By Amir Vera, Sharif Paget and Joe Sutton, CNN One of the three missing people from the Marshall Fire in Colorado has been accounted for, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said in a news conference Sunday. The Marshall Fire tore through Boulder County on Thursday, leveling subdivisions and charring more than 6,000 acres. The missing
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By Ben Burnstein and Lindsay Benson, CNN With nothing but the clothes on their backs, thousands of people in north central Colorado fled their houses as intense fires bore down. The flames scorched almost 2,000 acres, leaving ashes and uncertainty where homes had stood just hours prior. The fires have displaced entire communities. And aid
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 28-24 victory over the New York Jets wasn’t without drama Sunday. Bucs receiver Antonio Brown seems to have retired mid-game, as he was seen on the sideline taking off his jersey and walking away from the team. Video from CBS showed that
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By Alaa Elassar and Joe Sutton, CNN A massive sewage spill has led to the temporary closure of all swimming areas at beaches in the Southern California city of Long Beach. City officials announced the spill in a news release Friday, confirming millions of gallons of untreated sewage was discharged into the Dominguez Channel, a
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man died after he was pushed into an oncoming train in an unprovoked attack on New Year’s Day in San Diego, police said. Authorities are still searching for the suspect who fled on foot after the attack, which happened around 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, the San Diego
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By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN An off-duty New York City Police Department officer was shot in the head while sleeping in his car on New Year’s Day, police announced at a news conference Saturday. Officials said it was unclear whether the officer was the intended target. The bullet was fired from a significant
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Happy New Year! If you’ve made any resolutions, we hope they’re off to a great start. If you still need some ideas, consider one of these financial resolutions to make your 2022 — and beyond — the best it can be. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your
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By Julia M. Chan, CNN When it came to people, Betty White loved to make them laugh. When it came to animals, she loved to lend them a helping hand. A lifelong animal lover, White — who died Friday at age 99 — said her parents instilled in her a compassion for all creatures great
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By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN America’s oldest folk parade returns Sunday after coronavirus shut down the New Year’s Day tradition that has come under scrutiny for racist and other offensive costumes worn by some participants throughout the years. Thousands are expected to attend and participate in Philadelphia’s time-honored Mummers Parade despite rising Covid-19 cases, locally and
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN “No worries,” “at the end of the day,” “you’re on mute,” and the dreaded “supply chain”: These are the phrases thousands of English speakers have finally heard enough of. They and several others make up Lake Superior State University’s Banished Words List, an annual list amassed from submissions around the world,
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By Alanne Orjoux, CNN There was no winner in the first Powerball drawing of 2022… which is why I’m still here at my job, writing this story. But hey! The jackpot rolls over to an estimated $522 million for Monday, so we all have another chance at champagne wishes and caviar dreams. If you still
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, CNN The iconic Southernmost Point landmark, an anchored concrete buoy in Key West, Florida, sustained “extensive damage” early Saturday morning after vandals placed a Christmas tree in front of it which they lit on fire, Key West Police said in statement. Police are now looking for two male suspects they say are
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Three people have been killed and four others injured at a New Year’s Eve party in Mississippi when multiple people started shooting following a physical altercation. The fatal incident at the celebration in Gulfport happened just minutes before the end of 2021, Gulfport Police said. An initial investigation
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Melissa Alonso, CNN Officials have rescued 21 people who were trapped on the Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico for more than 12 hours during icy conditions Friday night. The Bernalillo County Fire Department received a call around 2 a.m. to assist in search and rescue efforts, after a tram
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Alaa Elassar, CNN One person is dead and three others were injured in a shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin early New Year’s Day. Police responded to reports of gunshots being fired “in the parking lot of a local establishment” around 4 a.m., the Kenosha Police Department said in a news release. When
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By John Blake, CNN He’s been called a “racist P.O.S.” and accused of indoctrinating students. He lost the job he loved. The constant attacks have reduced him to tears. Matt Hawn has become a focal point of one of this past year’s biggest racial controversies. The former public high school teacher in Tennessee was thrust
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Five endangered and missing teenagers were recovered in New Orleans during a multiagency effort dubbed “Operation Boo Dat 2021” led by the US Marshals Service. The annual operation, which took place from mid-October to December 24, also led to the arrest of 30 individuals, including 17 who were suspected of felony
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By Christina Maxouris, Natasha Chen, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least three people are missing and feared dead after a horrific wildfire tore through Boulder, County, Colorado, Thursday, leveling whole subdivisions and charring more than 6,000 acres. Two of the missing residents were in Superior and the third individual is from the unincorporated
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s raining fish in east Texas — but it’s nothing too out of the ordinary. Earlier this week, residents of Texarkana reported small fish falling from the sky in what seemed like an epochal weather event. The reality was more mundane: The swimmers, many of them palm-sized, were likely picked up
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s raining fish in east Texas — but it’s nothing too out of the ordinary. Earlier this week, residents of Texarkana reported small fish falling from the sky in what seemed like an epochal weather event. The reality was more mundane: The swimmers, many of them palm-sized, were likely picked up
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