[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Sign up to get this weekly column as a newsletter. We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. CNN — “We were the people who were not in the papers,” says the narrator of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s …
Read More »Why Hawaii probably won’t stop lava from Mauna Loa from reaching the highway
[ad_1] CNN — Lava from the ongoing eruption at the Mauna Loa volcano is just miles away from a crucial highway on Hawaii’s Big Island. But despite the inconvenience of shutting down the highway, it’s unlikely any attempts will be made to redirect the lava flow, experts say. As of …
Read More »A mass power outage in North Carolina is being investigated as a ‘criminal occurrence,’ authorities say
[ad_1] CNN — A mass power outage affecting nearly 40,000 customers in North Carolina’s Moore County is being investigated as a “criminal occurrence” after crews found signs of potential vandalism at several locations, authorities said. Several communities across the county began experiencing power outages just after 7 p.m. Saturday, the …
Read More »Racist rhetoric greets increasing population of Latino students in this Tennessee county
[ad_1] CNN — Sitting in the back of a packed room in the Hamilton County Schools administration complex, Clara fought the urge to leave. She had taken the day off from her factory job to be there but was nervous to see a crowd of people supporting a board member …
Read More »Kentucky Christmas parade canceled amid threats to protestors calling for Emmett Till accuser’s arrest
[ad_1] CNN — Bowling Green, Kentucky, has canceled its annual Christmas parade scheduled for Saturday due to threats against protests related to the notorious lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. The city announced the cancellation in tweet. In a video posted on Facebook, Police Chief Michael Delaney said at …
Read More »What we know about Georgia voters ahead of Senate runoff
[ad_1] CNN — For the past two years, the eyes of the political world keep turning back to Georgia. And for the second time in two years, voters in this key state will choose their senator in a runoff election, which this time will determine whether Democrats expand on their …
Read More »Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar
[ad_1] CNN — The rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee on Friday voted to approve a proposal to drastically reshape the 2024 presidential nominating calendar and make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on the same day a few days …
Read More »See the Mauna Loa volcano lava flow and track the air quality in Hawaii
[ad_1] CNN — The lava spewing from the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii continues to flow. The leading edge remains at around 7,000 feet in elevation, creeping down the mountain at less than a mile an hour. But the magma has slowed significantly and so far poses little threat to …
Read More »Richard Allen’s attorneys say he has “nothing to hide” in death of two Indiana teens
[ad_1] CNN — Attorneys for the suspect in the 2017 killing of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, said in a statement Friday that their client “has nothing to hide. ” Richard Allen, who was arrested last month in connection with the killings, will make “a vigorous legal and factual …
Read More »35% of millionaires say they won’t have enough to retire, report finds
[ad_1] A cool $1 million is not what it used to be. There are more millionaires in the U.S. and globally than ever before, with nearly 24.5 million millionaires nationwide as of 2022, according to the latest Global Wealth Report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute. Even so, having seven …
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