By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, according to law enforcement officials. The alleged shooter is dead, police say. Just before 5 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a neighborhood where they found multiple victims with gunshot wounds, the Jonesboro Police Department
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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales has taken responsibility and apologized for an edited official photograph that was recalled by a number of international news agencies over concerns it had been manipulated. Kate said she was sorry for “any confusion” caused by the image, after her “experiment” with photo editing caused
Continue Reading By Monica Haider, CNN (CNN) — The month of Ramadan feels heavier this year for 33-year-old Palestinian American Nadia Duwaik, than it has in the past. Duwaik told CNN she ordinarily approaches Ramadan excited about the chance to celebrate and reflect during her family’s rituals, such as gathering together every night for iftar. But this year,
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Summers are becoming increasingly dangerous, especially in cities where the warming effects of tall buildings, concrete and asphalt send temperatures soaring. But there might be a simple, potentially inexpensive way to put a chill on urban heat: retroreflectors. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Cities found when
Continue Reading By Manveena Suri and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured after a flight from Australia to New Zealand experienced a “technical event” that produced a sudden movement, according to the flight’s operator, with witnesses telling local media that passengers were suddenly thrown around the cabin. Approximately 50 people were treated for
Continue Reading CNN Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The image of a smiling Catherine, Princess of Wales, flanked by her three children, should have put a stop to the explosion of speculation over her health and whereabouts. Instead, it triggered a whole new controversy for Britain’s royal family after multiple global news
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A center-right coalition won a narrow victory in Portugal’s snap elections on Sunday but fell short of an outright majority, as fledgling radical right party Chega took nearly a fifth of the vote. The Democratic Alliance coalition won 29.5% of the 98.98% of votes counted early Monday, with
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, Collin McCullough and Helen Regan, CNN Dajabon, Dominican Republic (CNN) — The United States and other diplomatic missions have begun evacuating personnel from Haiti, as gang violence in the Caribbean nation’s capital Port-au-Prince continues to spiral. One evacuation operation carrying staffers from the German and European missions was forced to turn down
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Sarah Dewberry, Yan Kaner and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A small plane crashed into a wooded area near Virginia’s western border on Sunday, bursting into flames and killing all five people on board, including a juvenile, authorities said. The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs,
Continue Reading WMUR, MT. WASHINGTON AVALANCHE CENTER, CNN By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A skier has died after she fell nearly 600 feet down an icy ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire over the weekend, officials say. The woman and two others were backcountry skiing on Saturday, US Forest Service public affairs specialist Colleen Mainville
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Several major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Kensington Palace showing Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her children, saying they believe the photo has been manipulated. The photograph is the first officially released image of the princess since she underwent abdominal surgery in January,
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A California medical facility is trying to contact about 300 people who were possibly exposed to measles after a child was treated for the contagious viral illness at a hospital in Sacramento last week, officials said. The child had returned from international travel and was evaluated March 5
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A skier has died after she fell nearly 600 feet down an icy ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire over the weekend, officials say. The woman and two others were backcountry skiing on Saturday, US Forest Service public affairs specialist Colleen Mainville said. Authorities said 20-year-old Madison Saltsburg
Continue Reading CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Several major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Kensington Palace showing Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her children, saying they believe the photo has been manipulated. The photograph is the first officially released image of the princess since she underwent abdominal surgery in
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, Amanda Jackson, Susannah Cullinane and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A sperm whale beached off the coast of Venice, Florida, has died following attempts to save it, officials said Monday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials are planning to perform a necropsy Monday on the nearly 70,000-pound, 44-foot-long male whale. A multiagency
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — There are constant reminders in our everyday surroundings of the many chapters of life that have unfolded on Earth. Rocks and dirt preserve evidence of the epochs that came before ours, such as the oldest known fossilized forest on the planet where unusual trees once grew 390 million years ago.
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has sparked anger after saying Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and negotiate to end the war with Russia. In an interview with the Swiss broadcaster Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RSI) published on Saturday, Francis was asked whether he thinks
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The deadly school shooting in a tight-knit village. The recent high-profile trial that led to the conviction of the defendant’s spouse. The hot-button issue of gun ownership and the responsibilities that come with it. A pool of potential jurors faced weighty issues during jury selection last week, and
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Detectives probing the death of a 96-year-old California woman nearly two years ago have uncovered she was the victim of an elaborate murder-for-hire and reverse-mortgage scam that sought to gain control of her home, authorities said Thursday, announcing four people have now been arrested in the case. Violet Evelyn
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has sentenced a Russian university student to 10 days in jail for naming his Wi-Fi router with a pro-Ukrainian slogan, Russian media reported. The Moscow State University student, identified by RIA as Oleg Tarasov, had changed the name of his WIFI network to “Slava Ukraine,” which
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