Kite surfer dies after slamming into Fort Lauderdale home
By Melissa Alonso and Rebekah Riess, CNN A kite surfer who crashed into a beachfront home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday has died, Fort…
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Tahoe, Reno areas have worst air quality in country due to smoke, raising concerns about a Covid surge
Seven Western states are under air quality alerts due to raging wildfires, which have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed hundreds of homes.…
Continue Reading Tennessee woman livestreamed flooding shortly before it claimed her life
In a video streamed on Facebook Live, Linda Almond Bryant captured the flooding outside the Waverly, Tennessee, home she was in. Moments later,…
Continue Reading Tennessee woman livestreamed flooding shortly before it claimed her life
By Nick Valencia and Jason Hanna, CNN When deadly floodwaters rushed around her Tennessee home Saturday morning, Linda Almond Bryant started a…
Continue Reading Tahoe, Reno areas have worst air quality in country due to smoke, raising concerns about a Covid surge
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The air around Lake Tahoe in California and Reno, Nevada, is thick with brown smoke this week, and the region is experiencing…
Continue Reading Oregon to mandate masks outdoors in many public settings
By Andy Rose and Jason Hanna, CNN Oregon will soon require people to wear masks outdoors in public settings where physical distancing isn’t…
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The debate over school mask mandates sometimes erupts into…
Continue Reading Parents recall agonizing moments before their 7-month-old twins were killed in Tennessee flooding
Danielle Hall and Matthew Rigney recount the horrifying moment when their 7-month-old twins were swept away by a deadly flood in central…
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Parents recall agonizing moments before their 7-month-old twins were killed in Tennessee flooding
By Jason Hanna, CNN The nightmare was only beginning for Matthew Rigney and his partner, Danielle Hall, when floodwaters swept her away from him and…
Continue Reading Colorado high school volleyball coach says school administrators asked him to denounce being gay or leave his job
By Carma Hassan and Kay Jones, CNN A volleyball coach says administrators at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, forced him to…
Continue Reading Visualizing the stark maternal health inequities in the United States
By Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Black women in the United States are more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than any other demographic — and the…
Continue Reading Many predicted some kind of ‘Covid slide’ in learning. Test results show how bad it is
By Rachel Clarke, CNN Children are heading back to school with the academic cost of the pandemic now being laid bare. Tumbling test scores reveal how…
Continue Reading Both of the Williams sisters will miss the US Open
By Wayne Sterling, CNN Twenty-three-time grand slam singles champion Serena Williams and her sister, seven-time major singles champion Venus…
Continue Reading New Jersey governor signs anti-hazing law with harsher penalties and school policy requirements
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new anti-hazing bill into law Tuesday that requires schools to adopt policies against…
Continue Reading More than 270 homes were destroyed in central Tennessee as flash flooding killed 18, officials say
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More than 270 homes in central Tennessee were destroyed in deadly flooding that killed 18 people and left three still…
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NRA cancels its annual meeting in Houston over Covid-19 concerns
By Kay Jones and Nicole Williams, CNN The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced Tuesday it has canceled its 2021 annual meeting in Houston,…
Continue Reading NRA cancels its annual meeting in Houston over Covid-19 concerns
The NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits were scheduled to take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Labor Day…
Continue Reading Testimony from former R. Kelly girlfriend gives window into life together
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A woman who once publicly defended R. Kelly against allegations of abuse as one of his “girlfriends” continued…
Continue Reading US Justice Department awards FIFA and other football governing bodies more than $200M following corruption investigation
By Amir Vera and David Close, CNN A six-year corruption investigation into bribery schemes in multiple world football organizations ended Tuesday.…
Continue Reading Hiker attacked by bear during solo outing in Denali National Park
By Andy Rose, CNN A hiker from Indiana was injured when attacked by a bear in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, officials said. A…
Continue Reading Two Florida counties double down on school mask mandates, defying governor’s order
By Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Florida’s Broward and Alachua counties are not backing down on mask mandates in schools, despite Gov.…
Continue Reading Headstones in historic Black cemetery were desecrated. The recovery offers ‘symbolic justice’
The recovered headstones will be a moving memorial garden in the National Harmony Memorial Park in…
Continue Reading Headstones in historic Black cemetery were desecrated. The recovery offers ‘symbolic justice’
By Emma Tucker and Laura Ly, CNN Five years ago, Virginia State Sen. Richard Stuart stumbled upon a two-mile stretch of erosion control filled with…
Continue Reading Fort Jackson soldier found guilty of assault for shoving Black man
By Melissa Alonso and Gregory Lemos, CNN The Fort Jackson soldier seen pushing and threatening a young Black man in a viral video in April was found…
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Man drowns in Lake Michigan saving two children
By Carma Hassan, CNN A Missouri man drowned in Lake Michigan Sunday trying to rescue two children in distress, according to the Racine County…
Continue Reading As Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, US groups prepare for a wave of migrants
CNN’s Brianna Keilar and photojournalist Lynsey Addario become emotional after hearing a chilling voice memo from inside…
Continue Reading LSU to require proof of vaccination or negative PCR test at Tiger Stadium
By Gregory Lemos, CNN Louisiana State University announced Tuesday that it will require all guests at Tiger Stadium who are 12 and older to provide…
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Spring 2022. That’s when Dr. Anthony Fauci says we could get some good control over the coronavirus, if a majority of people who are unvaccinated,…
Continue Reading Kilauea volcano alert raised as a swarm of small earthquakes hits the region
By Jennifer Henderson, CNN The US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has raised the volcano alert from advisory to watch for the Kīlauea…
Continue Reading A Texas mom died of Covid-19 just days after giving birth to her second daughter
By David Williams, CNN Robin Zinsou says she urged her pregnant daughter to get a Covid-19 vaccine, but the 32-year-old educator was afraid it might…
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