By Ryan Bergeron, CNN On January 9, 2022, an electric space heater sparked a fire in a Bronx apartment building that killed 17 people, eight of them children. More than 60 people were injured. New York City’s fire commissioner said it is one of the worst fires in the city’s modern history. As the fire’s
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By Amanda Watts, CNN The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death of Teddy Balkind, the high school hockey player who died last week, an accident. According to an e-mail to CNN the ME’s office said Balkind died of an “incised wound of [the] neck.” The short statement went on to say
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By Susannah Cullinane, Brynn Gingras, Bonney Kapp, Mirna Alsharif and Amir Vera, CNN A malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom was the source of an apartment building fire Sunday in the Bronx that killed 17 people, including 8 children, making it one of the worst fires in the city’s history, New York Mayor Eric
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By Joe Sutton and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A Texas mother has been charged with endangering a child after she allegedly placed her 13-year-old son, who had Covid-19, into her car’s trunk to avoid being exposed to the virus, according to a warrant from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Sarah Beam, 41, was charged after
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By Josh Campbell, Melissa Alonso and Stella Chan, CNN A commuter train speeding toward them, the police officers rush to the wrecked airplane on the tracks — its bloodied pilot still inside. “Go, go, go!” an officer yells as they drag the apparently disoriented pilot to safety. Four seconds later, the Metrolink train’s horn blasts
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN A little bit of inflation is normal. In fact, consumer prices go up about 2% a year. But when prices start to spike, things can get a little hairy. What’s driving the increase? That’s complicated — but the pandemic is a good place to start. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN A little bit of inflation is normal. In fact, consumer prices go up about 2% a year. But when prices start to spike, things can get a little hairy. What’s driving the increase? That’s complicated — but the pandemic is a good place to start. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN A little bit of inflation is normal. In fact, consumer prices go up about 2% a year. But when prices start to spike, things can get a little hairy. What’s driving the increase? That’s complicated — but the pandemic is a good place to start. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN A little bit of inflation is normal. In fact, consumer prices go up about 2% a year. But when prices start to spike, things can get a little hairy. What’s driving the increase? That’s complicated — but the pandemic is a good place to start. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN A little bit of inflation is normal. In fact, consumer prices go up about 2% a year. But when prices start to spike, things can get a little hairy. What’s driving the increase? That’s complicated — but the pandemic is a good place to start. Here’s what you need to know
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN New York City and Philadelphia are mourning the loss of dozens of lives, including many children, in horrific apartment housing fires over the past few days. Together, the fires killed 29 people, 17 of them reportedly children. Adding to the tragedy are the winter temperatures in the region and the raging
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Melissa Alonso and Stella Chan, CNN A commuter train speeding toward them, the police officers rush to the wrecked airplane on the tracks — its bloodied pilot still inside. “Go, go, go!” an officer yells as they drag the apparently disoriented pilot to safety. Four seconds later, the Metrolink train’s horn blasts
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN New York firefighters battled a fire with “great volumes of smoke” nearly 36 years ago at the same Bronx apartment building that caught fire Sunday, leaving 17 dead — all from smoke inhalation, officials said. The March 1986 fire was documented in FDNY’s official training publication, WNYF, in which members of
Continue Reading By Susannah Cullinane, Brynn Gingras, Bonney Kapp, Mirna Alsharif and Amir Vera, CNN A malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom was the source of an apartment building fire Sunday in the Bronx that killed 17 people, including 8 children, making it one of the worst fires in the city’s history, New York Mayor Eric
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By Omar Jimenez and Kelly McCleary, CNN Dominick Black, who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the gun he used in deadly shootings during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020, will no longer face criminal charges. Black instead will plead no contest to a county ordinance citation of contributing to the delinquency of a child and face a
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By Amir Vera, Brad Parks and Holly Yan, CNN Chicago teachers will be back in school Tuesday and students are scheduled to return to in-person learning on Wednesday after the Chicago Teachers Union house of delegates voted to end the teachers’ work action over Covid-19 mitigation measures, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a Monday night
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By Tina Burnside, CNN The mother and two siblings of a 6-year-old North Chicago boy who was found dead in Indiana have been charged in connection with his death, the Lake County, Illinois, State’s Attorney Office said. The body of Damari Perry was found at an abandoned home in Gary, Indiana, overnight on January 8,
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN The mother and two siblings of a 6-year-old North Chicago boy who was found dead in Indiana have been charged in connection with his death, the Lake County, Illinois, State’s Attorney Office said. The body of Damari Perry was found at an abandoned home in Gary, Indiana, overnight on January 8,
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By Amir Vera and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The body of a skier who has been missing since Christmas was found this weekend after a six-day search near the Northstar Ski Resort in Truckee, California, according to a statement from the Placer County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. Rory Angelotta, 43, told friends he was going skiing
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By Kelly McCleary, Amir Vera and Liam Reilly, CNN All 17 victims from a fire in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday died of smoke inhalation, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). The manner of death was determined to be an accident for them all, said OCME director
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