By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A seven-year-old girl has drowned after a boat capsized on the Aa canal in Watten, northern France, local authorities said. The small boat was carrying 16 migrants including the seven-year-old girl’s parents, whose nationality is unknown. The couple had three other children on board and the mother is pregnant, according to a
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams and Victor Blackwell, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking 398 people fell victim to homicides in Memphis last year – a noticeable jump from the 190 reported five years ago. And with more than 600 major violent crimes so far in 2024, including at least 40 homicides, Tennessee’s second-most populous city is
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley R. Williams and Victor Blackwell, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking 398 people fell victim to homicides in Memphis last year – a noticeable jump from the 190 reported five years ago. And with more than 600 major violent crimes so far in 2024, including at least 40 homicides, Tennessee’s second-most populous city
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Do you feel like a million bucks? If not, maybe you should take a look at your 401(k) statement. Fidelity Investments, one of the largest providers of workplace retirement plans, says the number of 401(k) accounts with balances of at least $1 million rose by more than 40% last
Continue Reading By Manveena Suri, Lucas Lillieholm and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of doctors in South Korea took to the streets of Seoul on Sunday to protest the government’s plans to increase medical school admissions and what they see as a broader lack of support for the country’s medical system. The doctors say the government needs
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Texas is no stranger to winter wildfires, but the ferocity of the Smokehouse Creek fire — the state’s largest on record after burning through more than 1 million acres — caught even the experts off guard. Its severity was due to a perfect storm of environmental factors: highly flammable
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat on April 8 when a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The event will be visible to millions — including 32 million people in the US alone — who live along the route the moon’s shadow will
Continue Reading By Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Shehbaz Sharif has become Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time nearly a month after an inconclusive general election marred by delays and widespread allegations of vote-rigging. No party secured a majority in the February 8 poll. Candidates affiliated with the PTI party of jailed former Prime Minister
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CNN, ELIZABETH GOLDMAN, GOOGLE EARTH, JAMI TATUM, By Isabel Rosales and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Groups representing defendants in the lawsuits that culminated in the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children have filed an application asking the court to rehear the case, according to court records. In its ruling – stemming
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Groups representing defendants in the lawsuits that culminated in the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children have filed an application asking the court to rehear the case, according to court records. In its ruling – stemming from two lawsuits over the destruction of
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — The biggest inferno in Texas history was being fueled by winds and high temperatures as it raged Sunday, threatening to incinerate more buildings, cattle and livelihoods across the Texas Panhandle while residents sift through ashes of what used to be homes. Critical fire weather conditions continued
Continue Reading CNN By Dalia Faheid and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — The biggest inferno in Texas history was being fueled by winds and high temperatures as it raged Sunday, threatening to incinerate more buildings, cattle and livelihoods across the Texas Panhandle while residents sift through ashes of what used to be homes. Critical fire weather conditions
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CNN By Caitlin Hu and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from Haiti’s National Penitentiary in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after fighting broke out on Saturday, according to a law enforcement source. In a post on X, one of Haiti’s Police Unions pleaded for all officers in the capital with access to cars and
Continue Reading By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever. Julián López, coordinator for the Citizen Movement
Continue Reading By Michelle Velez, Stefano Pozzebon, Caitlin Hu and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after thousands of inmates apparently escaped from its largest prison during a surge of gang violence that has upended the Caribbean nation for months. The government cited the “deterioration of security,” notably in
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man has been arrested and charged in connection with the disappearance of a Houston-area minor under age 13 who was missing for eight days before being found safe. The girl went missing on February 22 from her home near Houston. Police issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A child and at least one other person were injured in a shooting outside of a Missouri high school Saturday, North Kansas City Police said, less than a month after a mass shooting at a Super Bowl celebration shook the area. Two victims were transported from
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel says he’ll be staying away from future Heisman ceremonies until Reggie Bush “gets his trophy back.” Manziel, the 2012 Heisman winner, announced the move on social media Saturday. “Doesn’t sit right with my morals and values that he can’t be on that stage with us every
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, Abel Alvarado and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Iceland has evacuated its world-famous Blue Lagoon due to nearby seismic activity that suggests an “imminent” volcanic eruption, the country’s public broadcaster RÚV reported Saturday. Magma has begun flowing after “intense seismic activity” in the area around the lagoon, a popular geothermal spa known for
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump continued his march toward the GOP nomination on Saturday, winning caucuses in Idaho and Missouri and sweeping the delegate haul at a party convention in Michigan. Trump earned every delegate at stake on Saturday, bringing his count to
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