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‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast

By Nic Robertson, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. An advance by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha was in full swing, and backup support from chief ally Saudi Arabia was nowhere in sight. “The Houthis committed everything

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New video shows interaction between NYC Mayor Mamdani and AOC at 9/11 ceremony after the moment sparked debate

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A brief interaction between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured on video Friday during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, sparked fierce criticism that was met with pushback from those who say the video was taken

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Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Darren Conway

UK man pleads guilty to using online forum to encourage sexual assault of unconscious women

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A man from North London pleaded guilty to charges related to encouraging other members of an online forum to sexually assault drugged victims, London’s Metropolitan Police announced on Friday. Police discovered the forum in October 2025 and established a national coordination group, led by the UK’s National Crime Agency

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Kury shake hands after a press conference at Carondelet Palace in Quito on September 9.

Several Latin American leaders are looking to the Bukele model to fight crime. This country has another idea

By Darío Klein, CNN (CNN) — Uruguay is ranked as one of the safest countries in Latin America but rising public concern about crime have forced its policymakers to develop a new “democratic” strategy for the problem. Their aim is to bring down homicide rates while deliberately deviating from the draconian security measures popularized by

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Dangerous edible trend, Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress,’ a shrinking planet: Catch up on the day’s stories

By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Princess Diana’s head-turning “revenge dress” is going on sale for the first time in nearly 30 years. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Cannabis edibles Accidental ingestion of recreational drugs among young children in the US has

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United in vigilance, law enforcement officers have been on ‘a no-fail mission’ for 25 years

By Mark Morales, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-five years later, John Ryan can still name all 37 Port Authority Police officers who died on September 11. Christopher Amoroso. Antonio Rodrigues. J.D. Levi. Stephen Huczko. He ticks off their names and their special attributes. Sgt. Robert Kaulfers stands out because he was one of Ryan’s

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Asian teens race ahead of US peers for reading, science and math in global rankings

By Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — High-school students across Asia are pulling ahead of their Western peers, an annual global assessment indicates, as artificial intelligence spurs a worldwide race for talent and reshapes how young people learn. In a troubling trend, reading, science and math performance among 15-year-olds has continued a decline globally across the

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Austrian woman dies after alleged sexual abuse by husband in case local media dubs ‘Pelicot 2.0’

By Saskya Vandoorne, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — An Austrian woman died after her husband injured and sexually abused her while she was “extremely intoxicated,” prosecutors say, in a case that local media are comparing to that of Frenchwoman Gisèle Pelicot. Prosecutors in the Austrian city of Wels told CNN the woman was “defenseless” in

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Russian drone incursion delayed Zelensky’s departure from Moldova

By Caitlin Danaher and Todd Symons, CNN A Russian drone entering Moldova’s airspace delayed the departure of a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Norway on Tuesday, a Moldovan official said. The eastern European country, which borders Ukraine, closed its airspace after detecting an incursion of a jet-propelled drone, officials said. Zelensky’s aircraft was

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Police launch criminal investigation into allegations Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party broke campaign finance law

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Police have launched a criminal investigation into the hard-right Reform UK party days after an explosive undercover report alleged they breached campaign finance laws by using foreign donors to pay for political polling. The announcement follows an undercover sting broadcast by British news outlet Channel 4, which showed a

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Authorities stand near a destroyed wing and engine on September 8th as they work the scene of Sunday's Amazon cargo plane crash.

New black box data shows alarms sounded as pilot warned of plane’s excessive speed before it overran Miami runway, killing 5

CNN By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, Carolina Peguero, CNN (CNN) — A pilot in the cockpit of the Amazon Air Boeing 767 that overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and struck two vehicles, killing five, expressed concern about the aircraft’s excessive speed — as alarms sounded in the plane — before it

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Authorities stand near a destroyed wing and engine on September 8th as they work the scene of Sunday's Amazon cargo plane crash.

