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A Texas university president canceled a student drag show,

CNN  —  A student drag show aimed at raising money for the LGBTQ community was canceled Monday by West Texas A&M University’s president, who called such shows “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny,” drawing… Read Full Article Here CNN

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5 people shot near a gun buyback event at a Los Angeles beach |

CNN  —  Five people were injured in a shooting at a Los Angeles beach Saturday – a few miles from where city officials had hosted a gun buyback event earlier in the day, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and City… Read Full Article Here CNN

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Hazardous chemical spill from commercial truck crash has

CNN  —  A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said. The interstate was shut down in both directions between Rita and Kolb roads Tuesday, and the “extensive closure” is […]

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A traffic stop involving a deputy threatening to shoot a driver

CNN  —  A Los Angeles County traffic stop in which a local rapper was approached by a deputy who threatened that the man would “take one to the chest” if he failed to comply with exiting his parked vehicle is now under investigation, according to police. Rapper Feezy Lebron was detained by two Los Angeles […]

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Texas DPS moves to fire Texas Ranger under investigation for

CNN  —  The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is moving to terminate a member of the elite Texas Rangers unit who had been suspended over the actions he failed to take during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, according to a source familiar with the process. The source told CNN […]

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Colorado launches new alert system to help find missing

CNN  —  After community members searched for Wanbli Vigil in knee-deep snow and brush in Denver, Colorado, authorities activated a statewide alert system on Tuesday to help find the missing 27-year-old Lakota man. Vigil’s disappearance is the first case to activate Colorado’s new Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA). The system was launched last week to […]

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Damaging weather menaces the Southeast as a ‘brutal’ storm system

CNN  —  A major winter storm that brought snow and freezing rain to its colder northern end and severe storms and tornadoes on its warmer southern end is threatening more severe weather as it treks east. Meanwhile, another powerful storm system is hitting the West Coast – right on the heels of the last round […]

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Second quake in two weeks sends Northern California back to

CNN  —  Northern California officials are back in clean-up mode after the second earthquake in two weeks struck the region Sunday morning, cracking walls and roads. The 5.4 magnitude earthquake was shallow, striking at a depth of about 19 miles, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It was centered about 30 miles south of Eureka […]

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A skier died in an avalanche outside a Colorado resort | CNN

CNN  —  A man died while skiing with his father in Colorado on Saturday when an avalanche struck and engulfed them both, a rescue team statement said. The avalanche struck outside the Breckenridge Ski Resort when the men went skiing through “a backcountry area called The Numbers, which is outside the Breckenridge Ski Resort boundary […]

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5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Northern California and ‘felt

CNN  —  An earthquake struck Northern California Sunday morning for the second time in less than a two-week span, according to the US Geological Survey. The 5.4 magnitude earthquake occurred about 30 miles south of Eureka and was centered about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell, the USGS said. The earthquake was a shallow one, […]