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[ad_1] CNN  —  A powerful bomb cyclone slammed into the California coast Wednesday night, lashing the state with heavy downpours and hurricane-force winds as the storm advanced onshore, knocking over trees and killing a child. The low-pressure storm system moved in from the Pacific, bringing damaging winds, excessive rainfall and …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Three children are dead following a Saturday morning fire in Buffalo, New York, that also left three other children, including a baby, and their grandmother hospitalized. The fire was reported in the 200 block of Darmouth Ave. around 7:30 a.m., Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo said during …

[ad_1] CNN  —  When the blizzard first hit Buffalo, New York, a family of six packed up their bags and headed to a local hotel after they lost power at their home – but they ended up celebrating Christmas somewhere a little more surprising. Demetrice and Danielle, along with their …

[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 mother of two boys who died following a house fire in Michigan earlier this year is pushing for an independent investigation after two firefighters were accused of lying about properly searching for survivors. Zyaire Mitchell, 12, and his brother Lamar, 9, died soon after a fire …

[ad_1] CNN  —  At least 38 people were injured in a Manhattan apartment building fire Saturday morning, which authorities believe was caused by a lithium ion battery connected to a micromobility device. Of the injuries, two were critical, five were serious and the rest minor, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Members of a Red Oak, Iowa, family were able to escape their burning home after a driver, who’d wound up on their street by mistake, saw the flames and rushed to wake them up. Brendon Birt told CNN that he was giving a friend a ride home …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Four people, including a 10-month-old baby girl, were killed in a fire at a home in the Bronx early Sunday morning, the New York Police Department said. New York Fire Department Assistant Chief Kevin Brennan said firefighters immediately began removing victims from the building after responding to …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” has died, his friend and manager Jarez Posey, told CNN. He was 59. Posey said Coolio died Wednesday afternoon. Details on the circumstances were not immediately available. When contacted …