By Jason Hanna and Gregory Lemos, CNN Investigators believe golf pro Gene Siller — one of three men found fatally shot on an Atlanta-area golf course Saturday — was killed “because he witnessed an active crime taking place,” police said Tuesday. Police didn’t specify what that crime was, but have said that the two other
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By Evan Simko-Bednarski, Taylor Romine, Jean Casarez and Hollie Silverman, CNN Newly released video obtained by CNN shows correctional officers allegedly abusing inmates at a soon-to-be shuttered women’s correctional facility in New Jersey. The edited footage shows correctional officers extracting inmates from their cells, physically restraining inmates, punching inmates, and deploying pepper spray into cells
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Florida is battening down the hatches today as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches, bringing with it possibly deadly storm surge. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily.
Continue ReadingHurricane warnings have been issued for parts of the west coast of Florida as Elsa gains strength. CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater has the latest.
Continue ReadingMatthew McConaughey posted a message to America in celebration of Independence Day, likening issues the country is facing “as basically going through puberty.”
Continue ReadingBy Keith Allen and Hollie Silverman, CNN Law enforcement officers in Texas fatally shot a man during a standoff after he allegedly fired a weapon at his family members and the news media at the scene of a burned down house Monday. The man, who authorities have not yet named, was digging through debris from
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Amanda Watts, CNN Search and rescue teams in Surfside, Florida, recovered four more bodies Tuesday, bringing the Champlain Towers South condo collapse death toll to 36, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at an evening news conference. There are 109 “reports of people who are potentially unaccounted for,” she
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Questions are being raised about the Bay Area Millennium Tower’s structural integrity amid the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South more than 3,000 miles away in Surfside, Florida. CNN’s Dan Simon reports.
Continue Reading By Dan Simon, Julia Jones and Ray Sanchez, CNN San Francisco’s lavish Millennium Tower, with soaring panoramic views and world-class amenities, opened to great fanfare in 2009. A dozen years later, it’s still promoted “Your city within the city,” a 58-story monolith with more than 400 multimillion-dollar units in San Francisco’s tallest residential building. “It
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Search and rescue crews have recovered another victim from the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building, bringing the death toll to 28, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a Monday evening news conference. That means 117 people are still unaccounted for, she said. Earlier
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1944 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Rudolph William Louis Giuliani Father: Harold Giuliani, tavern owner Mother: Helen (D’Avanzo) Giuliani, secretary Marriages: Judith Nathan (May 24, 2003-2019, divorced); Donna Hanover
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former US senator. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1921 Death date: December 8, 2016 Birth place: Cambridge, Ohio Birth name: John Herschel Glenn Jr. Father: John Glenn Sr., a plumber Mother: Clara (Sproat)
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By Emma Tucker, Omar Jimenez and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN At least 233 people were killed and 618 people were injured by gun violence in more than 500 shootings across the country during the Fourth of July weekend, a 26% drop from last year’s holiday weekend, according to the latest data compiled by the Gun Violence
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By Ralph Ellis, Pamela Kirkland, Gregory Lemos and David Close, CNN Gene Siller, the Georgia country club golf pro shot to death on the course where he worked, always tried to help people, friends said Monday. “Gene was a man of compassion. He loved everybody,” said Rand Eberhard, a pastor who lives in a neighborhood
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By Ralph Ellis, Alaa Elassar and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Police are trying to find out who killed three men — including golf pro Gene Siller — whose bodies were found on the grounds of an Atlanta-area country club. Cobb County police responded to a report of a person shot around 2:20 p.m. Saturday and found
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Police are trying to find out who killed three men — including golf pro Gene Siller — whose bodies were found on the grounds of an Atlanta-area country club. CNN’s Ryan Young reports.
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The rest of the Champlain Towers South building was demolished and officials hope it will now be safer for rescue teams to expand their search with fewer reinforcements. The demolition came after part of the building fell early in the morning on June 24. At least 24 people were killed, including children, and 121 people remain unaccounted for. CNN’s Natasha Chen reports from the scene.
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Fireworks still ringing in your ears? We’ll keep it short today so everyone can get back to their long holiday weekends. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your
Continue ReadingTropical storm Elsa, now the earliest 5th named Atlantic storm, is heading towards the Florida west coast. CNN Meteorologist Allison Chinchar details the forecast and impacts over the coming days.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Don Lemon and Dana Bash discuss the grand finale of the New York City July 4th fireworks display during CNN’s “Fourth in America Special.”
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