By Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A final round of rainfall soaked California Wednesday morning as the state grappled with road closures, evacuation warnings and water rescues from days of rain. Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California faced the most substantial risk of flooding. Here’s the latest: • Over 20
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By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country’s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have malfunctioned during trials. An “anomaly occurred” during the test on board the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard, a UK
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have reached a settlement in a lawsuit, an attorney for the Laundries said, after Petito’s parents claimed the Laundries knew their son killed his fiancée during a cross-country road trip but intentionally withheld that information. The settlement concluded a much-anticipated
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The small group of women thought about canceling their protest when the sirens went off. But even though Kyiv was under missile attack again, it went ahead anyway. Antonina brought along her 3-year-old son Sasha. “My dad doesn’t come home. We are
Continue Reading Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN Electric vehicle sales hit a new milestone last year, with more than a million sold across the US — and buyers might not be following partisan patterns, new data suggests. The research by the Environmental Defense Fund Action, which acquired the voter and vehicle data from L2, a political firm that
Continue Reading CNN By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — Once upon a time, gazing at the night sky was an escape from manmade messiness on Earth. Not anymore. Nearly 70 years after the launch of Sputnik, there are so many machines flying through space, astronomers worry their light pollution will soon make it impossible
Continue Reading By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — Once upon a time, gazing at the night sky was an escape from manmade messiness on Earth. Not anymore. Nearly 70 years after the launch of Sputnik, there are so many machines flying through space, astronomers worry their light pollution will soon make it impossible to
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — After more than two decades of loyal service, Alim Abdallah was about to experience his first taste of civilian life. A military discharge ceremony was planned for October 9, and two days later he was due to start a master’s degree. But instead of celebrating, his family, friends, colleagues
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, Elizabeth Wolfe, Raja Razek, Holly Yan, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Don Steven McDougal, the family friend accused of killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in Livingston, Texas, is now charged with capital murder, according to court documents filed in Polk County on Wednesday. McDougal – who was already in jail
Continue Reading By Katie Polglase and Muhammad Darwish, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces fired on a United Nations convoy carrying vital food supplies in central Gaza on February 5, before ultimately blocking the trucks from progressing to the northern part of the territory, where Palestinians are on the verge of famine, according to documents shared exclusively by the
Continue Reading By Azaz Syed, Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Two of Pakistan’s dynastic political parties have formally announced the formation of a coalition government, a move that brings an end to nearly two weeks of negotiations and likely keeps an incarcerated Imran Khan out of power despite his affiliates winning the
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Family and friends of Audrii Cunningham, the east Texas 11-year-old who was found dead after vanishing on the way to school, mourned her as a bright and friendly child during a Wednesday night vigil near the river where her body was recovered earlier this week.
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Alabama’s Supreme Court said frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death – a decision that puts back into national focus the question of when life begins and one that reproductive rights advocates say could have a
Continue Reading By Andi Babineau, Cindy Von Quednow and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A University of Colorado at Colorado Springs student who is accused of fatally shooting two people in a dormitory at the college last week was a roommate of one of the victims, a police spokesperson said Tuesday, the day that bond was set
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The body of Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl who disappeared while on her way to school in Texas, was found Tuesday in the Trinity River, according to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons. “Audrii’s body was located at the Trinity River under US Highway 59,”
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Originally Published: 20 FEB 24 15:32 ETUpdated: 20 FEB 24 15:53 ETBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Two men were charged with murder and other felony charges for their roles in the mass shooting after a Kansas City Chiefs championship rally last week, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Tuesday. Lyndell Mays, of Raytown,
Continue Reading By Victoria Butenko, Andrew Carey and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Maxim Kuzminov, a Russian pilot who dramatically defected to Ukraine by flying his helicopter across the border, is dead, according to Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR). The news comes after the Spanish Civil Guard in Alicante province told CNN that a man had been
Continue Reading By Mark Morales and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected in the brutal killing of a woman inside a New York City hotel on February 8 was arrested in Arizona and may be involved in other incidents around the country, police officials said at a news conference Tuesday. Raad Almansoori, 26, was arrested
Continue Reading By Laura Studley, CNN (CNN) — Ruby Franke, a mother and popular web personality who pleaded guilty last year to four counts of aggravated child abuse, was sentenced to four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in a Utah prison Tuesday. “My charges are just,” Franke said at the sentencing. “They offer safety to
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Two men were charged with murder and other felony charges for their roles in the mass shooting after a Kansas City Chiefs championship rally last week, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Tuesday. Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, and Dominic M. Miller, of Kansas City, were both charged with
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