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The potential for damaging weather is ramping up Monday, with more than 50 million people at risk for severe storms from Texas to Virginia. Damaging thunderstorms will reach their peak in the late afternoon and evening in the Plains, but this won’t be the case for areas farther east. A Level 2 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms includes portions of the Midwest and Ohio Valley Monday. Tuesday: Severe storm system shifts eastCNN WeatherThe severe thunderstorm threat will march east on Tuesday and include areas from the Gulf Coast through the Ohio Valley. A Level 3 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms is in place Tuesday from northern Alabama to southern Ohio.

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☆ Nearly $1 billion is up for grabs in Monday night’s Powerball jackpot
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Monday night’s Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $975 million after there was no grand prize winner in Saturday’s drawing. The estimated $975 million Powerball jackpot in play Monday jumped from $935 million after no tickets matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. Ranking second through fourth are $1.765 billion (one ticket in California; 2023); $1.586 billion (three tickets, 2016); and $1.08 billion (one ticket in California, 2023). Winning the Powerball jackpot means a ticket matched all five white balls plus the red Powerball. Powerball tickets cost $2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

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☆ Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse reverberates around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLiveAround the same time, numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. “Once you get here, I’ll go grab the workers on the Key Bridge and then stop the outer loop,” an officer said. When the Key Bridge was built decades ago, container ships were a fraction of the size and weight they are today. Miguel Luna, a native of El Salvador, was also working on the Key Bridge.

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CNN —They worked the overnight shift fixing potholes on a famed bridge that 30,000 Marylanders relied on every day. Martin SuazoMaynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38, was one of the construction workers who vanished after the bridge collapse, his brother Martin Suazo told CNN. Family members in Baltimore called Martin Suazo early Tuesday morning to tell him his brother was missing, Suazo said. He was married with two children – an 18-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter, Martin Suazo said. “The entire Baltimore region and CASA family is lamenting this tragedy,” Torres said.

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☆ Pineapple express: An intense atmospheric river slams into California, threatening to flood roads and trigger mudslides
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Tina Burnside | Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving into California Sunday, bringing the potential for “life-threatening” flooding, mudslides and widespread power outages as it dumps heavy rain and snow. A more widespread Level 3 risk exists for much of coastal California, including San Francisco. • A month’s worth of rain possible in Los Angeles: In Central and Southern California, widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches are expected – more than a month’s worth of rain for most. Parts of the central and southern coastline of the state are expected to see the most significant amounts of rain and flooding. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesThe impact from powerful onshore winds will be felt across northern and central California through Sunday, eventually shifting to southern California into Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.

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☆ Russian man who flew from Denmark to LAX without a ticket or passport is found guilty of being a stowaway
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Tina Burnside | Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Russian man who flew from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Los Angeles International Airport without a ticket, passport or visa has been found guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft, authorities said Friday. The case unfolded last November after Ochigava arrived at LAX on a Scandinavian Airlines flight, according to the attorney’s office. Ochigava – who held both Russian and Israeli passports – was arraigned on December 5 and pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to the attorney’s office. The following day, Ochigava passed through the boarding gate undetected and stowed away aboard the Scandinavian Airlines flight to Los Angeles, the release stated. Scandinavian Airlines flight crew members said most of them noticed Ochigava “because he wandered around the plane and kept changing his seat.

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☆ Tyler Goodson, Alabama man featured in ‘S-Town’ podcast, is dead after standoff with police
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Authorities are investigating the fatal police shooting of an Alabama man who was featured in the popular podcast series “S-Town.”Tyler Goodson, 32, was shot and killed following a standoff with police at his Woodstock home on Sunday, according to a statement from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Officers with the Woodstock Police Department were dispatched to a call for service at a home just after midnight, according to the statement from ALEA. Once on scene, officers encountered Goodson, who barricaded himself in the residence and a stand-off ensued, the statement said. That love extends far beyond due to the S-Town podcast,” Woodstock Mayor Jeff Dodson said in a statement. “S-Town,” the 2017 podcast, features a man by the name of John B. McLemore who tells the story of murder, money, outcasts and mystery in the town of Woodstock, CNN previously reported.

