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Hainan island: Known as ‘China’s Hawaii,’ the vacation hotspot is also a strategic military base

By Nectar Gan and Brad Lendon, CNN It’s known as the “Hawaii of China,” a tropical island paradise where the Chinese middle class enjoys sandy beaches, five-star resorts, and duty-free luxury shopping. It’s also China’s largest free-trade port and host of the Boao Forum, an annual meeting of political and business leaders dubbed “Asia’s Davos.”

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‘What day is it?’ woman asks rescuers, as 77-year-old also pulled from rubble more than a week after Turkey quake

By Talia Kayali, Rhea Mogul and Hande Atay Alam, CNN A confused woman asked her rescuers “What day is it?” when pulled alive from the rubble of last week’s earthquake after 228 hours, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu reported Wednesday, as another woman aged 77 was also rescued from the debris. More than nine days

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Japan ‘strongly presumes’ Chinese spy balloons entered its airspace

By Junko Ogura, CNN Japan said Tuesday it “strongly” suspects three Chinese spy balloons entered its airspace between 2019 and 2021. Three “balloon-shaped flying objects” were detected between November 2019 and September 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said, adding that these were “strongly presumed” to be “unmanned reconnaissance” aircraft flown by China. The ministry

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The Michigan State University killer was previously charged with a felony but was still able to buy guns. Here’s why

By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Years before Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon — a felony count that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun if he were convicted. That felony case never

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Normal operations resume after hazardous spill in Tucson partially closed highway and led to shelter-in-place order, officials say

By Paradise Afshar, Paul P. Murphy and Chris Boyette, CNN Officials in Arizona lifted evacuation and shelter-in-place orders and reopened Interstate 10 in Tucson in both directions Wednesday after the roadway was closed due to a hazardous spill of liquid nitric acid. A commercial truck crash led officials to close a portion of the highway

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The Michigan State University gunman had two pages of notes in his wallet when he was found

Michigan State gunman had a list of other targets and extra ammunition when police found him, authorities said

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Sara Smart and Amanda Watts, CNN The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others had a list of other targets, two handguns and plenty of ammunition when police found him on foot after the campus massacre, authorities revealed Thursday. After gunfire terrorized the East

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Man who allegedly drove U-Haul truck into people in New York City will face murder and attempted murder charges, police say

By Celina Tebor A man who allegedly drove a U-Haul truck into pedestrians in New York City on Monday will face one charge of second-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder, New York Police Chief of Detectives James Essig said at a Tuesday news conference. Weng Sor, a 62-year-old man from Las Vegas, allegedly

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NTSB says videos of Ohio train derailment include one showing wheel bearing in ‘final stage of overheat failure’

By Greg Wallace and Laura Ly, CNN Investigators probing the toxic train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, are reviewing multiple videos of the train prior to it derailing. One video shows “what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment,” the National Transportation Safety Board said

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Some Michigan State University students endured the unthinkable: Two mass shootings in less than 2 years

By Ray Sanchez, Amanda Jackson and Dakin Andone, CNN Some Michigan State University students who survived Monday’s mass shooting — and their parents — had already been through a similar, horrific experience. “(Fourteen) months ago I had to evacuate from Oxford High School when a fifteen year old opened fire and killed four of my

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Gabby Petito’s family attorney wants the letter he says Brian Laundrie’s mom wrote him offering to bury a body, with inscription ‘burn after reading’

By Jean Casarez and Lauren del Valle, CNN Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote a letter to her son that included references to getting a shovel and burying a body, an attorney representing the parents of Gabby Petito said during a court hearing Tuesday. The Petitos are suing the Laundries for emotional distress in connection with Gabby’s

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Mississippi House votes to create an unelected, state-appointed court system within majority-Black Jackson

By Justin Gamble and Jalen Brown, CNN Lawmakers in Mississippi are at odds over a bill that would create an unelected, state-appointed court system in a district within Jackson, a majority Black city, with some concerned that the move smacks of a modern-day Jim Crow regime. The Republican-controlled Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill

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