By Dakin Andone and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a new executive order Tuesday that will limit or ban cell phone use in public schools – the latest in a string of efforts by officials to crack down on what many see as a classroom distraction and a threat to
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, Becky Anderson and Mostafa Salem, CNN Arish, Egypt (CNN) — Aged just four, Julia Abu Zeiter suffers from a rare neurological disease that can be fatal without medication. The nine-month war in Gaza nearly took Julia’s life, as the fighting and displacement cut off her access to treatment. After an arduous journey,
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Close calls on airport runways this year have alarmed the flying public and aviation experts alike. This week, a United Airlines plane lost a wheel during takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport while two planes in upstate New York almost used the same runway, spurring an investigation. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Close calls on airport runways this year have alarmed the flying public and aviation experts alike. This week, a United Airlines plane lost a wheel during takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport while two planes in upstate New York almost used the same runway, spurring an investigation. Here’s what else
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, Louis Mian and Eve Brennan, CNN London (CNN) — A suspect wanted in connection with the triple killings of the wife and two daughters of a BBC sport commentator was found by British police Wednesday following a manhunt. The search for Kyle Clifford, 26, began on Tuesday evening when police were called
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez and Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is facing murder and other charges after the remains of a transgender teen who had been missing in Pennsylvania since late June were found in a lake, according to a criminal complaint. Dashawn Watkins, 29, has been charged with first degree murder, aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Eric Levenson and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements began Wednesday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin, nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the New Mexico set of the Western film “Rust.” Prosecutor Erlinda Johnson focused on Baldwin’s reckless behavior on set, saying
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — A statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was vandalized with “Gaza” graffiti, drawing criticism from the city’s mayor. Photos show the word “Gaza” scrawled in red paint across the podium of the statue, which was erected in a park close to where Frank and her family
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russia has promised to discharge Indian nationals who were “misled” into joining its army to fight in Ukraine, India’s foreign secretary said Tuesday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “strongly raised the issue of early discharge” to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his two-day trip to Moscow this week, stressing
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Listening to music, smoking hookah, and getting a Western-style haircut are all punishable acts under the suffocating rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a new UN report. The Taliban’s so-called morality police have curtailed human rights – disproportionately targeting women and girls – creating a “climate of
Continue Reading By Yumi Asada, Rinka Tonsho, Nodoka Katsura, Manveena Suri, Sophie Jeong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Tokyo/ Hong Kong (CNN) — A former soldier who was sexually assaulted while serving in Japan’s military has reached a civil settlement with three of her convicted attackers in a case that exposed a widespread culture of harassment in the
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Michael Mitsanas, Mariya Knight and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital likely took a direct hit from a Russian missile on Monday, a United Nations assessment has found, as NATO agreed to strengthen Kyiv’s air defenses in the wake of the attack. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting the hospital
Continue Reading CNN By Helen Regan, Michael Mitsanas, Mariya Knight and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital likely took a direct hit from a Russian missile on Monday, a United Nations assessment has found, as NATO agreed to strengthen Kyiv’s air defenses in the wake of the attack. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting the
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — The body of an American mountaineer has been discovered by a pair of fellow US climbers 22 years after he went missing following an avalanche in the Peruvian Andes. American brothers Ryan Cooper and Wesley Waren found the body of Bill Stampfl on June 27 on Mount Huascaran, according to Joseph Stampfl,
Continue Reading CNN By Brad Lendon and Mike Valerio, CNN Above the Korean Peninsula (CNN) — As the US Air Force AC-130J flies over South Korea’s towering apartment blocks, its powerful cameras can almost see inside windows on the highest floors. Aiming farther afield, the weapons officers on the four-engine aircraft, nicknamed Ghostrider, can pick out objects at
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who opened fire in Yellowstone National Park last week, leaving one ranger injured, had held a woman against her will and said he planned to carry out a mass shooting at July 4th events outside the park, authorities say. The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Samson Lucas Bariah
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Almost 250 years ago, British soldiers marched in search of military supplies stockpiled by colonial rebels in Massachusetts and tension turned to bloodshed with battles at the towns of Lexington and Concord that began the Revolutionary War. The fighting in Concord on April 19, 1775, was immortalized by legendary
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Mike Valerio, CNN Above the Korean Peninsula (CNN) — As the US Air Force AC-130J flies over South Korea’s towering apartment blocks, its powerful cameras can almost see inside windows on the highest floors. Aiming farther afield, the weapons officers on the four-engine aircraft, nicknamed Ghostrider, can pick out objects at 50,000
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating an incident in which a commercial flight aborted a landing as another plane apparently was taking off from the runway the first plane intended to use this week in upstate New York. The immediate aftermath of Monday’s incident at New York’s
Continue Reading WTMJ, CNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — D’Vontaye Mitchell was his mother’s “big teddy bear,” who enjoyed music, cooking and art, and was a beloved brother, uncle and father of two. Mitchell, 43, died on June 30, after he was pinned down by hotel security guards outside a Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee in an
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