The threat of respiratory illnesses is underway, CDC director says, and hospitalizations are on the rise (www.cnn.com)
Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated a congressional subcommittee Thursday about cases of respiratory illness in the US due to three viruses: flu, the coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV....
Pro-Trump attorney who helped orchestrate fake electors plot cooperating in Nevada criminal probe (www.cnn.com)
A Nevada state-level criminal investigation into the fake electors plot intended to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win is ramping up with prosecutors securing the cooperation of a key witness, even as some of those who served as pro-Trump electors remain politically active ahead of the 2024 election....
Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’ (www.cnn.com)
Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ancestral land after more than 80 years (www.cnn.com)
An indigenous community has won a court battle to regain ownership over its ancestral homeland in the Ecuadorian Amazon, more than 80 years after they were displaced because of war....
Signs of mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs reported in at least a dozen states (www.cnn.com)
An infectious respiratory disease among dogs that continues to baffle veterinarians has now been reported in at least a dozen US states, from Washington, Oregon and California to New Hampshire, Florida and Pennsylvania....
US pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years last month (www.cnn.com)
US pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years in October as mortgage rates surged to their highest levels of the year, according to a report released Thursday....
Jezebel to be brought ‘back to life’ after being acquired by Paste Magazine (www.cnn.com)
Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, despite hopeful decreases among children and young adults (www.cnn.com)
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Co-founder of Students for Trump was charged with assault after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show (www.cnn.com)
CNN — Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the political organization Students for Trump, was arrested and charged with assault last week in North Carolina after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show.
Birdlike footprints from Triassic mystery animals precede earliest bird fossils by 60 million years (www.cnn.com)
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Cyberattack on US hospital owner diverts ambulances from emergency rooms in multiple states (www.cnn.com)
Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation (www.cnn.com)
New Delhi, India CNN — Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught with uncertainty enters its final stretch....
Most school shootings aren’t mass killings, study finds, and they’re often driven by community violence (www.cnn.com)
Many Americans think of school shootings as mass casualty events involving an adolescent with an assault-style weapon. But a new study says that most recent school shootings orchestrated by teenagers do not fit that image — and they are often related to community violence....
Trump tells appeals court that threats to judge and clerk in NY civil fraud trial do not justify gag order (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself....
US pushes for extension of Gaza pause, but the possibility of war raging again looms large (www.cnn.com)
The fragile pause in Israel’s onslaught against Hamas in Gaza, which has enabled the release so far of 58 hostages, has been surprisingly enduring given that neither side is in direct contact and each is bent on obliterating the other....
US destroyer has ballistic missiles fired toward it, after responding to attack on commercial tanker (www.cnn.com)
Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday....
3 Palestinian students were shot in Vermont. Civil rights groups are calling for a close look at the motive (www.cnn.com)
Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, prompting calls from civil rights organizations and the victims’ families for authorities to look into possible bias by the attacker....
Births have increased in states with abortion bans, research finds (www.cnn.com)
Nearly a quarter of people seeking an abortion in the United States were unable to get one due to bans that took effect after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, researchers estimate. In the first half of 2023, states with abortion bans had an average fertility rate that was 2.3% higher than states where abortion was not...
Russia launches biggest drone attack against Kyiv since start of war, Ukrainian officials say (www.cnn.com)
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia on Saturday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its invasion, according to local officials.
Accuser who previously claimed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo groped filing lawsuit (www.cnn.com)
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More salmonella cases, two deaths reported as cantaloupe recall expands (www.cnn.com)
Two people are dead and at least 99 have become ill in a salmonella outbreak tied to contaminated cantaloupes and cut fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday....