By Mariya Knight and Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has developed a laser weapon capable of shooting down targets from more than a mile away, the country’s drone force commander has claimed Speaking at a defense summit in Kyiv this week, Vadym Sukharevskyi, Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems said, “Today,
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The city of Aurora, Colorado, has reentered the national debate on immigration after a married couple was kidnapped by a group of undocumented migrants Monday night in their apartment complex and bound, beaten and pistol-whipped, police say. Police Chief Todd Chamberlain described the incident at The Edge on Lowry
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Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — At least 20 migrants have died after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, the country’s state news agency TAP reported Wednesday, the second such tragedy in a week. The vessel got into trouble approximately 13 miles off the coast of Sfax, a major port city on the
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Pilots are reporting a massive uptick in being hit by laser pointers from the ground since the drone panic took off earlier this month, according to new data from the Federal Aviation Administration. Laser strikes can temporarily blind pilots or worse in some of the most critical times of
Continue Reading By Esha Mitra and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people have died after a crash between a passenger ferry and a navy speedboat threw dozens into the sea near a popular tourist destination in Mumbai, India, according to a local official. Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra state, told reporters Wednesday the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1967 Birth place: Denver, Colorado Birth name: Neil McGill Gorsuch Father: David Gorsuch, lawyer Mother: Anne Gorsuch Burford, lawyer and administrator of the EPA for nearly two years under President Ronald
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour, Claire Calzonetti, Jaya Sharma and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, said she will never stop fighting for democracy and equality, and she doesn’t fear retribution by the Iranian regime. Speaking exclusively to CNN while on a three-week medical
Continue Reading Story by Reuters Mamoudzou, Mayotte (Reuters) — Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone Chido, more than four days after it swept through the Indian Ocean archipelago, causing mayhem and killing possibly thousands. Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, is home to large numbers of
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his years-long regime have fallen, but the country remains a battleground for an array of actors seeking to secure interests in what may emerge to be a dangerous power vacuum. As Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) assumes de facto leadership, Syria is still
Continue Reading By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Billy Stockwell, Darya Tarasova, Anna Chernova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Long stretches of Russia’s Black Sea coastline are covered in oil spilled by the wreck of two Russian tankers over the weekend, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of an “environmental disaster.” Videos geolocated by CNN show blackened waves washing
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Jessie Yeung, Amanda Jackson, Michelle Watson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Unanswered questions remain about a fatal shooting at a Madison, Wisconsin, private school as new details emerge about the shooter’s family life and possible ties to a California man who, according to an Associated Press report, allegedly planned to carry
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the shooting
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China says two of its astronauts completed a nine-hour spacewalk Tuesday, a figure that beats the US-held record for the world’s longest spacewalk set in 2001, in the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space program. Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, crew members of
Continue Reading By Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — Tech for Good is a series that highlights students and young people who are designing technology to make our world a better place. This season, CNN met people – from South Korea to Switzerland – who are using innovation to tackle some of the biggest problems facing humanity. We documented their
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WISC, WMTV, WTMJ, CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Police have identified the shooter in Monday’s deadly attack on a Madison, Wisconsin, private Christian school as a 15-year-old female student as they investigate the latest school shooting to devastate an American community. Natalie Rupnow – who went by Samantha – was found dead when
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Police have identified the shooter in Monday’s deadly attack on a Madison, Wisconsin, private Christian school as a 15-year-old female student as they investigate the latest school shooting to devastate an American community. Natalie Rupnow – who went by Samantha – was found dead when officers responded to Abundant
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CNN By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing, as well as an outpouring of praise for the suspect and the tangible fear reported by executives since the
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