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Oct 5, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Joe Sutton |Raja Razek |Rebekah Riess |Holly Yan
Helene death toll rises to at least 225 across 6 states By Joe Sutton, Raja Razek, Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN(CNN) — The death toll from Helene has risen to at least 225 across six states, according to CNN’s tally, after seven more deaths were announced Saturday in North Carolina. Helene is the second deadliest hurricane to strike the United States mainland in the past 50 years, following Hurricane Katrina, which killed at least 1,833 people in 2005.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Michael Williams |Jamiel Lynch |Joe Sutton
Four arrested after fence breach at DNC, Chicago police says By Michael Williams, Jamiel Lynch and Joe Sutton, CNN(CNN) — Four people were arrested after breaching a security fence near the United Center where the Democratic National Convention is being held, Chicago police said. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, speaking to reporters at the fenced perimeter, said police were assessing whether the current fencing was sufficient.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Joe Sutton
Dirt racing icon Scott Bloomquist dies in plane crash at age 60 By Homero De la Fuente and Joe Sutton, CNN(CNN) — Late model dirt racing icon Scott Bloomquist has died in a plane crash near his home in Mooresburg, Tennessee, according to local officials. He was 60 years old. A single-engine Piper J-3 plane crashed into a barn around 7:50 a.m. Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Joe Sutton |Jennifer Feldman
Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell resigns in wake of Sonya Massey shooting By Joe Sutton and Jennifer Feldman, CNN(CNN) — Less than a month after one of his deputies was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, Jack Campbell, the sheriff of Sangamon County, Illinois, has resigned. Campbell made the announcement in a statement released Friday afternoon.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Joe Sutton |Kaanita Iyer
Jimmy Carter says he hopes to vote for Kamala Harris By Joe Sutton and Kaanita Iyer, CNN(CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president, is hoping to vote for Kamala Harris during the November elections, his grandson said. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” the 99-year-old former president said, according to his grandson, Jason Carter, who relayed a conversation Carter had with his son Chip earlier this week to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Lauren Mascarenhas |Christina Maxouris |Joe Sutton |Chris Boyette
Port of Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens more than 2 months after bridge collapse By Lauren Mascarenhas, Christina Maxouris, Joe Sutton and Chris Boyette, CNN(CNN) — The Port of Baltimore’s shipping channel is fully operational again, response officials announced Monday, more than two months after a massive cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers and cutting off access to the crucial shipping artery.
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May 23, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Joe Sutton |Dalia Faheid
Minneapolis police investigate hit-and-run at a mosque as a potential bias crime as search for suspect continues By Joe Sutton and Dalia Faheid, CNN(CNN) — The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run pedestrian crash at a mosque as a potentially targeted, biased crime as it searches for the suspect who fled the area, Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Wednesday.
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May 18, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Dalia Faheid |Joe Sutton |Taylor Ward
Houston surveys destruction from deadly storms and races to restore power as Southeast and Gulf Coast face flood threat By Dalia Faheid, Joe Sutton and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — As officials assess the damage from destructive storms in the Houston area that killed at least seven people and knocked out power amid rising temperatures, residents in the Southeast and Gulf Coast face a severe weather threat through Saturday that could bring another round of excessive rainfall and severe...
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May 18, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Dalia Faheid |Joe Sutton |Taylor Ward
Houston surveys destruction from deadly storms and races to restore power as Southeast and Gulf Coast face flood threat By Dalia Faheid, Joe Sutton and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — As officials assess the damage from destructive storms in the Houston area that killed at least seven people and knocked out power amid rising temperatures, residents in the Southeast and Gulf Coast face a severe weather threat through Saturday that could bring another round of excessive rainfall and severe...
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May 17, 2024 | 
abc17news.com | Dalia Faheid |Paradise Afshar |Caitlin Kaiser |Joe Sutton
By Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Caitlin Kaiser and Joe Sutton, CNN(CNN) — Storms battered Texas and Louisiana late Thursday and early Friday with destructive winds and torrential rain, leaving at least four dead, flooded roads and more than 1 million homes and businesses without power — and more floods could plague parts of the Gulf Coast Friday. At least four people died as the severe weather blasted through Houston, the mayor’s chief of communications Mary Benton told CNN.
