By Hanna Park and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Music mogul Jay-Z has filed a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous woman who earlier accused him of raping her when she was 13, alleging she was banking on “false and malicious claims” for financial gain. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in the Southern District
Continue Reading By Becky Anderson, Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — A plan for Gaza formulated by Egypt would exclude Hamas from governance of the enclave once the war ends, a draft of the plan obtained by CNN shows. The plan is being discussed by Arab leaders meeting in Cairo in an
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Growing up, whenever there was a hurricane or a big storm, Jason Robinson enjoyed looking at maps from electric utilities’ websites that showed power outages. But there was one problem: The United States has so many electric utilities, each with their own website and map, that he had to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will soon head to Capitol Hill for perhaps the most consequential speech of his second term so far. He is set to deliver an address to Congress a day after he decided to halt US military aid to Ukraine, which could have dire consequences for its
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Dozens of construction workers have been pulled alive from metal containers after they were trapped by a deadly Himalayan avalanche for around 36 hours, according to authorities in northern India. The Indian Army launched a rescue operation after heavy snowfall triggered the avalanche last
Continue Reading WHAM, NY GOVERNOR’S OFC., NY DOCCS, NY ATTY GENERAL, FAMILY HANDOUT, CNN By Michelle Watson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New York State Police say they’re investigating the Saturday death of an inmate who was housed at an upstate medium security prison – reports of which Gov. Kathy Hochul called “deeply troubling” on Monday.
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A federal task force created by President Donald Trump to combat antisemitism could pull more than $50 million in contracts between Columbia University and the federal government, over the school’s “ongoing inaction in the face of relentless harassment of Jewish students,” three federal agencies said in a joint news
Continue Reading By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Warning: This report contains details of sexual assaults. Reader discretion is advised. Armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war are perpetrating systematic sexual violence against young children, with one-year-olds the youngest survivors of rape, according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency. The UNICEF
Continue Reading By Devyn Byers, CNN (CNN) — Apalachee High School head football coach Mike Hancock is stepping down to address his mental health after a mass shooting last year killed two students and two staff members – one of them a fellow coach – at the Georgia school. Hancock opened up about his struggle with depression,
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Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC, repeatedly received midair collision alerts over the weekend when there were no other aircraft nearby. The alerts occurred only miles from the site of the deadly January 29
Continue Reading By Max Saltman and Angélica Franganillo-Díaz, CNN (CNN) — It’s not unusual to see superheroes in the streets when it’s Carnival time in Brazil. Batman, Superman and Spider-Man are common sights on the streets of São Paulo during what’s sometimes called the world’s biggest party. But among the many people dressed in figure-hugging colorful lycra
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Four men are facing federal charges, accused of smuggling thousands of people into the US from Guatemala in what officials call “one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation.” Federal agents are still pursuing one of the four men, who they say threatened to kill an investigative
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New York State Police say they’re investigating the Saturday death of an inmate who was housed at an upstate medium security prison – reports of which Gov. Kathy Hochul called “deeply troubling” on Monday. Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, died
Continue Reading By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is in stable condition after his episodes of acute respiratory failure on Monday, the Vatican said Tuesday. Francis, who the Vatican said remained alert and cooperative, received high-flow oxygen therapy after being on non-invasive ventilation on Monday. An earlier Vatican update said
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By Max Saltman, Jennifer Hauser, CNN and Sebastian Jimenez, CNNE (CNN) — Mexico has extradited 29 alleged criminals to the United States, among them the so-called “narco of narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many accused of murder and several alleged members of cartels now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The accused men were taken from prisons
Continue Reading By Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — “Are we going to war?” asks a worried Cairo saleswoman upon learning that she’s speaking to a journalist. The ominous question about the prospect of war between Egypt and Israel has crept into many conversations in the country. These murmurs of war reveal growing concerns among a population
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, Mick Krever, Ibrahim Dahman and Mike Schwartz, CNN (CNN) — A delicate truce between Israel and Hamas hangs by a thread after Israel blocked humanitarian aid into Gaza, in response to Hamas rejecting a new Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire without any commitment to end the war or fully withdraw troops.
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — German authorities say a car-ramming incident in the southwestern city of Mannheim that killed two people Monday was a deliberate attack but it does not appear to have been politically or religiously motivated. Police said Monday night the two dead were an 83-year-old woman and a
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, Karina Tsui and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained records – including text messages and internal reports – detail how Los Angeles officials scrambled to respond in the hours leading up to the devastating wildfires that swept through the city earlier this year. The exchange of messages reveals how authorities initially
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