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CNN —The armorer on the set of the movie “Rust” likely was hungover when she loaded a prop gun used by actor Alec Baldwin that fired a live round of ammunition during a rehearsal, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, prosecutors said in a court filing. Witnesses told investigators Hannah Gutierrez Reed “was drinking heavily and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the shooting of Rust,” prosecutors said in the Friday filing. Gutierrez Reed will plead not guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the October 2021 shooting, an attorney for her has said. A final decision on charges against Baldwin would be made before August 8, prosecutors said in the Friday filing. Through their respective attorneys, both Gutierrez Reed and Halls accused Baldwin of deflecting blame onto others.

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☆ Denver, Colorado, mass shooting leaves at least 9 people injured, police say, soon after Nuggets' NBA title win
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police said, as crowds gathered to celebrate the Nuggets’ first NBA championship. Of nine people shot, three are in critical condition, and the rest are believed to have non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The gunfire was reported in the 2000 block of Market Street, police said, near the intersection with 20th Street. Hundreds of fans had packed the intersection and surrounding streets to celebrate the NBA title, video shows. Denver police early Tuesday investigate a shooting that left at least nine people injured.

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☆ Delta Airlines plane slide accidentally deploys after plane diverted to Salt Lake City
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —An inflatable emergency slide accidentally deployed inside of a Delta Air Lines plane while on the ground at Salt Lake International Airport on Saturday. “Delta flight 520, operating from New York-JFK to Los Angeles-LAX, diverted to Salt Lake City due to a maintenance issue,” said an airline spokesperson in a statement issued to CNN on Sunday. “While on the ground, the same aircraft’s slide was deployed by accident.”No emergency landing was declared, nor did the plane divert due to the slide, according to the statement. The spokesperson said there were 168 passengers on board the B767-300 plane at the time of the incident. It landed at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday evening without further incident“We apologize for the delay to their travel plans.

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CNN —A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been sentenced to life in prison, Florida court records show. Judge Jose E. Martinez handed down the sentence to Rodolphe Jaar on Friday during a 10-minute hearing in Miami. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to the United States in January 2022. Authorities have said that dozens of people were involved in the assassination, including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans. Jaar provided funds used to acquire weapons, provided food and lodging to other co-conspirators, and provided funding to bribe Haitian officials responsible for Moise’s security, according to the plea agreement.

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☆ Tiger Woods: Judge upholds NDA arbitration clause in golfer's dispute with ex-girlfriend
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A Florida judge has blocked an attempt by the ex-girlfriend of professional golfer Tiger Woods to nullify a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that would require her to arbitrate complaints she has filed against the golfer. Lawyers for Erica Herman were challenging the validity of the NDA because of allegations of sexual harassment against the 15-time major champion. “Herman has had the opportunity to provide factual specificity for any claim relating to sexual assault or sexual harassment, however, she has not done so,” wrote Judge Metzger. In a court filing earlier this month, Woods’ lawyers characterized Herman’s allegations of sexual harassment as “implausible,” writing that “Ms. William West/AFP/Getty ImagesCNN has reached out to attorneys for Tiger Woods and Erica Herman for comment.

☆ Minnesota man indicted over theft of Judy Garland’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ slippers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —US authorities have charged a man in connection with the theft of a pair of ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland as Dorothy in the 1939 classic movie “The Wizard of Oz” nearly 20 years after they were stolen from a museum in Minnesota. Judy Garland is thought to have used at least seven different pairs of ruby slippers on the set of the 1939 classic. ShutterstockIn August 2005, authorities said a thief broke into the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota before smashing a glass display case and stealing the slippers. Regarded as among most recognizable items of memorabilia in American film history, the red slippers were, in the movie, gifted to Dorothy by Glinda the Good Witch. WCCOIt is not known how many pairs of ruby slippers Garland wore during filming, though the stolen shoes were among four remaining ones known to have survived.

