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Train derailment and fire prompts evacuations in northwest Iowa

May 17, 2021 6:53 AM CNN Newsource

Union Pacific crews are readying to remove rail cars after a train derailment and fire prompted evacuations in northwest Iowa on Sunday, Union…

A New Jersey wildfire has torched about 900 acres … and counting

May 17, 2021 6:52 AM CNN Newsource

An out-of-control wildfire has scorched about 900 acres and is threatening buildings near Little Egg Harbor Township, the New Jersey Forest Fire…

After the Texas missing tiger saga, owning a big cat as a house pet might become illegal in the US

May 17, 2021 6:37 AM CNN

Tales of Bengal tigers on the loose, like the one found roaming a Houston front yard last week, may soon be history if a bipartisan bill becomes law.…

British rabbi treated in hospital after street attack by teenagers

May 17, 2021 6:21 AM CNN Newsource

Police in Britain are investigating an attack on a rabbi Sunday that left him needing hospital treatment. Officers went to the location in Chigwell,…

You can now wear a vaccine passport on your wrist

May 17, 2021 5:22 AM Sumiko Keil, Dominique Newland

Goodbye vaccine selfie, and hello COVID verified bracelet! You can now wear a silicone bracelet to show everyone around you you’ve been…

IRS sends out another round of relief payments

May 17, 2021 7:49 AM Cole Johnson, CNN

As part of the the American Rescue Plan, 460,000 taxpayers are now eligible for more money now that their 2020 returns have been…

KP Athletics holds inaugural football camp for Yuma kids

May 17, 2021 8:02 AM Cole Johnson

Kids in Yuma were able to put their hands in the dirt and learn some valuable skills on the gridiron this…

Blaze in the Pacific Palisades has scorched over 1,300 acres

May 17, 2021 6:52 AM Cole Johnson, CNN

Fire crews in Southern California continue to battle a brush fire that began on Friday in the Pacific…

Monthly child tax credit payments to start hitting bank accounts July 15

May 17, 2021 5:06 AM NBC News

Qualifying families will get monthly payments of up to $300 a month for each child under 6 and up to $250 a month for each child 6 to 18 years…

Water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border

May 17, 2021 5:02 AM The Associated Press

The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water to…

No bail for former federal agent arrested in Arizona rapes

May 17, 2021 4:57 AM The Associated Press

A retired Border Patrol agent arrested in connection with rapes two decades ago in at least four Arizona communities has been denied…

Here’s what we know about the wildfire burning in Los Angeles County and evacuations

May 17, 2021 3:51 AM CNN Newsource

The Palisades Fire has prompted ongoing evacuation orders and warnings in a zone about 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. It’s charred more…

5 things to know for May 17: Mideast violence, coronavirus, Capitol riot, US policing, Tigray

May 17, 2021 3:34 AM CNN Newsource

Today is Tax Day in the United States — about a month later than usual. Here’s what’s changed besides the filing deadline.…

Experts are warning about the unintended consequences of the CDC mask guidance

May 17, 2021 3:10 AM CNN Newsource

Communities across the US ushered in a quick return to normalcy over the weekend as the country responded to the latest mask guidance from the…

Mandatory wildfire evacuations are ordered for parts of western Los Angeles County

May 17, 2021 2:47 AM CNN Newsource, April Hettinger

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the area near Topanga Canyon due to the Palisades Fire, with more residents on standby to leave,…

Those emerging cicadas are giving some people anxiety

May 17, 2021 1:54 AM CNN Newsource

Rosalie Lacorazza already has lived through two 17-year cicada events and dreads what’s coming. As the periodical cicadas in Brood X begin to…

Suspect shoots two officers before being fatally shot in Birmingham, Alabama

May 16, 2021 8:30 PM CNN Newsource

A man believed to be responsible for two early morning murders in Birmingham, Alabama, opened fire on four police officers Sunday afternoon, striking…