By Paradise Afshar and Kaylene Chassie, CNN An Ohio woman was gored by a bison after she got within 10 feet of the animal in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said. The 25-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, suffered puncture wound and other injuries Monday after she approached a bison near a
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN One person was killed and another injured after two hikers were swept out to sea on the Lost Coast Trail near Shelter Cove, California, on Sunday, according to officials. Authorities received a call about two people in the water at around 2:45 p.m., according to the Shelter Cove Fire Department. One
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s killing, is named in two new civil lawsuits alleging excessive use of force during separate encounters in 2017. The plaintiffs, Zoya Code and John Pope, both Black, say in their lawsuits that Chauvin restrained them
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN With more funerals and visitations scheduled Wednesday for victims of the deadliest US school shooting in nearly 10 years, more changes in authorities’ narrative of how the May 24 massacre unfolded in the South Texas city of Uvalde are emerging. The Texas Department of Public Safety,
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN With more funerals and visitations scheduled Wednesday for victims of the deadliest US school shooting in nearly 10 years, more changes in authorities’ narrative of how the May 24 massacre unfolded in the South Texas city of Uvalde are emerging. The Texas Department of Public Safety,
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN With more funerals and visitations scheduled Wednesday for victims of the deadliest US school shooting in nearly 10 years, more changes in authorities’ narrative of how the May 24 massacre unfolded in the South Texas city of Uvalde are emerging. The Texas Department of Public Safety,
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A woman who was shot in the Brooklyn subway shooting in April filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gunmaker Glock Inc. and its Austria-based parent firm, claiming the company is contributing to “creating and maintaining a public nuisance in the State of New York” and endangering the state’s public health and safety.
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A woman who was shot in the Brooklyn subway shooting in April filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gunmaker Glock Inc. and its Austria-based parent firm, claiming the company is contributing to “creating and maintaining a public nuisance in the State of New York” and endangering the state’s public health and safety.
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By Omar Jimenez and Andy Rose, CNN Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief who was the incident commander during the Robb Elementary school shooting, was sworn in as a city council member on Tuesday. “Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning to bury their children
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Andy Rose, CNN Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief who officials last week identified as the incident commander during the Robb Elementary school shooting, was sworn in as a city council member on Tuesday. “Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning
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By Laura Ly, CNN Among 233 reported attacks against Asian Americans in New York City in the first three quarters of 2021, only seven have so far led to hate crime convictions, according to a new report from the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY). AABANY analyzed NYPD data and records from the
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By René Marsh, CNN As heat ramps up ahead of what forecasters say will be a hotter than normal summer, electricity experts and officials are warning that states may not have enough power to meet demand in the coming months. And many of the nation’s grid operators are also not taking climate change into account
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Ten people were injured, including a 17-year-old, in a shooting in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, police said. Four people were hospitalized in critical condition, Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds said in a news conference Tuesday. A police officer was also wounded by shrapnel and two sheriff’s
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By Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN An 80-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting at a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans has been identified, officials said. The woman was identified Thursday as Augustine Greenwood, who died from gunshot wounds,
Continue Reading By René Marsh, CNN As heat ramps up ahead of what forecasters say will be a hotter than normal summer, electricity experts and officials are warning that states may not have enough power to meet demand in the coming months. And many of the nation’s grid operators are also not taking climate change into account
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By Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN A blaze that sparked explosions and burned part of a chemical plant in Nebraska’s most populous city Monday is no longer a threat to the public, a fire official said Tuesday morning. Firefighters had previously urged residents in an area south of downtown Omaha to temporarily evacuate because
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN A blaze that sparked explosions and burned part of a chemical plant in Nebraska’s most populous city Monday is no longer a threat to the public, a fire official said Tuesday morning. Firefighters had previously urged residents in an area south of downtown Omaha to temporarily evacuate because
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Rebekah Riess, CNN Ten-year-old Maite Rodriguez wanted to be a marine biologist before she could say the words. “She loved animals,” cousin Destiny Esquivel told CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus on Monday. “She was determined. She was smart. She was going to be someone.” But last week, a gunman stormed into her classroom
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A group of scientists in France may be able to save humanity from climate change. For nearly a century, the world has been trying to develop a limitless clean energy process called nuclear fusion, which could power much of the Earth instead of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. And
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN A group of scientists in France may be able to save humanity from climate change. For nearly a century, the world has been trying to develop a limitless clean energy process called nuclear fusion, which could power much of the Earth instead of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. And
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