By Sara Smart and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — As authorities continue their investigation into the death of a Detroit synagogue leader found stabbed over the weekend, police chief James E. White said Sunday no evidence has surfaced suggesting the killing was motivated by antisemitism. The body of Samantha Woll, president of the board of
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Michigan State University has suspended an employee and apologized for displaying a picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard during a trivia quiz before the school’s football game against in-state rivals the University of Michigan on Saturday. Photos began circulating on social media before kickoff of
Continue Reading CNN By Macie Goldfarb, Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are conducting “countless interviews” as they try to piece together what happened in the days and hours before beloved synagogue leader Samantha Woll was found fatally stabbed Saturday morning, Detroit Police Deputy Chief Kari Sloan said Monday. “We are examining every piece
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy, Katie Polglase, Benjamin Brown, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN (CNN) — In the days since a blast ripped through the packed Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, dueling claims between Palestinian militants and the Israeli government over culpability are still raging. But forensic analysis of publicly
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The president of a Detroit synagogue board was found dead Saturday morning with multiple stab wounds outside her home, police said. The victim, Samantha Woll, was the president of the board of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, which is in downtown Detroit, the synagogue said in
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Police have found the vehicle of the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a Maryland judge last week. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday they discovered Pedro Argote’s silver Mercedes in the area of Williamsport, Maryland – about 8 miles away from where Judge Andrew
Continue Reading CNN By Abbas Al Lawati and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have descended on the south of the Gaza Strip as a potential Israeli ground operation looms. But where they will go from there is anyone’s guess. The coastal enclave is blockaded by land, air and sea by Israel, which
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Too often seaweed is portrayed as a slimy, smelly nuisance that disrupts beach trips and ocean swims. In fact, seaweed, officially a type of marine algae, is an untapped resource that could transform the planet and our health. Seaweed grows fast and is nutrient-rich, can be made into an
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A former Major League Baseball pitcher was arrested Friday in the 2021 shooting that left his father-in-law dead and his mother-in-law hospitalized in northern California, authorities said. Danny Serafini, 49, who played for the Minnesota Twins and five other teams for seven seasons before retiring in
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, Erin Burnett and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Lit by the ghostly glow of a rapidly depleting mobile phone light, Mahmoud Shalabi says conditions in northern Gaza have become “really dire” without adequate access to medicine, clean water, electricity or safe passage after nearly two weeks of Israeli bombardment. “My wife is
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Nawaz Sharif, the fugitive former prime minister of Pakistan, has returned to the South Asian nation after nearly four years in self-exile, stirring up the country’s already fraught political scene as it awaits what is expected to be a tumultuous national election.
Continue Reading By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore has agreed to pay $48 million to three men who were wrongfully convicted of murder as teenagers and spent 36 years in prison. “These are men who went to jail as teenagers and came out as young grandfathers in their 50s,” Baltimore Police Department chief legal counsel Justin
Continue Reading By Victoria Butenko, Yulia Kesaieva and Maria Kostenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Over the last week, a secret delivery of American weapons and a cross-river raid have injected much-needed energy into Ukraine’s largely stalled counteroffensive. In the east, Ukrainians claim to have inflicted massive losses on Russian forces trying to encircle an embattled city. Meanwhile
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Abeer Salman, Asmaa Khalil and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Gaza and Rafah (CNN) — The first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Saturday, but international leaders have warned that much more is needed to combat the “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in the enclave that holds more than 2 million people. The admission of
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Abeer Salman, Asmaa Khalil and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Gaza and Rafah (CNN) — The first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Saturday, but international leaders have warned that much more is needed to combat the “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in the enclave that holds more than 2 million people. The admission of trucks
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Abeer Salman, Asmaa Khalil and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Gaza and Rafah (CNN) — The first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Saturday, but international leaders have warned that much more is needed to combat the “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in the enclave that holds more than 2 million people. The admission of
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Abeer Salman, Asmaa Khalil and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Gaza and Rafah (CNN) — The first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Saturday, but international leaders have warned that much more is needed to combat the “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in the enclave that holds more than 2 million people. The admission of
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Adi Kopelwitz, CNN Haifa and Jerusalem (CNN) — When 20-year-old Aya Najame, an Arab Muslim, was a little girl growing up in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, she would go on cultural exchange trips to Jewish schools to learn about the Jewish way of life. Jewish children would do
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A father and several of his family members were convicted of charges in a terrorism and kidnapping case in which his 3-year-old son was found dead on a New Mexico compound, prosecutors said Friday. A federal jury convicted four members of the family Tuesday after their 2018 arrest following
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Italy’s “family-first” prime minister Giorgia Meloni has broken up with her TV journalist boyfriend after lewd comments in which he grabbed his genital area as he propositioned a co-host to a “threesome or foursome,” led to the suspension of his television show. Meloni took to social media Friday to announce
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