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Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
  + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. Israeli warplanes struck the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida on July 20, a day after a drone attack by the Houthi rebels killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, both sides said. Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the Houthis "will not hesitate to strike vital targets of the Israeli enemy." On Friday, a long-range Iranian-made drone launched from Yemen hit the center of Tel Aviv in an attack claimed by the Houthis, killing one man and wounding four others.
Persons: Yemen's, Israel, Yahya Saree, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Reuters, Political, Hamas, Israeli Locations: Yemen's, Hodeida, Tel Aviv, Israeli, Iranian, Iran, Israel, Yemen, Gaza, Hodeidah
A dangerous heat wave, gusty winds and potential lightning strikes posed a critical fire risk for large parts of the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, as firefighters in Oregon battled wildfires that have burned over 400,000 acres in less than two weeks. About 1.7 million people in Oregon and Washington State were under red flag warnings, the highest National Weather Service alert for conditions that may result in extreme fire behavior. It is issued when warm temperatures, very low humidity and strong winds combine to produce a heightened risk. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office said on social media on Saturday that the next 24 to 36 hours would be “extremely challenging.” It asked residents to take precautions to prevent sparking man-made fires.
Organizations: Washington State, National Weather Service, Oregon State Fire Locations: Pacific Northwest, Oregon
Athens CNN —The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours, record-breaking ocean temperatures off Croatia and plans to feed zoo animals popsicles in Italy — southern Europe is baking under a “hellishly hot” heat wave. If you don’t come prepared, you’re going to sweat.”Tourists leave the Acropolis hill in Athens, on July 17, 2024. The site was shut at 12 p.m. for five hours to keep visitors out of the heat. Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesThe heat has come largely from hot air blowing in from Africa, which meteorologists forecast will continue through Sunday. The brutal heat wave hitting southern Europe has so far spared Paris, which is set to host the Olympics later this month.
Persons: , Toby Dunlap, Nikolas Kokovlis, Carmen Díaz, , Patrizia Valerio, goer Mattia Rossi, ” Rossi Organizations: Athens CNN, Culture Ministry, Cross, Tourists, Aris Oikonomou, Getty Locations: Athens, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Europe, Pennsylvania, AFP, Africa, Basilicata, Palermo, Sicily, Verona, Rome, Madrid, Varese, Balkans, Dubrovnik, Serbia, Albania, Neighboring, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Turkey, Paris
BALTIMORE AP —When Trea Ellinger left a Baltimore drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. His mother, Lori Ellinger, questions the autopsy’s findings and wants to know why paramedics decided to use an injectable sedative. “As long as he’s not lying face down, that would be great,” one of the medics says. Four minutes later, the medics discussed getting Ellinger repositioned, but they didn’t act immediately. Ellinger was unhandcuffed and placed on his back as medics began performing chest compressions, according to the report.
Persons: Trea Ellinger, , Ellinger, Lori Ellinger, , hasn’t, handcuffing Ellinger, flailing, Eric Jaeger, ” Jaeger, midazolam, Gail Van Norman, ” Ellinger, Lori Ellinger’s, Organizations: BALTIMORE AP, The Associated Press, , Baltimore City Fire Department, Police, anesthesiology, University of Washington Locations: Baltimore, Ellinger, overdosing, Maryland, New Hampshire
But it’s evidence of one of the central truths of our time, and one that is becoming more and more apparent every day: We have built our world for a climate that no longer exists. But less than two months earlier, a sudden windstorm in the city blacked out electricity for more than a million people. How many blackouts will it take before we realize today’s power grid was built for yesterday’s climate? One clear example: the incredible decline in the cost of renewable power in recent years. In virtually every part of the world, electricity generated by renewable power is cheaper than electricity generated by fossil fuels.
