By Eve Brennan and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A child has died and two others have been seriously injured in a school shooting in Finland, according to the country’s national police. The victims were 12 years old. A suspect, also aged 12 and a student at the same school, fled on foot but was
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two men in New York have been charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that allegedly caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February, prosecutors announced Monday. “Cecilia Gentili, a prominent activist and leader of the New York transgender community was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Hamdi Alkhshali and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria on Monday, in a deadly escalation of regional tensions over the war in Gaza that once again appeared to raise the risk of a wider Middle Eastern conflict. The
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea test-fired a presumed intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, its latest military maneuver since leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year declaration that he was ending a policy seeking reconciliation with the South. Pyongyang made no immediate comment on the suspected test, which
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, Kareem Khadder, Eyad Kourdi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security. Netanyahu said he intended “to act
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Muhammad Darwish, Eyad Kourdi and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Seven aid workers, including foreign nationals, from the non-profit World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli military strike as they were delivering food to starving civilians in Gaza. World Central Kitchen said its aid workers were traveling
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Muhammad Darwish, Eyad Kourdi and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Seven aid workers, including foreign nationals, from the non-profit World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli military strike as they were delivering food to starving civilians in Gaza. World Central Kitchen said its aid workers were traveling in
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the total solar eclipse traces a path across Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, spectators can anticipate a multitude of awe-inspiring moments. During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely blocks the face of the sun for a brief period known as totality — and
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A woman in Texas is suing prosecutors and Starr County for more than $1 million after she was arrested and unlawfully charged with murder for an abortion she had in 2022. Lizelle Gonzalez was arrested and charged with murder in Starr County, Texas, in 2022 after
Continue Reading WANF, WXIA, CNN By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and John Miller, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A suspect was arrested after ramming an entrance gate to the FBI’s Atlanta field office Monday afternoon in an attempt to gain entry to the facility, bureau officials said. The suspect, who has not been
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Vontae Davis, the former NFL cornerback who made two Pro Bowls with the Indianapolis Colts and memorably retired at halftime of his final game, was found dead by police Monday at his home in South Florida, according to authorities. Officers were called to the home
Continue Reading By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, John Miller and Josh Campbell, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Authorities have identified the suspect accused of ramming a vehicle through an entrance gate at the FBI’s Atlanta field office on Monday afternoon. Ervin Lee Bolling was arrested and charged with interference with government property, Dekalb
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Michigan has become the last state to decriminalize paid surrogacy on Monday, after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bills intended to protect families using surrogacy and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Whitmer signed the Michigan Family Protection Act on Monday. She described the act
Continue Reading By Hande Atay Alam, Adam Pourahmadi, Tara John, Lauren Kent and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Top Iranian military commanders were among the seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) officials killed in an airstrike on the country’s consulate building in Damascus, Syria, according to Iranian officials and state-affiliated media, which blamed Israel for the attack.
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — A key Ukrainian defensive line on the eastern front appears to have partially fallen to Russian forces in the past week, according to a British defense intelligence statement and military bloggers quoting sources on the ground. The United Kingdom’s defense intelligence agency on Saturday released an unusually negative assessment of
Continue Reading CNN By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Eclipse mania is approaching fever pitch as people with the best laid plans — and those who have yet to make them, too — strategize about getting into the path of totality for a clear view of the celestial event on April 8. For some, plans for where
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Yon Pomrenze, CNN (CNN) — There are only two people alive who remember firsthand what the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was like. One of them is 109-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, otherwise known as “Mother Fletcher.” She specifically remembers “people getting killed, houses, property, schools, churches, and stores getting destroyed with fire,”
Continue Reading CNN By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — It was just past 1 a.m. on March 26 and Larry DeSantis was headed to his second job at Herman’s Bakery in the Baltimore area -– the halfway point of another long, but normal workday. When a ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its catastrophic
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By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Part of a roadway on California’s Big Sur coast crumbled into the ocean over the weekend after part of a cliff gave way in what officials are calling a “slip out.” A portion of Highway 1 remained closed, according to a Sunday evening post from Caltrans District 5. All Big
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Buying an affordable home in the United States has gotten a lot harder for many people since 2020. A new analysis from Bankrate.com finds that in 22 states and Washington, DC, buyers need a six-figure household income to comfortably afford a typical median-priced home. That’s a lot
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