By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86. Ledbetter died of respiratory failure, her family said in a statement Sunday. “Lilly Ledbetter passed away peacefully last night at the age of 86. She was
Continue Reading WXYZ, CNN By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan man has been charged with felony murder after he and another individual allegedly impersonated utility workers before killing a man and tying up his wife, according to local authorities. Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, a resident of Dearborn, Michigan, was charged with felony murder
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Lauren Iszo, Dana Karni, Sarah Sirgany and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Four Israeli soldiers have been killed and more than 60 people injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central-northern Israel, according to first responders and the Israeli military. The incident late Sunday local time is
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Lauren Iszo, Dana Karni, Sarah Sirgany and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Four Israeli soldiers have been killed and more than 60 people injured in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central-northern Israel, according to first responders and the Israeli military. The incident late Sunday local time is one
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova and Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country, died in Russian detention last month, Ukrainian authorities said earlier this week. Roshchyna, who was 27, disappeared in August last year during a reporting trip to a Russian-occupied area in
Continue Reading Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz tramped through tall grass with a shotgun in hand on the opening day of Minnesota’s pheasant hunting season. Saturday’s event gave the campaign a chance to highlight the governor’s rural roots and love of outdoor sports. Neither Walz nor Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan managed
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, Caitlin Stephen Hu and Matthew Reynard, CNN Springfield, Ohio (CNN) — It’s just past 4am. Daniel Aula is in his one room apartment praying, thankful he’s alive, and thankful he’s heading to work. Aula, originally from Haiti, has been living in Springfield over a year now. He knew about the quiet Ohio
Continue Reading CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In a harsh new world of climate disasters, Amber Henry clutched her four young children as they stood atop the oven in their home in Lakeland, Florida. Transformers exploded outside. The surging floodwaters from Hurricane Milton poured in through the windows late Wednesday and their refrigerator slowly floated
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In a harsh new world of climate disasters, Amber Henry clutched her four young children as they stood atop the oven in their home in Lakeland, Florida. Transformers exploded outside. The surging floodwaters from Hurricane Milton poured in through the windows late Wednesday and their refrigerator slowly floated away.
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan man has been charged with felony murder after he and another individual allegedly impersonated utility workers before killing a man and tying up his wife, according to local authorities. Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, a resident of Dearborn, Michigan, was charged with felony murder and two
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — When Israeli airstrikes began raining down on southern Lebanon, Kamel Ahmad Jawad’s first instinct wasn’t to seek safety or return to the US. Instead, he volunteered at a hospital to help those who couldn’t run – even if they wanted to. On October 1, Jawad, a 56-year-old American citizen,
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, Brian Abel, Amanda Musa and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Surrounded by the damage left behind by hurricanes Helene and Milton, people across Florida are facing the daunting task of cleaning up, but many lack the electricity and fuel to do it. Hampered by roads blocked by fallen trees and flooding,
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A man was killed and nine other people were injured in a shooting Saturday in North Nashville near Tennessee State University and investigators believe at least one of the injured participated in the gunfire, officials said. The shooting happened around 5 p.m., Nashville police and fire officials said at
Continue Reading By Jordan D. Brown and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Eleven members of an Amish family – including a 1-year-old – were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said. A member of the family in southeastern Pennsylvania’s Peach Bottom Township told authorities they became sick after eating wild mushrooms
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It seemed like an unlikely stage for Kanye West to unveil his new music. But last month the American rapper – now known as Ye – held not just one but two sold-out “listening parties” in China, a country that imposes some of the toughest censorship in
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya
Continue Reading KKCO By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The human head and hands discovered in the freezer of a Colorado home in January have been identified as belonging to a 16-year-old girl who had been missing for almost 20 years, according to local authorities. Amanda Overstreet was identified as the victim through DNA testing, according to
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The human head and hands discovered in the freezer of a Colorado home in January have been identified as belonging to a 16-year-old girl who had been missing for almost 20 years, according to local authorities. Amanda Overstreet was identified as the victim through DNA testing, according to a
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent and Natasha Maguder, CNN London (CNN) — Public figures across Scotland and the United Kingdom have paid tribute to the former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who died Saturday at the age of 69. Salmond, a leading figure in the Scottish independence movement, was taken ill while in North Macedonia, collapsing after
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, Josh Campbell, Brian Todd and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Floridians are rebuilding their communities after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a deadly Category 3 storm this week and cut through the state, bringing destructive storm surge to parts of Florida’s western shore and deadly tornadoes to the east while
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