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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Summer is here and millions of people are flocking to beaches all across the country. But even on a seemingly beautiful weather day, a hidden danger can lie just under the surface: rip currents, high surf or sneaker waves — collectively known as surf zone incidents. Not all of these

By Dakin Andone, CNN Dry thunderstorms on Saturday will raise the risk of sparking new wildfires in the Western US, where numerous blazes have already scorched hundreds of thousands of acres. Red-flag warnings were posted for Idaho, Oregon and a small portion of Northern California, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. And heat advisories and heat

By Jennifer Gray and Pedram Javaheri, CNN meteorologists With the Olympic Games opening ceremonies less than a week away, all eyes will be on the weather forecast. Athletes try to train in conditions that will be similar to what they will face in Japan, but we all know that sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t always play

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Another seven days have passed, so it’s time once again for CNN Travel to check the destination barometer and tell you where’s hot, where’s not and where you’ll need your two shots. Here’s what we learned in pandemic travel this week. 1. There’s going to be a honeymoon boom Bad news

By Natalie Gallón, Caitlin Hu and Evan Perez, CNN Colombia’s National Police chief has claimed that former Haitian Justice Ministry official Joseph Felix Badio was a key player in the assassination of Haiti’s president. Speaking in an edited video provided to media outlets, Gen. Jorge Vargas alleged that newly obtained information from the ongoing investigation

By Hannah Gard and Judson Jones, CNN Monsoon rains brought extreme flash flooding to the Southwest this week, causing at least one death and scenes of vehicles bobbing down roads like rafts on rapids. More flash flooding may occur this weekend. A flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park killed Rebecca Copeland, 29, of Ann

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business A lot of people still think that, once a car has been driven more than 100,000 miles, there’s not much value left in it. That hasn’t really been true for decades, but it’s especially wrong now. Used car prices have been driven to extremes recently thanks to a combination of

By Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN It’s difficult to imagine the Duchess of Sussex would ever be asked for her résumé — but if she were, it would be a lengthy read. ‘Actress,’ ‘senior royal,’ philanthropist,’ ‘broadcaster,’ ‘author’… and now, she can add ‘executive producer’ to her extraordinary list of roles. It’s probably more

By Amanda Watts and Ray Sanchez, CNN Canada could start allowing fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents on non-essential travel into the country by mid August, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a call Thursday with Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers, Trudeau also said Canada could potentially open to fully vaccinated travelers in

Jodi Upchurch, CNN Burger King employees have it their way, a fuel tanker truck catches fire after hitting a highway median, and a cleaning fairy accidentally spends two hours scrubbing the wrong home. These are the must-watch videos of the week. A whopper of a resignation A Burger King manager and eight staff members quit

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Bootleg Fire, the largest wildfire in the United States this year, has scorched more than 240,000 acres since it first started 10 days ago in southern Oregon, according to the latest report from InciWeb. That means the blaze has spread around 24,000 acres per day on average, or just over

By Paula Newton, CNN The first forensic evidence that unmarked graves in their hundreds were located at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School was a juvenile rib bone and tooth found beneath the apple orchard. But survivors of the school say they didn’t need forensic proof to know that hundreds of children went missing in

By Gabriel Kinder, CNN Before the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, CNN Heroes and their non-profits already faced significant challenges serving their communities. Yet they have found ways to step up and make Haiti a better place, often in the face of gang violence and a lack of resources. Three CNN Heroes shared their

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Homeowners who missed out on ultra-low interest rates earlier this year may have another chance. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 2.88%, according to Freddie Mac, the lowest level since mid-February and the third consecutive weekly drop. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 2.22%. The

By Hannah Gard and Judson Jones, CNN Large wildfires burning across the US will blanket the country in smoke from California to New York. Across the US, 68 large wildfires are currently burning over one million acres according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), mostly in the West where the widespread worsening drought conditions

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Housing has become so expensive in the United States that the typical minimum wage worker cannot afford rent, according to a new report. There is no state, county or city in the country where a full-time, minimum-wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford a two-bedroom rental, a report

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Over 15 million people are under a heat advisory across portions of New York and New Jersey on Thursday and Friday, when temperatures are expected reach several degrees above normal. “Heat index values up to 99 today and heat index values up to 103 expected Friday,” the National Weather Service

