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CNN — Meteorologists have issued a flash flood emergency for parts of the Lower Hudson Valley in southeastern New York, warning that powerful thunderstorms have dumped several inches…
Read more Warnings are in effect for potentially ‘catastrophic’ flash flooding across southeastern New York | CNNCNN — A Texas zoo has announced the death of its 31-year-old giraffe, Twiga, saying she was believed to have been one of the oldest in captivity. The…
Read more A Texas zoo is mourning the death of its 31-year-old giraffe, Twiga | CNNCNN — Five members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations were charged with child sexual abuse by the Pennsylvania’s attorney general on Friday, following a yearslong investigation into allegations of…
Read more 5 members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations charged with child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania | CNNCNN — The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to stop the installation of a marine floating barrier on the…
Read more Texas sued over plan to deploy floating barrier on Rio Grande to curb border crossings | CNNSioux City, Iowa CNN — In a crowded Pizza Ranch on Wednesday night, former Vice President Mike Pence found himself confronted about his role on January 6, 2021,…
Read more Pence tries wooing Iowans, one Pizza Ranch slice at a time | CNN PoliticsCNN — The family of an Alabama man who died after a police officer tased him is demanding to view body camera footage of the incident and claims…
Read more Family of Alabama man who died after police tased him demands to see body camera video | CNNCNN — California Highway Patrol officers are on the hunt for a green military vehicle stolen from a National Guard armory north of San Francisco on Monday. Santa…
Read more Authorities are on the hunt for a Humvee stolen from a National Guard armory in Northern California | CNNCNN — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday vetoed three bills that target LGBTQ youth, setting up a likely effort by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to…
Read more North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoes 3 bills targeting LGBTQ youth | CNN PoliticsCNN — Philadelphia police are investigating a mass shooting that left five people dead and two children injured across a sprawling scene Monday evening, before authorities arrested a…
Read more Philadelphia police search for motive in mass shooting that left 5 dead and 2 children injured | CNNCNN — A shooting that erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, left at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the…
Read more Shooting in Fort Worth leaves at least 3 dead and 8 others wounded | CNNBrisbane, Australia CNN — Scientists in Australia have diagnosed the world’s first case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in a professional female athlete, with implications for millions…
Read more First professional female athlete diagnosed with degenerative brain disease CTE | CNNCNN — Like many Americans, when Vanessa Steinkamp was stuck inside early in the Covid-19 pandemic, she logged into Twitter to talk to the outside world. The teacher…
Read more How Ron DeSantis gained a fan base among some suburban women far from Florida | CNN PoliticsCNN — Investigators in Baltimore are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting that turned a beloved annual neighborhood block party into chaos early Sunday, killing two…
Read more Baltimore investigators searching for suspects in block party mass shooting that killed 2 and injured 28 others | CNNCNN — A woman died Saturday in St. Louis when a tree fell on her car during severe weather, according to police. St. Louis Police Sgt. Charles Wall…
Read more Woman dies after tree falls on her car during Saturday’s severe weather in St. Louis | CNNCNN — Baltimore Police officers are at the scene of an overnight “mass shooting incident” in South Baltimore, Baltimore Police Spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said Sunday. The incident happened…
Read more Baltimore Police are at the scene of a ‘mass shooting incident,’ officials say | CNNCNN — Prosecutors could seek the death penalty against a Mexican national charged with fatally shooting five people in a Texas home, after a grand jury indicted him…
Read more Grand jury indictment means Texas could seek death penalty against accused killer of 5 | CNNA version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — When the Supreme Court…
Read more ‘Race neutral’ replaces affirmative action. What’s next? | CNN PoliticsCNN — A man from California who ran a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme where he claimed to turn cow manure into green energy has been sentenced to over six…
Read more California man sentenced to over 6 years in prison for $8.7 million cow manure Ponzi scheme, US attorney’s office says | CNN BusinessCNN — A Maryland woman who’d played the same lottery numbers for a year won big after getting some inspiration from a previous winner, she told lottery officials.…
Read more A Maryland woman played her lottery numbers for over a year. A simple switch turned her into a $50,000 winner | CNNCNN — A Nicaraguan national who died last week in federal immigration custody had spent more than one year in detention. Despite having been recommended for release more…
Read more Migrant who died in ICE custody was held for months, despite recommendation for release, SPLC says | CNN
