By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high school. “He wanted to be a Marine his whole life and carried around his rifle in his diapers and cowboy boots,” his sister, Roice McCollum, said in a statement. “He was determined to
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the state and became the deadliest and costliest hurricane to hit the US in recorded history. The two storms share some key similarities in terms of their date, strength, location and their
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the state and became the deadliest and costliest hurricane to hit the US in recorded history. The two storms share some key similarities in terms of their date, strength, location and their
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By Faith Karimi, CNN A piece of New Orleans’ jazz history is now a pile of rubble. When Hurricane Ida hit the city Sunday, the storm knocked out power, flattened homes and turned streets into rivers. It also destroyed an old brick building downtown on South Rampart Street, just a few blocks from the French
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Middle Tennessee remains deep in recovery mode after last week’s deadly and destructive flooding — and it appears to have been spared from any significant flooding from Tropical Depression Ida. Ida on Tuesday dropped about 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain over areas west of Nashville, and rainfall was coming
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By Lauren Lee, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. Ida’s arrival comes on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and was described by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards as “one of the strongest storms
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former activist and seven-time Emmy Award winning actor Ed Asner. Personal Birth date: November 15, 1929 Death date: August 29, 2021 Birth place: Kansas City, Missouri Birth name: Etye Asner Father: Morris David Asner, scrap metal dealer Mother: Lizzie (Seliger) Asner Marriages: Cindy Gilmore
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably won’t make a huge difference in the job market. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably won’t make a huge difference in the job market. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably won’t make a huge difference in the job market. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits expire this coming weekend in the 26 states still offering them. But that probably won’t make a huge difference in the job market. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN Four young siblings who had been hiding alone in an apartment in Afghanistan’s capital reunited with their mother on Monday evening in Albany, New York, marking the end of a frantic, days-long rescue mission to get them to safety. “My children are now safe,” Suneeta told CNN Saturday morning, while her
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By Madeleine Fitzgerald, Paul P. Murphy and Susannah Cullinane, CNN “There was an explosion. And just like that, she’s gone.” Friends and family of Nicole L. Gee say the 23-year-old Marine killed at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, last week died doing what she loved — helping people. Gee was one of 13 US service
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29 near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center says. Ida’s arrival came on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and was described by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards as “one of the
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Four young siblings who had been hiding alone in an apartment in Afghanistan’s capital reunited with their mother on Monday evening in Albany, New York, marking the end of a frantic, days-long rescue mission to get them to safety. “My children are now safe,” Suneeta told CNN Saturday morning, while her
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 9/11 Commission, whose report was released on July 22, 2004. Facts The Commission was created to provide a “complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.” The official name of the 9/11 Commission is the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. Facts From 2001 to 2003, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) processed claims relating to injuries and deaths caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Facts The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was created in 1978. It exists to oversee and authorize activities carried out under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). About the Court Before the Patriot Act (2001), foreign intelligence had to be a
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN About 25 miles outside of Chicago in the village of Olympia Fields sits a mansion that R. Kelly once lived and worked in. The home was also the site of his studio called the “Chocolate Factory,” which operated from about 2004 to 2010, according to testimony during Kelly’s federal trial in
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN During the Fourth of July weekend, Jacob Blake says he called 911 over what he later realized was an anxiety attack. The fireworks triggered what he felt had been a crescendo of pain over a difficult and turbulent year, particularly when it came to gun violence. Blake was in the Chicago
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