Persons: Jeff Goodell, Read, – wouldn’t, Firefighters, Hurricane Beryl, Ethan Swope, I’ve, Andreas Solaro, , , Rafiq Maqbool Organizations: CNN, Big Oil, Hurricane, AP, Nature Medicine, Big, Toyota, GM, Kodak, Getty Locations: Manhattan, New York City, Houston, Big, Oroville , California, California, Palm Springs, London, Paris, Madrid, Europe, Phoenix, Saudi Arabia, Rome's, AFP, Texas, Mecca
Mexico City CNN —Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week. So far, authorities say they have captured and relocated around 200 of the big reptiles since Alberto pelted the region with rain in June. Beryl brushed the same area before making landfall in south Texas earlier this week. Authorities said the heavy rains raised water levels in coastal lagoons, leading the animals to crawl into cities like Tampico and the nearby cities of Ciudad Madero and Altamira, where at least 165 crocodiles have been captured and relocated. Firefighters with captured crocodiles after the El Carpintero lagoon overflowed.
Persons: Hurricane Beryl, Alberto, Beryl, Karina Lizeth Saldívar, Organizations: Mexico City CNN, Authorities, Firefighters, Environmental Protection Locations: Mexico, Mexican, Tamaulipas, Texas, Tampico, Ciudad Madero, Altamira, El, Stringer
CNN —A fire broke out in the spire of the cathedral in the French city of Rouen on Thursday morning. The blaze erupted at the top of the spire of the gothic Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Rouen, in the northern region of Normandy. The prefecture confirmed on X that the cathedral was evacuated following the outbreak of the flames and that emergency services were working at the scene. “I turn around and I see the cathedral spire, the tarpaulin that was protecting the restoration work, which was burning, big flames, black smoke.”The construction of Rouen cathedral dates from the 12th century and it was built and rebuilt over a period of 800 years. This blaze comes five years after a massive fire broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, devastating large parts of the 850-year-old church.
Persons: Stéphane, Patrick Waeselynck, ’ ”, Claude Monet Organizations: CNN, Assumption, Normandy’s, Reuters, Notre Dame Cathedral Locations: French, Rouen, Normandy, Normandy’s prefecture, Oise, Paris
Jerusalem CNN —At least two people have been killed after dozens of projectiles were fired from Lebanon at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Tuesday evening, according to Israeli authorities. A woman and man were “killed on the spot” when a projectile directly hit their vehicle, according to Israeli police. “Several projectiles were identified falling in the area,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) added in a statement following sirens in the Golan Heights. “We saw a vehicle that suffered a direct hit, and in its front were an unconscious man and woman who were critically injured. Military personnel assisted on the scene.”Firefighters said they were responding to at least eight fires following the projectile hits.
Persons: Magen David Adom, , ” Firefighters Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Military Locations: Jerusalem, Lebanon, Golan, Israel, Iran, Gaza
CNN —Hezbollah said that it fired more than 200 missiles at Israeli military sites in retaliation for the killing of one of its senior commanders in southern Lebanon. “Together, they served as two of the most significant Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon,” the IDF said. In response to the killing, Hezbollah on Thursday said it had launched “more than 200 missiles of various types” at Israeli targets. The Israeli military said that it intercepted some of those Hezbollah missiles, as well as drones. In response to those strikes, the IDF said their fighter jets have struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
Persons: Muhammed Neamah Naser, , Sami Taleb Abdullah, Naser, Gil Eliyahu Organizations: CNN, Hezbollah’s, Israel Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Lebanon, Gaza, Israel, Golan, Iran
While the rest of America is celebrating, I'm reliving the day my brother drowned, the day my family went from eight kids to seven. My brother Dave and I drove up together on July 3. Janet Funk and her oldest brother, Paul. Paul, Dave, and Tom jumped up and followed him. They were halfway there when Robbie went under.
Persons: I'm, Paul, Sue, Tom, Carol, Ellen, Robbie, Dave, Janet Funk, Janet Funk Robbie, Robbie waded, Organizations: Service, Business, Irish Catholic Locations: America, Lake Erie
Several injured in German cafe acid attack
  + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Inke Kappeler | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
CNN —Several people have been injured by an acid attack in a cafe in the west German city of Bochum. “A man entered the cafe at around 3.25 p.m. and poured an acidic liquid over a guest sitting at a table in the outdoor area” leaving the victim “seriously injured,” local police said in press release. A woman sitting at the table with him and a waitress were also injured. During the operation, four police officers and two firefighters who came into contact with the liquid also sustained injuries, police said. The perpetrator initially fled but was arrested shortly afterward in the vicinity.
