Month: August 2026

CNN By Mark Morales, Hanna Park, Martin Goillandeau, Gloria Pazmino, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Saturday evening’s favorable summer weather drew a steady stream of commercial ferries and private boats into a crowded New York Harbor, where passengers leaned over rails, straining for a clear glimpse of the city’s torch-bearing icon, the Statue of Liberty.

By Alaa Elassar, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of days, three wildfires tore through the Spokane area in eastern Washington state, blackening once-green hillsides, leveling homes and leaving behind skeletal trees and the scorched shells of cars. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people were forced to