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Story and photographs by Kara Fox, CNN Niamh Burns is organizing a special 20-year reunion for her schoolmates this year. But while the accomplishments of the “Courageous Classes of 2001” are worth celebrating, the date they are commemorating is not. Over the course of 12 weeks in 2001, Burns and the other pupils at north

By David Williams, CNN The devastating heat wave that ravaged British Columbia last week is being blamed for a massive die-off of mussels, clams and other marine animals that live on the beaches of Western Canada. Christopher Harley, a professor in the zoology department at The University of British Columbia, found countless dead mussels popped

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Over 30 million people are under heat alerts across Western states as temperatures are forecast to soar well into the triple digits this weekend. Nearly the entire state of California will be impacted by this heat wave, in addition to major metro areas in the Southwest. Numerous daily temperature records

By Caitlin Hu and Etant Dupain, CNN The charred shells of three burned-out cars marked the road to the president’s house on Friday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Just up the hill, former leader Jovenel Moise had been murdered in his bedroom two days earlier, in an otherwise quiet neighborhood of big houses and high walls topped

By Forrest Brown, CNN Visitors and residents of the Northeastern United States puzzlin’ where to go with their children this summer have another travel option. On Friday, the Legoland New York Resort fully opened with all seven of its lands available for kids and adults to explore. Reservations are required, even for annual pass holders.

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN After a deadly, climate change-fueled heat wave smothered the Pacific Northwest at the end of June, historic heat threatens records once again, particularly in the drought-stricken Southwest region. More than 30 million people are under heat warnings and advisories. The National Weather Service says the risk level for this heat wave

By Hannah Gard and Jennifer Gray, CNN Human-caused climate change pushed June into unprecedented territory. Tens of millions of people in the Southwest roasted under an intense heat dome around the middle of the month, which lasted for nearly a week. Overnight lows in Phoenix didn’t drop below 90 degrees. Hundreds of records were set

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Another relentless heat wave is expected to grip the West this weekend. The extreme conditions in the forecast have prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) to categorize much of California and Nevada in the highest heat risk level by Sunday. Over 30 million people are under heat alerts

By Alison Kosik, CNN Toyota said it would stop donating to Republican lawmakers who opposed certifying the 2020 presidential election results, after a political action committee called out the automaker’s financial support for “seditious politicians.” The decision to support those members of Congress has “troubled some stakeholders,” Toyota said in a press release Thursday. “At

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN When the England football team sing the national anthem ahead of their Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday, Prince William will join in along with the rest of the crowd at Wembley, just as he has for other key games. William has been attending in his capacity

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

By Caitlin Hu, Lionel Vital, Stefano Pozzebon and Helen Regan, CNN The violent fallout from the assassination of Haitiian President Jovenel Moise was evident on Friday near his private residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Burned-out cars, spent bullet casings, bloodstains and bullet-pocked walls were what remained of a shootout between the police and some

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stellantis, the giant automaker formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s PSA, plans to invest €30 billion, or $35.5 billion, by the end of 2025 to expand its portfolio of electrified vehicles. The company is planning for 70% of its sales in Europe and 40% of sales