By JORDAN GASS-POORE, The Uproot Project It’s been decades since residents of a tiny Rhode Island neighborhood found themselves dealing with tap water tainted by gasoline leaking from tanks under service stations a few hundred yards from their homes. Their plight drew attention to the problem of leaking underground storage tanks, which remain a leading
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CNN By Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok and Martin Bourke, CNN Sardinia, Italy (CNN) — He’s a World Cup winner, who has won multiple titles with French club Paris Saint-Germain over the last seven years. Now, Kylian Mbappé, who is widely expected to imminently join Real Madrid, says he’s looking forward to the challenge of playing
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting, spewing red streams of lava in its latest display of nature’s power. A series of earthquakes before the eruption Wednesday triggered the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The eruption began in the early afternoon north of Grindavik, a coastal town of
Continue ReadingBy Victoria Woodcock, CNN (CNN) — “Fragile Beauty” is an exhibition of extremes. The new show of “Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection” at London’s Victoria & Albert museum (V&A) is at turns glitzy and gritty; joyfully pop and heart-wrenchingly poignant. On one hand it’s high-gloss portraits of Marilyn Monroe; on the other it’s the raw, intimate
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Jessup, Maryland (CNN) — In her first week of job training, Tiffany Joseph Busch learned how to do an oil change. “If I had known it was this easy then I wouldn’t have been paying for oil changes,” she said she told her instructor. But Busch never interacted with an actual
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By Brittany Breeding Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — One of the landlords who owns multiple properties where residents are being forced to move out was arraigned Tuesday. Yacov Smouha and his company – Amar Shreveport Holdings – are facing dozens of misdemeanor charges. They stem from issues at Villa
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting in a national election that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years. The long-ruling African National Congress party is facing a stern test to hold onto its majority. Under the South African political system, people vote for
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo and Juliana Liu, CNN Seoul/Hong Kong (CNN) — A labor union representing tens of thousands of workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has called a one-day strike next week, in what would be the first such walkout at the smartphone and chipmaking giant. The Nationwide Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) said on
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN London (CNN) — Big Oil keeps doing big deals. ConocoPhillips said Wednesday it had agreed to buy Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal worth $22.5 billion, including about $5.4 billion of debt. Marathon Oil shareholders will receive 0.255 ConocoPhillips shares for each Marathon share they own, representing a 14.7% premium to
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal fragments. Wednesday’s urgent request comes after one person in a Nissan was killed
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Walgreens is joining other retailers in cutting prices across the board, from snacks to toiletries and even Squishmallows, in an effort to lure back inflation-weary shoppers turned off by high prices. Prices are dropping immediately on more than 1,500 items online and at its stores, which include
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By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Cam Barrett knows the precise date of her first menstrual period. Her mother posted the news on Facebook. “I was in fourth grade. I was 9 years old. The date was September 9, 2009. And my mom posted … something like, ‘Oh my God, my baby girl’s a woman
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Highs topped out at 102 yesterday and we should meet or exceed that this afternoon as high pressure continues to keep temps above normal (98). Some breeziness along the freeway corridor is keeping Indian Canyon at the Wash in Palm Springs closed because of sand and visibility issues, and the breeziness is a result of
Continue ReadingBy DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. The number of pandas in American zoos has steadily dwindled as
Continue ReadingBy DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. The number of pandas in American zoos has steadily dwindled as
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago. The officer demanded to know why
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) — Boeing is expected to release a plan this week to fix its endless string of safety issues that have been under federal investigation following a midflight fuselage blowout in January. The report is a critical step for Boeing to rebuild confidence among the public, airlines, and its regulator
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KCAL, KCBS, WPLG, CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators are preparing to bring accusers of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs before a federal grand jury, two sources familiar with the probe tell CNN — signaling the US Justice Department is moving toward potentially seeking an indictment of Combs. Possible
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Lexi Thompson will retire from professional golf at the end of the 2024 season, calling time on a decorated career at the age of 29, the American announced on Tuesday. The 11-time LPGA Tour champion revealed her decision ahead of her 18th consecutive US Women’s Open appearance this week,
Continue ReadingBy Rick Quan Click here for updates on this story HAWAII (KITV) — A senior at Iolani School was among the top winners in the world’s largest international high school science competition. His project looked into why endangered green sea turtles in Kaneohe Bay are being stricken by a life-threatening disease. During the pandemic, Maddux
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