By Patrick Oppmann and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Cuba announced on Wednesday it was temporarily lifting restrictions on travelers bringing food, medicines and hygiene products into the country in an apparent acknowledgment of demands from anti-government demonstrators. Thousands took to the streets across the island nation last weekend to protest chronic shortages of basic goods, curbs

By Matt Rivers, Caitlin Hu and Jessie Yeung, CNN The head of security at Haiti’s presidential residence has been placed in police custody, according to a close associate, as authorities continue to investigate the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Dimitri Herard, who is the head of the General Security Unit of the National Palace,

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN After 26 Colombians were accused of assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moise, a retired special forces soldier in Colombia has told CNN that they were actually hired to provide the leader security, and that he himself was approached for the job by a US-based company. Matias Gutierrez, 45, told CNN he was

Opinion by Senator Sherrod Brown and Peter Edelman for CNN Business Perspectives If you have kids, check your bank account on Thursday. There’s a pretty good chance you’ll see $250 or $300 in your account with the letters “CTC” in the line item. That’s because for the first time ever, we are recognizing raising kids

By Tatiana Arias and Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuban YouTuber Dina Fernandez, known as Dina Stars, said she was being taken away by Cuban state security forces in Havana during a live interview on Tuesday. Fernandez was being interviewed, along with singer Yotuel, by Spanish broadcaster Canal 4 about the unprecedented anti-government protests in which thousands

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business For most small business owners and sole proprietors, the economic fallout from the pandemic was hellish. CNN Business profiled a number of them over the past year and a half, and checked back with a few to see how they are faring today. He’s cautiously optimistic, despite a debt hangover

By Rodrigo Pedroso and Larry Register, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be transferred to a hospital in Sao Paulo for additional tests to determine whether he needs emergency surgery, according to Brazil’s Special Secretariat for Social Communication. According to sources at the presidential palace, Bolsonaro felt abdominal pain at night, and he was admitted

Alexandra Meeks, CNN California officials are warning nearly all juvenile chinook salmon in the Sacramento River could die due to abnormally hot underwater conditions as heat waves continue to bake the West. There could be a “near-complete loss” of the young endangered species of salmon because temperatures above 100 degrees for extended periods of time

By Angela Fritz, CNN There are places within cities where summertime heat can soar, and giant swings in temperature are observed over a matter of blocks. Neighborhoods with little tree cover, few grassy areas and a lot of concrete can be as much as 15 to 20 degrees hotter than the surrounding areas. During heat

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil. Personal Birth date: March 21, 1955 Birth place: Campinas, Brazil Birth name: Jair Messias Bolsonaro Father: Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro, dentist Mother: Olinda Bonturi Bolsonaro Marriage: Michelle Bolsonaro; Ana Cristina Valle (divorced); Rogéria Bolsonaro (divorced) Children: with Michelle Bolsonaro:

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Oregon and Washington state have moved into the highest level of wildfire preparedness as the largest wildfire in the United States continues to scorch hundreds of thousands of acres. The Oregon National Guard deployed Wednesday morning to help in the battle against the large Bootleg Fire, which was 5% contained. The

By Aya Elamroussi and Brisa Colon, CNN A small town in Northern California has been ravaged by a wildfire for the second time in less than a year. Residents of Doyle, a town of about 700 residents north of Reno, are evacuating from their homes again as extreme drought and heat waves leave the area

By Jackson Dill, CNN Severe weather — including possible tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds — will threaten more than 90 million people across the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday, according to forecasts. “Although large hail will be possible with [the thunderstorms], wind damage should be the more predominant severe threat,” according to the Storm

By Caitlin Hu, Etant Dupain and David Shortell, CNN Could the traveling pastor with a history of humanitarian work also have masterminded an intricate murder plot to seize power in Haiti? Christian Emmanuel Sanon, the latest American citizen to be arrested in connection to the assassination of Haiti’s President, has been accused by authorities of

By Paula Newton, CNN The Penelakut Tribe in British Columbia announced Monday that it had found more than 160 “undocumented and unmarked’ graves in the province’s Southern Gulf Islands, once home to the Kuper Island Residential School. The latest grim discovery follows other similar findings in British Columbia as well as in the province of

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Germany’s Volkswagen Group hopes to more than double its market share in the United States by 2030, and it’s counting on a cute electric remake of its classic VW Microbus to help it get there. The VW ID Buzz is expected to go on sale in 2023 in the US.

