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Month: June 2023

Convicted spy Robert Hanssen dies in prison

CNN By Michelle Watson, Shawna Mizelle and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Robert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for the information he gave the Soviet Union and Russia, has died, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday. He was 79 years old. Hanssen had been in custody at

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Rail service halted again because of landslides on coastal tracks between San Diego and Los Angeles

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Rail service was suspended Monday for the second time this year along a section of Southern California coast where a crumbling hillside is dropping debris onto seaside tracks. Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, regional Metrolink commuter trains and freight lines were halted indefinitely in the Orange County city of San Clemente. Metrolink

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Finn Wolfhard say he’s ‘antsy’ to film ‘Stranger Things 5’ as creators press ‘pause’ amid writers’ strike

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The wait for the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” will likely be longer than anybody had initially anticipated given the current writers’ strike, and Finn Wolfhard is just as eager as everyone else to learn the fate Hawkins and the characters who live there. “We’re pressing pause

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Top US officials have ‘candid and productive discussions’ in Beijing amid ongoing tensions

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Senior American and Chinese officials had “candid” and “productive” discussions on Monday in China, according to read-outs from both Washington and Beijing, as the two countries grapple with how to maintain communication amid intense friction. Top US State Department and National Security Council officials met with Chinese officials in

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Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case

By Katelyn Polantz, Jeremy Herb and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Washington (CNN) — An employee at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence drained the resort’s swimming pool last October and ended up flooding a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While it’s unclear if the room was

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Apple is determined to make headsets cool

CNN By Jennifer Korn New York (CNN) — When Apple unveiled its ambitious and very pricey new mixed reality headset earlier this week, executives ticked through a long list of impressive specs, teased big name partnerships and showed off a perfectly produced promo video. But there was one thing Apple’s execs did not do during

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