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11 in Amish family, including 1-year-old, hospitalized after eating ‘toxic mushrooms’

By Jordan D. Brown and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Eleven members of an Amish family – including a 1-year-old – were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said. A member of the family in southeastern Pennsylvania’s Peach Bottom Township told authorities they became sick after eating wild mushrooms

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Toronto police open hate crime investigation after Jewish girls’ school hit with gunfire in 2nd incident this year

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya

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Floods, blackouts and gas shortages: Florida faces headwinds in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton

By Ashley R. Williams, Brandon Miller, Zoe Sottile, Josh Campbell, Ella Nilsen, Dalia Faheid and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — On a dark September night, a fierce storm jolted Florida with winds and torrential rainfall. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton has roared through the state, mercilessly hampering recovery efforts already underway. After Helene’s

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The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek

1 dead and 23 rescued after elevator issue at Colorado tourist mine left some trapped 1,000 feet underground for 6 hours

KKTV, TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Jeff Winter, Sarah Moon and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 23 people have been rescued after an elevator malfunction trapped them hundreds of feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, officials said Thursday. At around

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Chemical leak at Houston-area plant kills 2 workers and injures several others, prompting city-wide shelter-in-place

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A chemical leak at a PEMEX oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas, on Thursday killed two workers and injured several others, prompting temporary shelter-in-place orders for residents across the city, officials said. The leak happened around 4:20 p.m., sending hydrogen sulfide – a colorless and potentially toxic gas –

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1 dead and 23 rescued after elevator issue at Colorado tourist mine left some trapped 1,000 feet underground for 6 hours

By Jeff Winter, Sarah Moon and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 23 people have been rescued after an elevator malfunction trapped them hundreds of feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, officials said Thursday. At around noon Thursday, the mine experienced a

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