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Takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate

CNN -- With Donald Trump skipping the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate, eight of his primary rivals – most of them men wearing ties similar to the bright red one regularly worn by...

Joe Biden speaks to reporters in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Wednesday. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

President Biden suggests Putin may be behind the plane crash

Nikki Carvajal, CNN August 23, 2023

CNN– US President Joe Biden suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been behind the crash of a plane near Moscow. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is listed among passengers of...

Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa, on Monday. (PMC Wagner/Reuters)

Wagner chief listed among passengers on board crashed plane, Russian state media

CNN– Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is listed among passengers on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow, according to Russian state media. The official Russian news agency TASS reported the Federal...

Mifeprestone ruling won’t change rules in Ohio

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal August 23, 2023

Ohio Capital Journal– An appeals court ruling doesn’t change the rules in Ohio for a medication used not only to terminate pregnancies, but also for miscarriage treatment. The 5th Circuit Court...

1 student killed, 23 taken to hospital in Ohio after school bus crash the first day of classes

Jennifer Henderson and Sarah Dewberry, CNN August 22, 2023

  CNN -- One student was killed and 23 were injured – including one with life-threatening injuries – after a school bus crash on the first day of school. The accident occurred...

The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Biden to visit fire-ravaged Maui on Monday as search efforts continue, with more than 800 people still missing

Kevin Liptak, CNN August 21, 2023

CNN– President Joe Biden will journey Monday to fire-ravaged Maui to witness up close the devastation left by an inferno more than a week ago and assess for himself a government response that some...

A 7-year-old boy and his relatives are among the dozens killed in the Maui wildfires. Here’s what we know about some of the 114 lives lost

CNN -- The apocalyptic wildfires that raced across Maui have claimed at least 114 lives – a devastating number that’s expected to grow. Many of the victims died while trying to escape the flames...

Hilary moves through Southwest with historic amount of rainfall

Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton, and Rob Shackelford August 21, 2023

CNN -- Hilary has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone that’s still threatening deadly flooding and powerful gusts across parts of the West as it’s turned streets into raging rivers, forced some residents...

CNN Projection: Ohio voters reject effort that would make it harder to amend state constitution

Eric Bradner, CNN August 8, 2023

CNN -- Ohio voters rejected Tuesday an effort to raise the threshold to amend the state’s constitution ahead of a November referendum on whether to constitutionally guarantee...

Takeaways from the indictment of Donald Trump for efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat

Tierney Sneed and Zachary Cohen, CNN August 1, 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith unveiled his case alleging that former President Donald Trump broke several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a grand jury indictment returned Tuesday...

This week’s record-breaking global temperatures are likely highest in ‘at least 100,000 years’

Angela Fritz and Laura Paddison, CNN July 7, 2023

CNN -- The planet’s temperature soared again on Thursday to levels not seen in the modern record-keeping era, marking the fourth straight day of record temperatures. These alarming new records are likely...

Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections with ruling in favor of Christian web designer

Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN June 30, 2023

CNN -- The Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections. The 6-3 decision was...