By Kristina Sgueglia and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN A condo explosion in Gaithersburg, Maryland, left a dozen people injured, two of them critically, kicking off a massive search-and-rescue operation Wednesday, the Montgomery County fire chief said. The “significant” blast resulted in a structural collapse, Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said. Light smoke continued to
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson and Andi Babineau, CNN More questions than answers continue to plague the Moscow, Idaho, community after the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students — and police said they cannot assure the community is safe. Moscow Police Chief James Fry gave an update Wednesday, saying two additional roommates were
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, Brad Parks, Steve Almasy and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Darrell Brooks was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of extended supervision Wednesday for driving his SUV into a crowd of Christmas parade attendees in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last year, killing six people and wounding dozens. In a clean sweep for the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Apple launched a new iPhone feature this week that promises to let users contact emergency dispatchers when cell phone service is unavailable. It functions using a network of satellites orbiting above Earth at 16,000 mph. When CNN tested the tool’s reliability, it showed lifesaving potential — but also revealed some significant
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Apple launched a new iPhone feature this week that promises to let users contact emergency dispatchers when cell phone service is unavailable. It functions using a network of satellites orbiting above Earth at 16,000 mph. When CNN tested the tool’s reliability, it showed lifesaving potential — but also revealed some significant
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Apple launched a new iPhone feature this week that promises to let users contact emergency dispatchers when cell phone service is unavailable. It functions using a network of satellites orbiting above Earth at 16,000 mph. When CNN tested the tool’s reliability, it showed lifesaving potential — but also revealed some significant
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Apple launched a new iPhone feature this week that promises to let users contact emergency dispatchers when cell phone service is unavailable. It functions using a network of satellites orbiting above Earth at 16,000 mph. When CNN tested the tool’s reliability, it showed lifesaving potential — but also revealed some significant
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Apple launched a new iPhone feature this week that promises to let users contact emergency dispatchers when cell phone service is unavailable. It functions using a network of satellites orbiting above Earth at 16,000 mph. When CNN tested the tool’s reliability, it showed lifesaving potential — but also revealed some significant
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN Two people were stabbed, including a 9-year-old boy, at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday evening in what police are describing as an “unprovoked” and “heinous act.” The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was shot and killed by a security guard who confronted him, according to Los Angeles Police Department
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Chenelle Woody, CNN The man accused of killing an Alabama college student in 2019 could face the death penalty if convicted after being indicted by a grand jury on three counts of capital murder, Alabama’s attorney general announced. Aniah Blanchard was a 19-year-old student at Southern Union State Community College who
Continue ReadingBy Joe Johns, Aileen Graef, Amir Vera and Holly Yan, CNN The student accused of killing three University of Virginia football players after a school field trip was denied bail Wednesday during a court hearing in Charlottesville. According to a witness, suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. shot one of the players, Devin Chandler, while he
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN Two people were stabbed, including a 9-year-old boy, at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday evening in what police are describing as an “unprovoked” and “heinous act.” The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was shot and killed by a security guard who confronted him, according to Los Angeles Police Department
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said he was outraged by the actions of Lt. Mariano Pargas whom a CNN report showed failing to organize help for children he knew were trapped with a gunman. “Lt. Pargas will not be a member of the Uvalde
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Stella Chan, CNN The deputies who shot Dijon Kizzee 16 times and killed him will not face criminal charges, according to a 19-page memo from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. On the afternoon of August 31, 2020, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Christian Morales and his training officer Michael
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN A measure to remove slavery and indentured servitude as punishment for a crime from the constitution of Louisiana failed on Election Day after voters were told to reject it because of confusing and ambiguous language. Louisiana had been one of five states to put the amendment on
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Eric Levenson and Christina Maxouris, CNN The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in Los Angeles dropped four of the 11 charges against him on Tuesday after prosecutors said that they do not intend to proceed with counts connected to one of the accusers. The four dropped charges — two counts
Continue ReadingBy Meridith Edwards, Sara Sidner and Ray Sanchez, CNN The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to propose a long-term presence on the ground in Jackson, Mississippi, to help fix the decades-long problems with its drinking water, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN Tuesday. EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited Jackson Tuesday on
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, CNN A top public safety official for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis worked in lockstep with Perla Huerta, the former Army counterintelligence agent who recruited migrants for a pair of September flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, new text messages obtained by CNN show. On September 12, for example, two days
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN An attorney for a North Carolina man is calling for a criminal investigation into why his client, a 41-year-old Black man, was beaten while in custody at the Camden County, Georgia, Detention Center in September. In a news release, civil rights attorney Harry Daniels says his client Jarrett Hobbs was “mercilessly”
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Theresa Waldrop, Dakin Andone and Holly Yan, CNN The 22-year-old University of Virginia student suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other people was facing school disciplinary action after UVA officials learned he failed to disclose his conviction last year on a misdemeanor concealed weapons charge, a school spokesperson says.
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