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As the University of Idaho homicide investigation enters a critical stage, police must protect information ‘at all costs,’ experts say

By Emma Tucker, CNN The investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students is entering a critical stage in its third week, as police are starting to receive forensic testing results from the crime scene, law enforcement experts tell CNN. Dozens of local, state and federal investigators have yet to identify a suspect

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Insured losses from disasters will exceed $100B for second year in a row, led by Hurricane Ian, new data shows

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Extreme weather disasters so far this year have caused $115 billion in insured losses around the globe, with Hurricane Ian inflicting the largest insured loss of roughly $50 to 65 billion, new data from reinsurance company Swiss Re shows. The company’s preliminary analysis found that 2022 was the second year in

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Indiana’s attorney general wants a state board to discipline a doctor who provided abortion services to a 10-year-old. Her attorney says it’s to ‘intimidate’ providers.

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Indiana’s attorney general is asking the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who provided abortion services to a 10-year-old girl — a move the physician’s attorney has called an effort to “intimidate” abortion providers. Attorney General Todd Rokita in a complaint filed Wednesday alleges that Dr. Caitlin Bernard

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Lava flow from Mauna Loa is slowing down. But that’s not the only possible hazard from Hawaii’s dual volcano eruptions

By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN First, the good news: The lava spilling out of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is slowing down, spreading out and not an immediate threat to people on the ground. Now the bad news: Possible health hazards remain as two volcanoes keep erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island, sending acidic gases

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Six people may have lived in the house where 4 Idaho college students were killed, police say

By Mallika Kallingal, Jason Hanna, Veronica Miracle, Jason Kravarik and Travis Caldwell, CNN Six people may have lived in the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death last month, police say. “Investigators are aware of a sixth person who could have potentially lived at the residence. That person was not at the residence on

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Uvalde survivors file class action lawsuit seeking $27 billion from law enforcement entities, school district and others

By Joe Sutton, CNN Survivors of the fatal mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit against multiple law enforcement agencies in Texas, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Austin, names the city, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, the

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Students sue Yale University, alleging discrimination against students with mental health disabilities

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Current students and an advocacy group are suing Yale University and its governing body, alleging “systemic discrimination against students with mental health disabilities,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Connecticut federal court. The lawsuit alleges the university discriminated against students with mental health disabilities and forced students to withdraw

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Drug lord ‘La Barbie’ is not currently in federal custody, Bureau of Prisons says

By Florencia Trucco, CNN Mexican-American drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias “La Barbie,” is “not currently in federal custody” in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told CNN. Valdez Villarreal’s name appears as “not in BOP custody” on the agency’s website, CNN confirmed Tuesday. When asked why, bureau spokesperson Benjamin O’Cone declined to

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More than 70 water agencies in California could face water shortages in the coming months, state report shows

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Nearly 20% of California’s urban water agencies reported they could see significant water shortages in the coming months as the state braces for a potential fourth consecutive year of drought. After surveying urban water agencies representing roughly 90% of the state’s population, the California Department of Water Resources early this week

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