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Sep 10, 2024 | 
wkow.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Mary Gilbert |Robert Shackelford |Eric Zerkel
(CNN) - [Breaking news update, published at 7:39 p.m. ET]Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
wsiltv.com | Jamiel Lynch |Elizabeth Wolfe
(CNN) — A student at Rice University in Houston was found dead in her dorm room Monday in an apparent murder-suicide, sending the campus into a nearly two-hour lockdown as students concluded their first day of classes, according to police and university officials.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Elizabeth Wolfe
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
aol.com | Elizabeth Wolfe
June 20, 2024 at 11:51 PMAll eyes in American baseball turned to Birmingham, Alabama’s historic Rickwood Field Thursday night, where the stands shook with deafening applause and hoots of pride in honor of one of the best the game has ever seen. Three days after the legendary Willie Mays died at 93, Major League Baseball honored him at the oldest professional ballpark in America, where a teenaged Mays once roamed the outfield for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
local3news.com | Holmes Lybrand |Elizabeth Wolfe |Hannah S. Rabinowitz |Ashley R. Williams
(CNN) — One of three inmates charged in connection with the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has pleaded guilty to falsifying statements to federal agents. Sean McKinnon was sentenced Monday to time served, as “he’s been in custody since he was charged,” the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia told CNN. According to a plea agreement, McKinnon faced up to a five-year sentence for the charge.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
albanyherald.com | Holmes Lybrand |Elizabeth Wolfe |Hannah S. Rabinowitz |Ashley R. Williams
(CNN) — One of three inmates charged in connection with the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has pleaded guilty to falsifying statements to federal agents. Sean McKinnon was sentenced Monday to time served, as “he’s been in custody since he was charged,” the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia told CNN. According to a plea agreement, McKinnon faced up to a five-year sentence for the charge. kAm!C@D64FE@CD 92G6 244FD65 |4z:??@?
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Robert Shackelford |Mary Gilbert |Taylor Galgano
(CNN) — Heavy rainfall has been inundating South Florida for a third day in a row on Thursday, with flash flood warnings in effect from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, after Wednesday’s storms transformed roads into canals and caused water to seep into homes. Flash flooding is likely to occur at a faster rate than usual as the areas around Miami are already saturated from more than a foot of rain in the past two days.
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May 28, 2024 | 
channel3000.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Mary Gilbert
(CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of Texans were without power Tuesday as powerful storms deliver another round of violent weather to the state still reeling from an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and deadly storms in recent weeks. Storms unloaded hurricane-force wind gusts across the Dallas area, with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recordeing a wind gust of 77 mph early Tuesday as power outages in the area started to skyrocket.
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May 21, 2024 | 
autos.yahoo.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Robert Shackelford |Mary Gilbert
Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNNMay 21, 2024 at 11:58 AM·4 min readA dangerous day of severe weather is underway in the Midwest as robust storms capable of unloading destructive winds, hail and tornadoes roar to life. A potent line of thunderstorms developing Tuesday afternoon prompted a rare “potentially dangerous situation” tornado watch for parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois from the Storm Prediction Center.
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May 21, 2024 | 
wlfi.com | Elizabeth Wolfe |Robert Shackelford |Mary Gilbert
(CNN) — A dangerous day of severe weather is underway in the Midwest as robust storms capable of unloading destructive winds, hail and tornadoes roar to life. “An outbreak of severe thunderstorms, including the potential for strong (at least EF2-strength) tornadoes, is probable today,” the Storm Prediction Center warned Tuesday morning. More than 25 million people across the region are under a Level 3 of 5 or Level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms Tuesday, the SPC said.
