By Bill Weir, Paul P. Murphy and Ray Sanchez, CNN An older couple who rode out Hurricane Ian in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida could not agree on evacuating after parts of the causeway to the mainland were destroyed. “We’re going. We’re going,” the unidentified man told his partner as she looked down
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN Hurricane Ian shredded the roof of a Port Charlotte intensive care unit, flooding the hospital ward and turning a stairwell into a waterfall. In Fort Myers, a 10-foot storm surge tossed cars around like bath toys and left them “smashed up in the street.” The catastrophic hurricane turned cities into lakes
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
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Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon said Thursday it plans to hire 150,000 new employees across the United States to meet demand ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. The openings, which include full-time, seasonal and part-time roles, range from packing and picking to sorting and shipping, the company said. The announcement comes just days
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN Hurricane Ian shredded the roof of a Port Charlotte intensive care unit, flooding the hospital ward and turning a stairwell into a waterfall. In Fort Myers, a 10-foot storm surge tossed cars around like bath toys and left them “smashed up in the street.” The catastrophic hurricane turned cities into lakes
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid widespread flooding and power outages, people are leaving Florida in droves as Ian pummels the state. But some brave individuals are intentionally traveling into the ferocious storm to gather data for research and forecasting. Watch these professional hurricane hunters — famous for enduring the world’s most dangerous weather — fly
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid widespread flooding and power outages, people are leaving Florida in droves as Ian pummels the state. But some brave individuals are intentionally traveling into the ferocious storm to gather data for research and forecasting. Watch these professional hurricane hunters — famous for enduring the world’s most dangerous weather — fly
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN Experts say that the unexplained explosions in the Nord Stream pipelines running from Russia to Europe could release an “unprecedented” amount of the greenhouse gas methane and be enormously damaging to the climate. More than 100,000 metric tons of natural gas are bubbling on the surface of the Baltic Sea over
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell and George Ramsay, CNN It was a moment in time — as brief as half a second — that captured the intensity of the relationship and rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Poised on the side of the court with her camera at the ready, photographer Ella Ling expected Federer’s farewell
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Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks kicked off October with more treats than tricks for investors. The market rallied to begin the fourth quarter, despite growing worries about the financial health of European banking giant Credit Suisse and weak economic data. The Dow rose 765 points, or 2.7%. That was its biggest gain
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN European security officials on Monday and Tuesday observed Russian Navy support ships in the vicinity of leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines likely caused by underwater explosions, according two Western intelligence officials and one other source familiar with the matter. It’s unclear whether the ships
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would seize of nearly a fifth of Ukraine on Friday, declaring that the millions of people living there would be Russian citizens “forever.” Under the annexation process, which is illegal under international law, Moscow will recognize four Ukrainian regions as Russian
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COLUMBIA. Mo. (KMIZ.) The Columbia Board of Education will host a meeting Wednesday where Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood plans to address growth and achievement at the school district. Some of the items to be addressed in the PowerPoint are student attendance, achievements and teacher retention. Data from the presentation shows teacher retention sits at 87%
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” has died, his friend and manager Jarez Posey, told CNN. He was 59. Posey said Coolio died Wednesday afternoon. Details on the circumstances were not immediately available. When contacted by CNN, Capt. Erik
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Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Melissa Bell, Mark Esplin and Ekaterine Kadagishvili CNN With one bag in each hand and another on his back, Denis makes his way up a hill on foot, having just crossed the border from Russia into Georgia. “I’m just tired. That’s the only thing I feel,” the 27-year-old says as he tries
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Florida residents said they are prepared for Hurricane Ian as it makes landfall. “I feel like we’re just acting like it’s kind of a normal like day, and like a big sleepover,” said Apopka, Fla. resident Crystal Bernal. “We have some people staying with us because like some places are more
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