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Central Tennessee braces for more weather misery after weekend flooding killed 7 people and caused widespread damage
After enduring widespread flooding — that killed seven people, knocked out power to thousands and damaged homes and businesses — Central Tennessee is bracing for more potentially devastating rainfall. Over 2.5 million people across the region are under flood warnings through Thursday evening, according to CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy. Nashville and most of Central Tennessee
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CDC chief says latest Covid-19 numbers scare her. Here’s what could be ahead and how to change the country’s course
New Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are beginning to rise in the US again, one of the country’s top health leaders said Monday. The latest findings, shared by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, may just be the start of what experts have for weeks warned about: another surge. A surge
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A small plane crash killed one person and knocked out power for more than 1,700 people
A pilot died after his single-engine plane crashed in northwest Georgia on Monday night, according to authorities. The single-engine Aviat Husky A-1 crashed in a field near Cave Springs around 6 p.m. Monday, a spokesperson with the Federal Aviation Administration said. Biddy Allred, 79, of Centre, Alabama, died at the scene, Floyd County Coroner Gene
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Authorities are searching for three teens who escaped from an Oregon correctional facility
Authorities are searching for three teens who escaped from a youth correctional facility in Oregon on Sunday. The teens assaulted a staff member and took their keys before leaving through a hole in the fence surrounding MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon Youth Authority spokesperson Sarah Evans told CNN. The teens, identified as Preston Andrizzi, 19,
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Federal appeals court rules in favor of Ohio professor who refused to use student’s preferred pronouns
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that an Ohio professor can sue a university for violating his constitutional rights after he was disciplined for refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a transgender student. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2018 after the school formally
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A year ago, this frontline worker was fighting for his life. Now he’s walking for the first time since Covid-19
It’s been nearly a year since healthcare worker, Peter Woullard, has walked on his own. The 53-year-old, who contracted Covid-19 last March, lost his ability to stand and walk after spending months in the hospital fighting for his life. “I have nerve damage in certain areas of my body and also weakness,” he told CNN
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Federal prosecutors add sex trafficking charges against Ghislaine Maxwell
Federal prosecutors filed sex trafficking charges against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, alleging she recruited and groomed a 14-year-old girl to engage in sex acts with Epstein as recently as 2004. Prosecutors allege Maxwell and Epstein recruited the underage girl to perform massages that turned sexual at Epstein’s Palm Beach residence. In
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St. Louis jurors return mixed verdict for officers accused of beating an undercover officer and then trying to cover it up
A federal jury in St. Louis returned a mixed verdict Monday in the case of three police officers accused of beating a fellow officer working undercover. Luther Hall, who was identified in a civil suit he filed, went undercover in 2017 during a protest concerning another police shooting of a Black man. Hall, himself, is
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Virginia Beach officer told detectives the man he fatally shot had a gun, authorities say
A man who was fatally shot three days ago by a Virginia Beach police officer was wielding a handgun, the department said Monday in a news release. Donovon Lynch, a 25-year-old Black man, died Friday night after he was shot in the torso and thigh, according to a news release from the Virginia Office of
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Anguish in Myanmar after weekend of ‘outrageous’ bloodshed
Myanmar’s military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing threw a lavish dinner party Saturday while his troops reportedly shot dead more than 100 people in the streets and forced thousands of people to flee into neighboring Thailand, during a weekend of indiscriminate terror and bloodshed that was widely condemned internationally. Images posted on social media showed
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Nashville flash flood leaves six dead and dozens of homes and businesses destroyed
Some of the heaviest rainfall in Nashville’s history caused flooding that killed at least six people over the weekend. Authorities identified three of the six victims as men in their 60s and 70s who drowned after driving as floodwaters ravaged the area. One of them was swept away by floodwaters when he got out of
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Removal of Vance Monument moving forward after judge denies motion to halt process
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville city officials announce plans to remove Vance Monument are moving forward following a Buncombe County judge’s decision. In a press release, the City of Asheville says Superior Court Judge Steven Warren denied a recent motion calling for a temporary restraint order to
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Holocaust survivor’s vehicle vandalized with Swastikas
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — The back of the car of a Holocaust survivor was vandalized with swastikas on Friday, according to StopAntisemitism.org. The swastikas appeared to have been drawn by hand on the back of the vehicle’s rear glass. The organization twitted: “The Horrific- on the eve of Shabbat
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16 and 17-year-olds can only get Pfizer, so one mom drove 18 hours to get daughter her shot
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In the case of Megan Mikkalson, you can measure a mother’s love — 1,100 miles and 18 hours round trip from Rochester to the tiny town of Rolla, North Dakota. It’s a long journey she would do all over again to get the COVID-19 vaccine
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Man targeted store clerk in attempted stabbing because he believed she was Mexican, officials say
Click here for updates on this story CLIFTON, New Jersey (WCBS) — Officials say a New Jersey man is facing attempted murder and bias charges after trying to stab a woman because he believed she was Mexican. The incident happened inside a grocery store on Main Avenue near West First Street in Clifton. According to
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Four sisters expecting to give birth within months of each other
Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Four Sacramento sisters are expecting to give birth to their babies just months apart from each other. Caroline, Amy, Haley and Katie – the Gaines sisters – are four siblings that were all born just 18 months apart. They are close-knit as can
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Botham Jean boulevard officially unveiled in Dallas
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Botham Jean Boulevard was officially unveiled on Saturday as a way to honor the man who was tragically killed in his own apartment by a Dallas officer. The new street name covers a stretch of South Lamar Street from Interstate-30 to South Central Expressway. Among
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Getting vaccinated an emotional moment for many who long to get back to their lives
Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE (KPIX) — Many people view getting vaccinated as the key to ending the pandemic and eventually returning to some sense of normalcy in their lives and after a year in lockdown, for many, the experience of finally receiving their shot can be an emotional one. “A
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‘The killing needs to stop’ a mother’s plea after a Chicago mass shooting
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — CBS 2 has never-before-seen video of the moments after a mass shooting in the Wrightwood neighborhood that left one dead and seven others injured. CBS 2’s Meredith Barack reports from police headquarters. People were gathered for a celebration of life for a man who was
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