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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...

Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Florida and Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast

Daniel Kozin, AP August 30, 2023

CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning...

Economists: Abortion protections will lead to better outcomes for Ohio women

Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal August 29, 2023

Abortion rights will be on the ballot in November, and Ohio Republican politicians who oppose them are again trying to stack the deck. However, a majority of economists who were surveyed this month said...

The Jacksonville gunman’s dad called 911 after the deadly rampage started. Here’s what he said about his son

CNN --Authorities have released details from a 911 call made by the father of Ryan Christopher Palmeter – the gunman who killed three people in what authorities called a racially motivated rampage...

Doctoral student arrested on murder charge in fatal shooting of UNC faculty member, source says

CNN -- The suspect in the fatal shooting of a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday has been identified as a doctoral student at the school, a state official...

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