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By Aya Elamroussi and Joe Sutton, CNN The Oregon National Guard was deployed Wednesday to help fight the massive Bootleg Fire — the country’s largest wildfire — which has already charred more than 220,000 acres. The fire, which has scorched 227,234 acres in the Fremont-Winema National Forest in the state’s southwestern area, began July 6

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Parts of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, raising fears of the potentially devastating impact on its fragile ecosystems and a further worsening of the climate crisis, according to a new study. The research, published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, says the Amazon’s vital

By Matt Rivers, Caitlin Hu and Jessie Yeung, CNN The head of security at Haiti’s presidential residence has been placed in police custody, according to a close associate, as authorities continue to investigate the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Dimitri Herard, who is the head of the General Security Unit of the National Palace,

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN After 26 Colombians were accused of assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moise, a retired special forces soldier in Colombia has told CNN that they were actually hired to provide the leader security, and that he himself was approached for the job by a US-based company. Matias Gutierrez, 45, told CNN he was

Opinion by Senator Sherrod Brown and Peter Edelman for CNN Business Perspectives If you have kids, check your bank account on Thursday. There’s a pretty good chance you’ll see $250 or $300 in your account with the letters “CTC” in the line item. That’s because for the first time ever, we are recognizing raising kids

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business For most small business owners and sole proprietors, the economic fallout from the pandemic was hellish. CNN Business profiled a number of them over the past year and a half, and checked back with a few to see how they are faring today. He’s cautiously optimistic, despite a debt hangover

By Rodrigo Pedroso and Larry Register, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be transferred to a hospital in Sao Paulo for additional tests to determine whether he needs emergency surgery, according to Brazil’s Special Secretariat for Social Communication. According to sources at the presidential palace, Bolsonaro felt abdominal pain at night, and he was admitted

Alexandra Meeks, CNN California officials are warning nearly all juvenile chinook salmon in the Sacramento River could die due to abnormally hot underwater conditions as heat waves continue to bake the West. There could be a “near-complete loss” of the young endangered species of salmon because temperatures above 100 degrees for extended periods of time

By Angela Fritz, CNN There are places within cities where summertime heat can soar, and giant swings in temperature are observed over a matter of blocks. Neighborhoods with little tree cover, few grassy areas and a lot of concrete can be as much as 15 to 20 degrees hotter than the surrounding areas. During heat

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Oregon and Washington state have moved into the highest level of wildfire preparedness as the largest wildfire in the United States continues to scorch hundreds of thousands of acres. The Oregon National Guard deployed Wednesday morning to help in the battle against the large Bootleg Fire, which was 5% contained. The

By Aya Elamroussi and Brisa Colon, CNN A small town in Northern California has been ravaged by a wildfire for the second time in less than a year. Residents of Doyle, a town of about 700 residents north of Reno, are evacuating from their homes again as extreme drought and heat waves leave the area

By Jackson Dill, CNN Severe weather — including possible tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds — will threaten more than 90 million people across the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday, according to forecasts. “Although large hail will be possible with [the thunderstorms], wind damage should be the more predominant severe threat,” according to the Storm