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He’s a Palestinian now.” The remark presumably meant to suggest that Schumer, who is Jewish, is somehow not supportive enough of Israel. Supporters hold up signs at former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Virginia on June 28, 2024, one day after his historic debate against President Joe Biden. Some correctly noted that Trump revealed his view that Black Americans are relegated to working in low-paying, menial jobs that anyone could fill. Rep. James Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina, speaking Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, noted that Trump’s “Black jobs” remark shows that Trump has “a low opinion of Black people.” But that’s nothing new, Clyburn added. The only question is whether enough Americans will reject Trump’s vileness to ensure that he never gets there again.
Persons: Dean Obeidallah, we’ve, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, , Israel, , Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Biden “, Chuck Schumer, “ He’s, He’s, Schumer, Donald Trump's, Jim Watson, Netanyahu, James Clyburn, ” Derrick Johnson, Trump’s, he’s Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Dean Obeidallah CNN, United Nations, demonizing, Getty, State Department, Gaza Health Ministry, Republican, US State Department, CNN’s, Union, NAACP, Biden, Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Virginia, Israel, AFP, South Carolina, CNN’s State
Four people were killed and nine were injured after a minivan crashed into a nail salon on Long Island Friday afternoon, the authorities said. Shortly after 4:30 p.m., a minivan crashed into Hawaii Nail and Spa on Grand Boulevard in Deer Park, a hamlet in the town of Babylon, N.Y., according to according to Mark Stone, the public information officer for the Deer Park Fire Department. One injured person was in serious condition Friday evening and was transported by helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital, he said. The others sustained “significant injuries,” Mr. Stone said, and were taken to local hospitals. Nine agencies responded to the crash, including fire departments from surrounding towns, and there were 150 firefighters and emergency medical responders on the scene, Mr. Stone said.
Persons: Mark Stone, , Stone Organizations: Hawaii, Fire Department, Stony Brook University Hospital, Suffolk County Police Department Locations: Deer, Babylon, Stony, Suffolk
If, like me, you’re wondering about how to rest more, and rest better, you’re in luck. What makes for a creative life? What’s left is creative work, whether we call it “creative” or not. For instance, being a preschool teacher or a social worker or a sales rep is creative work: It requires judgment, empathy, decision making and problem solving. People who flourish in stressful, demanding jobs are ones who have good boundaries between work life and their personal lives.
Persons: Tess Taylor, CNN — It’s, you’re, Tess Taylor Adrianne, , unsustainably, Alex Soojung, Kim Pang, , Alex, Zoom, I’ve, Kim Pang Andreas Gebert, haven’t, It’s, I’m, What’s, I’d Organizations: , CNN, Research Locations: Silicon Valley, Cambridge
CNN —Is Karen Read a rage-filled cop killer, or the convenient patsy of a vast police cover-up? That’s the question put to a Massachusetts jury on Tuesday in closing arguments of her murder trial in a case that has riveted the Bay State. After closing arguments Tuesday morning, the jury began deliberations at about 1:30 p.m. and continued for about three hours. A drunken Read then struck him with the vehicle and fled, leaving him to die in the snowy cold, prosecutors say. “Lie, obfuscate, manipulate, alter, and when they’re caught, they just excuse it away,” Jackson said in closing arguments.
