A continuing fire threat and hot temperatures remain for the West as parts of the Northeast and north central US see rain and storms. CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.
Continue Reading A monsoon storm is bringing flash floods and heavy rainfall to the southwestern US.
Continue Reading Cuban YouTuber Dina Fernandez, also known as Dina Stars, was in the middle of an interview with a Spanish television station when she said authorities arrived to take her away.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The US government is offering up to $10 million to anyone with information on who is behind the recent rash of cyberattacks on the country’s critical infrastructure. 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
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By Nadine Schmidt, Schams Elwazer, Barbara Wojazer, Sharon Braithwaite, Joseph Ataman and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Catastrophic flooding in western Europe has killed more than 120 people, with hundreds more missing, authorities said Friday, as large-scale rescue efforts continue amid rising water, landslides and power outages. Shocking images of the devastation in Germany and Belgium showed
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN After more than three weeks of searching, crews at the site of a condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, have made great progress — but the intensity of their work isn’t over yet, an official said. “On the original collapse site we are almost at the bottom,” Miami-Dade Police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Days after entering its second century, the Chinese Communist Party has set out its priority for the new era — tightening ideological control over 1.4 billion Chinese people. This week, the party released a new guideline on ideological and political work, which targets not only its members but also “all of
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LA County is bringing back a mask mandate this weekend because of the spreading Covid-19 Delta Variant
Continue Reading By Sarah Moon, CNN Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county, will reinstate its mask mandate starting 11:59 p.m. Saturday night amid a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The order will require masking indoors regardless of vaccination status, Los Angeles County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a news conference Thursday. “We
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By Jill Martin and Travis Caldwell, CNN Six players on the New York Yankees have tested positive for Covid-19, general manager Brian Cashman told reporters Thursday, in the second instance this year of breakthrough cases occurring among some members of the baseball team. “We have three positives, and we have three pending that we’ve had
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a possible adversary in China. Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii this week
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By Ben Westcott and CNN staff Unvaccinated residents in parts of China will be banned from accessing public services including hospitals, schools and nursing homes, as the country targets an inoculation rate of at least 80% against Covid-19. Over the past week, dozens of county-level governments in at least eight provinces have published notices warning
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN An officer was killed and four others were wounded during a standoff involving a barricaded person in Levelland, Texas, on Thursday, according to police. “The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of our own, tonight, SWAT Commander Sergeant Josh Bartlett,” it said in a statement. Levelland Chief
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By Connor Spielmaker and Kay Jones, CNN A jury in Maryland on Thursday found that the man who killed five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper is criminally responsible for the attack, rejecting his plea of insanity. Jarrod Ramos walked into the Capital Gazette offices in June 2018 and opened fire, killing five staffers. Two
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Interstate 16 in south Georgia, which was closed in both directions after a large dump trailer damaged an overpass in Treutlen County, will open ahead of schedule, state Department of Transportation District Engineer Corbett Reynolds said Friday afternoon. The GDOT originally expected the westbound lanes to open by Sunday morning,
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By Stella Chan, CNN A licensed naturopathic doctor from Northern California was arrested Wednesday for running a fake Covid-19 immunization and vaccine card scheme, according to an announcement from the US Department of Justice. Juli A. Mazi, 41, faces one charge of wire fraud and one count of false statements related to health matters, according
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By David Williams, CNN Right handed pitcher Jacob Steinmetz has a fastball in the 90-94 mph range, a wicked curve ball and a deeply-held religious faith. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected the 17-year-old on Monday in the third round with the 77th pick and say he’s the first known Orthodox Jewish player to ever be drafted
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Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, has the highest number of Covid-19 patients in the state. CNN’s Miguel Marquez gets a look inside the hospital.
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By Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN This is Dennis Smith’s 25th fire season with CalFire, so the Fire Captain is fully aware of how much fighting fires has changed in that time. The temperatures are hotter. The fire seasons are several months longer. The blazes are bigger, and there are more of them. “We
Continue Reading The US wildfire season is off to its worst start in a decade, especially in California. CNN’s Stephanie Elam reports.
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