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At least 36 dead, scores injured as trains collide in Greece

CNN– Rescue workers are searching for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and left scores injured, raising questions about the country’s...

People rally in support of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan in front of the the U.S. Supreme Court on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court oral arguments in cases challenging Biden’s student debt relief plan

Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN March 1, 2023

CNN– The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan, with several conservative justices appearing skeptical of the government’s...

Ohio toxic train disaster prompts Pennsylvania to open a health resource center as scientists say some chemical tests in East Palestine are unusually high

Holly Yan, Jen Christensen and Celina Tebor, CNN February 28, 2023

CNN -- The fallout from the toxic train derailment in Ohio keeps spreading to more states, as neighboring Pennsylvania announces new measures to keep its residents safe. The Pennsylvania Department of...

Idaho house where 4 university students were killed will be torn down

Mallika Kallingal and Veronica Miracle, CNN February 28, 2023

CNN -- The Idaho house where four college students were killed in November will be demolished as a “healing step,” the University of Idaho said in a statement Friday. Kaylee...

What to watch for as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Biden’s student loan debt relief plan

Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter February 28, 2023

CNN -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up two challenges to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program – an initiative aimed at providing targeted debt...

Tornadoes and severe winds strike central US as another round of rain and snow is set to pummel the West and North

CNN– As severe storms prompted at least nine tornado reports in parts of the central US, a barrage of snow, rain and harsh wind is forecast Monday in places from the West Coast to the Great Lakes, including...

‘It’s all a lie’: Russians are trapped in Putin’s parallel universe. But some want out

Rob Picheta, CNN February 27, 2023

CNN– One year ago, when Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine and began Europe’s biggest land war since 1945, it waged another battle at home – intensifying its information blockade in...

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...

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