Persons: CNN —, Karen Read, John O’Keefe, O’Keefe, Adam Lally, , Alan Jackson, ” Read, ” Eva Jenkins, Steven Senne, Michael Proctor, Read, , Proctor, Maura Healey, inexcusable ”, ” Jackson, Chloe –, Firefighters, ” Lally, O’Keefe’s, “ John, they’re, “ That’s, ” Aidan Kearney, Turtleboy, Kearney Organizations: CNN, Boston Police, Boston, Prosecutors, Norfolk Superior Court, Massachusetts State Police, WCVB, WBZ Locations: Massachusetts, State, Canton, Bourne , Massachusetts, Norfolk, Dedham , Massachusetts, Fairview
Seoul, South Korea CNN —A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea Monday killed at least 22 people, most of them foreign nationals, local officials said. It was extinguished around 3:10 p.m, and firefighters were able to enter the factory, said Hwaseong Fire Department official Kim Jin-young in a briefing. Rescue workers recovered a number of burned bodies, Kim said, and one person died due to cardiac arrest. Emergency personnel carry the body of a person killed in a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell on June 24, 2024. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the Interior and Safety Ministry and the head of the fire department to “make all-out efforts” to rescue people by “mobilizing all available personnel and equipment.”Parts of the lithium battery factory were burned following a fire in Hwaseong, South Korea on June 24, 2024.
Persons: Kim Jin, Kim, Kim Hong, Yoon Suk Yeol Organizations: South Korea CNN, Fire Department, South, Reuters, Interior, Safety Ministry Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korean
A massive fire at a factory in Berlin last month was set by Russian saboteurs, per WSJ. But the factory, owned by Diehl Metal, makes parts for cars and electrical systems, not weapons. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIn early May, scores of German firefighters massed at a metal technology plant in southwest Berlin as it burned. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Organizations: Diehl, Service, Business Locations: Berlin, Russian, Ukraine, Lichterfelde
Here’s the latest:• Millions of Americans under heat alerts: More than 100 million Americans, including those in the highly populated I-95 corridor, are under heat alerts through the weekend. A heat emergency is in effect for Washington, DC, where upper 90s and even triple-digit temperatures for the first time since 2016 will be possible. Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser said an extended heat emergency will remain activated throughout the weekend and into next week. Philadelphia has heat alerts in place through the weekend, with temperatures expected to feel close to 99 degrees. New Jersey’s heat alerts are in effect until 8 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Persons: Alberto, , , , Muriel Bowser, Wes Moore, Kathy Hochul, Eric Adams Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center, California Department of Forestry, South, FBI, National Weather Service, ., . Maryland Gov, New, Gov, Tuesday, New York City, state’s Department of Public Health Locations: Ohio, Mexico, Washington, DC, Gulf, South Texas, California, Colusa County, New Mexico, Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Washington , DC, . Maryland, New York City, New York, Philadelphia, California , Arizona, Utah, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas , Sacramento, Bakersfield , California
The United States was buffeted by extreme weather Wednesday, with Texas bracing for the first tropical storm of the hurricane season while the Northeast still faced a major heat wave. Southern Texas braced for a major storm to hit late Wednesday into Thursday, with considerable flash flooding likely, according to forecasters. The weather system, currently named Potential Tropical Cyclone One, is expected to be upgraded and renamed Tropical Storm Alberto by the time it makes landfall on the Gulf Coast of Mexico early Thursday. The National Weather Center office in Houston said at 4:30 a.m. CT (5.:30 a.m. Greg Abbott ordered the state Division of Emergency Management to put the Texas State Emergency Operations Center to a readiness of level 2, meaning it began 24-hour operations.
Persons: Alberto, Greg Abbott, Michelle Grossman, Grossman, Michael Monds Organizations: Tropical, National Weather Center, National Hurricane Center, Ciudad Victoria, Texas Gov, Emergency Management, Emergency, Center, Texans, Texas, M, Service, Texas National Guard, Chinook, NBC Locations: States, Texas, Northeast, Southern Texas, Gulf Coast, Mexico, Luis, Rio, Corpus Christi, Houston, Monterrey, New England, Bangor , Maine, Syracuse , New York
I started making money in the first two years of my business, but I didn't make as much money as I thought I would. As my business grew, I started to make more money than my husbandI realized I was making more money than my husband in a tax meeting. AdvertisementOnce he became a firefighter, my husband made about $100,000 a year. I can move anywhere with my job, but it wasn't easy for my husband to move to another state. My husband told me he wishes he could reverse roles and succeed at my level, but that's not our reality.
