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Three dismembered bodies, including a child, found in burning Texas dumpster

Dakin Andone, CNN — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:00:56 +0000

(CNN) — Three dismembered bodies — including a child — were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth, Texas, this week, according to the city’s police department. The bodies were “burned and heavily dismembered,” police said in a news release on Friday, adding there were “body parts unaccounted for.” Authorities have tentatively identified one of the bodies

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Arizona’s Copper Canyon Fire grows to 2,560 acres

Dakin Andone, CNN — Mon, 10 May 2021 06:36:50 +0000

(CNN) — A brush fire that broke out Friday east of Phoenix, Arizona, has grown to 2,560 acres, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The Copper Canyon Fire was about 20% contained as of Sunday, the department said on Twitter. Fire crews are focused on monitoring the blaze’s southern and western

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Federal grand jury indicts four former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd’s death

Dakin Andone, CNN — Fri, 07 May 2021 22:34:32 +0000

(CNN) – A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George Floyd, alleging the officers violated Floyd’s constitutional rights, according to court documents filed in federal court in Minnesota. The indictment says Derek Chauvin — who was convicted last month on state murder charges in the

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The US secured 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Medical ethicists say it should share with other countries

Dakin Andone, CNN — Mon, 03 May 2021 08:48:59 +0000

(CNN) — With the coronavirus pandemic spiraling out of control in India and other developing regions, the United States this week committed to sharing 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries. But that’s a drop in the bucket. The US has bought or contracted to buy more than 1 billion doses of coronavirus

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Fully vaccinated people can gather unmasked and indoors for Easter, CDC says

Dakin Andone, CNN — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:34:42 +0000

(CNN) — People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely gather for Easter on Sunday — both indoors and without masks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Twitter. It’s still recommended, however, that individuals who are not fully vaccinated have their Easter dinner and egg hunts with only the

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The US deported a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard

Dakin Andone, CNN — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 11:13:13 +0000

(CNN) — A Tennessee resident who was a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has been deported to Germany, the US Justice Department said in a statement Friday. Friedrich Karl Berger, a 95-year-old German citizen, was ordered removed from the US in February 2020, when a US immigration judge determined his “willing

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CDC predicts 130,000 US coronavirus deaths by July 4, with more new cases as states reopen

Dakin Andone, CNN — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 12:12:45 +0000

(CNN) — The US could suffer 130,000 coronavirus deaths by July 4, according to a projection released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And Covid-19 cases could rise this summer as states reopen, the CDC’s deputy director for infectious diseases said during a conference call with reporters. “If anything, we must be

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China’s unprecedented quarantines could have wider consequences, experts say

Dakin Andone, CNN — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:23:18 +0000

(CNN) — With Chinese authorities warning the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating, placing millions of people in more than a dozen Chinese cities under intense travel restrictions might seem like a good idea. But historically a mass quarantine is an aggressive response that’s far from perfect. In the past it has led to political, financial and

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Earthquake damage could leave major Puerto Rico power plant out of action for a year, official says

Dakin Andone, CNN — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:34:25 +0000

(CNN)— A crucial Puerto Rico power plant damaged in this week’s earthquakes could be out of operation for more than a year, the head of the island’s electricity authority told CBS News. Power has been restored to about 50% of customers after a series of earthquakes since December 28, an official with the utility said Thursday.

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Texas barber shot over 13-year-old’s haircut, sheriff’s office says

Dakin Andone, CNN — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:52:35 +0000

(CNN) — Texas law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect accused of shooting a barber over his 13-year-old son’s haircut, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded Saturday to the barber shop on Franz Road in Katy, near Houston, the sheriff’s office said on Twitter, where a male employee was apparently shot

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