By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Once a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5. Knowing about each category can help predict what damage an incoming storm may inflict – and how best to prepare. The categories are defined by wind
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By Ifeanyi Abraham, for CNN (CNN) — In 2016, facing the looming threat of layoffs, Nelly Agbogu took a bold leap into entrepreneurship. Launching Nellies Nigeria, a snack business, marked the beginning of her journey. However, it was the subsequent realization of a gap in the market that would truly shape her entrepreneurial path. “At the time,
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — As the planet warms, hurricanes are changing – they are getting stronger faster, bringing more flooding rain, pushing farther inland after they make landfall and tracking farther north in general. Those changes are exposing more people and properties to hurricanes’ damaging winds, according to a new
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Michael Williams and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Washington on Monday braced for an expected Iranian retaliation for the killing of a top Hamas leader in Tehran last week, even as deep uncertainty swirled around when Iran would act — and how far it might go. Multiple US officials
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan woman was arrested after allegedly biting a Michigan State Police trooper and stealing a trooper’s vehicle Saturday night, police say. According to MSP, troopers from the Grand Rapids Post responded to a domestic call at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy Esteban Reynoso Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KMAX) — SACRAMENTO – Video captured a small plane’s crash landing on the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, skidding across the course and slamming into the shop and café. Ethan Sison was golfing on the other side of the complex when he heard emergency
Continue ReadingBy Beret Leone Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A new report shows Minnesota overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The state overpaid about $430 million in unemployment insurance during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The department said these claims
Continue ReadingBy Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There are questions about who is training new police officers after a WBZ-TV investigation found serious complaints against dozens of instructors at police academies in Massachusetts. 46 police instructors disciplined WBZ obtained the full list of 2,492 police officers who are
Continue ReadingBy Mike Toole Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Boston to Rome was forced to turn around and head back to Logan Airport Sunday evening because of a lightning strike, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. Delta Flight 112 Delta flight 112 left Boston
Continue ReadingBy Mike Hellgren Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — An American citizen with Maryland ties remains detained in Russia and was not part of Thursday’s historic prisoner swap, a multinational deal that set two dozen people free—the largest in post-Soviet history. Ksenia Karelina was charged with treason for a $51
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana officials unveiled several posters of the Ten Commandments on Monday that could soon be placed in state classrooms and which feature House Speaker Mike Johnson, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. The posters shown at Monday’s news conference are not the
Continue ReadingBy Beret Leone Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A new report shows Minnesota overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The state overpaid about $430 million in unemployment insurance during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The department said these claims
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La boxeadora argelina Imane Khelif pidió que se ponga fin al “bullying de todos los atletas”, argumentando que “puede destruir a la gente”.Sus comentarios se producen tras el abuso en línea que Khelif recibió después de su combate de boxeo contra la italiana Angela Carini el jueves, cuando Carini se retiró
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis sent orange balloons into the air Monday to mark the fifth birthday of one of two children held captive by militants in the Gaza Strip. Ariel Bibas, along with his 1-year-old brother Kfir, has become a symbol of the struggle to release the hostages. The
Continue ReadingBy Jack Fink, S.E. Jenkins, Nathalie Palacios, Manuel Villela Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN, Texas (KTXA) — As millions of Texas school children return to the classroom this month, the state is offering every school district a new system free of charge with the goal of improving safety for students, teachers, and
Continue ReadingBy Louisa Moller Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There are questions about who is training new police officers after a WBZ-TV investigation found serious complaints against dozens of instructors at police academies in Massachusetts. 46 police instructors disciplined WBZ obtained the full list of 2,492 police officers who are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ coronation as the Democrats’ standard-bearer for the 2024 presidential election is now official after the Democratic National Committee announced the formal results of the online voting by delegates on Monday night. It caps a tumultuous period for the party prompted by President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate
Continue ReadingBy Mike Toole Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Boston to Rome was forced to turn around and head back to Logan Airport Sunday evening because of a lightning strike, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. Delta Flight 112 Delta flight 112 left Boston
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have released images of three suspects and the getaway car used in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor in downtown Los Angeles when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car. The two images were released by the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N. secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists. Farhan Haq,
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