By Jack Forrest, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine freed last year after two years of imprisonment in Russia, said he’d like to see the Biden administration take “definite action” in freeing an American and Wall Street Journal reporter recently detained by the Kremlin. “I want to see some definite action,” Reed
Continue Reading By Jack Forrest, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine freed last year after two years of imprisonment in Russia, said he’d like to see the Biden administration take “definite action” in freeing an American and Wall Street Journal reporter recently detained by the Kremlin. “I want to see some definite action,” Reed
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A decision has not yet been made on whether athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports will be eligible to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Olympic officials outlined new guidelines this week on how athletes from the two nations could compete as neutrals, paving the way for their return.
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas said Thursday that some Affordable Care Act mandates cannot be enforced nationwide, including those that require insurers to cover a wide array of preventive care services at no cost to the patient, including some cancer, heart and STD screenings, and tobacco programs. In
Continue Reading By Haley Britzky, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers Wednesday that China, Russia, and Iran would be a problem for the US “for many years to come” as the three are working more closely together. Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Milley
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Interview by Christiane Amanpour, CNN Contributors Alex Hardie, CNN Famed artist duo Gilbert & George, who describe themselves as two men who are together one artist, have unveiled a new gallery in London dedicated to their work. The pair — Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore — have been working together for six
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN The swirl of unprecedented political, legal and historical implications ignited by the indictment of Donald Trump will reach a fever pitch Tuesday when the former president is arraigned in Manhattan. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating Trump in connection with his alleged role in a hush
Continue Reading By Carlos Suarez and Dakin Andone, CNN Investigators found a suicide note when they executed a search warrant at the home of the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school last week, along with more weapons and ammunition, according to an inventory of items seized. The search warrant and the list of items
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva, CNN Lesya Belinska is proud of her son. She stands next to Roman Belinsky at her home and hugs him with one arm. Belinsky waves her away, embarrassed. Belinsky’s face is badly disfigured from a serious combat injury. The 42-year-old was discharged from duty recently, but still
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, John Miller, Jeremy Herb and Devan Cole, CNN Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to two sources familiar with the case — the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and John Miller, CNN The New York grand jury hearing the case against Donald Trump was set to break for several weeks. The former president’s lawyers believed on Wednesday afternoon they had at least a small reprieve from a possible indictment. Trump praised the perceived delay. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker told staff in a memo Thursday that she was “very concerned” for the safety of Russia-based reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested Wednesday by security forces in the city of Yekaterinburg. “I am very sorry to let you know you that one of our reporters
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The Utah civil trial involving actress Gwyneth Paltrow and a man who is accusing her of wrongdoing in relation to a 2016 ski collision resumed Monday for its second week of proceedings. Terry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who is suing Paltrow, testified on Monday that he “was skiing easy” and “paying
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s indictment by a New York grand jury has thrust the nation into uncharted political, legal and historical waters, and raised a slew of questions about how the criminal case will unfold. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating Trump in connection with his alleged role in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Nearly one month after Gwyneth Paltrow prevailed in the trial connected to a 2016 ski collision on a Utah mountain, the Goop founder stepped out in Beverly Hills to accept an award at the Daily Front Row’s LA Fashion Awards on Sunday. It was the first official public appearance by Paltrow
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter — the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges. The indictment has been filed under seal and will be announced in the coming days. The
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The research shakes up what most botanists thought they knew about the plant kingdom, which had been considered
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN The shooter who killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville used three of seven legally purchased firearms in America’s latest massacre. Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student who was under care for an emotional disorder, was in possession of an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 9 mm
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, Tina Burnside, Chloe Liu, Haley Britzky and Dave Alsup, CNN Nine US service members were killed after two helicopters with the 101st Airborne Division crashed late Wednesday in southwestern Kentucky, officials said. There were no survivors. The two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed around 10 p.m. in Trigg County near the Tennessee
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN More than 70 years after cheetahs were declared officially extinct in India, the country is now home to four newborn cheetahs, India’s Environment Minister announced Wednesday. The cubs were born to Siyaya and Freddie, two of the eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN For years, dreams of my teeth cracking, loosening or falling out plagued my sleep. Loved ones of mine have repeatedly dreamed of flying, rolling away in a self-operating car, or running late for school or work. These aren’t typical nightmares, which usually happen once. They’re some of the most common recurring
Continue Reading By Katherine Dillinger, CNN Advisers to the World Health Organization will consider next month whether to add liraglutide, the active ingredient in certain diabetes and obesity medications, to its list of essential medicines. The list, which is updated every two years, includes medicines “that satisfy the priority health needs of the population,” WHO says. “They
