By Steve Almasy and Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people were shot – one fatally – at a West Philadelphia birthday block party in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said Sunday. A 19-year-old man was killed during the shooting, in which police believe more than one gun was used. The
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say. Investigators found the outbreak was linked to ice cream machines that were not cleaned properly at a Frugals restaurant, according to a release
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Over 12,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Tenerife after wildfires tore through the Spanish Canary Island. Police data showed the the number of evacuations surged from the 4,500 reported on Friday. Some 11 towns have been affected by the fires but tourist
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — The Netherlands and Denmark will provide Ukraine with much sought-after F-16 aircraft in an agreement hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as “historic.” Kyiv has urgently been calling on its Western allies to provide F-16 jets, as its slow-moving counteroffensive is hampered by Russian air superiority. Speaking
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A large fire erupted in a historic hotel in the smallest town of the nation’s smallest state Friday night, leaving the area with limited water and no power and prompting a state of emergency on Rhode Island’s Block Island. Multiple agencies responded to the fire at
Continue Reading By Hannah Holland (CNN) — The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for more than just a new president. For the first time in history, the people will decide the fate of oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The referendum will give voters the chance to decide whether oil
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — On Hayling Island, just off the southern coast of England, you’ll find Stoke Fruit Farm — home to a massive field of some 2 million sunflowers. Paying visitors are invited to wander around the 50-acre site and enjoy the blooms, but lately, the farm’s owners have
Continue Reading By Nick Watt, CNN (CNN) — The Yurok Tribe’s annual salmon festival in Klamath, California, is a little different this year. Yes, there’s a noisy parade, yes there are dozens of stalls selling T-shirts and jewelry, yes there are kids wrestling it out in a traditional stick game and yes there is plenty of food.
Continue Reading By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Ecuadorians are voting in presidential and legislative elections that have been overshadowed by political assassinations and violence driven by criminal organizations vying for control of the country’s drug trafficking routes. Nearly 100,000 troops will be dispatched to ensure public safety and order across Ecuador on election day, Ecuador’s government
Continue Reading By Uliana Pavlova, Alex Stambaugh and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s first lunar mission in decades has ended in failure with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface. The incident, a blow to Russia’s space ambitions, happened after communication with the robotic spacecraft was interrupted. Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said it lost
Continue Reading By Yulia Kesaieva, Josh Pennington and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian drone crashed into the roof of a railway station in the western Russian city of Kursk early Sunday morning, injuring five people and causing damage to the building, according to the regional governor. Russia’s Kursk region borders Ukraine and has seen previous
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Imagine your acceptance into medical school came with an automatic study partner you’ve known since birth, who lives with you – and who looks a lot like you. That’s reality for this group of future doctors. The University at Buffalo admitted three sets of twins and two brothers to
Continue Reading By Emily Morris-Piltzer, Alex Stambaugh, Sarah Dean and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s military ruler General Abdourahamane Tchiani, who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and seized power in a coup, has proposed a return to democracy within three years. Neither the junta “nor the people of Niger want war and remain open to dialogue,” General
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US customs officers in Texas discovered nearly two dozen packages of cocaine on a commercial bus coming from Mexico. Field operations officers with the US Customs and Border Protection seized the “significant amount” of narcotics at the Roma International Bridge in Roma, Texas, the agency reported. Roma is
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian pilots have begun training on F-16 aircraft, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said, bringing Kyiv closer to obtaining a long-sought after piece of military hardware it says is essential to counter Russian air superiority. “Training (on F-16) has begun,” Reznikov told Ukrainian media Saturday,
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — The 4th of July is a big day in American history, and it was a big day for a Utah man who shares his birthday with the nation’s. This year, it marked the day he unknowingly became a millionaire. J. Refugio Gonzalez Almeida bought a winning $3 million Mega
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Amir Tal, Ibrahim Dahman, Heather Chen and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Two Israeli civilians were shot and killed on Saturday in the flashpoint West Bank town of Huwara, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IDF soldiers have been pursuing the suspects and have set up blockades in the area, the
Continue Reading By Valentina Gonzalez, Karol Suarez and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — One of Ecuador’s presidential candidates has demanded an investigation into a shooting that took place meters from where he was dining out with his family on Saturday – just one day before the country goes to the polls. Otto Sonnenholzner said he had been
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury indicted a man known as a Kansas City Chiefs superfan, who goes by “ChiefsAholic” on social media, with robbing several banks and laundering the money through casinos, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri announced. Xaviar Michael Babudar, 29, was
Continue Reading Story by Ray Sanchez, CNN Video by Aaron Fisher and Deborah Brunswick (CNN) — David Gobel, his wife and their four children reluctantly plan to leave Maui after losing their home in the deadly wildfire that left historic Lahaina in ruins. “Where are we going to live? Where are we going to work?” he asked.
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