5 things to know for September 15: California, Covid, Gen. Milley, Afghanistan, Haiti
By AJ Willingham, CNN Two of California’s many wildfires are threatening Sequoia National Park and the massive, iconic trees that grow there.…
Continue ReadingUS & World
5 things to know for September 15: California, Covid, Gen. Milley, Afghanistan, Haiti
Tropical Depression Nicholas slows to a crawl over Louisiana, impacting the same areas devastated by Hurricane Ida. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 15: California, Covid, Gen. Milley, Afghanistan, Haiti
California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses his supporters after surviving the GOP-backed recall effort. CNN projected that the governor will remain in…
Continue Reading EU chief challenges US on climate and asserts Brussels’ role in ‘new international order’
By Angela Dewan and James Frater, CNN European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen sought to assert the bloc as a global leader on the climate crisis,…
Continue Reading In her obituary, a family says a mother’s Covid-19 death could have been prevented if more people were vaccinated
By Amy Simonson, CNN The day Candace and Terry Ayers got their second Covid-19 vaccination in early March was a day of hope and excitement for the…
Continue Reading In her obituary, a family says a mother’s Covid-19 death could have been prevented if more people were vaccinated
What is the federal government doing in the way of treatment and prevention of…
Continue Reading Not a single G20 country is in line with the Paris Agreement on climate, analysis shows
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN None of the world’s major economies — including the entire G20 — have a climate plan that meets their…
Continue Reading ‘More fires. More floods. More disasters’: Fmr. California Governor on our climate future
Former California Governor Jerry Brown discusses what it will take for countries to act on climate as well as the recall vote facing his successor…
Continue Reading Popular Malaysian islands of Langkawi reopening to tourism
By Reuters Businesses at Malaysia’s prime holiday destination are gearing up to welcome the return of tourists this week, as the country takes…
Continue Reading California voters reject effort to remove Newsom from office
SACRAMENTO, California — California has voted not to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a projection from ABC News based on exit polls and an…
Continue Reading Alex Murdaugh’s attorney says Murdaugh will turn himself in Thursday
By Eric Levenson, Amanda Watts, Gregory Lemos, Martin Savidge and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose wife and son were…
Continue Reading
Kim Jong Un’s sister warns of ‘destruction’ of S.Korean ties
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader has criticized South…
Continue Reading
Mexico finishes 3-month push to vaccinate border residents
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says it has successfully completed a three-month push to provide coronavirus vaccines to all adult…
Continue Reading Will Biden’s mandates work? Macron’s vaccine pass gamble may hold some clues
By Eliza Mackintosh, Joseph Ataman, Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN After US President Joe Biden laid out a plan to tackle the worsening…
Continue Reading A pair of California wildfires are now threatening some of the world’s largest trees
By Cheri Mossburg and Christina Maxouris, CNN A pair of wildfires burning in California’s parched Sierra Nevada mountains have forced the…
Continue Reading Fiji reopening December 1
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Fiji will reopen to fully vaccinated tourists on December 1, 2021, according to an official statement from the country’s…
Continue Reading Nearly 5 million people are under flash flood watches as Nicholas hovers over the Gulf region
Tropical Depression Nicholas is slowing recovery efforts in Louisiana weeks after Hurricane Ida as it hits the deep south with life-threatening flash…
Continue Reading An astounding number of people flocked to Yellowstone in August — enough to set a record
By Andy Rose and Forrest Brown, CNN With health experts steering travelers toward outdoor destinations and activities during the pandemic, US…
Continue Reading The Golden Ray cargo ship capsized because of inaccurate stability calculations, the NTSB finds
By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Gray, CNN The capsizing of the Golden Ray cargo ship off the Georgia coast two years ago, which resulted in more than…
Continue Reading Arizona’s attorney general files 1st lawsuit against Biden vaccine rules
PHOENIX, Arizona — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed the first lawsuit Tuesday to block President Joe Biden’s new vaccine requirements…
Continue Reading Ancient spider caring for her offspring is trapped in 99 million-year-old amber
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nothing gets between a fiercely protective mother spider and her children. Dripping tree resin trapped adult female spiders…
Continue Reading Massachusetts activates up to 250 National Guard troops to drive school vans
CNN’s Pete Muntean reports on what school districts across the country are doing to attract school bus drivers after the coronavirus pandemic has…
Continue Reading NBA players will not need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of new season, source says
By David Close and Steve Almasy, CNN When the new NBA season begins October 19, players will not have to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to play, a…
Continue Reading Virginia and Wisconsin report measles cases among refugees
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia and Wisconsin say that six people who recently traveled to the U.S. from…
Continue Reading Gavin Newsom holds onto his job as California governor, CNN projects
By Maeve Reston and Gregory Krieg, CNN California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has defeated the effort to remove him from office, according…
Continue Reading Texas governor says he’s committed to eliminating rapists. The state has more than 5,000 untested rape kits
The Texas law barring abortions at six weeks of pregnancy has women’s rights advocates up in arms for a number of reasons, including because it makes…
Continue Reading Here’s everything Apple unveiled at its big iPhone event
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple unveiled four new iPhones, a new Apple Watch and new iPads on Tuesday during a virtual media event held…
Continue Reading Palace confirms Queen Elizabeth sent message of congratulations to North Korea
By Max Foster and Gawon Bae, CNN Queen Elizabeth sent a message of congratulations to the people of North Korea on their national day, a Buckingham…
Continue Reading Convicted murderer Robert Durst’s health is improving, appeal pending
Robert Durst, millionaire real estate heir and subject of HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” was convicted of killing his friend Susan Berman in…
Continue Reading
Iconic ‘SNL’ comedian Norm Macdonald dies of cancer at 61
NEW YORK — Norm Macdonald, the iconic “Saturday Night Live” cast member and comedian known for his unorthodox, often crude humor, has died, his…
Continue Reading