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal, Nouran Salahieh and Eric Levenson, CNN Some of the 911 calls from The Covenant School shooting have been released by the City of Nashville, capturing some of the tense moments as the carnage played out. One woman who says she is in the building as the shooting is happening tells the operator,
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN The battle between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may not be over yet. The new board handpicked by the Republican governor to oversee Disney’s special taxing district said Wednesday it is considering legal action over a multi-decade agreement reached between the entertainment giant and the outgoing board in the days
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Soon, you’ll be able to plug in your Lamborghini. Closing out a half century of purely gasoline-powered V12 cars going back to the brand’s earliest models, Luxury Italian sports car designer Lamborghini has unveiled its first supercar with a charging port. The Lamborghini Revuelto is a plug-in hybrid and, while
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Tickets for Arsenal’s final game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers are being touted on resale website StubHub for extortionate prices. The Gunners are on course to win a first Premier League title in 19 years and some people, it seems, are taking advantage of fans’ desperation to see the team
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The day after a train carrying a highly flammable chemical derailed and burst into flames in a small city in southwestern Minnesota, crews are still working to clear the area as officials reassure residents the water and air are safe. Of the 22 cars that derailed in Raymond,
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said Wednesday that when he played football as a child, he never thought about CPR or where there might be an automated external defibrillator (AED) nearby. At an event on Capitol Hill, the NFL player shared facts he learned after he went into cardiac arrest and
Continue Reading By Sarah Dean, Anna Chernova and Julia Horowitz, CNN Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, the first time a US journalist has been detained on accusations by Moscow of spying since the Cold War. “The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has stopped the illegal
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than initially estimated, as consumer spending continued to trail off. Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — increased 2.6% for the final three months of 2022, according to the Commerce Department’s third and final
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid the heightened political debate on gun reform, most Americans actually agree that some gun laws need to be more strict, according to recent polls. The question now is whether some conservative lawmakers will be flexible in their politics and open to compromise — and consider the data that shows children
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid the heightened political debate on gun reform, most Americans actually agree that some gun laws need to be more strict, according to recent polls. The question now is whether some conservative lawmakers will be flexible in their politics and open to compromise — and consider the data that shows children
Continue Reading By Hannah Brewitt and Andy Scholes, CNN Baseball is back with a fresh set of rules. On Opening Day, Major League Baseball will introduce a slew of brand-new regulations in the hopes of speeding up the pace of play, encouraging more game action, and making the sport more compelling to fans. Pitch Timer For the
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker told staff in a memo Thursday that she was “very concerned” for the safety of Russia-based reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested Wednesday by security forces in the city of Yekaterinburg. “I am very sorry to let you know you that one of our reporters
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN King Charles III on Thursday became the first British monarch to address the Bundestag, the German parliament, paying tribute to the deep historical bonds and longstanding ties between the two nations. The British sovereign is in Germany on the inaugural state visit of his reign with the Queen
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN The battle between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may not be over yet. The new board handpicked by the Republican governor to oversee Disney’s special taxing district said Wednesday it is considering legal action over a multi-decade agreement reached between the entertainment giant and the outgoing board in the days
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN China Renaissance, a top dealmaker in the country’s tech industry, said it would suspend trading of its shares and delay the release of its annual results because it still can’t get in touch with its founder. Bao Fan, 52, started the boutique investment bank in 2005 and has been unreachable since
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN Olesya Krivtsova thinks it’s because she was neither the first, nor the last, to criticize the war in Ukraine that she scared Russian authorities as much as she did. Her social media posts were neither particularly strident nor unusual, she told CNN, reflecting those of so many other
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Amid the heightened political debate on gun reform, most Americans actually agree that some gun laws need to be more strict, according to recent polls. The question now is whether some conservative lawmakers will be flexible in their politics and open to compromise — and consider the data that shows children
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US citizens who are sponsoring family members to come to the United States are seeking to intervene in a case over a key immigration program that’s been challenged in court by several Republican-led states. At the center of the case is the so-called humanitarian parole program that provides a way for
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez and Justin Gamble, CNN A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and argued it could teach students that “White people hate Black people,” according to
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Starbucks has fired a Buffalo, New York, worker who “ignited a movement” from one of the first stores in the coffee chain to unionize, Starbucks Workers United said Friday. The firing came the same week that former CEO Howard Schultz testified before Congress, where he was grilled by lawmakers for the
Continue Reading By Nadia Kounang, Jen Christensen and Deidre McPhillips, CNN With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan. “The FDA remains committed to addressing the evolving complexities of the overdose crisis. As
