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[ad_1] Editor’s Note: In this series finale of “This is Life with Lisa Ling,” the show profiles interracial couples. The series airs this Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. CNN  —  A year after his Tennessee home was burned down and a racial slur was spray-painted on his property, Alan Mays …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The number of firearms that TSA officers intercepted at airport security checkpoints in 2022 is the highest on record for a single year – and the vast majority of the weapons were loaded, the US Transportation Security Administration said Friday. TSA officers caught 6,301 firearms at checkpoints …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Two children and a young adult died in a home fire early Saturday morning in Pittsburgh, authorities say. A woman was taken to the hospital and is reported in serious condition, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire said. Another woman and eight children were safely evacuated. A firefighter …

[ad_1] Washington CNN  —  A bridge in Pittsburgh that collapsed in January, hours before President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit the city to tout his landmark infrastructure funding law, is expected to reopen by the end of December. The Fern Hollow Bridge may reopen to traffic before Christmas if …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Winter in drought-stricken California is off to a fast start with a series of storms bringing a generous amount of rain and snow across Western states. And it’s already starting to make a dent in California’s drought conditions, according to the latest US Drought Monitor released Thursday …

[ad_1] CNN  —  While search teams in Hawaii are looking for a medical transport aircraft officials believe crashed with three people aboard, the governor issued an emergency proclamation to bolster medical airlift services – which he said are a critical need in the isolated island chain. The aircraft went missing …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The monstrous storm that walloped much of the US this week has now brought nor’easter conditions as it moves across New York and New England ahead of the weekend. After many in the South were left grappling with power outages and smashed homes and businesses from a …

[ad_1] CNN  —  For women, the consequences of a car crash are often far deadlier than for men. According to Verity Now, a US-based campaign group striving to achieve equity in vehicle safety, women are 73% more likely to be injured – and 17% more likely to die – in …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The deadly storm system that destroyed homes in the South is heading east, threatening more tornadoes, freezing rain, treacherous travel and power outages. At least two people were killed in Louisiana as the system’s vicious winds tore through communities from Oklahoma to Texas to Mississippi. Now on …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A Kenyan security guard who reportedly fell while on duty at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium has died in hospital, his family and officials have confirmed to CNN. His employer had notified the migrant worker’s family on Saturday that 24-year-old John Njue Kibue had fallen from the 8th floor …