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People gather outside a metro station on the road to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia intercepts three missiles as capital’s international airport remains closed after deadly Houthi attacks

By Laura Sharman, Tim Lister, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia said it intercepted and destroyed three Houthi ballistic missiles on Monday, as the main international airport in the kingdom’s capital remained closed following a series of attacks that have killed at least 20 people and wounded hundreds over the past week. The Saudi

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AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen “interconnected catastrophic threats” pose significant risk to global health and wellbeing through the remainder of the 21st century, researchers say – including the potential for extinction. But targeted action from world leaders can help avoid worst-case scenarios. Using data from the Institute for Health Metrics

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A Philadelphia Police crime scene unit investigates the location of the shooting of two officers on October 10.

Philadelphia police officer killed, another injured responding to overnight call of an armed man, suspect in custody

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — A Philadelphia police officer was killed and his partner wounded when they were shot multiple times responding to an early morning call in West Philadelphia on Saturday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. A suspect is in custody. Officer Shane Seiber, 40, died at the hospital after being shot

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A stretch of the Lansing River Trail is seen in Lansing

5 men died after being injured along a Michigan trail. Their deaths have raised questions about a possible serial killer

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The night before Gino Chouinard was fatally wounded on a stretch of a popular trail in Michigan’s capital last fall, the 54-year-old man missed the intake window at a homeless shelter by a few minutes, according to his uncle. “They wouldn’t let him into the shelter,” Robert Chouinard told

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