By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The case of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee who went missing in Rome 40 years ago, has taken another twist as her brother dismissed what he described as a “shameful” attempt by the Vatican and Rome prosecutors to cast blame on the family
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Josephine Wright and her late husband, Samuel Wright Sr., moved from New York to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, nearly 30 years ago to seek peace and relaxation on a family-owned property. The 1.8-acre parcel of land had been in her husband’s family since the Civil War and
Continue Reading By Irene Nasser, Chris Lau and Jake Kwon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Twenty six people have died and thousands have evacuated their homes in South Korea due to torrential rain that has caused landslides and flash floods. Ten others remain missing, according to the country’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety, while nine have
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Four young children found last month after surviving 40 days in the Amazon rainforest following an air crash have been released from hospital and are in good shape, according to Colombian authorities. The four children, ages between 1 and 13, have been receiving treatment at Colombia’s Military Hospitalin Bogota
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and confounded authorities on Long Island’s South Shore after a woman’s 2010 disappearance led investigators to find 10 sets of human remains in addition to hers and launched the hunt for
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has asked for privacy to begin “rebuilding his life” after he was found not guilty on a charge of rape and a separate charge of attempted rape. The 28-year-old former French international walked free from Chester Crown Court in northwest England on
Continue Reading CNN By Brian Todd and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania released doorbell video they say was taken sometime “the last couple of days” showing Michael Burham, the escaped inmate with survivalist skills who has been on the run for a week. Police say the sighting was captured south of the city of
Continue Reading By Anna Coren, Azaz Syed, Sophia Saifi, Jadyn Sham, Helen Regan and Rhea Mogul, CNN Gujrat, Pakistan (CNN) — Pervez Akhtar fights through tears as he recalls the final words of his 14-year-old son. “It will all be OK,” Muhammad Abuzar told him. “I’ll educate my brothers, I’ll make your house. You won’t go hungry.
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Amid the raging war and constant threat of Russian missiles, a successful heart transplant has been performed on a 6-year-old girl in Kyiv, authorities with the Heart Institute of Ukraine’s Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The three-hour operation, which took place on Sunday evening, gave
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced plans to step down as president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the international human and civil rights organization he founded. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., formed Operation People United to Save
Continue Reading By Jeff Winter, Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Daniel Medina, CNN (CNN) — The architect accused in a string of Long Island killings has been years late in paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, repeatedly filed lawsuits accusing drivers of injuring him in car accidents, and still lives in his childhood home, according
Continue Reading By Brian Todd and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania said they erroneously identified a person seen in recently released doorbell footage as prison escapee Michael Burham, who was taken into custody Saturday, according to authorities. Law enforcement on Friday released video they say was taken sometime within “the last couple of days”
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Chenelle Woody, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman has gone missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate, according to local police. The woman, 25-year-old Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, called 911 around 9:34 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to
Continue Reading by Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A recent outbreak of wildfires in western Canada is again sending a plume of unhealthy smoke into the United States. Air quality alerts were in effect Saturday for at least eight states across the northern Plains and upper Midwest as smoke from the wildfires returns. Smoke will be heaviest
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, Pierre Bairin and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to Wagner Group fighters that a senior mercenary named Andrey Troshev now command the private military group, according to comments the Russian leader made to the Kommersant newspaper. Putin appears to have created a split between senior fighters
Continue Reading By Sharon Braithwaite, Henrik Pettersson and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Swedish authorities have approved a protest involving the burning of Torahs and Bibles outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden’s national radio broadcaster reported on Friday. A person who has applied to hold a public gathering on Saturday to burn the holy books
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The records CNN has obtained from Alex Murdaugh’s time so far in prison include a short phone call between the convicted murderer and his only surviving son, Buster. It’s the first time the public has heard Murdaugh’s voice since Judge Clifton Newman handed him two life sentences in March,
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A 79-year-old Florida man was bitten by a nearly 7-foot-long alligator Thursday morning at a golf course in Naples, according to local authorities. The man told deputies he was on a walk at the Forest Glen and Golf Course community, where he lives, shortly after 5:00
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As the sun nears the peak of its current solar cycle, our star is growing increasingly active. And that peak may be occurring sooner than predicted, according to scientists. Every 11 years or so, the sun experiences periods of low and high solar activity, which is associated with the
Continue Reading By Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — Now you see Wagner, now you don’t. Weeks after an armed uprising by the Russian mercenary group Wagner revealed cracks in Russia’s system of one-man rule, the Kremlin has been on a PR offensive. The message is simple: Russian President Vladimir Putin is firmly in control, now please move
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