New black box data shows alarms sounded as pilot warned of plane’s excessive speed before it overran Miami runway, killing 5

By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A pilot in the cockpit of the Amazon Air Boeing 767 that overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and struck two vehicles, killing five, expressed concern about the aircraft’s excessive speed — as alarms sounded in the plane — before it touched down, newly

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What we know about NYC’s newly released 9/11 records revealing officials misled public about air safety

By Emma Tucker, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City released over 170,000 pages of documents revealing officials repeatedly misled residents about the toxic air quality levels after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, just days before the city marks its 25th anniversary. The disclosure reveals the scale of lives

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An aerial view shows the entirety of Boston Logan International Airport in December 2025.

The airport safety system that could have slowed the plane that left the runway in Miami, killing 5 people

By Pete Muntean, CNN Miami (CNN) — When the Amazon Air cargo plane barreled off the runway at Miami International Airport this week going nearly 130 miles an hour, there was little to slow it down. The 156-foot-wide jet crushed vehicles, smashed concrete road barriers and tore through navigational equipment. Five people in vehicles were

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Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky withdraws petition for new sex abuse trial in state court

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky withdrew his petition for a new trial at a hearing Tuesday morning with plans to pursue federal relief, according to a spokesperson for Sandusky. A judge in Centre County, Pennsylvania, accepted the withdrawal of Sandusky’s petition at the state court

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Jail booking photo of Corie Walsh

Illinois woman with reported interest in Lindsay Clancy case ordered to be held in jail for alleged murder of her son

By Andy Rose, Whitney Wild, CNN Joliet, Illinois (CNN) — An Illinois woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son last week was ordered to be held in jail during a court appearance Tuesday morning as she faces three counts of first-degree murder. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort – an Illinois village southwest of Chicago –

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UK, France and Canada sanction Israeli settlements in West Bank as Britain accuses settlers of ‘ethnic cleansing’

By Kara Fox, Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in a coordinated move that underlined Israel’s growing isolation on the international stage. Announcing the sanctions in UK Parliament, British Foreign Secretary Ed

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Scores wounded as Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi Arabia in major regional escalation

By Kathleen Magramo, Eyad Kourdi, Becky Anderson, Tim Lister, Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a major attack on southwestern Saudi Arabia early Tuesday, targeting oil and other infrastructure in an escalation that risks widening the region’s conflicts and adding further pressure to crude prices. Saudi-led forces vowed a resolute

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A vehicle lays twisted after an Amazon Air Boeing 767 overshot a runway Sunday at Miami International Airport.

Pilots applied full power seconds before Amazon cargo plane overran Miami runway, killing 5 in cleaning van, officials say

By Andy Rose, Maria Aguilar Prieto, Julianna Bragg, Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — As an Amazon cargo plane began its descent under dark clouds over Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, it flew past the usual landing zone for Runway 30. The Boeing 767-300, weighing more than 100 tons, remained airborne deep into

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Jerry Sandusky changes his legal strategy to try to overturn his sex abuse convictions. A judge wants him to explain why

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — As he was approaching the end of his career, Jerry Sandusky told his legendary boss Joe Paterno he wanted to find a way to maintain “visibility” with Penn State University even after leaving the storied college football program. Sandusky’s name would end up having far more visibility than either

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Illinois mother texted friends about Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial hours before killing her 2-year-old, prosecutors say

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Illinois mother had become “very invested” in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial before prosecutors say she killed her 2-year-old son on Tuesday, according to witnesses cited in court documents. Corie Walsh, a 40-year-old resident of Frankfort, was charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors allege she fatally strangled

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Lindsay Clancy’s fate unresolved as mistrial leaves her case in the court of public opinion – for now

By Nicki Brown, CNN Plymouth, Massachusetts (CNN) — After five grueling weeks of testimony and 38 hours of painstaking deliberations, the jury deciding the fate of Lindsay Clancy – the Massachusetts mother who argued she should not be held criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children – sent the judge what would be their

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Witkoff confident of ‘good resolution’ after Kyiv meeting, as US pushes for trilateral talks with Russia

