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Residents of Ohio community allowed to return after chemical leak from railroad car forced evacuations

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Melissa Alonso and Taylor Romine, CNN Cleves, Ohio (CNN) — All evacuations were lifted in a western Cincinnati suburb Wednesday evening, a day after a chemical leak from a railcar prompted tests of water and air quality. “All initial reports do not indicate any health concerns,” Little Miami Joint Fire and Rescue District

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Two passengers taken to the hospital with injuries on United flight after pilots respond to collision warning

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into the jolt on a United Airlines flight that injured two passengers when the pilots responded to an onboard midair collision system warning. United Airlines says as flight 2428 from Newark, New Jersey, was descending into San Francisco International Airport last Thursday,

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A student has left Gettysburg College after a racial slur was etched onto a student’s chest, school officials say

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A student athlete is no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania after they allegedly etched a racial slur onto the chest of a teammate, school officials say. Several students were attending an informal gathering of the swim team at an on-campus residence on September 6 when one of

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Police believe the Birmingham, Alabama, mass shooters used ‘conversion devices.’ Here’s what that means

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The people who opened fire in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, late Saturday are suspected of using “conversion devices” in carrying out the attack, and over 100 shell casings were collected at the scene, according to a preliminary investigation from police. The shooting, which left four dead and

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OceanGate asked workers to forego paychecks, former employees tell investigators probing Titan implosion

By Dakin Andone and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The company that built and operated the Titan submersible asked employees to forego their pay as it faced economic challenges, according to former employees testifying before the US Coast Guard panel probing the vessel’s deadly implosion last year. OceanGate employees were asked to “defer our paychecks”

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Asylum-seekers find a lifeline, opting out of AI training, ancient weapons of war: Catch up on the day’s stories

By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Fall is officially here, and that means it’s virus season. The US government plans to make more at-home Covid-19

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DC Area Sniper Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the timelines, victims and aftermath of the shootings that occurred in and around Washington, DC in October 2002. Ten people were killed and three injured in sniper-style shootings. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested, tried and convicted for the shootings. Muhammad received a

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OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein testifies company that built Titan did not plan to build its own subs

By Ashley R. Williams, Graham Hurley and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The company that built and operated the doomed Titan submersible did not originally intend to develop its own vessels, its co-founder testified Monday before a US Coast Guard panel investigating what led the craft to implode last year, killing all five people aboard.

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