By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The $1.7 million “ozone nanobubbler” being used in an effort to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water crystal clear has a unique ability to shoot 500 million microscopic bubbles into every teaspoon of water. The injected oxygen is supposed to oxidize — or, unscientifically speaking, smash through —
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CNN By Billy Stockwell, Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Eleven people were killed on Sunday when a skydiving plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, according to a regional official. The aircraft – which was carrying 11 people – crashed at 11 a.m. local time during a skydiving session, according to Yves Séguy,
Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell, Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Eleven people were killed on Sunday when a skydiving plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, according to a regional official. The aircraft – which was carrying 11 people – crashed at 11 a.m. local time during a skydiving session, according to Yves Séguy, the
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Almost immediately after scoring a series of upset victories in New York last week, members of the rising progressive movement started looking ahead to their next target: Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and lawyer, is challenging 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette for the solidly blue
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By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Just days away from America’s 250th birthday — and steps away from where the country itself was born — visitors to the City of Brotherly Love are met with an unusual sight: an incomplete national park. “It’s a living historical moment,” said Mijuel Johnson, a local guide with
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Written by Flora Charner from reporting by Osmary Hernández and Camille Rodríguez Montilla, CNN Caracas and La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — Venezuelans are grappling with a stark question: after years of economic and political strife and now devastating twin earthquakes, can their country recover, or are the cracks just too deep? Rescue teams and neighbors
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Update 06/30: The Palm Springs Police Department sent an alert that North Indian Canyon Drive between Sunrise Parkway and Garnet Avenue is now open. Update 06/30: Around 2:30 A.M., the Palm Springs Police Department sent an alert that North Indian Canyon Drive between Sunrise Parkway and Garnet Avenue. As of Tuesday morning, Vista Chino is
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN Hanover, Maryland (CNN) — As he rallied Maryland Democrats at a state party fundraiser Saturday night, former President Joe Biden decried the actions of the man who succeeded him in the White House, painting him as vain and corrupt. “It’s not just his vanity projects, tearing down the East Wing of
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CNN By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The small drones cruise – undetected – over the skies of southern Lebanon and northern Israel, searching for targets. Footage recorded by the explosive-laden devices shows them, one after another, finding and striking their targets: the weak spot on an Israeli Merkava tank. An Iron Dome
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The small drones cruise – undetected – over the skies of southern Lebanon and northern Israel, searching for targets. Footage recorded by the explosive-laden devices shows them, one after another, finding and striking their targets: the weak spot on an Israeli Merkava tank. An Iron Dome air
Continue ReadingBy Magdalena Sofia Vitores Moreno, Max Saltman, Jimena De La Quintaña, Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The last time Norma saw her son was in late January, when she dropped him off at an airport in Peru’s capital, Lima. He told her he found a job as a cook for the Russian army advertised on
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Amateur radio operators from the Desert RATS gathered at the Cathedral City Library for ARRL Field Day, an event focused on emergency communications and disaster preparedness. The annual exercise gives ham radio operators a chance to practice communicating without relying on cell service, internet or the power grid — skills
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By Dalia Faheid, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — An American Airlines flight headed to Bermuda aborted its takeoff in Miami Friday evening after a business jet entered the same runway, getting as close as a third of a mile apart at one point. American Airlines Flight 308 stopped takeoff “after receiving clearance” when the flight
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Firefighters responded to a residential fire in Desert Hot Springs this afternoon that damaged two homes. According to Riverside County Fire Department, officers received a 911 call at about 4:15 p.m. reporting multiple homes on fire in the 13000 block of West Street. When crews arrived, they encountered high
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By Alaa Elassar, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Three firefighters have died battling a fast-moving blaze along the Colorado-Utah border, officials said, as dozens of infernos rage across the West, with Utah imposing sweeping restrictions on Fourth of July fireworks ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday. The three firefighters died while battling wildfires that later
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By Casey Gannon, Julia Benbrook, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting a little-known candidate in line to lead an agency that has spurred controversy amid the administration’s ramped-up deportation efforts. The Department of
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Assemblymember Greg Wallis partnered with the Palm Springs Animal Shelter to host community-driven event aiming at raising awareness about overcrowded animal shelters. This one-day event features waived adoption fees, allowing residents to bring new family members home without the financial burden. Prior to the event, Palm Springs Animal Shelter was
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Associated Press Juneau, Alaska (AP) — A man with the same name and Republican party affiliation as Alaska US Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary, a judge ruled Friday, the latest turn in a drama surrounding the broader fight over control of the US Senate. Superior Court Judge
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By Sophie Tanno, Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A tanker reported being struck in the Strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran traded attacks, with tensions over the critical waterway straining a peace deal between the two nations. In the first exchanges since the memorandum of understanding was signed last week, Iran’s
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Julia Letlow will win the Republican nomination for Senate in Louisiana, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in a runoff in which she made her endorsement from President Donald Trump a centerpiece of her pitch. Letlow’s victory all but ensures another Trump ally will
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