One killed when house explodes near Vienna
A 58-year-old man was killed Tuesday morning when a house exploded near Vienna.
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At least 8 taken to hospitals after a Chicago building explosion
By Rebekah Riess, Brad Parks and Dakin Andone, CNN Eight people have been taken to hospitals from the scene of a building explosion in Chicago on Tuesday morning, according to Chicago Fire. At least three of those people are listed in serious to critical condition, Chicago Fire said on Twitter. The source of the explosion
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Tracking near record heat this afternoon, rain chances and a cool down by tomorrow
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy with lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds and warm with highs in the lower 90s. Spotty to scattered storms possible south of Highway 50 by early evening. EXTENDED: The record high for today has been tied with 98 degrees recorded at the Columbia airport as of 3:00 p.m.
Continue ReadingDOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, appeals court says
By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court is allowing the Justice Department to continue looking at documents marked as classified that were seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and resort. The emergency intervention upends a trial judge’s order over those documents that had blocked federal investigators’ work on the
Continue ReadingTakeaways from the first hearing with the Mar-a-Lago search special master
By Tierney Sneed and Kara Scannell, CNN A court hearing in Brooklyn on Tuesday gave the public its first glimpse of how Judge Raymond Dearie, a senior judge who’s been tapped to serve as a special master in the Mar-a-Lago search dispute, will approach the job of reviewing materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingDOJ charges 47 people with stealing $250 million from pandemic program meant to provide meals to needy children
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Omar Jimenez, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against 47 people accused of stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the pandemic. According to the department, the scheme is the largest Covid-19-related fraud uncovered by investigators to date. The defendants are
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia buys pair of SpaceX astronaut seats from Axiom
By Reuters Saudi Arabia is planning to launch two astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a space capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, becoming the latest Gulf nation to strengthen ties with private U.S. space companies, according to three people familiar with the arrangement. The sources, speaking anonymously to discuss the mission’s crew before its
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WATCH: Drinkwitz holds weekly news conference ahead of Auburn game
Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz took questions Tuesday coming off a home win over Abilene Christian.
Continue ReadingCrypto firm Wintermute hit by $160 million theft
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Hackers have stolen around $160 million worth of cryptocurrency from crypto market maker Wintermute, the company said Tuesday. The incident marks the latest in a growing list of large crypto thefts this year. The hack is said to have targeted Wintermute’s decentralized finance (DeFi) operations, according to a series of
Continue ReadingStocks sink as investors wait for the Fed’s rate hike
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for Wall Street sitting back and taking it easy while awaiting the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision on Wednesday. Stocks slid Tuesday as investors grew anxious about the impact of another big rate hike. The Dow fell more than 313 points, or 1%. The S&P
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Tracking the return of much cooler air for the first days of Fall
TODAY: After Monday’s record breaking heat, we’ll have the opportunity to break records again Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures are forecast in the upper 90s, with the record to break sitting at 98. Overall Tuesday is sunny and hot, with dewpoints just high enough to make it feel like a degree or two warmer. TONIGHT: Skies will
Continue ReadingYears after water crisis, Flint residents reported high rates of depression, PTSD
By Carma Hassan, CNN In a new study, researchers say the experiences of residents of Flint, Michigan, show that environmental disasters like the water crisis can have long-term consequences for mental health. Flint residents reported changes to the water’s color, smell and taste soon after the city turned to the Flint River as a water
Continue Reading‘Serial’ streams new episode after Adnan Syed released
By Lisa Respers France, CNN The podcast that shined light on Adnan Syed’s case was there Monday when he was released to home detention. “Serial” explored Syed’s conviction for the murder of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Judge Melissa Phinn of the Baltimore City Circuit Court vacated his 1999 conviction on Monday. In
Continue ReadingFive people killed in Iran in protests over death of woman in police custody, human rights group says
By Irene Nasser, Ramin Mostaghim, Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Five people have been killed by Iranian security forces during protests that were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was being held in police custody, according to a human rights monitor. Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a Norwegian-registered organization monitoring
Continue ReadingSoleil Moon Frye visits Ukraine and urges Americans not to become ‘indifferent’ to the war
By Chloe Melas, CNN Actress Soleil Moon Frye spent one week with Ukrainian refugees and is urging the public to do what they can to help. Frye was on the ground with CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), Sean Penn’s emergency relief nonprofit which has supported disaster responses in the US and around the world. She
Continue ReadingUniversity of Oregon apologizes for ‘disgraceful chant’ at football game
By Andi Babineau, CNN The University of Oregon has issued an apology after some students yelled a bigoted chant during Saturday’s football game against Utah’s Brigham Young University. The university “sincerely apologizes for an offensive and disgraceful chant coming from the student section” during the game, it said in a statement on Twitter. “These types
Continue ReadingBexar County Sheriff announces investigation into how migrants went from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard
By Amy Simonson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A Texas sheriff said Monday evening his agency will open an investigation into the transportation of 48 Venezuelan migrants from the state to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, last week. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, told reporters at a Monday news conference that his understanding was that
Continue ReadingNew footage confirms fake Trump elector spent hours inside Georgia elections office day it was breached
By Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN Newly obtained surveillance video shows for the first time what happened inside a Georgia county elections office the day its voting systems are known to have been breached on January 7, 2021. A Republican county official in Georgia and operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald
Continue ReadingDon’t cook chicken in NyQuil: FDA warns about dangerous social media challenges
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Want to cook chicken in NyQuil? Overdose on antihistamines? Swallow laundry detergent pods? While most of us would recoil in horror from such dangerous suggestions, adolescents and young adults continue to be susceptible to social media dares like these, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. “One social media trend
Continue Reading36% of US counties are ‘maternity care deserts,’ raising risks for women and babies, new report finds
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN About 36% of all US counties are “maternity care deserts,” and the number of counties where there is limited or no access to maternity care appears to be growing, according to a new report. The report, released Tuesday by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes, found that between
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