By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist and Madison Richardson, CNN (CNN) — Substantial fires can make their own weather – and do it in several ways. The most common weather phenomena wildfires can create include pyrocumulus clouds, fire tornadoes and smoke clouds that cause significant cooling. Here’s more about them: Pyrocumulus clouds Fire clouds are known
Continue ReadingBy Konstantin Toropin, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children who have been missing since last year, was charged with destroying evidence Wednesday as prosecutors said two children’s remains were found on his Idaho property. The children of Lori Vallow, Daybell’s wife, have not been seen since
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into safety problems with Tesla vehicles. This time the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into a dozen complaints about loss of steering control or loss of power steering in the 2023 Models 3 and Y electric vehicles. The probe covers an
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US markets just wrapped up a winning July, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both notching their fifth positive month in a row. But August is here, and that often means trouble for markets. The last time the S&P 500 was on a winning streak this
Continue ReadingBy Konstantin Toropin, CNN (CNN) — Lori Vallow, the Idaho woman charged in connection with the disappearance of her children, is now accused of two counts of conspiring to destroy, alter or conceal evidence of their buried bodies. Vallow’s children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, disappeared last September. Their remains were found
Continue ReadingBy Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A police investigator who was at the autopsy for two Idaho children found dead months after they went missing testified Monday he took notice at the amount of duct tape used on the boy’s body. In June, law enforcement officials found the remains of Tylee Ryan,
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong government official has vowed to mull legal changes and set up protocols to better protect whales after the discovery of a carcass sparked anger on social media and speculation that sightseers had contributed to the animal’s death. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse
Continue ReadingBy Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Tuesday that the case against Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children whose remains were found on his property, can proceed to trial. Daybell is charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence and two
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Rising temperatures have sucked more than 10 trillion gallons of water out of the Colorado River Basin between 2000 and 2021 – a volume about the size of Lake Mead – according to a recent study. Researchers at UCLA found the human-caused climate crisis is contributing significantly to the
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By Brian Fung, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Twitter has sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit group that has criticized the company’s handling of hate speech, following through on a litigation threat that had been publicly revealed just hours before. The lawsuit filed Monday in San Francisco federal court accuses CCDH of
Continue ReadingBy Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Phoenix police officials are reviewing the investigation into the death of Joseph Ryan, Lori Vallow’s third husband, a spokeswoman for the department told CNN on Friday. Vallow and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, are both in jail in Idaho, awaiting trials on charges connected to the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Unas 17 viviendas fueron destruidas por la corriente de una quebrada tras una intensa lluvia que afectó el sábado el departamento de Santa Rosa de Copán, a unos 300 kilómetros de Tegucigalpa, según dijo a CNN la vicealcaldesa del municipio de Copán Ruinas, Susana Castejón. La funcionaria municipal señaló
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Idaho on Tuesday indicted Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow on murder charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow’s two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. Daybell also is charged with murder in the case of his ex-wife, Tammy, who died in her sleep a
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the murder and conspiracy charges he faces in connection with the deaths of his first wife and the two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow. Idaho 7th Judicial District Magistrate Judge Steven W. Boyce said that a scheduling conference would take
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho woman who is accused of killing her two children has been charged in the death of her former husband. Lori Vallow was charged by an Arizona grand jury with one felony count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, the Maricopa County Attorney’s
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By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Is there any food more globally glorified than pizza? The ultimate comfort food that traces its roots to Naples, Italy, has been adapted by cultures all over the world. Italians have even devised a series of lists of the best pizzas outside of Italy. And it’s precisely pizza’s versatility
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Details of the investigation leading to the charges against Lori Vallow in the death of her former husband show he feared for their children’s safety, police say, citing a mental health petition Charles Vallow filed. Arizona police released a probable cause statement Thursday with information on
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Ronald Brownstein (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s mounting legal jeopardy is raising a stark political question: can anything break the sustained electoral stalemate that has left the country divided almost exactly in half between the Republican and Democratic coalitions? Trump is facing a swarm of criminal accusations unprecedented for an active
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in Idaho are planning to seek the death penalty in the murder case against Chad Daybell, according to a court document filed Thursday. Daybell is accused of conspiring with his current wife, Lori Vallow, to kill two of her children and his first wife. He
Continue ReadingBy Jenn Selva, Andy Rose and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Monday that Lori Vallow is mentally fit to stand trial on charges related to the deaths of her two children, according to court documents. Vallow is “restored to competency and is fit to proceed,” Judge Steven W. Boyce said in
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