BILL DANCE OUTDOORS, TNN, THE BIG ROCK BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT, SPORTS REPORT+, TMX, “JAWS”, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, IGFA, WASHINGTONPOST.COM, THE BIG ROCK BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT, FACEBOOK, CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The captain of Sensation, the fishing boat that lost out on over $3 million in earnings when tournament officials disqualified its 619.4-pound blue
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The captain of Sensation, the fishing boat that lost out on over $3 million in earnings when tournament officials disqualified its 619.4-pound blue marlin due to “mutilation,” told CNN on Tuesday he believes they won the tournament fair and square. “We worked hard, we felt like what we did
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CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The president of the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament on Wednesday defended its controversial decision to disqualify a 619.4-pound blue marlin that would have earned the fishermen about $3.5 million, saying the rules on “mutilation” are there for a reason. “This rule is there to protect the fish
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By Laura Ly and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — The early-morning fire at an e-bike store in lower Manhattan that left four dead was caused by lithium-ion batteries, the city’s fire commissioner said Tuesday. “It is very clear that this was caused by lithium-ion batteries and e-bikes. There is a very large number of
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By Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — Parents of two of the three children killed during the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville expressed their pain and loss in filed declarations asking the court to deny Freedom of Information Act requests for the release of the school shooter’s writings. “I have no desire to write
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By Elliott Gotkine and CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Amir Tal Jerusalem (CNN) — Four people were killed and four more were wounded in shootings near the settlement of Eli in the West Bank, Israeli authorities and emergency services said Tuesday. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis since January, CNN records show. One of the
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Temperatures in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean are soaring off the charts, with an “exceptional” marine heat wave happening off the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, sparking concerns about impacts on marine life. Parts of the North Sea are experiencing a category 4 marine heat wave
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By Cristiana Moisescu, Amy Croffey and Vicky Bennett, CNN, and Reuters (CNN) — Andrew Tate, the self-proclaimed “misogynist” online influencer, was indicted Tuesday alongside his brother Tristan and two Romanian citizens on charges of human trafficking, rape and setting up a criminal gang, according to a statement from Romanian prosecutors. The Tate brothers and two
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — A Utah woman accused of killing her husband before she authored a children’s book about grieving a loved one, is suing his estate to obtain proceeds from his business and their family home, a new court filing shows. Kouri Richins, 33, is being held without bail on charges of
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By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Estonia’s parliament passed on Tuesday a law legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the first ex-Soviet country to do so. Two adults will be able to marry “regardless of their gender,” after the parliament approved amendments to the country’s Family Law Act, according to a press statement. The amended act will
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By Steve Almasy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire father and son duo, a wealthy explorer, a diver with decades of experience and the founder of the company leading a submersible voyage to explore the Titanic are presumed dead after search teams discovered debris from the sub on the sea floor. “The debris
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Major insurance companies are pulling out of some states entirely to limit their risks where natural disasters are common. Uninsurable places are growing across all 50 states, but it’s now especially difficult to find reasonable homeowners’ insurance in California, Florida and Louisiana due to the likelihood of damaging hurricanes
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Juneteenth has become a day to celebrate freedom in the United States, but the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are still fighting to be free from a terror that happened over a century ago. “We just heard people running and screaming and could smell smoke, seeing houses
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KCAL, KCBS, INSTAGRAM, @OSOPEPATRISSE, LAPD, CNN, Instagram/@OSOPEPATRISSE By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city and members of the department over his death, their attorneys announced on Monday. The wrongful death lawsuit claims officers reacted inappropriately when
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CNN, OCEANGATE EXPEDITIONS, WFXT, DVIDS By Nouran Salahieh, Eric Levenson, Priscilla Alvarez and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Sonar picked up banging sounds on Tuesday from underneath the water in the North Atlantic Ocean while searching for a submersible with five people onboard that went missing two days earlier on a dive to the Titanic
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WTMJ By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Six teenagers were shot after a Juneteenth celebration Monday outside downtown Milwaukee, police said. The Milwaukee Police Department responded around 4:21 pm near Rose Park after four females and two males between the ages of 14 and 19 years old were injured by gunfire, Police Chief Jeffrey B.
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CNN By Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Officials are in a race against time to find a civilian submersible that had five people aboard after it went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while voyaging to the wreckage of the Titanic. The 21-foot vessel has four days of emergency capability, the leader
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 31-year-old father who died after being tased by Los Angeles police officers is suing the city and members of the department over his death, their attorneys announced on Monday. The wrongful death lawsuit claims officers reacted inappropriately when they repeatedly tased Keenan Anderson, cousin of
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century with profound consequences for millions of people under worst case climate scenarios, international scientists in Nepal warned in a new report. The report, published Tuesday by
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century with profound consequences for millions of people under worst case climate scenarios, international scientists in Nepal warned in a new report. The report, published Tuesday by
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