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By Josh Campbell and Jason Kravarik, CNN As Americans across the country celebrated the nation’s independence and its freedom from the apparent worst of the coronavirus pandemic, an epidemic of a different kind remained on familiar display: the surge in shootings. It was an incredibly violent weekend across the country. According to the Gun Violence

By Paula Newton, CNN Indigenous leader and advocate Mary Simon has been appointed as Canada’s next governor general, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. Simon will be the first Indigenous person to serve as the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada and commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is a largely ceremonial

By David Williams, CNN A woman mowing the grass at a small airfield in Quebec died after she was hit by a plane as it came in for a landing, authorities say. The 27-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was operating a tractor on Monday near the runway at the Saint-Esprit airfield in Quebec,

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Running your own business can come with many perks, like setting your own work schedule and the potential to increase your income. But without the benefits typically offered by large employers, saving up for retirement is often solely up to you. “When you are a small business owner, almost every

By Hannah Gard and Jackson Dill, CNN A wide range of weather is impacting the Northeast on Tuesday, ranging from extreme heat to severe storms in the afternoon. A severe thunderstorm watch is effect until 8 p.m. for parts of the Northeast and New England where severe weather, including damaging wind and large hail, is

By Hannah Gard and Taylor Ward, CNN Unrelenting heat is expected to continue in the West after a late-June heat wave left hundreds dead in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Records could topple again this weekend as temperatures climb well above normal. The number of Oregonians who died from heat-related illnesses during the historic

By Rhea Mogul, Swati Gupta and Esha Mitra, CNN The death in India of an octogenarian human rights activist who was denied bail even as his health deteriorated in prison has sparked anger across the country, with critics decrying the government’s alleged misuse of anti-terrorism laws. Jesuit priest Stan Swamy died age 84 on Monday

By Jason Hanna, Hollie Silverman and Amir Vera, CNN Elsa is moving up the Florida coast and is now near the Tampa Bay area after strengthening to a hurricane Tuesday. The storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday morning over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. “Hurricane conditions are expected

By Lilit Marcus and Shawn Deng, CNN Chengdu is famous for being the home of China’s panda breeding program, so it seems only fitting that the southwestern city should have a panda train to welcome international tourists when they return. On June 26, the capital of Sichuan province debuted the Zhongtang Air Railway, a sky

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Tropical storm Elsa will be headed to Florida after it dumps up to a foot of rain across Cuba on Monday. The storm is on track to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday and will be the third named storm to make landfall in the US

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Volkswagen Group and Porsche have agreed to create a new joint venture that combines Rimac, a Croatian company that makes electric supercars, with Bugatti. The new company will be called Bugatti-Rimac and will make both Bugatti and Rimac cars. Bugatti, like Porsche, is part of the Volkswagen Group. Porsche also

By Rob Picheta and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN A Jewish man was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse in London twice in the space of one evening while traveling on public transportation, his brother has said, as videos of the altercations went viral on social media. Footage showed a man berating a bus driver and then the person

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Sarah Dean and Duarte Mendonca, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out his plan to lift most of England’s remaining coronavirus restrictions by mid-July, despite warnings from some experts that the current surge of Delta variant cases across the country means such a move is premature. Johnson said Monday that