Saturday, 2 July 2022

Suspect in eastern Kentucky shootout that killed 3 officers was 'a terrorist on a mission,' sheriff says

The suspect in an hourslong shooting that killed three law enforcement officers and injured several others in eastern Kentucky was charged Friday with several counts of murder, including murder of a police officer, and assault on a service animal, officials said.


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How the climate crisis is forever changing our national parks

When Garrett Dickman drove through Yosemite National Park early this week, he passed through a diverse band of large trees -- conifer, red fir, lodgepole pine -- and noticed a grim pattern: many of the trees were either dead or dying.


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A group of Texas educators proposed using the term 'involuntary relocation' rather than slavery when teaching 2nd graders

A workgroup developing a second-grade social studies curriculum for the Texas State Board of Education last month suggested using the term "involuntary relocation" to describe people who were sold into slavery, the board's chair said, amid national debates on the role of critical race theory in classrooms.


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Friday, 1 July 2022

More than 10 million bees released when semi-truck crashes on Utah highway

At least 10 million bees were released onto a highway after a semi-truck crashed in Utah.


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Daily Harvest hit with lawsuits from people who say they had their gallbladders removed after consuming its product

Days after meal-kit service Daily Harvest announced the voluntary recall of one of its products, the company has been hit with two lawsuits from individuals who said they had their gallbladders removed after consuming it.


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Read the SCOTUS ruling

The Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration's attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming.


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'Devastating': See ex-EPA administrator's reaction to Supreme Court's ruling

Former EPA Administrator Carol Browner calls the Supreme Court's ruling to curb the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants "devastating." She joins CNN's Kate Bolduan to discuss.


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