By Omar Jimenez, Bonney Kapp, Sara Smart, Brenda Goodman, Michelle Krupa and Holly Yan, CNN The raging fire shooting toxic smoke from an eastern Indiana recycling plant has forced thousands of people to evacuate and countless more to wonder what the impacts might be to their health and environment. Plastics were among the items that
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, CNN More than three years before a large blaze at an eastern Indiana recycling plant began spewing toxic smoke and prompting evacuations, potential fire hazards at the facility had been detailed at a meeting with local leaders. A September 2019 hearing by the city of Richmond’s Unsafe Building Commission outlined significant
Continue ReadingA man on death row in Florida for the 1989 killing of a couple was executed Wednesday evening, the Florida Department of Corrections said in a news release. Louis Gaskin was sentenced to death in 1990 for the fatal shooting of Robert Sturmfels, 56, and Georgette Sturmfels, 55, on December 20,1989, according to court documents.
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells and Macie Goldfarb, CNN Federal prosecutors told the family of Shanquella Robinson on Wednesday that the evidence they have isn’t enough for prosecution in Robinson’s death last year in Mexico, the US Attorneys’ Offices for the Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina said. Robinson, a 25-year-old former student at Winston-Salem State
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Ray Sanchez, CNN The Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to confirm the reappointment of Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, sending him back to fill the House District 86 seat as an interim representative. The vote to return Pearson to his seat — vacated last Thursday when the GOP-dominated chamber expelled the state representative
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN The mother of the shooter who killed five people at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday called 911 after hearing secondhand that her son had a gun and was heading toward the bank, according to 911 calls released by police Wednesday. “My son might be (redacted)
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, CNN The Memphis City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance that puts an end to pretextual police stops. The “Driving Equality Act in Honor of Tyre Nichols,” named after the 29-year-old Black man who was beaten to death by Memphis officers during a traffic stop, was passed unanimously and will become the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN If you’re cool, you’ll donate blood. That’s the message being sent in the latest American Red Cross partnership with “Peanuts.” Everyone who donates blood by April 23 will receive a T-shirt while supplies last, featuring Snoopy as his alter ego, Joe Cool, in front of the Red Cross logo with the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jessica Lynch, motivational speaker and former prisoner of war. Personal Birth date: April 26, 1983 Birth name: Jessica Dawn Lynch Birth place: Palestine, West Virginia Father: Gregory Lynch, truck driver Mother: Deadra Lynch Children: with Wes Robinson: Dakota Ann Education: West Virginia University at
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Bank employees, an “incredible friend,” a beloved parishioner, police officers and a “huge fan and supporter” of the community are among the five people killed and others hospitalized after a gunman opened fire inside a bank in downtown Louisville. Monday’s attack was the 146th US mass shooting this year, according to
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday released a highly anticipated analysis of the Colorado River crisis that paints a dire picture of what that river system’s collapse would portend for the West’s major cities, farmers and Native tribes. In the draft analysis, the US Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation offers two different
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN As the Texas pardons board weighs a request from the governor for an expedited review of the conviction of an Army sergeant who fatally shot a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally, an attorney for the victim’s family is calling for the full legal process to play out first, including
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN As the Texas pardons board weighs a request from the governor for an expedited review of the conviction of an Army sergeant who fatally shot a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally, an attorney for the victim’s family is calling for the full legal process to play out first, including
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN A 25-year-old bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote a note to loved ones before heading to his job Monday morning and opening fire — killing five people and injuring eight others, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. The gunman, identified as Connor Sturgeon, started his attack around
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The future of artificial intelligence promises technology with a human touch. But is it human enough to deliver a convincing spiritual message? Pastors and rabbis have recently discovered that ChatGPT, an AI language learning model that can spit out passable prose with just a few prompts, is not that bad at
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, Elizabeth Wolfe, Laura Ly, John Miller and Holly Yan, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 12 p.m. ET] The gunman in the deadly rampage at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon used in the killing spree at a local gun dealership six days before the attack, interim Louisville Metro Police Chief
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN As the Pentagon investigates a major leak of classified documents that recently turned up on social media sites, dozens of them remain viewable on Twitter. This type of sensitive government information can slip under the radar for weeks, analysts say, because some social networks lack policies against posting classified information. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Anna-Maja Rappard Iowa’s Attorney General has paused funding for emergency contraception and abortions for sexual assault victims, according to an email Iowa’s Coalition Against Sexual Assault received that was also shared with CNN. The email was sent from Chief Deputy Attorney General Sam Langholz. Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office did not respond to CNN’s
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Laura Ly, CNN As Louisville investigators piece together what led up to a mass shooting inside a downtown bank that left five people dead, several victims remain hospitalized, including a police officer in critical condition after a shootout with the 25-year-old gunman. The gunman, identified by police as employee Connor Sturgeon,
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, Elizabeth Wolfe, Laura Ly, John Miller and Holly Yan, CNN The Louisville mass shooter legally bought an AR-15-style rifle at a local gun dealership six days before he used it to kill five of his colleagues at a downtown bank, the interim Louisville Metro Police chief said Tuesday. Connor Sturgeon, 25, livestreamed
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