[ad_1] CNN — Around 14,000 customers in Puyallup and Graham, Washington, were impacted Sunday after burglars vandalized three power substations belonging to Tacoma Public Utilities and Puget Sound Energy, police said. No suspects are in custody at this time, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department added in a statement Sunday. The …
Read More »Married couple dead in apparent murder-suicide outside their former Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation, police say
[ad_1] CNN — Law enforcement officials are investigating an apparent murder-suicide on Sunday at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Thornton, Colorado, police said. Police in Thornton responded to a call of fire at the congregation where they were told an adult female was shot and killed by an adult …
Read More »January 6 panelist Raskin points to Electoral College reform as next priority to safeguard democracy
[ad_1] CNN — Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the House January 6 select committee, said reforming the Electoral College to ensure the presidential winner reflects the outcome of the popular vote would be the next step to safeguard democracy. “The Electoral College now – which has given us five …
Read More »Avalanche in Austria: At least 10 people buried
[ad_1] CNN — At least 10 people were buried in an avalanche on Sunday near the mountainous villages of Lech and Zurs in Austria, according to a statement from the state-run Austrian Press Agency. The avalanche happened Sunday afternoon in the open ski area of the villages. One person has been rescued so far according to the police, the agency said. …
Read More »Three foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees
[ad_1] CNN — Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work. “We cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in Afghanistan without our female staff,” …
Read More »A Kentucky woman won $175,000 after getting a lottery ticket at an office gift exchange
[ad_1] CNN — A Kentucky woman brought home the best present at her office gift exchange. Lori Janes, from Louisville, won $175,000 after receiving a lottery ticket at her office holiday party, according to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery. Janes, an officer manager and treatment coordinator at Harmon …
Read More »Ukraine: Zelensky sounds defiant note in Christmas message
[ad_1] CNN — President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukrainians to have “patience and faith” in a defiant Christmas address after a deadly wave of Russian strikes pounded the southern city of Kherson. Ten months into Russia’s war on Ukraine, Zelensky spoke of endurance and pushing through to the end, while …
Read More »JetBlue plane: Fire on board forces the evacuation of more than 160 passengers at New York’s JFK Airport
[ad_1] CNN — A fire on board a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, fire department officials said. The incident – which happened shortly after the flight from Barbados landed at the airport …
Read More »A prolonged winter storm delivers power outages, snarled travel and frigid temperatures on Christmas Day
[ad_1] CNN — A nearly weeklong winter storm blasting much of the US has plunged temperatures to life-threatening lows, brought blizzards and floods, and left more than a quarter million people without power on Christmas Day. Blizzard conditions continue across the Great Lakes, while frigid cold temperatures grip the eastern …
Read More »Taliban use water cannon on women protesting education order in Afghanistan
[ad_1] CNN — A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday, protesting against a Taliban order this week suspending all female students from attending university in the country. Video footage circulating on social media showed Taliban officials using a water cannon …
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