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By Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — A pilot of an overloaded commuter plane appears to have been distracted by icy conditions and didn’t pay attention to his airspeed, leading to a crash that killed all 10 people onboard, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded Thursday. On February 6, 2025, a Textron Aviation Cessna 208B

By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Sky-gazers are in for a real treat, especially those in the Southern Hemisphere. A double meteor shower is set to peak tonight. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Price we pay The promise of longer-term gains often

CNN By Eric Levenson, Isabel Rosales, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Colin Gray, the Georgia father whose teenage son Colt killed four people in a 2024 school shooting, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in a landmark case testing the limits of who can be held responsible for a mass

By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — Over the last few months, people have cut down surveillance cameras owned by the company Flock Safety with an electric saw in upstate New York, thrown paint on them in Oakland, California, and rammed a truck into them in Idaho. One man in Florida sits in a lawn chair

By Eric Levenson, Isabel Rosales, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Colin Gray, the Georgia father whose teenage son Colt killed four people in a 2024 school shooting, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in a landmark case testing the limits of who can be held responsible for a mass shooting.

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk recently sat for a wide-ranging interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, who challenged him over his support for Europe’s far right, his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his cuts to humanitarian aid during his stint in the Trump administration. Afterwards, on his own social media network that

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The 911 call placed from the teenager’s phone last week reported a young person who may be brandishing a gun in an Austin, Texas, parking lot. When officers arrived at a community park early Friday morning, they found 17-year-old Anthoneil Williams II, who suddenly appeared to lift

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Wildfires in the hardest-hit regions of Spain and France stabilized, but temperatures are expected to surpass 100 degrees Fahrenheit in both countries. Watch as rescuers carry a distressed deer to safety. 🔥 Get your forecast in the CNN Weather app Here’s what else you might

By Andy Rose, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — Dark clouds hung over the Barrow County Judicial Courthouse, both outside and inside, as more than 100 people sloshed through a soggy parking lot to hear Colt Gray take responsibility for the lives he had taken, along with the ones that he forever changed. Victims of the

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A Delta jet that aborted a landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport got so close to a plane taking off that anti-collision alarms sounded in both aircraft, according to air traffic control audio of the incident. Delta flight 1568, flying from Pittsburgh, was coming in for a landing in

By Aaron Cooper, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines flights have resumed after a nationwide ground stop was issued for less than an hour Tuesday evening due to an IT outage, the airline said. “A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening. Systems are coming back online now

By Aaron Cooper, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines flights have resumed after a nationwide ground stop was issued for less than an hour Tuesday evening due to an IT outage, the airline said. “A technology issue briefly impacted connectivity for some of our systems on Tuesday evening. Systems are coming back online now

By Eric Levenson, Taylor Romine, Melissa Gray, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home in 2022, has filed a petition to reopen the case and take back his guilty plea. One year after a stunning hearing in which Kohberger

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If you’ve spent your career in the private sector, chances are you won’t get a pension. Good news, though: You can turn part of your retirement savings into a paycheck for life — it just requires careful planning. Here’s what else you might have missed

By Alexandra Skores, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at US airports are raising alarm among attorneys who say they are happening more frequently, citing a series of incidents where passengers have been abruptly swept up by agents when they’re traveling. The federal agency, which is charged with the arrest

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, employed 198,933 people as of June 30, 2026. Timeline 1995 –

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Washington, DC’s subway system, generally called the “Metro.” The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority operates Metrorail, the third largest heavy rail system in the United States, and oversees the country’s sixth largest bus system. Facts There are currently 98 Metro stations. In FY2025, customers made 264

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Chicago Transit Authority, both its history and its present-day status as the second largest public transportation system in the United States. The largest mass transit system in America is the MTA in New York. Facts The rail system is referred to as the “L” because

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Area 51, a highly classified United States Air Force facility located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. Facts The US government’s official name for Area 51 is the Nevada Test and Training Range, which is a unit of the Nellis Air Force Base. Today it is