Skip to Content

News

Israeli army soldiers look at destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip as they stand on the border with the Palestinian territory on Wednesday.

Leaked recording reveals ex-Israeli military intelligence chief calling 50,000 deaths in Gaza โ€˜necessaryโ€™

By Oren Liebermann, Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — In leaked audio, the former head of Israeli military intelligence can be heard saying the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are โ€œnecessary and required for future generations.โ€ โ€œFor everything that happened on October 7, for every one person on October 7, 50

Continue Reading
The makeshift detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades.

Federal court hearing about legal conditions of โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detainees ends without immediate ruling

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN Miami (CNN) — A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€ US District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II heard arguments over detainee access to attorneys, if a clear immigration court was assigned for those held at the

Continue Reading
The makeshift detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is deep in the marshy wetlands of the Florida Everglades.

Federal court hearing about legal conditions of โ€˜Alligator Alcatrazโ€™ detainees ends without immediate ruling

CNN, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, WSVN By Devon M. Sayers, CNN Miami (CNN) — A federal judge heard arguments Monday but declined to make an immediate ruling about the legal conditions of detainees at โ€œAlligator Alcatraz.โ€ US District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II heard arguments over detainee access to attorneys, if a clear immigration court was assigned

Continue Reading
A surveillance image shows Grant Hardin escaping from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock

Sharpie markers and a handmade badge: How officials say the โ€˜Devil in the Ozarksโ€™ planned a prison escape over several months

By Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Soon after the convicted murderer and rapist known as the โ€œDevil in the Ozarksโ€ was recaptured after evading police for more than 10 days in the rocky terrain and dense vegetation of rural northwest Arkansas, officials say they interviewed him at least five times about how he

Continue Reading
Hurricane Erin

Tropical storm watch issued for North Carolina coast, as Hurricane Erin brings life-threatening rip currents to Outer Banks

CNN By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Much of North Carolinaโ€™s Outer Banks region is under a tropical storm watch with Hurricane Erin expected to skirt the area this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The sprawling Category 3 storm is churning in the Atlantic Monday after exploding

Continue Reading

US suspends visitor visas for Gazans

By Alison Main, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the State Department suspended visitor visas for Gazans because it received โ€œevidenceโ€ that some organizations facilitating the visas to the US โ€œhave strong links to terrorist groups like Hamas,โ€ without providing further details. The State Department announced in a

Continue Reading
National Guard troops stand outside the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Downtown Los Angeles

New Mexicoโ€™s governor called in the stateโ€™s National Guard to address crime issues. Hereโ€™s how theyโ€™re being used

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — In New Mexicoโ€™s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job. The New Mexico National Guard is in Albuquerque to help counter what officials have called a

Continue Reading
Supporters of gay marriage stand beneath a large Pride flag in front of the Supreme Court in Washington

How the Supreme Court could wind up scrapping high-profile precedents in coming months

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Courtโ€™s landmark opinion on same-sex marriage isnโ€™t the only high-profile precedent the justices will have an opportunity to tinker with โ€“ or entirely scrap โ€“ when the court reconvenes this fall. From a 1935 opinion that has complicated President Donald Trumpโ€™s effort to consolidate power to a

Continue Reading
Ukrainian servicemen of the 148th artillery brigade load ammunition into a M777 howitzer before firing towards Russian positions at the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region

White House signals strong momentum toward peace in Ukraine but many questions linger

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trumpโ€™s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff โ€” one of three American participants in Fridayโ€™s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin โ€” described on Sunday several major agreements reached during the Alaska talks that he said created strong momentum toward a peace agreement with Ukraine. Witkoff told CNN that

Continue Reading
Protesters block the Ayalon access road to Tel Aviv in Israel on August 17.

Protesters in Israel demand hostage deal in one of the largest demonstrations since Gaza conflict began

From Tal Shalev and Dana Karni (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered around Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, with organizers reporting a turnout exceeding 400,000. In one of the largest coordinated demonstrations since the beginning of the Gaza war nearly two years ago, protesters blocked major roads, closed private businesses,

Continue Reading