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Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter killed in helicopter crash

January 26, 2020March 16, 2021Miranda Green

LOS ANGELES — Basketball lost one of its greatest competitors and most accomplished players Sunday when Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in California. The five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist was 41. Bryant was riding in an S-76 helicopter Sunday when it crashed just before 10 a.m. […]

How Many Missing? California Struggles to Grasp Scope of Mudslide Disaster

January 12, 2018November 21, 2020Miranda Green

Huge debris piles, homes full of mud and rugged terrain have created what many workers describe as among the most challenging rescue efforts they have faced MONTECITO, Calif.—Four days after a rainstorm unleashed mudslides here, sending house-sized boulders crashing into communities already worn down by a season of severe wildfires, officials and residents are still struggling to size up the […]

Search Continues for Missing After Mudslides in California

January 11, 2018March 16, 2021Miranda Green

Number of people being investigated as missing rises to 43; sheriff says ‘searching for a miracle’ MONTECITO, Calif.—Officials raised the number of people being investigated as missing after deadly mudslides in the area to 43 and ordered residents here out of their homes to ease movement for crews, reflecting a treacherous rescue effort. Santa Barbara […]

Many Ignored Evacuation Orders Before Mudslides

January 10, 2018November 21, 2020Miranda Green

Seventeen people were killed in disaster that caught residents off-guard MONTECITO, Calif.—The sun emerged here a day after mudslides killed 17 people and destroyed 100 homes, illuminating the massive scope of an unfolding disaster that caught many residents off-guard. Rescue workers on Wednesday continued searching for at least 17 missing people, and worked to reach dozens more […]

At slain Muslim teen’s funeral, mourners say ‘it could have been me’

June 22, 2017November 21, 2020Miranda Green

Sterling, Virginia (CNN)–Hundreds of people turned out to the afternoon funeral prayer service for slain Muslim teen Nabra Hassanen, who was brutally attacked and killed with a baseball bat early Sunday.Individuals and families from the local Muslim community in Sterling, Virginia as well as from neighboring towns and other states poured into the All Dulles […]