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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A pigeon suspected of spying for China has been released by Indian officials after being held for an eight-month investigation. While the bird’s case has made global headlines, “spy animals” captured and exploited by militaries are nothing new. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A pigeon suspected of spying for China has been released by Indian officials after being held for an eight-month investigation. While the bird’s case has made global headlines, “spy animals” captured and exploited by militaries are nothing new. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to

By Ashley R. Williams, Christina Zdanowicz, Rob Shackelford and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving across California — bringing widespread power outages, mudslides and life-threatening flooding as it dumps heavy rain and snow. Follow our live coverage here. This is what’s happening: • Rare high flood risk persists: A

By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Patrick Mahomes Sr., father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Tyler, Texas. Mahomes Sr., 53, was arrested by the Tyler Police Department and released Sunday on a $10,000 surety bond, according to jail records. His arrest comes eight days

By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — What springs to mind when you hear the words “nuclear power plant?” For many, they conjure images of Chernobyl, Fukushima or Three Mile Island. But as countries scramble to end their reliance on fossil fuels, nuclear power is undergoing a renaissance, thanks in part to a

CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — What springs to mind when you hear the words “nuclear power plant?” For many, they conjure images of Chernobyl, Fukushima or Three Mile Island. But as countries scramble to end their reliance on fossil fuels, nuclear power is undergoing a renaissance, thanks in part to

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — All Dani Jo Carter heard was a bang. It was September 25, 2016, but it still felt like a warm, summer night. Stopped at a red light in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Carter gripped the steering wheel of the white Ford Expedition and looked to her right, where

By Tina Burnside and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving into California Sunday, bringing the potential for “life-threatening” flooding, mudslides and widespread power outages as it dumps heavy rain and snow. Follow our live coverage here. This is what’s happening: • Rare high risk for flooding: A rare Level

KABC, CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Many victims of the massive storms now battering Southern California about are to be hit with another heartbreak – discovering their insurance won’t cover the damage. The typical homeowners’ policy won’t cover loss from flood damage. That is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, a part

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah H. Hammoud, said residents can expect an increased police presence “effective immediately” at “all places of worship and major infrastructure points” after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece referred to his city as “America’s Jihad capital.” The increase of law enforcement in the

By Paradise Afshar, Raja Razek, Christina Maxouris, Rebekah Riess and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — An escaped 17-year-old inmate who was being held on attempted murder charges in Louisiana was turned in by his parents and is now back in custody, bringing a three-day manhunt to an end, authorities said Sunday. Kimmy Dauntain Jr., who

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Someone recently asked me what my “process” is for writing this newsletter. You get that question a lot in this line of work, and I assume people are waiting for a sophisticated answer like, “Oh, I pour myself a cup of decaf green tea and take notes in a

By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — New York City police no longer believe that four of the suspects arrested and subsequently released following an assault on NYPD officers in Times Square fled the city on a bus to California, a senior law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday. The same senior law enforcement official told

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The remains of a hiker who went missing in a Southern California park last year have been found nearly nine months after the man’s disappearance, according to the National Park Service. Staff members with the Joshua Tree National Park discovered the skeletal remains of Trammell Evans, 25, on

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — As a young person, Andrew Ritchie rarely had opportunities to connect with or even see other gay people. He certainly didn’t get many chances to discuss his interests in gardening and design with likeminded enthusiasts. “Growing up gay in the ‘80s and ‘90s meant living in a vacuum in a

By Isabel Rosales, Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Police in Florida have released the names of the three people killed Thursday night when a plane crashed into a mobile home in Clearwater. They were Martha Parry, 86, who lived in the mobile home; Mary Ellen Pender, 54, who was visiting; and pilot

By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN Viera, Florida (CNN) — In Florida, where the right-wing Moms for Liberty group was born in response to Covid-19 school closures and mask mandates, the first Brevard County School Board meeting of the new year considered whether two bestselling novels – “The Kite Runner” and “Slaughterhouse-Five”