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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,...

UNC student newspaper front page displays community’s texts during school shooting and lockdown

Melissa Alonso and Devon M. Sayers, CNN August 31, 2023

CNN -- The entire front page of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, Wednesday displayed “text messages sent and received by UNC students,” during...

Capitol physician medically clears McConnell after health scares prompt new questions over his leadership position

Manu Raju, CNN August 31, 2023

CNN -- Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is medically cleared to continue his schedule, the US Capitol physician said Thursday, after he froze for the second time in as many months in public. The statement...

Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years in January 6 case

Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN August 31, 2023

CNN -- A leader of the Proud Boys who led the far-right organization’s infamous march to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison – among the...

Headquarters of Ashford University in San Diego, a for-profit university, in December 2017.
(Frank Duenzl/dpa/picture alliance/SIPA USA)

Biden cancels $72 million in student loan debt for borrowers who went to for-profit Ashford University

Katie Lobosco, CNN August 30, 2023

(CNN) -- Even though President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court earlier this year, his administration is moving forward with more targeted student debt cancellations...

Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on May 31, 2023, in New York City. (James Devaney/GC Images/Getty Images)

New York AG’s office alleges Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in 1 year

Kara Scannell, CNN August 30, 2023

(CNN) -- Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in one year, lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office alleged as part of their civil fraud lawsuit against...

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