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As crews remove contaminated soil and liquid from Ohio toxic train wreck site, concerns emerge about where it’s going

Nouran Salahieh and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN February 27, 2023

CNN– After a brief pause, shipments of contaminated liquid and soil from the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, will resume Monday amid concerns – including from other states – about...

US Energy Department assesses Covid-19 likely resulted from lab leak, furthering US intel divide over virus origin

Jeremy Herb and Natasha Bertrand, CNN February 26, 2023

CNN -- The US Department of Energy has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic most likely came from a laboratory leak in China, according to a newly updated classified intelligence report. Two sources...

Snowfall tops 6.5 feet and rainfall tops 5 inches across southern California

Haley Brink and Eric Levenson, CNN February 26, 2023

CNN -- A winter storm dumped massive amounts of precipitation across southern California this weekend, including more than 6.5 feet of snow to Mountain High and more than 5 inches of rain to Cucamonga...

US says China will face ‘real costs’ if it provides lethal aid to Russia for war in Ukraine

Jasmine Wright and Paul LeBlanc, CNN February 26, 2023

  Washington CNN -- US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday vowed there would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid...

Soil from the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, being collected for disposal.
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Texas and Michigan officials say they didn’t know water, soil from Ohio train wreck would be transported into their jurisdictions

Nicki Brown, Sara Smart and Ralph Ellis, CNN February 25, 2023

(CNN) -- The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to stop its shipments of hazardous waste from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, so that it can...

Zelensky urges top GOP lawmakers to consider new weapons wish list

Alayna Treene and Zachary Cohen, CNN February 25, 2023

(CNN) -- As some outspoken Republican lawmakers threaten to block future aid to Ukraine, a small group of House GOP members that traveled to the country this week vowed to consider a list of key weapons...

Brockovich warns Ohio town of dangers after train crash

John Flesher, AP February 25, 2023

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Worried residents packed a high school auditorium Friday as activist Erin Brockovich and attorneys warned of long-term health and environmental dangers from chemicals released...

Kyiv marks one year of war with anxiety and a rallying cry from Zelensky

Ivana Kottasová, CNN February 24, 2023

CNN– One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine believing he’d take Kyiv within days, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky struck a defiant note, insisting...

What to know about the lawsuit aiming to ban medication abortion drug mifepristone

Devan Cole, CNN February 24, 2023

CNN– A federal judge may rule as soon as Friday on a lawsuit seeking to block the use of medication abortion nationwide, in the biggest abortion-related case since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v....

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine, Ohio, with Department of Transportation Investigators at the site of the derailment on Thursday.
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A first report on the Ohio toxic train wreck was released. Here’s what it found — and what investigators are still looking into

Alisha Ebrahimji and Aya Elamroussi, CNN February 24, 2023

CNN– After federal officials released an initial report concluding that this month’s toxic train wreck in Ohio was completely preventable, investigators will begin examining procedures, practices...

TV station identifies slain reporter among the 3 killed in a Florida shooting spree

CNN -- A gunman in central Florida killed a woman Wednesday, returned to the scene and killed a TV journalist covering that death, and then fatally shot a 9-year-old girl nearby before he was arrested,...

1 person dead after Monday explosion and fire at Ohio metal factory

Sara Smart and Jillian Sykes, CNN February 23, 2023

CNN -- One of the 13 people taken to local hospitals after an explosion Monday at a metal factory near Oakwood, Ohio, has died, according to Captain Brian DiRocco with the Oakwood...

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