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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Human remains have been recovered from an SUV that crashed into a liquid natural gas pipeline this week and caused an explosion and dayslong fire, police said Thursday – the day that the fire would eventually be extinguished. “The Deer Park Police Department was able to access the site

By Chelsea Bailey and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, issued a proclamation Thursday claiming temporary emergency powers “to mitigate public safety concerns” as false claims about Haitian immigrants continue to stoke bomb threats and the specter of violence in the community. The proclamation grants Mayor Rob Rue temporary emergency powers

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — In some corners of society, there appears to be a shift in the way people talk about kids. Every so often, a provocative social media post sets off predictably polarizing discourse about the presence of children in daily life. There was the woman who snarkily suggested that toddlers should

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Economy In a significant shift for the US economy, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced a jumbo-sized interest rate cut for the first time in four years. The half-point move is

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Economy In a significant shift for the US economy, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced a jumbo-sized interest rate cut for the first time in four years. The half-point move is a

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Margery Koveleski says “Why Springfield?” is something she’s been hearing a lot lately. “Everybody asks the question,” says Koveleski, a community activist and translator in the Ohio city who’s been helping its growing Haitian population. Springfield is now home to thousands of Haitians. Last week’s presidential debate thrust

By Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Witty banter and rivalrous trash talk are commonplace in fantasy football leagues, but one Philadelphia man’s online beef has resulted in an international investigation and federal charges after he falsely accused a fellow player of intending to carry out violent attacks, prosecutors say. Matthew Gabriel, 25,

By Sharif Paget, Sara Smart, Dalia Faheid and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent one couple into the woods to join the dayslong manhunt for the

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Investigators believe they have found the body of a man they say shot five people and a dozen cars on an interstate highway in Kentucky this month, state police said Wednesday – ending an 11-day manhunt that stretched deep into the sprawling Daniel Boone National Forest and put surrounding

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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his due process rights were denied during the yearslong legal battle to save his life.