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, Jeremy Herb and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN The Manhattan grand jury hearing the hush money case involving former President Donald Trump is currently scheduled to break after April 5 and restart later in the month, according to a source familiar with the matter. If the grand jury does not hear the case
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal, Nouran Salahieh and Eric Levenson, CNN Some of the 911 calls from The Covenant School shooting have been released by the City of Nashville, capturing some of the tense moments as the carnage played out. One woman who says she is in the building as the shooting is happening tells the operator,
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN The broader US banking system remains sound and stable, but the two regional banks that failed were “poorly managed” and “took unacceptable risks,” White House economic adviser Lael Brainard told CNN’s Poppy Harlow in an interview Wednesday at Semafor’s World Economy Summit in Washington, DC. Last month, the collapse of Silicon
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Nashville, most major companies have remained noticeably silent on the issue of gun violence. Corporate America has grown quiet on guns for fear of political blowback and antagonizing gun rights supporters, analysts say. But now, executives are facing mounting pressure to take a
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Kevin Liptak and Hadas Gold, CNN Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated a rare public dispute with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, rejecting “pressure” from the White House after Biden criticized his controversial efforts to weaken the Israeli judiciary. The back and forth thrust into public view a simmering diplomatic
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday is poised to win a historic vote at the United Nations that would call on the world’s highest court to issue an unprecedented legal opinion on the obligation countries have to address the climate crisis. Vanuatu has long faced the disproportionate impacts of rising
Continue Reading By Samantha Kelly Shares of Google-parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report sparked concerns that its core search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft’s Bing. Last month, Google employees learned that Samsung was weighing making Bing the default search engine on its devices instead of
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Paula Hancocks and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea has been building up a ballistic missile arsenal on the stated premise that it needs to deter an attack on it by United States and South Korean forces. Washington and Seoul have been showing their firepower through an increasing number of exercises, all of
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Melissa Tempel’s first grade class at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, has spent weeks preparing for its upcoming spring concert. Tempel and her co-teacher, dual-language instructors at the school, wanted the concert to have a theme of world unity and peace. Among the songs they selected: “It’s a Small
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Night sky lovers can typically spot a smattering of a few planets, but in late March, a stunning visual takes shape when five planets line up beneath the moon in a display sometimes called a planetary parade or alignment. Onlookers will be able to catch the best glimpse of the alignment
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid, Zachary Cohen, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021, according to multiple sources familiar with a recent federal court ruling. But
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN President Joe Biden and the White House have attacked Republicans in recent months for positions the president himself once held on Social Security and entitlement programs including sunset bills and raising the retirement age, a CNN KFile review of Biden’s record shows. In his State of the Union
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, Melanie Zanona and Kristen Holmes, CNN Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations and routinely updating him and his closest advisers on their progress. A number of top House GOP
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz and Rachel Clarke, CNN Two active shooters in two elementary schools, both armed with assault rifles and both ready to kill. Police in both Uvalde, Texas, last May and Nashville just this week rushed to answer 911 calls of gunfire. But while the Nashville shooter was stopped within minutes, with six innocents
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal, Nouran Salahieh and Eric Levenson, CNN Some of the 911 calls from The Covenant School shooting have been released by the City of Nashville, capturing some of the tense moments as the carnage played out. One woman who says she is in the building as the shooting is happening tells the operator,
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Woolly mammoth remains, with fur and tissue still in tact, are regularly found entombed in Arctic permafrost. Their discovery has allowed scientists to sequence the mammoth genome and learn intriguing details about the lives of these extinct Ice Age giants. Now, some of that information is being used to grow an
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN An adorable Great Dane has become a supermom after birthing 21 pups over the course of 27 hours. Namine, a 2-year-old Great Dane, started her epic birthing journey last Wednesday, according to CNN affiliate WVVA. The big dog belongs to Tanya Dubbs of Pocahontas, Virginia, reports WVVA. It took a total
Continue Reading By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former Covenant School student who killed six people at the school Monday, carefully planned the attack, according to officials. Hale’s parents, who lived with the shooter, said Hale was under a doctor’s care for an “emotional disorder,” Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Just as stock market turmoil is a good reminder to make sure your investment portfolio is diversified, a few surprise bank failures is a good excuse to find out whether your financial accounts — not just your checking and savings accounts — are all protected in the event that an institution
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN As the jobless rate among China’s youth soars, the country’s richest province has offered a highly controversial solution: Send 300,000 unemployed young people to the countryside for two to three years to find work. Guangdong, the manufacturing powerhouse that abuts Hong Kong, said last month it will help college graduates and
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jeff Winter and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Grief-stricken Nashville residents came together for a vigil Wednesday to mourn three 9-year-old children and three adults killed in the mass shooting at a private Christian school. First lady Jill Biden was in attendance as community members honored the victims, prayed and shared in the heartache.
