5 things to know for December 15: Storms, Congress, Covid tests, US border, World Cup
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5 things to know for December 15: Storms, Congress, Covid tests, US border, World Cup
The severe storm threat that brought dozens of tornado reports to the South shifts to the Southeast as the North sees snow and ice. CNN meteorologist…
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A massive storm system that delivered heavy snow and blizzard conditions in the northern US states has caused over a dozen deadly tornadoes in states…
Continue Reading Michigan man pleads guilty to hate crimes targeting Black Lives Matter supporters after George Floyd’s murder in 2020
By Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN A Michigan man accused of making death threats against Black Lives Matter supporters during unrest following George…
Continue Reading Family of Texas girl allegedly killed by a delivery driver sues FedEx and the driver’s employer
By Andy Rose, CNN The family of Athena Strand, the 7-year-old Texas girl allegedly kidnapped and killed by a delivery driver, is suing FedEx and one…
Continue Reading Host mother of missing US student studying in France suspects he left voluntarily. His parents disagree
By Melissa Bell, Saskya Vandoorne and Christina Maxouris, CNN The woman who hosted an American college student studying in France before he went…
Continue Reading Host mother of missing US student studying in France suspects he left voluntarily. His parents disagree
The woman who hosted Kenny DeLand Jr., an American college student studying in France before he went missing, told CNN she thinks he may have left…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations begin in murder trial of former Texas police officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home
By Bill Kirkos and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder…
Continue Reading Five people arrested on domestic terrorism charges in clash at Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ site
By Devon M. Sayers, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Five people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta on Tuesday after…
Continue Reading A Los Angeles jury to deliberate for a 10th day Monday in Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd sexual assault trial
By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury will meet for a 10th day Monday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein,…
Continue Reading How the climate crisis may be changing the way tornadoes behave
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Among the cocktail of extreme weather events that plow through the United States, tornadoes can be the most destructive and…
Continue Reading 2 police officers shot and killed in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
By Matt Phillips, CNN Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials said. Mississippi…
Continue Reading Nearly half of US states lack data on incarcerated mothers, new report finds. Here’s why that’s ‘very troubling’
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Nearly half of US states do not collect data on the number of incarcerated women with children making it difficult for…
Continue Reading Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at World Cup, wife says
By Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar…
Continue Reading Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm at World Cup, wife says
Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar, died of an aortic aneurysm that ruptured, his…
Continue Reading Sandy Hook parents push for changes in the decade since the school shooting
By Will Simon, CNN They were living ordinary and full lives in the small New England town of Newtown, Connecticut, unprepared for the devastation…
Continue Reading 10 years after Sandy Hook, the victims’ memories still endure
Ten years after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, parents recall the day they learned their children were never coming home. Watch CNN’s…
Continue Reading At least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
The same storms that brought tornadoes, damaging wind and hail to parts of the South continue to shift to the Southeast. CNN meteorologist Britley…
Continue Reading At least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
A severe weather system has left a trail of destruction in Louisiana, killing at least three people. Violent tornadoes touched down causing collapsed…
Continue Reading At least 3 dead and multiple injured as tornadoes wreak havoc across Louisiana and the Southeast
By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past…
Continue Reading A massive storm is producing raging blizzards in the north and damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child was killed and homes flattened
The powerful storm continues to shift east, bringing ice and snow to parts of the North and a tornado and severe storm threat to the South. CNN…
Continue Reading 10 years after Sandy Hook, the victims’ memories still endure
Compiled by CNN Staff They were pianists and painters, swimmers and dancers, budding readers, little brothers and big sisters. Then, in a flash of…
Continue Reading Oregon governor calls death penalty ‘immoral,’ commutes sentences for all 17 inmates on death row
By Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of all 17 people on death row to life…
Continue Reading Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend reaches $2 million settlement with City of Louisville
By Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker III, has reached a $2 million dollar settlement with the…
Continue Reading Skeletal remains found in 1991 identified 31 years later using forensic genealogy
By Theresa Waldrop and Michelle Watson, CNN The mystery of skeletal remains hunters found in 1991 on a private farm lane in Pickaway County, Ohio,…
Continue Reading Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘woman’
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN “Woman” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year — a word so simple and so common but nonetheless, according…
Continue Reading Deliberations in Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd sexual assault trial will continue Wednesday for a 9th day
By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury met for an eighth day Tuesday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein,…
Continue Reading Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder related to Flint water crisis to be dismissed
By Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will be dismissed, a recent court order shows.…
Continue Reading Father of missing US student studying in France pushes back against French prosecutor’s statement
By Holly Yan, CNN Just days before he was supposed to come home for Christmas, an American college student studying in France is still missing as his…
Continue Reading A trifecta of respiratory viruses — Covid, RSV and flu — is taxing hospitals across the nation
Health care workers are battling a trifecta of respiratory illnesses — Covid-19, RSV and the flu, resulting in an influx of patients. The situation…
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