CNN By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN As Mississippi’s capital faces a third day without reliable water service Wednesday — pushing some residents to stand in long lines for bottled water and keeping schools and businesses closed — the mayor says he hopes water service can be restored this week. The problem
Continue ReadingCNN, KOVR, KCRA, WBFF, KXAN By Scott Glover and Curt Devine The number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting a troubling resurgence in the use of machine guns by criminals, according to an analysis provided exclusively to CNN. Incidents of machine gun fire have exploded by about
Continue ReadingCNN, WLBT By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Recent torrential rain coupled with years of water system issues have resulted in a crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, where the city doesn’t have enough water to fight fires, flush toilets or even hand out to residents in need. Jackson’s main water treatment facility began
Continue ReadingCNN, WFOR, WPTV By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When it comes to your wireless device, carriers not only know where you are every time you make a phone call or use your data connection, but they may also routinely hold onto your location information for years, providing it to law enforcement whether you like it or
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When it comes to your wireless device, carriers not only know where you are every time you make a phone call or use your data connection, but they may also routinely hold onto your location information for years, providing it to law enforcement whether you like it or not. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When it comes to your wireless device, carriers not only know where you are every time you make a phone call or use your data connection, but they may also routinely hold onto your location information for years, providing it to law enforcement whether you like it or not. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When it comes to your wireless device, carriers not only know where you are every time you make a phone call or use your data connection, but they may also routinely hold onto your location information for years, providing it to law enforcement whether you like it or not. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN, WXIA, NYPD, KPTV, CITY OF BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT, CLINTON KLINGBEIL, POOL By Amy Simonson and Dave Alsup, CNN A series of home invasions over more than four years targeted high-profile celebrities and wealthy homeowners around the Atlanta area, including Mariah Carey and Atlanta Falcons player Calvin Ridley. On Monday, 26 alleged gang members were
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain. However, for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the statin is not the cause of the pain, according to a new study.
Continue ReadingCNN, WFAA By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain. However, for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the statin is not the cause of the pain, according to a new
Continue ReadingCNN By Amir Vera and Homero De la Fuente, CNN A player on the Duke University women’s volleyball team says Brigham Young University officials in Utah did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a Friday game. Rachel Richardson, a sophomore outside hitter for
Continue ReadingCNN By Zoe Sottile and Sara Smart, CNN Bystanders had an up-close and personal encounter with an alligator in Philadelphia’s Love Park. But the reptile isn’t a wild beast: It’s the emotional support animal of a Philadelphia man who runs several social media accounts documenting his loving relationship with Wally the alligator. Several visitors to
Continue ReadingCNN, KABC By Stephanie Elam, CNN The pretty, cloudless blue skies over perfectly manicured lawns represent an ugly reality for California’s Las Virgenes Municipal Water District as it grapples with the historic megadrought ravaging the American West. Despite a lack of any measurable rain in months, the carpet of lush, green grass likely means homeowners
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Scientists have long wondered about doppelgängers — people who look alike but have no actual family connection. Now, some researchers believe they can explain why unrelated people resemble each other. Plus, according to their study, there’s probably someone in the world who looks like you, and they may even share
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Scientists have long wondered about doppelgängers — people who look alike but have no actual family connection. Now, some researchers believe they can explain why unrelated people resemble each other. Plus, according to their study, there’s probably someone in the world who looks like you, and they may even share
Continue ReadingWFMJ, OFFICE OF OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL, CNN By Amy Simonson, CNN Ohio authorities are hoping to identify a man whose remains were found 35 years ago and have released images of a facial reconstruction in the hopes that someone may recognize him. The man’s partial skeletal remains were discovered on September 10, 1987, near Mount
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS By Caroll Alvarado and Alfonso Serrano, CNN After a two-month, 10-country trek — through the jungles of northern Colombia, the Darién Gap, and the US immigration system — Anabel and Crisman Urbaez of Venezuela, alongside their two children and dog, now sleep on warm beds at a Brooklyn family shelter. But their relative
Continue ReadingWBNS By Eric Bradner and Chris Boyette, CNN The Columbus, Ohio, teachers’ union and the Columbus Board of Education have reached a “conceptual agreement,” ending a strike and allowing students to return to classrooms next week, the school district announced early Thursday morning. The Columbus Education Association confirmed the agreement on Twitter, saying the “comprehensive
Continue ReadingCNN By Nicole Chavez, CNN Huey German-Wilson has spent six years trying to get rid of piles of tires, mattresses, and other debris that have marred the streets of her Houston neighborhood. “It steals our dignity,” said German-Wilson, 58, an activist living in Houston’s Trinity / Houston Gardens neighborhood. “I’ve seen the (neighborhood’s) dignity slowly
Continue ReadingCNN, KSAT By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton, Eric Levenson and Ashley Killough, CNN With the new school year in Uvalde, Texas, just over a week away, Superintendent Hal Harrell gave an update Monday night on new security measures across the district in the wake of the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, including the
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