crisis blind spot

October 11, 2021 9:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Scientists using artificial intelligence to sift through around 100,000 climate studies were trying to put a number on how…

Humans were using tobacco at least 12,000 years ago

October 11, 2021 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN The tobacco plant has shaped the fortunes of humanity. Today, the substance is used and abused by a billion people around the…

Pakistani airline suspends Afghanistan flights due to Taliban ‘heavy-handedness’

October 11, 2021 8:57 AM CNN

CNN By Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced Thursday that it was suspending flights to Afghanistan due to what it…

Taliban’s religious police instructed to be more moderate, but vulnerable Afghans say brutal justice is still being meted out

October 11, 2021 8:57 AM CNN Newsource

By Brent Swails and Clarissa Ward, CNN The blood-stained bodies of the four accused kidnappers were hung off construction cranes with heavy chains,…

Advocates fear Texas and Mississippi abortion laws will worsen the Black maternal health crisis

October 11, 2021 8:54 AM CNN

Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks out on the Texas abortion bill and how a “majority of Justices gave opted to bury their heads in the…

Advocates fear Texas and Mississippi abortion laws will worsen the Black maternal health crisis

October 11, 2021 8:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion…

Investigators find unidentified human remains while searching for Lauren Cho, who’s been missing since June

October 11, 2021 7:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Claire Colbert, CNN Authorities in Southern California found “unidentified human remains” Saturday during their search for Lauren Cho,…

Texas woman died after an unsafe abortion years ago. Her daughter fears same thing may happen again

October 11, 2021 7:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Outside the only abortion clinic in the border city of McAllen, Texas, a debate has played out for years. Some people pray and…

More than 30 countries have joined pledge to slash climate-warming methane emissions by 30%

October 11, 2021 7:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen and Angela Dewan, CNN Canada, Nigeria, Japan and Pakistan are among 31 parties to join a global pledge, led by the US and EU, to slash…

From ‘net zero’ to ‘mitigation,’ here’s how to sound smart on climate

October 11, 2021 7:28 AM CNN

Conservationists in the UK are warning that important sand dune habitats are being severely impacted by changing weather patterns and more intense…

Huntington Beach reopens shore after oil spill shut it down last week

October 11, 2021 6:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Claire Colbert, CNN Huntington Beach has reopened its shoreline after water testing results came back with non-detectable amounts of…

Nearly 19,000 children crossed the dangerous Darien Gap on foot this year

October 11, 2021 6:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Caitlin Hu, CNN A record number of children crossed on foot the treacherous stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap…

Alexander Schallenberg sworn in as Austria chancellor after Sebastian Kurz quits amid corruption inquiry

October 11, 2021 6:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Halasz, CNN Alexander Schallenberg was named Austria’s new chancellor on Monday after his predecessor, Sebastian Kurz, resigned…

Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

October 11, 2021 4:02 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its promising antiviral pill against…

These states are ditching Columbus Day to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead

October 11, 2021 4:47 AM CNN

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These states are ditching Columbus Day to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead

October 11, 2021 4:47 AM CNN Newsource

By AJ Willingham, Scottie Andrew and Dakin Andone, CNN Columbus Day has been a political lightning rod for states, cities and municipalities around…

London police taking ‘no further action’ over Prince Andrew review

October 11, 2021 4:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Cassidy, Tara John and Max Foster, CNN London’s police force has decided to take “no further action” against Prince Andrew,…

5 things to know for October 11: Virginia election, Afghanistan, coronavirus, Capitol riot, infrastructure

October 11, 2021 4:21 AM CNN Newsource

By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition…

5 things to know for October 11: Virginia election, Afghanistan, coronavirus, Capitol riot, infrastructure

October 11, 2021 4:21 AM CNN

The multi-day severe weather outbreak continues as the threat for tornadoes shifts towards the Midwest. CNN meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the…

5 things to know for October 11: Virginia election, Afghanistan, coronavirus, Capitol riot, infrastructure

October 11, 2021 4:21 AM CNN

On CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe defends his record on schools and…