CNN —What could be a meteorite struck a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, authorities said Monday. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is an annual phenomenon in which debris from the famous Halley’s Comet rains down into Earth’s atmosphere. In November, for example, an object believed to be a meteorite from the Taurid meteor shower struck a house in Northern California, according to CNN affiliate KCRA in Sacramento. Authorities in New Jersey said the possible meteorite that struck on Monday measured about 4 inches by 6 inches. A meteorite will be much heavier for its size than a typical Earth rock because it’s packed with dense metals.

☆ Oklahoma bodies found: Convicted sex offender Jesse McFadden and 2 teen girls among 7 bodies found at his home
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Tina Burnside Caroll Alvarado Eric Levenson | Tina Burnside | Caroll Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A convicted sex offender and two missing teenage girls were believed to be among seven bodies found at the man’s Oklahoma home on Monday, authorities said. Brittany Brewer, 16, left, and Ivy Webster, 14, right, were the subject of an endangered/missing advisory issued by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. From Nathan Brewer/Okmulgee County Sheriff's OfficeThe seven bodies were found at a property where McFadden lived and was listed as his home in the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry. “Our hearts are hurting, and we have considered what would be best for our students in the coming days,” the school system said. “Please continue to keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.”Located in central Oklahoma, Henryetta had a population of 5,640 at the 2020 US census.

☆ 2 Texas cheerleaders were shot in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one opened the door to the wrong vehicle. A suspect is under arrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Authorities have arrested the man they say shot two teenage cheerleaders after one said she mistook the suspect’s vehicle as her own in a supermarket parking lot near Texas’ capital – at least the third incident this week in which young people who’d made an apparent mistake were met with gunfire. Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., 25, was taken into custody early Tuesday, the Elgin Police Department said in a news release later that morning. Officers responding just after midnight Tuesday to an H-E-B supermarket parking lot found two people in a vehicle who’d been struck by bullets, police said, citing preliminary reports. The supermarket manager witnessed the incident, and police have surveillance footage from the parking lot, could see the license plate on the suspect’s car and later observed him at his home, police said, according to a probable cause affidavit. Pedro Tello was still wearing the clothing that was observed by Elgin Detectives in the surveillance footage,” the affidavit states.

CNN —Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx is hospitalized in Georgia and under observation, a source with knowledge of the situation tells CNN. His daughter Corinne Foxx shared on Instagram Wednesday night that her father had experienced a “medical complication,” adding that he is “on his way to recovery.”She did not specify what happened medically. The exact nature of Foxx’s medical scare has not been disclosed. Alan Nierob, a spokesman for Jamie Foxx, declined to share anything beyond Corinne Foxx’s Instagram post. The movie “Back in Action,” which includes Jamie Foxx, had recently been filming in Georgia.

CNN —A fast-moving wildfire in southern New Jersey has grown to nearly 4,000 acres less than 24 hours after it started. It was just 500 acres at 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. About 170 structures in the Manchester Township area were evacuated Tuesday night, but all residents have since been allowed to return home, Manchester Police Chief Robert Dolan said during a news conference Wednesday. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/APThe fire was primarily burning on federal, state and private property in Manchester Township, but it had jumped to the nearby borough of Lakehurst. The cause of the fire is under investigation, New Jersey Forest Fire Service Warden Trevor Raynor said.

☆ Alleged serial killer in custody and charged in killings of 4 Indigenous women in Canada, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Tina Burnside | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Authorities in Winnipeg, Manitoba, believe the murders of four Indigenous women came at the hands of an alleged serial killer now in custody in Canada. Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki, 35, of Winnipeg, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of the women, a news release from the Winnipeg Police Service states. Skibicki was arrested May 18 by the agency’s Homicide Unit and charged with first-degree murder, the release says. She is believed to be an Indigenous female killed on or around March 15, police said. “As a city, we must all grieve their loss and recognize that we have much more work to do to protect the lives of Indigenous women and girls,” Gillingham said.

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