Persons: Amy Porterfield, It's, Tony Robbins, Tony, would've, He's, wasn't, it's, I'd, that's, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Nashville, California, Tennessee
CNN —A fire in Los Angeles County that forced the evacuations of hundreds of people from a state park has burned nearly 15,000 acres, authorities said Sunday, just one day after it started. A red flag warning was issued for the I-5 corridor in Los Angeles County and the Ventura County mountains until 5:00 p.m. Monday afternoon. The wildfire began Saturday afternoon in Gorman, an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County. California State Park Services evacuated 1,200 people from Hungry Valley Park, Cal Fire said. The fire had damaged two commercial properties by Saturday evening, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Persons: Crews, Marcio Jose Sanchez Organizations: CNN, California Department of Forestry, Cal Fire, National Weather Service, Cal Fire ., Park Services, Angeles County Fire Department, Firefighters, AP, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Locations: Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Ventura County, Gorman, Cal Fire . California, Angeles, Pyramid, Old, Angeles County, Gorman , California, Northern California, Sonoma County
A fast-spreading wildfire northwest of Los Angeles has burned more than 10,000 acres and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people, according to local authorities, fueled by strong winds that are expected to last until Monday. The blaze, named the Post Fire, started at 1:47 p.m. Saturday in Gorman, Calif., near Interstate 5 about 50 miles outside Los Angeles, the authorities said. Within 12 hours, it had spread to over 10,500 acres, according to CalFire, California’s firefighting agency. It was zero percent contained as of Saturday evening, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The authorities evacuated 1,200 people from the Hungry Valley recreation area and closed the nearby Pyramid Lake reservoir, the fire department said on Saturday evening.
Organizations: Angeles County Fire Department, Firefighters Locations: Los Angeles, Gorman, Calif, CalFire, Angeles
The firefighters were gone, the police were on their way, and all around was the aftermath of whatever had happened a couple hours ago. Sabrina Rudin and her father peered at a video on her phone’s screen for some clue. She’d opened the Spring Cafe Aspen on West 4th Street in Greenwich Village three years ago, a bright corner spot for fresh juices, coffee, breakfast, lunch and dinner. But now, early on the morning of May 17, the place was a wreck. Inside the cafe, a film of white chemical from fire extinguishers covered the countertops, the floor, the fruit and vegetables.
Persons: Sabrina Rudin, peered, She’d Organizations: Greenwich Village Locations: Aspen, Greenwich
Buenos Aires CNN —Police in Argentina clashed Tuesday with anti-government protesters outside Congress, where senators were scheduled to debate a bill on government and economic reforms proposed by libertarian President Javier Milei. A CNN en Español team on the ground witnessed police using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd, while protesters were seen hurling objects back at police. A car belonging to a TV station was overturned and set on fire before it was extinguished by firefighters. A demonstrator reacts during a protest near Argentina's National Congress, on the day senators debate President Javier Milei's economic reform bill, in Buenos Aires on June 12. Mariana Nedelcu/ReutersDemonstrators from various social groups and unions had gathered there to voice their opposition to the proposed reforms.
Persons: Javier Milei, Javier Milei's, Mariana Nedelcu Organizations: Buenos Aires CNN — Police, CNN, Argentina's National, Reuters Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Congress
CNN —Hundreds of animals are believed to have died after a fire ripped through Bangkok’s popular Chatuchak animal market on Tuesday, according to local authorities. The fire started around 4:10 a.m. local time in Sri Somrat market, in Chatuchak, where live fish and animals were being sold, the Chatuchak administrative office said. Bangkok authorities said no one was injured in the blaze, but “lots of pet animals” were affected. It said the damaged area is estimated to be around 1,400 square meters (about 15,000 square feet). Dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, birds, fish and chickens were among the animals affected, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s emergency unit 911.
Persons: Chanakarn Laosarakham, Athit Perawongmetha, Natthanicha K, Organizations: CNN, Bangkok Metropolitan, Authorities, Getty, Firefighters, Reuters Locations: Sri Somrat, Chatuchak, Bangkok, AFP
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