By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into self-driving cars for more than a decade. Still, experts say various obstacles need to be cleared before vehicles without human drivers become mainstream. Amazon’s driverless transportation company appears to be moving in the right direction though, as it started testing its robotaxi on
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into self-driving cars for more than a decade. Still, experts say various obstacles need to be cleared before vehicles without human drivers become mainstream. Amazon’s driverless transportation company appears to be moving in the right direction though, as it started testing its robotaxi on
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Tech companies have poured billions of dollars into self-driving cars for more than a decade. Still, experts say various obstacles need to be cleared before vehicles without human drivers become mainstream. Amazon’s driverless transportation company appears to be moving in the right direction though, as it started testing its robotaxi on
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay is known for its fine wine, but many of the region’s vineyards are now under water, along with homes and roads in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle. The weather system didn’t make landfall in New Zealand, but it caused widespread destruction, killing at least eight people, displacing
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson, Laura Ly and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The 19-year-old White man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo last May apologized to the victims’ families and was sentenced to life in prison during an emotional court hearing Wednesday.
Continue Reading 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.”
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Missouri man who has been serving a life sentence for nearly three decades was set free Tuesday after a judge ruled he is innocent and vacated his murder conviction. Lamar Johnson was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1995 after being convicted of murder
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Missouri man who has been serving a life sentence for nearly three decades was set free Tuesday after a judge ruled he is innocent and vacated his murder conviction. Lamar Johnson was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1995 after being convicted of murder
Continue Reading By Teele Rebane and Angus Watson, CNN Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have released a series of images showing a pilot from New Zealand who was taken hostage more than a week ago. The photos released on Tuesday show the pilot, identified by local police as Philip Mehrtens, standing fully clothed and apparently
Continue Reading 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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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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading By Christina Zdanowicz and David Williams, CNN Arielle Anderson had a gentle laugh and was full of ambitions: She was studying to become a doctor one day, her aunt said. “Have you ever met a young person who was simply “Pure in Heart”… well that was @ariellediamond_ … simply PURE … she never raised her
Continue Reading By Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN A verdant olive grove was cleaved into two during last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey, creating a valley 984 feet long (about 300 meters) that now divides the area. Remarkable footage of the split olive grove has emerged from Turkey’s south-east Altınozu district, which borders Syria, showing
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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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