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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Bootleg Fire is now the Oregon’s third-largest wildfire since 1900, and more than 2,000 people are still under some form of evacuation order, officials said Thursday. “It’s kind of a dubious honor,” Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Marcus Kauffman said of the fire that started July 6 and had charred

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: November 25, 2016 Birth place: Biran, Cuba Birth name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz Father: Angel Castro, landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Dalia Soto

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck

By Jackson Dill, CNN A weakening In-fa is beginning to track away from the southern Japanese islands but has its eye set on eastern China by the end of this weekend. The storm could bring extremely heavy rainfall to millions in China. And behind In-fa, there is a growing tropical threat from newly named Tropical

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business For months, used car prices have been soaring at an unprecedented rate. That has led to some strange situations, like people selling used pickup trucks for more than they bought them for a year ago and even cars with more than 100,000 miles gaining a lot in value. But two

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Flash flooding and dust storms are threatening Arizona as it braces for a potentially significant flooding event this weekend amid an exceptional drought. Forecast rainfall totals across the US have a bulls eye with the highest amounts directly over Arizona in the next five days. Monsoonal moisture is

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales inched slightly higher in June as the inventory of available homes to buy increased, but home prices still remained on a tear, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Consistently low inventory has pushed prices higher over the past year. The median price for an

Opinion by Kathryn Reynolds and Abby Boshart for CNN Business Perspectives After the CDC’s national eviction moratorium expires on July 31, millions of renters could lose their homes. Congress has allocated almost $47 billion toward emergency rental assistance to help renters stay stably housed and help property owners cover their costs. But it’s very unlikely

By Steve Almasy and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The largest wildfire in the United States approached 400,000 acres burned with containment at just 38%, officials said Thursday. The Bootleg Fire has charred 399,359 acres in southern Oregon, including some land that is set aside for carbon offsets. “The fire will continue to be extremely active with

By Jessie Yeung, Swati Gupta and Esha Mitra, CNN More than two thirds of India’s population may have Covid-19 antibodies, according to a new serological survey released Tuesday, providing yet more evidence the virus may have spread far more widely than official figures suggest. About 67.6% of Indians surveyed above the age of 6 showed

By David Shortell, Natalie Gallón and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, dozens of men arrested by local police remain in detention facing no formal charges and with limited access to attorneys. The legal limbo, made more uncertain by a “a state of siege” invoked after the July

By David Wilkinson, CNN My oh my, how time flies. Britain’s Prince George is turning 8 on Thursday and to mark the occasion, his parents are releasing a new photograph of their eldest. Keeping with tradition, the photo was snapped by his mother, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who has a passion for photography. “The Duke

By Samantha Beech, Rodrigo Pedroso and Juliana Koch, CNN Corruption inquiries, a spreading Covid-19 crisis, plunging popularity and persistent bouts of hiccups. Brazil’s scandal-plagued President Jair Bolsonaro just can’t seem to catch a break. The President said he’s now feeling “100% well” after his recent health scare, a consequence he says of a failed assassination

By Karol Suarez, CNN Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez announced a new National Identity Document (DNI) for nonbinary people on Wednesday. The DNI’s goal is to guarantee the right to gender identity fo people who don’t recognize themselves as either female or male, he said. “There are other identities besides man and woman that must be

Opinion by Pete Buttigieg and Marty Walsh for CNN Business Perspectives If you have walked into a store and seen items missing, or wondered why home improvement contractors are backed up, or found your business waiting for vital orders — then you have witnessed just some of the effects of America’s challenges with truck driver