By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — The husband of the owner and operator of the Bronx day care where a 1-year-child died of suspected fentanyl exposure appeared in California federal court to face charges, two days after authorities captured him in Mexico, officials announced. Felix Herrera Garcia, who had been on the run since the
Continue Reading By Danny Freeman, Brynn Gingras and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The family of Eddie Irizarry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two Philadelphia police officers, including the one who fired the gunshots that killed the 27-year-old during a traffic stop last month. The civil lawsuit seeks at least $150,000 in monetary damages, claiming
Continue Reading CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The formation of a new “supercontinent” could wipe out humans and all other mammals still alive in 250 million years, researchers have predicted. Using the first-ever supercomputer climate models of the distant future, scientists from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom predicted how climate extremes would
Continue Reading CNN By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — A couple of dozen people pile into a van meant for 13. They’ve crossed a river on a makeshift raft and hope to ride 20 or so miles to get to their next stop. But after a short while, the
Continue Reading By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — A couple of dozen people pile into a van meant for 13. They’ve crossed a river on a makeshift raft and hope to ride 20 or so miles to get to their next stop. But after a short while, the van
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country’s ruling military junta announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. Two other officers were “on the run,” according to a statement from the public prosecutor’s office at the military court in Ouagadougou,
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — A 32-year-old student has been arrested after a “targeted” shooting rampage in the Dutch city of Rotterdam left three people dead on Thursday, according to local authorities. According to police spokesman Fred Westerbeke, the shooting first erupted in a private home on the city’s Heiman Dullaert
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — A social media influencer is among a growing number of people who have been arrested this week as looting around Philadelphia continued for a second night Wednesday in the aftermath of peaceful protests against a judge’s decision to dismiss all charges against a former Philadelphia police
Continue Reading By Jean Casarez, Laura Dolan and Yon Pomrenze, CNN (CNN) — Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann has petitioned the court to reclaim more than 280 guns that were seized from his home in July so he can sell them and financially help his family while in jail. The guns, which defense attorney Sabato Caponi
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — To inspire the most trust in those you interact with during video meetings, ensure you have plants or books strategically positioned behind you. That’s according to new research, which looks at how people’s choice of Zoom background could be helping or hindering them. Researchers from the United Kingdom’s Durham
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, Veronica Miracle and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, demanded customer information from Amazon related to the purchase of knives as part of their investigation, according to newly unsealed court documents. Kohberger faces
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The full harvest moon shined in the early morning hours of September 29, also marking the fourth and final supermoon of 2023. September’s full moon reached peak illumination around 5:58 a.m. ET Friday, but it is expected to appear entirely illuminated through Saturday morning, according to NASA. Definitions of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Senate has unanimously passed a formal dress code, including a coat, tie and slacks for men. The move was seen as reflective, at least in part, of Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s preference for wearing shorts and a hoodie on the floor of the chamber. Here’s what else
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Glaciers in Switzerland are shrinking at a “mind-blowing” rate. A total of 10% of their ice volume has disappeared over a period of just two years as a combination of low snowfall and soaring temperatures cause unprecedented melting, according to figures released Thursday. In 2023, the country’s glaciers lost
Continue Reading By Steven Jiang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China has declined to comment on its defense minister’s whereabouts as questions swirl over his status a month after he was last seen in public. Gen. Li Shangfu’s absence since late August has fueled rumors about his fate, but during a regular press briefing Thursday,
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Round discs of barren dirt known as “fairy circles” look like rows of polka dots that can spread for miles over the ground. The phenomenon’s mysterious origins have intrigued scientists for decades — and they may be far more widespread than once thought. Fairy circles were previously spotted only
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year after its president signed a decree dissolving state institutions following its defeat by Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani victory last week triggered a huge exodus of ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh and marked the end of decades of conflict
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — One of several men indicted in a smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of a sweltering semitruck in San Antonio last year has pleaded guilty, authorities said. The June 2022 tragedy – which at the time was described as the deadliest
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Storm Elias dumped several months-worth of rain in less than a day as it swept across Greece on Wednesday, just weeks after Storm Daniel killed 17 people in the southern European nation. Villages were flooded, roads inundated and schools forced to close in several municipalities as
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was four to five times higher than that of 14th-century London or York, said researchers from the University
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