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Black mom sues city of Detroit claiming she was falsely arrested while 8 months pregnant by officers using facial recognition technology

By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — A Black mother is suing the city of Detroit and a Detroit Police Department detective after she was falsely arrested while eight months pregnant by officers using “an unreliable facial recognition match,” a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says. Porcha Woodruff, 32, was home around 8 a.m. on February 16,

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NTSB investigating a helicopter collision that left 3 dead while battling Southern California fires

CNN, KABC By Elizabeth Wolfe and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — National Transportation Safety Board investigators have begun to assess the scene where three people were killed after two helicopters collided in midair Sunday while fighting a fire in Southern California, an agency spokesperson told CNN on Monday. The helicopters were among six aircraft responding

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Deadly floods hit China’s major grain-producing region, fueling food security concerns

By Nectar Gan and Mengchen Zhang, CNN (CNN) — Days of heavy rain have caused severe flooding in China’s leading grain-producing region in the northeast, killing 14 people and raising concerns about food security as floodwater inundated farmlands. Torrential rains brought by the aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri have battered northern China since late July, displacing

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