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By Chris Boyette and Amy Simonson, CNN A fire that erupted Monday night at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, still poses a threat to the community Wednesday — and an evacuation radius remains in place, authorities said. The fire is still burning at the plant and the one-mile evacuation radius that

By Travis Caldwell and Jenn Selva, CNN Staying up late on Super Bowl Sunday to watch the game has notoriously left plenty of football fans needing a day to recover, win or lose. For long-suffering supporters of the Cincinnati Bengals — who are playing in their first title game in more than 30 years —

By Claudia Dominguez and Ana María Mejía, CNN The sole survivor of a boat that capsized off the coast of Florida last week lost his sister at sea and spent harrowing days fighting to survive, he told reporters at a news conference on Monday. Colombian national Juan Esteban Montoya, 22, was traveling with his sister

By David Shortell, CNN Federal prisons were placed on a temporary lockdown nationwide Monday after violence broke out at an institution in Texas and two inmates died. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said it was acting with an “abundance of caution” and the facilities would be secured as “a temporary measure to ensure the

By Nick Valencia and Amanda Watts, CNN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will meet with the Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday to discuss recent new allegations in the Ronald Greene case. Both the governor’s office and the Department of Justice for the Western District of Louisiana are contesting recent reporting by the Associated Press that

By Jenn Selva, CNN The incoming executive director for Georgetown University’s Center for the Constitution has been placed on administrative leave after social media comments made last week questioning President Joe Biden’s intentions for the US Supreme Court vacancy. Biden last week confirmed that he would make good a campaign promise and nominate a Black

By Josh Campbell, CNN Federal agents and a Southern California sheriff’s department engaged in “highway robberies” after seizing more than a million dollars in cash from vehicles transporting funds from marijuana dispensaries to financial institutions during a series of traffic stops last year, a new lawsuit claims. In the civil suit filed in federal district

By Sara Smart, CNN An Ottawa soup kitchen has received an outpouring of support after a group of truckers protesting in the city allegedly harassed staff and assaulted a homeless man on Saturday. Located blocks away from Parliament Hill, the Shepherds of Good Hope shelter found itself in the thick of the protests this weekend.

By Stella Chan, CNN A captain in the Stockton, California, fire department has died after a man shot him at the scene of a fire, officials announced at a news conference Monday. Capt. Max Fortuna and other firefighters responded to a dumpster fire early Monday, Stockton Fire Department Chief Rick Edwards said. The Engine 2

By Gregory Lemos and Caroline Kucera, CNN More than 200 cities and towns were affected by a “notable” 4.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Midwest, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said Monday. The early afternoon tremor was centered about 4.3 miles northwest of Medford, Oklahoma. The USGS gave the quake a “V” rating on its

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Michigan university sent email notifications to thousands of students notifying them about a scholarship award valued at $48,000, but the email was sent in error. It is the second Michigan university to make a mistake like this in the month of January. On January 4, Oakland University in Rochester Hills,

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Sacramento, California, in connection with two explosions in a neighborhood, police said Sunday. Investigators served a search warrant on Saturday following an explosion that caused damage to a vehicle the previous day, a Sacramento Police Department news release states. Police canvassed the area and

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States is already spending tens of billions of dollars a year on flood damage as hurricanes get more intense, sea level rises along the coasts and extreme weather becomes more frequent. And a new study suggests that not only is flooding going to cost the US even more in

By Maeve Reston, Christina Maxouris and Nicole Chavez, CNN Heading into the new year, 24-year-old Heather McClintock had hoped she and her fiancé could finally move beyond the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic and focus on their future — namely their wedding in September. Instead, amid a highly transmissible variant still gripping large swaths of