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Ethel Lawrence normally doesn’t have a hard time covering her expenses. But when her husband was prescribed a new medication that cost almost $400 a month, she was in shock. “I was smacked in the face and low on cash. It wasn’t payday yet,” said the 72-year-old Oklahoma resident. “It’s

By Judson Jones and Hannah Gard, CNN The punishing heat wave continues in much of the West. However, for some in places in the Southwest including Arizona, the long-awaited monsoon will bring milder temperatures and rainfall. It may just arrive a little bit too fast, raising flash flooding concerns in the area. “Afternoon and evening

By Patrick Oppmann and Al Goodman, CNN Anti-government activists in Cuba say that more than 100 people have been arrested or are missing on the island following widespread protests on Sunday. One person died during clashes with police on Monday, Cuba’s Ministry of Interior said Tuesday, according to state-run Radio Rebelde. The Movimiento San Isidro,

By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business Retiring a millionaire isn’t as farfetched as it may seem. With a bit of saving, investing, and a proper plan, you can be well on your way to hitting $1 million — or more — by the time you reach retirement age. In fact, the number of retirement millionaires have

Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives With Covid-19 vaccines now widely available in the United States, Americans across the country are eager to get back to work and to visit loved ones that they haven’t seen in more than a year. But the skyrocketing price of gasoline will make these endeavors more expensive

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Almost £180 million ($249 million) in cryptocurrency has been seized by London’s Metropolitan Police — the biggest confiscation in the UK, the force said. The confiscation is thought to be one of the largest globally, the Met Police said, and comes just weeks after police confiscated £114 million ($158 million) of

By Alexandra Meeks, Hollie Silverman and Joe Sutton, CNN A severe drought coupled with the human-induced climate crisis has sparked a fire season that has already seen more than three times as much land burned in California this year than during the same time span last year, officials said. The state recorded its worst fire

By Caitlin Hu, Natalie Gallón and Matt Rivers. Video and photos by David von Blohn. The plot to kill Haiti’s President allegedly spanned multiple countries and involved highly experienced former military officers and months of planning, according to local officials. Yet the primary suspects in the case appear to have been unprepared for their fierce

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Pacific Northwest heat wave in late June was a mass casualty event, officials said. Hundreds of people likely died in the multi-day, record-breaking heat, and the death toll continues to rise. Officials are still investigating the cause of dozens of deaths that occurred during that time, but at least 83

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Several of the men involved in the assassination of Haiti’s President previously worked as US law enforcement informants, according to people briefed on the matter, as US investigators grapple with an increasing number of Florida links to the alleged hit squad. Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed last Wednesday

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist One week ago hurricane hunter Nick Underwood was sitting in the back of a Gulfstream 4 aircraft named Gonzo flying around Tropical Storm Elsa as it churned through the Caribbean. “Three, two, one, release sonde,” he heard the flight director say. “Sonde away,” responded Underwood, as he released a dropsonde

By Stella Chan, CNN The National Interagency Fire Center says 67 large fires have burned more than 917,000 acres across 12 states. The acreage — about 1,434 square miles — is comparable to 4.75 times the area of New York City. From January 1 to July 13 this year, more than 2 million acres have

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN The Northeast is bracing for more heavy rain Monday after severe storms last week inundated New York City subways and submerged streets. The region then took a hit from Tropical Storm Elsa, enduring even more rainfall. A weak storm system will slowly bend southward Monday and Tuesday, carrying

By Rhea Mogul, CNN A dramatic government health advertisement showing a young woman gasping for air while on a ventilator has sparked a backlash in Australia, with social media users criticizing its targeting of young people for coronavirus vaccination — the majority of whom are not yet eligible to receive the recommended shot. “Covid can

By Madeline Holcombe and Joe Sutton, CNN Western states face another sweltering day in a record-breaking heat wave that has more than 18 million people under heat alerts. The heat will extend over southeast Oregon, northern California, the Mojave Desert, eastern California, and parts of Nevada and Utah, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy. The

By Reuters A Tokyo hotel has apologized and removed signs reading “Japanese only” and “foreigners only” from elevators after the anti-Covid-19 precaution sparked outrage on social media ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo entered a state of emergency on July 12 amid concerns that an influx of tens of thousands of athletes and officials

