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Lee strengthens into a hurricane and could reach Category 5 strength in record-warm Atlantic

Mary Gilbert, CNN September 6, 2023

CNN -- Lee has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves over a record-warm Atlantic, with 75 mph sustained winds, according to a 5 p.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center. The warm ocean...

Authorities searching for convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison say they know how he was able to get away

Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN September 6, 2023

CNN -- Investigators believe convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania last Thursday by climbing onto the roof and fleeing from there, a law enforcement...

Police officers walk past the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse. (Cheney Orr/Reuters)

Wednesday live hearing could determine how quickly Fulton County election subversion case moves

Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen, CNN September 6, 2023

CNN -- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants, will hold his first...

Delta Airlines is headquartered at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta

Delta flight forced to turn around because of diarrhea incident

Maureen O'Hare and David Williams, CNN September 5, 2023

CNN — A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona on Friday night was forced to turn around after a passenger had diarrhea. The Airbus A350 had set out on time on the evening of September 1...

CDC warns that RSV cases may be starting to rise

Brenda Goodman, CNN September 5, 2023

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning physicians that cases of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, are rising in the Southeast — and that regional increase...

The Atlantic hurricane season's next big storm just took shape

The Atlantic’s next major hurricane is expected by this weekend

Mary Gilbert, CNN September 5, 2023

CNN — A newly-formed tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean has become Tropical Storm Lee and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by Thursday as the season approaches its typical peak...

What to know about Merkel cell carcinoma, Jimmy Buffett’s rare cancer

Jen Christensen, CNN September 4, 2023

CNN– Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who died September 1, had Merkel cell carcinoma, a skin cancer that’s diagnosed in fewer than 3,000 people in the US every year. Skin cancer is the most widespread...

Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth performing in 2016.

Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth singer, dead at 56

Alli Rosenbloom, CNN September 4, 2023

CNN–Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of the rock group Smash Mouth, died Monday, his manager tells CNN. He was 56. No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care over...

President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to Ingeteam Inc.'s Milwaukee facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 15.

Biden looks to shore up support among his core union base with Philadelphia Labor Day trip

Kyle Feldscher, CNN September 4, 2023

CNN– President Joe Biden on Monday celebrates Labor Day in Philadelphia as he courts one of his most important constituencies at a moment when the labor movement is attempting to reassert its strength. Biden’s...

Heavy rain turns to mud at Burning Man in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, on September 2, 2023. (Eddie Codel)

Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert

Emma Tucker, CNN September 2, 2023

CNN -- Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy...

Jimmy Buffett performs as part of the 23rd Annual Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 24, 2009, in Mountain View, California. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Jimmy Buffett, enduring ‘Margaritaville’ singer turned mogul, dies at 76

Brandon Griggs and Jay Croft, CNN September 2, 2023

CNN -- Jimmy Buffett, the tropical troubadour whose folksy tunes celebrated his laid-back lifestyle, inspired legions of devoted fans and spawned a lucrative business empire, has died, according to his...

Ohio police release video of fatal police shooting of pregnant 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young

Kristina Sgueglia and Nicki Brown, CNN September 1, 2023

CNN– Newly released police body camera footage shows an officer firing through the windshield of a pregnant woman’s car after she was accused of shoplifting at a grocery store in a Columbus, Ohio,...

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