Dalia Faheid - Associate Writer
Dalia Faheid
Associate Writer
Dalia Faheid is a Los Angeles-based Associate Writer for CNN’s National Digital team.
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Houston-area residents frustrated as they enter sixth day without power and air conditioning in punishing heat
Jul 13, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row suffering brutal heat without air conditioning and many are scrambling to find cool shelters, food, safe drinking water and health care resources.
2-year-old girl dies after being left in a hot car while she was asleep, Arizona police say
Jul 11, 2024
A 2-year-old Arizona girl died after her father left her asleep in a car during a heat wave on Tuesday, police said.
Denali National Park to reopen about a week after rare wildfire started outside entrance, officials say
Jul 10, 2024
A popular national park in Alaska will reopen Wednesday after a rare wildfire near the park’s entrance was reported last week, officials said.
Death Valley sets a new daily record with a searing 128 degrees as West Coast heat wave drags on
Jul 8, 2024
Extremely dangerous heat is dragging on in the West along with heat and humidity in the eastern US.
Beryl is expected to regain strength and slam into Texas as a hurricane, marking the first US landfall of the Atlantic season
Jul 7, 2024
Tropical Storm Beryl will strengthen as it tracks toward the Texas-Mexico border this weekend, bringing a risk of damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding to Texas beginning late Sunday. It will mark the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season. Here’s the latest:
Hurricane Beryl intensifies into an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm as it approaches the Caribbean
Jul 1, 2024
Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, intensified to an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph Sunday morning, as it made its way toward the Windward Islands.
Martin Mull, veteran character actor known for roles in ‘Roseanne’ and ‘Veep,’ dies at 80
Jun 29, 2024
Martin Mull, a veteran character actor who appeared in more than a hundred films and television shows, including “Roseanne,” “Veep” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” has died, his daughter shared in a post on social media. He was 80.
7 youth group members were hospitalized after lightning struck while they were hiking in Utah
Jun 28, 2024
Seven members of a youth group in Utah were hospitalized after lightning struck the ground as they hiked on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Arkansas grocery store shooting suspect pleads not guilty to capital murder charges, prosecutor says
Jun 25, 2024
A man accused of killing four people and injuring nine others during a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store has entered a not guilty plea to capital murder and other charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Suspected Arkansas grocery store shooter was armed with pistol, 12-gauge shotgun and dozens of extra rounds, authorities say
Jun 24, 2024
The suspect in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Arkansas was armed with a pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun and had a bandolier with dozens of extra shotgun rounds, authorities said.
‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations as record-breaking heat wave broils the West and mid-Atlantic
Jun 23, 2024
As thousands contend with “catastrophic” flash flooding this weekend, many Americans are still trudging through a heat wave that is shifting to the Mid-Atlantic.
A 4-year-old boy was rescued after surviving nearly 24 hours alone in California woods
Jun 23, 2024
A 4-year-old boy who went missing at a lake in Fresno County, California on Thursday has been found safe after surviving nearly 24 hours alone in the wilderness, the sheriff’s office said.
Panicked Arkansas grocery store shoppers hid in freezer and ran for cover amid shooting that killed 4 and wounded 9
Jun 23, 2024
Families were shopping at a local grocery store in a small Arkansas town on Friday when shoppers and passersby heard an alarming sound that some thought was fireworks and others thought was something falling, but later all they heard was police sirens and people running away.
A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees
Jun 22, 2024
A dangerous heat wave over the eastern US is bringing sweltering temperatrues to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Here’s the latest:
Heat wave shifts to New York and the I-95 corridor as search for more victims in the deadly New Mexico wildfires continues
Jun 21, 2024
A dangerous heat wave scorching parts of the Midwest and Northeast will ratchet up in New York and the I-95 corridor, while deadly wildfires that claimed at least two lives and destroyed over a thousand structures are still burning in New Mexico. Here’s the latest:
Reggie Jackson says racism he experienced playing in Birmingham made his return for Negro Leagues tribute ‘not easy’
Jun 21, 2024
Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said it was difficult to return to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Negro Leagues tribute game Thursday because of the onslaught of racism he experienced when he played there decades ago.
About
Dalia Faheid is a Los Angeles-based Associate Writer for CNN’s National Digital team. She joined CNN from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she was a service journalism reporter whose mission was to help local readers navigate life in North Texas. Dalia received a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University, where she focused on immigration and demographics. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in emerging media and communication from the University of Texas at Dallas.