By Caitlin Hu, Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN Haitian authorities have arrested a man they say helped orchestrate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the country’s police chief announced on Sunday. Moise was killed Wednesday in his Port-au-Prince home, in an attack that has shaken a country already rattled by rampant violence and political

By Patrick Oppmann and Tatiana Arias, CNN Thousands of Cubans took to the streets on Sunday to protest a lack of food and medicine as the country undergoes a grave economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and US sanctions. Demonstrators complained about a lack of freedom and the worsening economic situation during the rare

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist California’s Death Valley is known to be a hot place, but it hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) Friday for only the fifth time in recorded history — that’s only five days out of more than 40,000 days on record. Interestingly, it could happen again Sunday, and perhaps even

By Caitlin Hu, Etant Dupain, Stefano Pozzebon, Matt Rivers and Natalie Gallón, CNN Agents from the United States and other nations are joining the criminal inquiry into the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise following days of dizzying intrigue. Moise was killed Wednesday in his home in a shocking incident for which authorities are still

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Jenny Capador still cannot believe she will never see her brother again — and she certainly does not believe that he is an assassin, as officials in two countries have now alleged. Her brother Duberney Capador is one of at least three people killed in a police operation in the Haitian

Story and photographs by Kara Fox, CNN Niamh Burns is organizing a special 20-year reunion for her schoolmates this year. But while the accomplishments of the “Courageous Classes of 2001” are worth celebrating, the date they are commemorating is not. Over the course of 12 weeks in 2001, Burns and the other pupils at north

By David Williams, CNN The devastating heat wave that ravaged British Columbia last week is being blamed for a massive die-off of mussels, clams and other marine animals that live on the beaches of Western Canada. Christopher Harley, a professor in the zoology department at The University of British Columbia, found countless dead mussels popped

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Over 30 million people are under heat alerts across Western states as temperatures are forecast to soar well into the triple digits this weekend. Nearly the entire state of California will be impacted by this heat wave, in addition to major metro areas in the Southwest. Numerous daily temperature records

By Caitlin Hu and Etant Dupain, CNN The charred shells of three burned-out cars marked the road to the president’s house on Friday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Just up the hill, former leader Jovenel Moise had been murdered in his bedroom two days earlier, in an otherwise quiet neighborhood of big houses and high walls topped

By Forrest Brown, CNN Visitors and residents of the Northeastern United States puzzlin’ where to go with their children this summer have another travel option. On Friday, the Legoland New York Resort fully opened with all seven of its lands available for kids and adults to explore. Reservations are required, even for annual pass holders.

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN After a deadly, climate change-fueled heat wave smothered the Pacific Northwest at the end of June, historic heat threatens records once again, particularly in the drought-stricken Southwest region. More than 30 million people are under heat warnings and advisories. The National Weather Service says the risk level for this heat wave

By Hannah Gard and Jennifer Gray, CNN Human-caused climate change pushed June into unprecedented territory. Tens of millions of people in the Southwest roasted under an intense heat dome around the middle of the month, which lasted for nearly a week. Overnight lows in Phoenix didn’t drop below 90 degrees. Hundreds of records were set

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Another relentless heat wave is expected to grip the West this weekend. The extreme conditions in the forecast have prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) to categorize much of California and Nevada in the highest heat risk level by Sunday. Over 30 million people are under heat alerts

By Alison Kosik, CNN Toyota said it would stop donating to Republican lawmakers who opposed certifying the 2020 presidential election results, after a political action committee called out the automaker’s financial support for “seditious politicians.” The decision to support those members of Congress has “troubled some stakeholders,” Toyota said in a press release Thursday. “At

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN When the England football team sing the national anthem ahead of their Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday, Prince William will join in along with the rest of the crowd at Wembley, just as he has for other key games. William has been attending in his capacity

By Madeline Holcombe and Jay Croft, CNN Elsa has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a post-tropical cyclone, after its rains and winds hit major cities in the Northeast on Friday. All storm warnings have been discontinued for the New England coast, the National Hurricane Center said in its final advisory on Elsa, though

By Caitlin Hu, Lionel Vital, Stefano Pozzebon and Helen Regan, CNN The violent fallout from the assassination of Haitiian President Jovenel Moise was evident on Friday near his private residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Burned-out cars, spent bullet casings, bloodstains and bullet-pocked walls were what remained of a shootout between the police and some