By Kosta Gak, Sophie Tanno and Billy Stockwell, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday after “substantive” discussions with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. It marks their first visit to the Ukrainian

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Barry Morphew arrested days after being ordered on house arrest for alleged hit-and-run

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Murder suspect Barry Morphew was arrested on Thursday in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said, days after his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run crash on August 26 in Denver, court records show. A “concerned citizen” saw Morphew, 58, drive “aggressively prior to striking two vehicles,” Alamosa County District Judge Amanda Hopkins

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Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner plan to visit Moscow and Kyiv in their first trip to Ukraine

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are planning to visit Moscow and Kyiv in the coming days with a proposal to end the war, President Donald Trump said Friday. “I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators. They’ve

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Argentina ratchets up Falklands tensions after Trump casts doubt on support for Britain

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Argentine President Javier Milei has announced plans to sanction oil companies working near the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-running dispute with Britain days after President Donald Trump said the US position on the archipelago was “under review.” In an address late Thursday, Milei reasserted Argentina’s claim to the islands

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‘Don’t panic’: How two men were rescued from a flood-stricken Nepali power plant

By Bhadra Sharma, Kara Fox, Lex Harvey, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Ross Adkin, Hanako Montgomery, CNN Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — Nine days after flash flooding washed away valleys and buried entire villages, rescue workers in Nepal had started to shift their operations from finding survivors to recovering bodies. But then on Friday morning, at the Trishuli 3A

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Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt

By Ivana Kottasová, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian general who has been accused by Ukraine of ordering a missile strike against a children’s hospital in Kyiv has reportedly been shot in northwestern Russia on Thursday. The Russian Investigative Committee said it opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a military service member

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Spain’s PM says he received no advance warnings of Ceuta influx as he defends handling of crisis

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied accusations that the government ignored warnings about an impending mass border crossing from Morocco to the enclave of Ceuta. Sánchez has been under intense pressure over the crisis, which saw an estimated 72,000 people cross the border. Dozens died and many remain

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Floods hit a historic Grand Canyon lodge. It’s the second park landmark affected by a natural disaster in the past year

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The Grand Canyon’s vast, mile-deep landscape may appear timeless, but two devastating disasters have recently struck the iconic natural wonder as the climate crisis intensifies extreme weather. Muddy brown floodwaters roared through Phantom Ranch on August 29, swamping the 1920s lodge that has welcomed adventurers seeking a rare chance

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2 dead and multiple people injured — including police officers — in mass shooting at downtown Minneapolis apartment building

By Cindy Von Quednow, Dalia Faheid, Julianna Bragg, Taylor Galgano, Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — Officers confronted a barrage of gunfire, their vision clouded by a haze, as they responded to a shooting at a Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday that left at least two people dead and injured multiple others, officials said. Police opened fire

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Airline involved in low stadium flyover turns over black box data as investigators probe if safety rules were violated

By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The airline behind a remarkably low planned flyover of a packed rugby stadium said Wednesday it will turn over data from the planes’ black boxes to show the maneuver was done in accordance with governmental rules. The two 98-seat Embraer-190 regional jets from South African airline Airlink

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An Ohio college student died in an apparent suicide. His family says he felt ‘humiliated’ by his ICE ankle monitor

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Pierre Damas Bel was an avid soccer player at his high school in Springfield, Ohio. He loved being part of JROTC, the US military-sponsored program that provides training to students. And friends and family say he headed to college planning to study neuroscience and excited about the future.

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Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron join King Charles and Queen Camilla in private viewing of famed Bayeux Tapestry

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla were joined by the French president and first lady at the British Museum in London on Wednesday for a private tour of the Bayeux Tapestry — a world-famous artwork depicting a fateful battle between the two nations. Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron

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Milo Yiannopoulos says he was ‘terrified’ by the ‘brutality’ of his ICE deportation

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has told TV interviewer Piers Morgan that he was “really, really terrified” after being detained by US immigration officials. Speaking to Morgan during an interview released on YouTube on Tuesday, British national Yiannopoulos, 41, recounted how his hands and feet were chained together with

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