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2 weeks ago | 
local3news.com | Emma Tucker |Elizabeth Wolfe
(CNN) — The Trump administration’s now-paused revocation of Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students raises significant questions about how a ban would impact the school community and its academic research. While a temporary restraining order by US District Court Judge Allison Burroughs blocks the implementation of the federal government’s order for now, the university’s future ability to enroll international students will depend on how the case plays out in court.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Holly Yan |Elizabeth Wolfe
A box truck crash on a busy downtown Boston avenue injured at least six people Tuesday and left the rental vehicle wedged sideways against a building in what the police commissioner called a “tragic accident.”“We don’t have any reason to believe that this was an intentional act,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden, citing the preliminary investigation.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
applevalleynewsnow.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Sarah Dewberry
(CNN) — Multiple people were killed, including a child, when a helicopter slammed into a communications tower behind homes in Houston’s Second Ward on Sunday night, causing a fiery explosion and toppling the structure, Mayor John Whitmire said. The crash happened near Engelke Street and North Ennis Street just before 8 p.m., igniting a large explosion that could be heard at a fire station less than half a mile from the site, Whitmire said during a late-night press conference.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
local3news.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Sarah Dewberry
(CNN) — Multiple people were killed, including a child, when a helicopter slammed into a communications tower behind homes in Houston’s Second Ward on Sunday night, causing a fiery explosion and toppling the structure, Mayor John Whitmire said. The crash happened near Engelke Street and North Ennis Street just before 8 p.m., igniting a large explosion that could be heard at a fire station less than half a mile from the site, Whitmire said during a late-night press conference.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
wsiltv.com | Elizabeth Wolfe
(CNN) — At least one person is dead and several others are injured after a “chemical release” at a plant in Deer Park, Texas, that has prompted shelter-in-place orders for all residents of the city Thursday, officials said. “I’m aware of the chemical leak at the Pemex plant in Deer Park,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a statement.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Jamiel Lynch |Elizabeth Wolfe
(CNN) — Students, faculty and staff at Rice University were locked down for nearly two hours on the first day of classes as police investigated the shooting deaths of two people, including a student who was found dead in her dorm room, a university spokesperson said. A female student was found fatally shot in her room at the Houston school’s Jones College, a residential hall on the eastern edge of campus, spokesperson Chris Stipes told CNN. There are no signs of forced entry to the room, he noted.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
albanyherald.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Kelly McCleary |Matt Egan
(CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 10:53 p.m. ET]Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced Tuesday night that student organizers face a midnight deadline to reach an agreement to dismantle the protest encampment on campus. kAmx7 ?@ 28C66>6?E :D C624965 3J E96?[ E96 F?:G6CD:EJ “H:== 92G6 E@ 4@?D:56C 2=E6C?2E:G6 @AE:@?D” 7@C 4=62C:?8 E96 6?42>A>6?E[ $927:< D2:5 :? 2 =6EE6C E@ E96 r@=F>3:2 4@>>F?:EJ] $96 5:5 ?@E 6=23@C2E6 @? 9@H 25>:?:DEC2E@CD A=2?
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
erienewsnow.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Kelly McCleary |Matt Egan
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Kelly McCleary and Matt Egan, CNN(CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 10:53 p.m. ET]Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced Tuesday night that student organizers face a midnight deadline to reach an agreement to dismantle the protest encampment on campus. If no agreement is reached by then, the university “will have to consider alternative options” for clearing the encampment, Shafik said in a letter to the Columbia community.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Robert Shackelford |Mary Gilbert
(CNN) — Fierce storms are targeting the Ohio Valley and tracking through the Southeast Thursday, a day after deadly storms spawned damaging tornadoes and flash flood emergencies from Texas to Mississippi. A tornado damaged homes in at least one Florida neighborhood in an area north of St. Augustine late in the morning, St. John’s County fire officials said. Another tornado was observed just north of Tampa in the early afternoon.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Christina Maxouris |Raja Razek |Mary Gilbert
(CNN) — More than a dozen homes were damaged in one West Virginia community and more than 100,000 customers in the state were without power late Tuesday night as a powerful system of thunderstorms with damaging winds, dangerous hail and the potential for destructive tornadoes swept through parts of the Ohio Valley. At least 13 homes were damaged and some residents were injured, Fayette County, West Virginia, Office of Emergency Management director Kevin Walker told CNN.
