By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The plane Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James was piloting entered a “tightening spiral” before it crashed and killed everyone on board last month, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. James, 57, was flying his single engine plane on Sept. 18, when it crashed into
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By Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Feeling backed up? New dietary guidelines suggest kiwis could be a natural remedy for chronic constipation. Find out how often to add them to your plate. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘Made in Guatemala’ What happens
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By Fernando Ramos, Michael Rios, Sebastián Jiménez Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Colombians are expressing a mix of frustration and worry amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the leaders of Colombia and the United States. US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut subsidies and raise tariffs on Colombia, which he sees as largely having failed
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Authorities arrested a man inside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after his family alerted police that he was armed and headed to the airport to “shoot it up.” The man, Billy Joe Cagle, was not armed when he was arrested but police found an “AR-15 assault rifle” in
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By Billy Stockwell, Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forensics examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage handed over on Monday as those of Sergeant Major Tal Haimi, the prime minister’s office said. Haimi was killed in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, while defending
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By Billy Stockwell, Sol Amaya, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States “for consultations,” the Colombian Embassy in Washington announced Monday, the latest move in a diplomatic spat over the flow of illegal drugs and US attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats and threats to punish the South American
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By Christian Edwards, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was brutally beaten and raped by an unidentified prime minister and that she feared she might “die a sex slave.” “In my years with them, they
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world today are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. Also known as Deepavali, it is one of India’s most cherished holidays, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world today are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. Also known as Deepavali, it is one of India’s most cherished holidays, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Here’s what else you need to know
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By Jack Guy, Caitlin Danaher, Pierre Meilhan, CNN (CNN) — The jewelry taken from the Louvre Museum in Paris is estimated to be worth 88 million euros ($102 million), according to a French prosecutor, as the search continues for the stolen treasures. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told French radio station RTL the value of the
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By Karina Tsui, Amanda Musa, Andy Rose, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday will allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in Portland — an important legal victory in a showdown over presidential power that’s happening on multiple fronts. The ruling overturns one of two lower
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Billy Halloran knows the woods well in Myoko, Japan; he goes there for regular walks, runs, and even raced an ultramarathon through its rugged wilderness. But two weeks ago, he was running for his life in the same woods – after being attacked by a bear. Halloran was on
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By Whitney Wild, Andi Babineau, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Trump administration officials are defending themselves in court as a federal judge demands explanations for their response to tense protests against immigration enforcement actions in Chicago. Monday’s hearing began with a promise Customs and Border Protection is taking seriously the judge’s order for
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world today are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. Also known as Deepavali, it is one of India’s most cherished holidays, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue Reading By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — An artillery shell fired as part of the Marine Corps’ 250-year anniversary celebrations prematurely detonated over Interstate 5 in California Saturday, striking a patrol vehicle with shrapnel, according to the California Highway Patrol. No injuries were reported from the incident, which took place in an area where the highway
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is convening a key political meeting this week where he will push forward his next five-year strategy to strengthen the world’s second-largest economy in the face of mounting friction with the United States. The gathering, known as the fourth plenum, provides an opportune
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, Heather Law, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A cargo plane skidded off the runway and into the sea at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) early Monday, killing two airport staff in a vehicle it struck and pushed into the water. The Boeing aircraft, operated by Turkish cargo carrier ACT Airlines, went off
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By Caitlin Danaher and Camille Knight, CNN Paris (CNN) — Sunday’s audacious heist saw thieves break into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery and make off with jewelry of “inestimable” value. The suspects carried out the burglary in just seven minutes, France’s interior minister Laurent Nuñez told radio station France Inter. French media reported that thieves had
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A woman was killed and 13 others injured when a car drove into a birthday party tent filled with children Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland. Criminal charges are pending against a 66-year-old Washington, DC, man who initially fled the scene on foot but later turned himself in, the Bladensburg Police
Continue Reading WJLA By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A woman was killed and 13 others injured when a car drove into a birthday party tent filled with children Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland. Criminal charges are pending against a 66-year-old Washington, DC, man who initially fled the scene on foot but later turned himself in, the Bladensburg
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