By Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — Parts of Colorado are experiencing an extreme and prolonged heat wave this week. The heat has prompted CBS Colorado’s First Alert Meteorologists to issue a First Alert Weather Day for Thursday, as hot, dry, and windy conditions grip much of the state.
Continue ReadingBy Callie Zanandrie Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KCNC) — The latest drought monitor shows drought conditions are worsening statewide, and fire danger is on the rise. The most dramatic change this week is in extreme drought, which increased by more than 8%, especially in Mesa, Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Garfield Counties.
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By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The anxiety pulsing through this idyllic swath of Montana is palpable – from the armored SWAT vehicles to the locked down businesses to the neighbors sleeping next to their guns. For the past week, residents have oscillated between grief and fear after authorities said an Army veteran walked into
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By Julie Sharp Click here for updates on this story California (KCAL, KCBS) — Fire crews from Ventura and Los Angeles counties are battling a rapidly growing vegetation fire in Holser Canyon, near Lake Piru, in 100-degree heat. The blaze, called the Canyon Fire, is estimated to be at nearly 4,900 acres. The California Department
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By Jacob Lev, Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Yet another sex toy was thrown onto a WNBA court, this time in the closing seconds of the Atlanta Dream’s 86-65 win over the Chicago Sky. With just under six seconds remaining at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Thursday, play was momentarily stopped after a purple
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — This week, President Donald Trump called Operation Warp Speed, a public-private federal program that helped speed up the development and distribution of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines in record time “one of the most incredible things ever done in this country.” It was just a day after US Health and Human
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — While Hollywood actors may be the face of the film and television industry, teams of professionals work behind the scenes, bringing each cinematic story to life through disciplines like lighting, costumes and set design. For 15 years, Hillary Cohen was one of them, working as an assistant
Continue Reading SPECTRUM-NEWS-LOS-ANGELES, CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — While Hollywood actors may be the face of the film and television industry, teams of professionals work behind the scenes, bringing each cinematic story to life through disciplines like lighting, costumes and set design. For 15 years, Hillary Cohen was one of them, working as
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Aarón Blake, CNN En su segundo mandato, el presidente Donald Trump a menudo parece estar lanzando ideas al aire, a ver qué funciona y qué no. Ese es, sin duda, el caso de su poco convencional iniciativa para un nuevo censo. Este asunto se le ha resistido varias veces antes, pero aparentemente ha
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year. An official analysis showed the reef lost between a quarter and a third of its hard coral cover across three main regions due to a marine heatwave. Some particularly hard-hit areas lost up to 70%
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year. An official analysis showed the reef lost between a quarter and a third of its hard coral cover across three main regions due to a marine heatwave. Some particularly hard-hit areas lost up to
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — If you want to get away from it all, there can be few places more secluded than Thorne Island. Situated 3 nautical miles off the coast of Pembrokeshire in west Wales, United Kingdom, the private island is home to a 19th century fort. Extending to approximately 2.49 acres,
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español EE.UU. endurece requisitos para “green cards” por relación familiar. Ordenan suspender temporalmente la construcción de Alligator Alcatraz. El drama de una familia migrante atrincherada en su casa por miedo a ICE. El Gobierno de Trump duplica el monto de la recompensa por el presidente de Venezuela. ¿Quiénes son los nominados al
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — National Republicans are ramping up their efforts to squeeze more GOP-friendly congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections outside of the five seats they hope to gain in Texas. Allies of President Donald Trump have called on state leaders in Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina and Missouri to target
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The Missouri State Fair opened for its 123rd year on Thursday, continuing a Midwestern summer agricultural and cultural tradition in the Show-Me State. Gov. Mike Kehoe is promoting the fair as the “Great American Fair” and “Show-Me 250” to coincide with the coming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The crowds
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump campaigned on lowering grocery prices during the 2024 race and pledged that Americans are “going to be affording their groceries very soon.” But grocery prices have continued to tick higher after the election, and Americans are starting to change their shopping behavior as they
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime is generating so much revenue for the federal government that Washington could eventually return some of that windfall to taxpayers. Even though Trump’s historically high tariffs were designed to revive American manufacturing and to help chip away at the national debt,
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By Arlette Saenz, Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — Texas’ redistricting standoff rose to a new level Friday as Democrats once again denied a quorum to allow the House to consider the GOP-led plan and Republicans responded by threatening more punitive action. Republicans in the state House tried again Friday to advance efforts to redraw the
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Step aside, MAHA. The country’s largest heart-health organization has just released its long-awaited guidelines for the consumption of ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs. The new scientific advisory statement from the American Heart Association comes just days before the arrival of the second “Make America Healthy Again” or MAHA Commission report,
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — When state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were tasked Thursday morning with checking on a call of shots fired at a home in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, they had no idea about the danger they were driving toward. By the end of the day, both would be in a
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