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of Chicago in Evanston’s 5th Ward, where banks refused to give mortgage loans to Black families until 1969. In Evanston,
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Abby Grossberg, the former Fox News producer who accused the right-wing network of pressuring her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion defamation case, told NBC News Thursday in her first TV interview that she was “bullied, intimidated and coerced” into protecting the right-wing network to keep her
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN Almost two months after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, the state Department of Health is preparing to offer blood and urine testing and physical exams to first responders who rushed to fight the blaze. The testing is set to start within the next
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Lyft announced on Monday that Amazon veteran David Risher will join as chief executive next month, and that co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer will step down from their management positions at the ride-hailing company. Green, who is currently the CEO, will be succeeded by Risher effective April 17, the company
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Actor Jonathan Majors was arraigned on several assault and harassment charges Sunday, the Manhattan DA’s office tells CNN. The complaint does not name the female accuser but claims the defendant did “strike her about the face with an open hand, causing substantial pain and a laceration behind her ear.” She also
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages worldwide, but the pendulum has swung back and forth about its benefits and drawbacks. New findings from a small study published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggest both upsides and downsides: Drinking at least a cup of coffee per day
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN. Recipe from Churrería El Moro Sweet and crunchy on the outside, soft and dense on the inside, the sticks of fried dough called churros are a popular treat across Mexico. To try the ultimate version, head to Churrería El Moro, an institution since 1935 that’s renowned for its golden churros and
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen, CNN Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News‘ top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case against the right-wing network goes to trial. Among the network personnel that the voting
Continue Reading By Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová, Lianne Kolirin, Hadas Gold, Helen Regan and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Israel’s political crisis escalated into uncharted territory Monday as the country’s largest trade union announced a “historic” strike shutting down transportation, universities, restaurants and retailers in protest against Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul. Israel’s Histadrut trade union
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The same storm system that brought so much rain and snow to the western US is moving east and intensifying, making for a potential severe weather outbreak that could impact nearly 70 million people from the Mississippi Valley to the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on Friday. “A concerning scenario appears
Continue Reading By Mark Thompson, Liz Enochs and Chris Isidore, CNN In a milestone moment for the banking crisis, a company has purchased most of what’s left of the bank that started the meltdown. First Citizens Bank has purchased the remaining assets, deposits and loans of Silicon Valley Bank, the US lender that failed earlier this month
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Olha Konovalova and Tom Booth, CNN The first time Oleksandr Havriluk returned to his farm after it had been stormed and occupied by Russian troops, tears rolled down his face when he saw what they had left behind. His farm buildings were almost completely destroyed, millions of dollars worth of
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor, Susannah Cullinane, Dakin Andone and Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia residents can continue using tap water as normal until at least 3:30 p.m. Tuesday following a chemical spill a few miles upstream of a key intake in the Delaware River, city officials said Monday. Michael Carroll, the city’s deputy managing director for transportation,
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN Well, if those two kids can’t make it together, who can? A lot happened in the season premiere of “Succession,” kicking off the two-time Emmy-winning HBO show’s final flight of episodes, including the ongoing feud between media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and three of his four children: Kendall (Jeremy Strong),
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Never underestimate the creative powers of Adam Sandler. He’s an accomplished comedian, singer-songwriter, director, producer, screenwriter and actor whose movies have made billions at the box office. He’s also the 2023 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler received the honor at a ceremony in Washington, DC last
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam and Daniel Dale, CNN Former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday with a rally speech in Waco, Texas, that was littered with false claims — many of which he has made before. Trump also delivered unsubstantiated attacks on the integrity of the criminal investigations into
Continue Reading By CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau At least 28 migrants have died after their boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, Italian officials say. In one wreck alone at least 20 migrants died with more than 60 people still missing. Meanwhile, the Italian coast guard said they
