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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, was declared extinct over 50 years ago. But last week officials found the first confirmation that the trout are once again reproducing in the wild. Colorado Parks and Wildlife discovered that the trout are naturally reproducing in Herman Gulch in Summit County, according to

By Andy Rose, Paradise Afshar and Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Lee County officials acted appropriately when they issued their first mandatory evacuations on Tuesday, less than 24 hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall on the state, and a day after several neighboring counties issued their orders. “They were following the data,

By Tom Goldstone, Kristina Sgueglia and Zenebou Sylla, CNN A Russian Orthodox cathedral in New York appears to have been defaced with red paint, following a similar incident in which the Russian consulate was vandalized with red spray paint. The two vandalism incidents come after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning stages of annexation

By Claire Colbert and Amanda Musa, CNN A 12-year-old Texas girl accused of shooting her father and then herself as a part of a murder plot with another child died two days following the incident, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Wednesday. Authorities said the incident occurred at 11:30 p.m. on

By Amanda Musa, CNN Six bodies have been recovered one month after a float plane carrying 10 people, including a child, crashed into Mutiny Bay in Washington last month, according to Island County Emergency Management. The plane crashed shortly after 3 p.m. on September 4, the US Coast Guard’s Pacific Northwest district said in a

By Zoe Sottile, CNN California has become the latest state to provide its residents with an eco-friendly, if unorthodox, option for their remains after death: composting. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law last Sunday, according to a news release from the bill’s author, state Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia. The process is officially called “natural

By Emma Tucker, CNN Less than two weeks after Hurricane Fiona made landfall on Puerto Rico, triggering an islandwide blackout for 1.5 million customers, power has been restored to 84% of residents, officials said. Fiona hit the US territory as a Category 1 storm September 18, dropping record rainfall, unleashing mudslides, flooding neighborhoods and leaving

By Rob Frehse, Liam Reilly and Claire Colbert, CNN An on-duty emergency medical technician with the Fire Department of New York was stabbed to death in Queens Thursday afternoon while on break, city officials announced. Alison Russo-Elling, a 25-year-veteran of the FDNY, was working at her EMS station when she went to get food, officials

By Claire Colbert, CNN Old Europe Cheese, Inc., based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, is issuing a voluntary recall of its Brie and Camembert cheeses because of a possible outbreak of listeria, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Affected cheeses were sold at about a dozen major retailers in the US and Mexico, the

By Taylor Romine, Ray Sanchez and Raja Razek, CNN Cybercriminals who targeted the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, with a ransomware attack have released some of the hacked data online, according to a tweet from LAUSD Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho. “Unfortunately, as expected, data was recently released by a

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Bargain retailer Ollie’s says it broke a world record on Wednesday — with a 16.5 foot tall, 600-pound bobblehead replica of their mascot. The massive, fully-functioning bobblehead depicts Ollie, the company’s mustachioed mascot. The company unveiled the huge statue as part of their 40th birthday celebration, according to a news release.

By René Marsh, CNN It was a bright, sunny day, but Jackie Jones was still overwhelmed with anxiety at the prospect of rain. “It’s psychologically traumatic for me because I’m on constant alert — waiting, dreading the next rainfall,” Jones said. When the 59-year-old bought her southeast Georgia home four years ago, she had no

By Nicole Chavez and Kacey Cherry, CNN A street in San Francisco will now be renamed after a 84-year-old man whose death brought national attention to the rise of anti-Asian hate last year. City officials approved a resolution to rename Sonora Lane as “Vicha Ratanapakdee Lane” earlier this year. The new street sign was installed

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN For many armed forces veterans, the return to civilian life can be a challenge. But one organization is taking an unusual approach to helping ex-service personnel find their feet — involving them in archaeological projects to bring home the remains of fallen soldiers. Stephen Humphreys, a 40-year-old former US Air Force

By Paul P. Murphy and Laura Oliverio, CNN Many beach cottages that lined the shores of Sanibel Island were wiped away by Hurricane Ian’s storm surge, new aerial imagery from NOAA shows. Most homes on Sanibel and Captiva islands are still standing, but appear to have sustained some form of roof damage, in addition to

By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Hope Labriola stood naked on her bed, the water rising in her mobile home, as Hurricane Ian roared overhead. For a few moments, the 45-year-old Fort Myers Beach woman was able to talk on her cell phone with her friend Lisbeth Whelan before losing phone service. The phone call, which Whelan