Police are trying to find out who killed three men — including golf pro Gene Siller — whose bodies were found on the grounds of an Atlanta-area country club. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.
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The rest of the Champlain Towers South building was demolished and officials hope it will now be safer for rescue teams to expand their search with fewer reinforcements. The demolition came after part of the building fell early in the morning on June 24. At least 24 people were killed, including children, and 121 people remain unaccounted for. CNN’s Natasha Chen reports from the scene.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Fireworks still ringing in your ears? We’ll keep it short today so everyone can get back to their long holiday weekends. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your
Continue ReadingTropical storm Elsa, now the earliest 5th named Atlantic storm, is heading towards the Florida west coast. CNN Meteorologist Allison Chinchar details the forecast and impacts over the coming days.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Don Lemon and Dana Bash discuss the grand finale of the New York City July 4th fireworks display during CNN’s “Fourth in America Special.”
Continue ReadingPresident Biden bristled at a series of questions about Afghanistan when he wanted to stay on his “message of the day,” says Jennifer Epstein, one of the reporters who asked about the Afghan drawdown. David Sanger says Biden’s central problem is that he has two different messages — one for Americans and another for Afghans.
Continue ReadingDr. Jonathan Reiner discusses the progress the US has made combating Covid-19 and what work still needs to be done.
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Police are looking for the person who shot and killed golf professional Gene Siller at a country club north of Atlanta on Saturday. Cobb County police responded to a report of a person shot around 2:20 p.m. and found Siller on the green of the 10th hole of
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By David Shortell and Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN A cache of internal Champlain Towers South documents obtained by CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront sheds new light on the urgent conversations about the required construction on the building in the months leading up to its collapse. In a series of presentations delivered in the fall and winter of
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By Claudia Dominguez and Alaa Elassar, CNN Communities surrounding Arizona’s Tiger Fire have been ordered to evacuate as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. The Tiger Fire, which started on June 30 after a lightning strike in the Castle Creek Wilderness, has so far burned 9,800 acres, the Prescott National Forest said on its website.
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN A Texas hospital said it experienced a summertime “baby boom” in the lead-up to July 4, delivering 100 babies in two stretches totaling 91 hours. “While Andrews Women’s Hospital is known as a high-volume delivery hospital, the influx in births was considered rare and exceptional,” Baylor Scott and White said in
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Defending world champion Joey Chestnut broke his own world record on July 4th, devouring 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes during Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports.
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MA: Massachusetts State Police end standoff with a group called “The Rise of the Moors” by arresting 11 armed men
Continue Reading By Ganesh Setty and Alaa Elassar, CNN The 11 men who were arrested in Wakefield, Massachusetts, after an overnight standoff with Massachusetts State Police (MSP) have been charged with at least six offenses. The suspects “refer to themselves as a militia” and said they adhere to Moorish Sovereign Ideology, the MSP and Middlesex District Attorney’s
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Beachgoers in Ocean City, Maryland captured video of the town’s 4th of July fireworks gone rogue. The display exploded prematurely after the “unintentional discharge.”
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By Kay Jones and Holly Yan, CNN A California man faces federal charges after allegedly transporting tons of explosives from out of state — including devices that later exploded in a police bomb disposal truck, injuring 17 people, authorities said. Arturo Ceja III was arrested Saturday by special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
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By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN Eight people were injured in a shooting near a car wash in Fort Worth, Texas, early Sunday morning after a group of men got into an argument. One of the men left the scene during the argument, returned with a gun and began firing “toward groups of people,”
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN Defending world champion Joey Chestnut broke his own world record Sunday, devouring 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes during Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. It was the 14th time the top-ranked hot dog eater in the world won the title in the last 15 years, slinging down
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN When longtime coworkers Tia Wimbush and Susan Ellis passed by each other at work, they would smile politely and say hello, oblivious to the fact that they’d one day team up to save their husbands’ lives. Both men were suffering from kidney disease and in desperate need of transplants. The women,
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Joseph, Alaa Elassar and Christina Bowllan, CNN Employees of the fireworks company behind the July 4th celebration in Ocean City, Maryland, received minor injuries Sunday after the fireworks accidentally exploded. First responders initially thought a car was on fire, but when they arrived at the scene they discovered there was “an unintentional discharge
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