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Haley Brink, Holly Yan and Melissa Alonso, CNN After a rash of violent storms killed 26 people in the South, some of the same areas will get hammered again by a new round of storms Sunday. “A few strong tornadoes and very large hail may occur with the most intense storms, particularly
Continue Reading By Andrew Millman and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California announced Sunday that he won’t enter the competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s senate seat in the Golden State, electing to endorse Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee instead. “I have concluded that despite a lot of enthusiasm from Bernie [Sanders’]
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam and Daniel Dale, CNN Former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday with a rally speech in Waco, Texas, that was littered with false claims — many of which he has made before. Trump also delivered unsubstantiated attacks on the integrity of the criminal investigations into
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, Hira Humayun, Mariya Knight, Andrew Carey, Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN Russia plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. Moscow will complete the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by the beginning of July, Putin told state broadcaster
Continue Reading By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Pans clattered in the background as Eva Longoria searched for her earbuds so she could talk while cooking lunch for her family in the kitchen of their Mexico City home. “There’s not a wasted moment that happens in my day,” Longoria said. That includes gearing up for the March 26 premiere
Continue Reading By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Pans clattered in the background as Eva Longoria searched for her earbuds so she could talk while cooking lunch for her family in the kitchen of their Mexico City home. “There’s not a wasted moment that happens in my day,” Longoria said. That includes gearing up for the March 26 premiere
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Celina Tebor, CNN Two additional bodies have been found by search and rescue teams working to locate missing individuals after the explosion of an eastern Pennsylvania candy factory last week, raising the incident’s death toll to seven people, officials said Sunday. “We do believe them to be the remaining presumptive missing
Continue Reading By Jonathan Hawkins and Patrick Snell, CNN The 2023 MotoGP season gets under way in Portimão, Portugal, this weekend and reigning world champion Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia is steeling himself for a grueling defense of his hard-won crown. This year’s championship will be the longest in MotoGP history with 21 races on the calendar, as well
Continue Reading By Michael Callahan, Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN President Joe Biden emphasized Friday afternoon that the US will “forcefully protect our people,” a day after approving retaliatory airstrikes in response to a drone attack by an Iranian-backed group in Syria that left one American dead and more injured. But it seemed the
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton, Rebekah Riess, Sharif Paget, Mallika Kallingal and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured after powerful storms and at least one tornado pummeled the Southeast on Friday night, ripping roofs off homes, nearly leveling some neighborhoods and knocking out power for thousands, officials said. President
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner, Meridith Edwards and Rachel Clarke, CNN Tammie Bailey worries every day that her water will turn bad. That the smell of rotten eggs and rotting meat will come out of her kitchen tap again. Worse still, that the water will be the soupy mix of sediment and contaminants that forced her to
Continue Reading By Reuters Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose “Moore’s Law” predicted a steady rise in computing power for decades, died Friday at the age of 94, the company announced. Intel and Moore’s family philanthropic foundation said he died surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii. Co-launching Intel in 1968,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Believe that when “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis says he read his Twitter DMs, he really does. In a new interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that aired on Friday, Sudeikis, who stars as the titular character of the Apple TV+ feel-good comedy series, said his Twitter DMs are wide open for
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackelford, Mallika Kallingal and Taylor Ward, CNN A strong storm system Friday will bring the potential for severe weather to 30 million people from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the lower Ohio Valley. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado emergency — the highest level of tornado warning
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, Maxime Tamsett and Zoe Sottile, CNN The gavel once again fell with a verdict in the Murdaugh family story — but this time at the hands of an auctioneer, not a judge. On Thursday, people from all over the Southeast gathered for an auction of items originally inside the Murdaughs’ home
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN One of the biggest unknowns since the Federal Reserve started its historic rate-hiking campaign has been how many jobs could be lost from the central bank’s deliberate effort to slow down the US economy. So far, the labor market has stayed white hot, with unemployment hovering at a half-century low. But
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