By Nouran Salahieh, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The United States suffered more casualties from “active shooter” incidents in 2022 than it did in the four years prior, according to an FBI report released Wednesday. The report tallied 50 active shooter incidents in 2022 that left 313 casualties, including 100 people killed, not including
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WAPT, HINDS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, UNSOURCED SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, CNN By Sara Smart, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN One of four Mississippi jail escapees who police believe fired at a law enforcement officer from a home Wednesday has been found dead after a fire in that residence, the Hinds County sheriff said. Dylan Arrington, one
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN For years, the people in the villages around Chingola in Zambia endured frequent health challenges and dead fish floating around in their water source, but that was just the beginning of their nightmare. In 2006, their once-clear river water suddenly turned a vivid blue, tainted by waste from the copper mine
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KARE, CAIR, CNN By David Close, CNN Minneapolis police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a possible suspect linked to separate fires at area mosques on Sunday and Monday. The police department posted pictures of the person along with the plea for assistance on Facebook. Surveillance video and pictures of the possible suspect
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By Chris Stern, CNN German and British fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the German Armed Forces said on Wednesday. Two Su-27 military aircraft and one Il-20 were “again flying without transponder signal,” the German Armed Forces tweeted. Since NATO countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania don’t have their
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CNN By Eliza Mackintosh and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The violence that has exploded in Sudan as the country’s two top generals grapple for power has unfolded at a terrifying, breakneck speed. But, by many accounts, the clash was long in the making — the culmination of years spent by the international community legitimizing the two
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The violence that has exploded in Sudan as the country’s two top generals grapple for power has unfolded at a terrifying, breakneck speed. But, by many accounts, the clash was long in the making — the culmination of years spent by the international community legitimizing the two military
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN One of four Mississippi jail escapees who police believe fired at a law enforcement officer from a home Wednesday has been found dead after a fire in that residence, the Hinds County sheriff said. Dylan Arrington, one of four people who authorities said escaped the Raymond
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By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan-based book publisher has been placed under investigation in China on suspicion of “endangering state security,” Beijing said Tuesday amid mounting concern over his disappearance. Li Yanhe, better known by his pen-name Fu Cha, was reportedly detained by police in Shanghai in March, shortly after he arrived
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CNN By Heather Chen, CNN A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted by rights groups and campaigners for its severity at a time when many other nations, including neighboring countries, have adopted a more lenient approach towards drugs and capital punishment. While
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By Tara Subramaniam and Kocha Olarn, CNN Thailand’s conservative Democrat Party has come up with a novel strategy to try and win votes ahead of next month’s national elections — a campaign pledge to make sex toys legal should they win power. Ratchada Thanadirek, executive member of the Democrat Party, said the party plans to
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By Heather Chen, CNN Philip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, has appeared in a video saying he is “alive and well,” as concerns grow for his safety as fighting with Indonesian security forces intensifies. In the one and a half minute video, Mehrtens, dressed in
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By Brynn Gingras, Linh Tran and Dakin Andone, CNN Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday denied clemency in the case of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate who has long insisted he is innocent of the 1997 murder for which he’s scheduled to be executed this month. The board voted 2-2, resulting in a
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN A once powerful member of the former Sudanese government wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity has been freed from prison in the capital Khartoum. Ahmed Haroun was the head of the ruling National Congress Party and among dozens of Sudanese
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By Brad Lendon, CNN United States and Philippine forces fired on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the latest display of American firepower in Asia as tensions with China continue to rise. The exercise, watched live by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was part of the annual Balikatan drills, which
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN After stepping down as leader of New Zealand earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern has revealed that she is swapping the rough and tumble of politics for a stint of quiet reflection within academia overseas, heading to Harvard University this fall under two fellowships. She was appointed to dual fellowships at the
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted by rights groups and campaigners for its severity at a time when many other nations, including neighboring countries, have adopted a more lenient approach towards drugs and capital punishment. While cannabis
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CNN, WLBT By Omar Jimenez and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A pair of new laws in Mississippi is leaving Jackson divided, with some hoping they will save a capital city wracked by a rise in homicides while others see an echo of a racist past. As part of the laws, the state of Mississippi will
Continue Reading By David Close, CNN Minneapolis police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a possible suspect linked to separate fires at area mosques on Sunday and Monday. The police department posted pictures of the person along with the plea for assistance on Facebook. Surveillance video and pictures of the possible suspect were released after
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By Ross Levitt and Pete Muntean, CNN Three Transportation Security Administration officers were injured in an “unprovoked and brazen” attack by a traveler at a Phoenix airport Tuesday morning, the agency said. The TSA officers were working at a security checkpoint at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport just before 6 a.m. local time when they
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