CNN By Devon M. Sayers, Pete Muntean, Dianne Gallagher, CNN STATESVILLE, NC (CNN) — Six people have died after a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Statesville, North Carolina, a source briefed on the crash tells CNN. The crash happened shortly after 10:15 a.m., Iredell County Chief Deputy Bill Hamby told CNN. Preliminary
Continue Reading CNN By Devon M. Sayers, Pete Muntean, Dianne Gallagher, CNN STATESVILLE, NC (CNN) — Six people have died after a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Statesville, North Carolina, a source briefed on the crash tells CNN. The crash happened shortly after 10:15 a.m., Iredell County Chief Deputy Bill Hamby told CNN. Preliminary
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CNN By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Dedham, Massachusetts, called the acts of Brian Walshe “barbaric and incomprehensible” before sentencing him Thursday to life in prison without parole for killing his wife, dismembering her body and discarding her remains in dumpsters. The sentencing comes after a jury on Monday convicted Walshe
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CNN, KCAL, KCBS, COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION, GETTY IMAGES, COLUMBIA PICTURES, 20TH CENTURY FOX, KCAL/KCBS By Sandra Gonzalez, TuAnh Dam, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Robert Reiner, the celebrated actor, director and producer, was found dead with his wife Michele at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Reiner family said. He
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CNN By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — A bloc of House GOP centrists just made the ultimate hardball play against Speaker Mike Johnson — agreeing to help Democrats effectively seize control of the Republican agenda by forcing a vote on their own bill on the looming Obamacare subsidies cliff. The stunning blow to
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Cold and snowy weather has lingered across much of the US since Thanksgiving, but an upcoming pattern change could melt away any chances of a white Christmas for many. Next week’s holiday forecast points to warmer-than-average temperatures in several states. Here’s what else you need to know to get up
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Cold and snowy weather has lingered across much of the US since Thanksgiving, but an upcoming pattern change could melt away any chances of a white Christmas for many. Next week’s holiday forecast points to warmer-than-average temperatures in several states. Here’s what else you need to know to get up
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WALT DISNEY PICTURES, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, LIONSGATE, GKIDS, CNN By James Legge and Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Qi Weihao recently welcomed a new family member – a beautiful, highly venomous, blue snake. The 21-year-old from central Jiangxi province bought the Indonesian pit viper for 1,850 yuan ($260) two days after the release of Disney’s
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CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Retiring Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Monday her engagement to Brian Glenn, a pro-Trump pundit who works for the far-right news network Real America’s Voice. “Happily ever after!!!” Greene posted on X. Glenn, who is chief White House correspondent for the MAGA-aligned network, also shared
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CNN By Victoria Butenko, Christian Edwards, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, said Monday that it had carried out an attack on a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, causing critical damage to the vessel and effectively disabling it. In a statement, the SBU said the operation,
Continue ReadingWFXT, WBZ, WJAR, WHDH, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Amid heightened security concerns at large gatherings, the FBI said it foiled a terror plot that was set to take place in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Authorities arrested four people who were allegedly planning to detonate pipe bombs at buildings around the city. Here’s
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CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 8 people, according to US Southern Command. “On Dec. 15, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels
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CNN By Jessie Yeung, Kristie Lu Stout, Karina Tsui, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule. Self-made billionaire
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CNN By Lauren del Valle, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Dedham, Massachusetts (CNN) — A jury in Dedham, Massachusetts, convicted Brian Walshe of first-degree murder Monday morning in the 2023 killing of his wife, Ana Walshe, whose body was never found. The panel deliberated for around six hours before returning its decision. Walshe is expected to be
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CNN By Karina Tsui, Cheri Mossburg, Holly Yan, Sandra Gonzalez, TuAnh Dam, and Danya Gainor Nick Reiner, a son of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner, is being held on suspicion of murder following their deaths, according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell. “We have our robbery/homicide
Continue Reading CNN By Karina Tsui, Cheri Mossburg, Holly Yan, Sandra Gonzalez, TuAnh Dam, and Danya Gainor Nick Reiner, a son of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner, is being held on suspicion of murder following their deaths, according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell. “We have our robbery/homicide
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CNN By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a gold rush on Wall Street and in the crypto world. Companies and crypto projects linked to Trump and his family exploded in value as traders bet they would benefit from the president’s return to power. A
Continue Reading CNN By Sandra Gonzalez, TuAnh Dam, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Robert Reiner, the celebrated actor, director and producer, was found dead with his wife Michele at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Reiner family said. He was 78. Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department were investigating an apparent
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CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For nine hours, students at Brown University crouched under desks and behind locked door, making panicked phone calls and sending “I love you” texts that felt dangerously close to goodbyes. An active shooter was on campus — and police were still searching for a suspect. Late Saturday night
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Two cities, on opposite sides of the world, are united in mourning after deadly mass shootings over the weekend. In both cases, the attacks have left communities shattered while renewing contentious debates over gun control. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with
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