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Boulders scattered across a major California highway blocked traffic on Thursday.

Mono County Earthquake Felt In Modesto

July 9, 2021 7:03 PM CNN

People said they felt shaking as they were going about their daily routine

California earthquake caught on camera

July 9, 2021 7:03 PM CNN

A strong earthquake hit near Lake Tahoe and could be felt in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Brett Durrant, who was traveling on highway 395 near Coleville, California, captured the effects of the earthquake on camera.

Missouri Department of Conservation reports floodwaters caused natural fish kill along the Missouri River near Columbia

July 9, 2021 6:46 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) investigated reports of a large fish kill event just west of Columbia, along Interstate 70 and the Missouri River floodplain. MDC determined receding floodwaters caused the large fish kill of mostly nonnative, invasive silver carp. “As floodwaters receded, many fish did not return to the river,

Firefighters work to douse the fire at the factory on July 9.

Massive fire at Bangladesh juice factory kills 52 people

July 9, 2021 6:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Salman Saeed, Sophie Jeong and Amy Woodyatt, CNN At least 52 people were killed when a massive fire ripped through a juice factory in Bangladesh, officials said Friday. The fire started Thursday afternoon on the ground floor of a six-story Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj, east of the capital Dhaka, Debashis Bardhan, deputy

MSHP Troop F: Man drowns after falling off a dock

July 9, 2021 6:15 PM Karl Wehmhoener

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F Twitter account reports a 98-year-old man has drowned after falling off a dock at the Lake of the Ozarks residence near the 6-mile marker of the Grand Glaize. Troop F reports Louis Janowski attempted to lean against a dock post and missed

Allen Weisselberg has been charged by New York prosecutors with tax crimes.

How the Manhattan DA could pressure Allen Weisselberg to cooperate against Donald Trump

July 9, 2021 6:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Kara Scannell and Erica Orden, CNN A Mercedes-Benz for his wife, an apartment for his son and school tuition for his grandchildren. Prosecutors described all three as evidence in a sweeping 15-count indictment alleging that Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was part of a 15-year scheme to defraud

Queen Consort Camilla Fast Facts

July 9, 2021 5:51 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Queen Consort Camilla, wife of King Charles III. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1947 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Camilla Rosemary Shand Father: Major Bruce Shand, retired British Army officer, later a wine merchant Mother: Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of the 3rd Baron of Ashcombe

Rudy Giuliani Fast Facts

July 9, 2021 5:45 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani Father: Harold Giuliani, tavern owner Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, secretary Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced); Donna Hanover

Malala Yousafzai Fast Facts

July 9, 2021 5:39 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of education activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Malala Yousafzai. Personal Birth date: July 12, 1997 Birth place: Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan Father: Ziauddin Yousafzai, educator and activist Mother: Toorpekai Yousafzai Marriage: Asser Malik (2021-present) Education: Oxford University, 2020, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Other Facts The

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Fast Facts

July 9, 2021 5:37 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1939 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Seyyed Ali Khamenei Father: Ayatollah Sayyid Jawad Husaini Khamenei Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriage: Married in 1964 Children: Mostafa, Mojtaba, Massoud, Maysam, Hoda and Boshra Education: Studied under

The week in 14 headlines

July 9, 2021 5:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN With Congress on recess, all eyes were on President Joe Biden in Washington this week. Biden defended the US troop departure from Afghanistan and sought to boost Covid-19 vaccination efforts at home and abroad. Meanwhile, behind-the-scenes negotiations continued over the bipartisan infrastructure package. Monday America’s partisan fireworks will be hard for

CPS returns to requiring some students to wear masks as COVID-19 cases continue to rise

July 9, 2021 5:22 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools notified families Friday that the district will require students 11-years-old and younger to wear masks inside and on buses during the summer session. This decision comes as the district has continued to monitor Covid-19 cases. The 14-Day Tracker for CPS shows that the district entered back into the red

Homeland Security official John Cohen will take over leadership of the department's intelligence branch.

New DHS intel chief installed at office plagued by Trump-era controversy

July 9, 2021 5:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security official John Cohen will take over leadership of the department’s intelligence branch, an office that is still trying to find its footing after a series of controversies during the Trump administration. In a letter to the DHS workforce, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Friday that Cohen will serve

Fatal shooting of 17-year-old passenger after Astros game was road rage incident, Houston police say

July 9, 2021 4:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera, Carma Hassan and Keith Allen, CNN A 17-year-old who died Thursday was shot following a road rage incident after a major league baseball game in Houston, a police spokesman said Friday. David Castro and his brother were passengers in his father Paul Castro’s car on Tuesday when an unidentified suspect in another

Hawaiian authorities ask for help after historic cliff carvings were vandalized with paintballs

July 9, 2021 4:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Hawaiian authorities are asking for the public’s help to find those responsible for vandalizing a cultural site with paintballs. About 100 Hawaiian petroglyphs are spread across the rock face of Pu’u Kilea in the Olowalu Valley, according to Hawaii’s Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE). The department was notified

President Joe Biden speaks about his Build Back Better economic plans after touring McHenry County College in Crystal Lake

White House officials start to lay out Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan for allies

July 9, 2021 4:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, CNN White House officials have begun laying out the contents of President Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to expand the social safety net for its allies inside and outside of Congress as they get ready to move on Capitol Hill without Republican support. A memo obtained by CNN shows top Biden officials sketching

US President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington

Biden signs sweeping executive order that targets Big Tech and aims to push competition in US economy

July 9, 2021 4:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Kate Sullivan, Brian Fung, Betsy Klein and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to promote competition in the US economy, parts of which target a key business strategy used by Silicon Valley companies. The wide-ranging order aims to lower prescription drug prices, ban or limit non-compete agreements

Rain covers the Empire State Building in New York on July 8 as Tropical Storm Elsa moves up the Northeast with heavy rain and flash flood warnings.

Elsa gets downgraded but still hits Northeast with rains and wind

July 9, 2021 4:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe and Jay Croft, CNN Elsa has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a post-tropical cyclone, after its rains and winds hit major cities in the Northeast on Friday. All storm warnings have been discontinued for the New England coast, the National Hurricane Center said in its final advisory on Elsa, though

Elsa hits New England, Texas flooding continues, and heat rebuilds in the West

July 9, 2021 4:34 PM CNN

Elsa brings a severe storm threat to New England throughout the day Friday. We are also monitoring the continuing flood threat in Texas and soaring temperatures for the West. CNN Meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the weekend forecast.

A new book argues that chasing subscription dollars is bad for journalism. A man reads a newspaper inside Union Station on June 29

‘News for the Rich, White and Blue’: New book argues that chasing subscription dollars is bad for journalism

July 9, 2021 4:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The highest-quality types of news coverage are increasingly “about elites, for elites,” and everyone suffers as a result. That’s one of the arguments in professor Nikki Usher’s new book “News

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