By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a candle-lit bunker cut into the frozen earth. For several weeks they have been confronting hundreds of fighters belonging to the Russian private military contractor Wagner throwing themselves against Ukrainian defenses. Disguised in
Continue Reading By Nicole Grether, Artemis Moshtaghian, Dakin Andone and Brian Todd, CNN Students at Richneck Elementary School navigated new safety protocols as they returned to classes Monday for the first time since a 6-year-old student allegedly shot his teacher inside a classroom nearly a month ago. Police were on campus as anxious parents dropped their children
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN Months of bitter negotiations between seven states that rely on the Colorado River’s vanishing water have collapsed along a clear fault line over the past week: California versus everyone else. The multi-state talks, which have been ongoing in fits and starts for months, were focused on achieving unprecedented water cuts to
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN The pine forests near the city of Kreminna have become one of the hottest combat zones in the war in eastern Ukraine. Almost every weapon seems to be at work here, artillery, howitzers, tanks and mortars. But perhaps the most important is the smallest: The reconnaissance
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN The pine forests near the city of Kreminna have become one of the hottest combat zones in the war in eastern Ukraine. Almost every weapon seems to be at work here, artillery, howitzers, tanks and mortars. But perhaps the most important is the smallest: The reconnaissance
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN The number of victims hurt in Monday’s Lakeland, Florida, shooting has increased to eleven after an additional victim self-transported to a hospital, according to Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor. Lakeland police have said the incident was a “targeted attack” in a Lakeland neighborhood, CNN has reported. Two of the eleven victims
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By Steve Almasy, Mark Morales, Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN Fallout from the deadly police beating of Black motorist Tyre Nichols now includes the firing of three Memphis Fire Department personnel, and an announcement that a total of seven police officers were placed on leave, as critics nationwide call for police reform. Two emergency
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Tyre Nichols, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers. “Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God when
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN The planet could cross critical global warming thresholds sooner than previous models have predicted, even with concerted global climate action, according to a new study using machine learning. The study estimates that the planet could reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels in a decade, and found a “substantial
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN On the Galapagos Islands, a ground finch that usually munched on small, soft seeds was forced, during a drought, to eat harder, larger ones. Within the space of a few generations, the bird evolved a larger but shorter beak better suited to cracking large seeds. The ground finch is one of
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN As a NASA orbiter turned its camera to the Martian surface, the face of a bear seemed to be looking back. A camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, called the High Resolution Imaging Experiment, or HiRISE, captured an image of the unusual geological feature in December. A circular fracture pattern on
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose and Sonya Hamasaki, CNN A sweeping multi-day manhunt continues for a suspect accused of brutally beating and kidnapping a woman in Oregon who remains in critical condition, according to police. While Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, has evaded capture since Tuesday, police say he is still active on dating apps. The
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN A dispute over a $100 repair bill may have contributed to a pair of shootings that left seven people dead and another injured last week in Half Moon Bay, California, the San Mateo County district attorney told a local news station. Chunli Zhao — the farmworker who faces seven counts of
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud and Hira Humayun, CNN The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly blast in a mosque in Peshawar on Monday, the latest attack on the city in northwest Pakistan. A powerful explosion killed at least 61 people and left about 157 injured, according to Peshawar Police Chief Mohammad Aijaz
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN US officials believe drone attacks at a military plant in Iran‘s central city of Isfahan were carried out by Israel, according to US media reports. Tehran said on Sunday that drones had attacked the plant in Isfahan late the previous evening, calling the operation “unsuccessful.” The Wall Street
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Weeks after Tyre Nichols was brutalized by Memphis police officers, city law enforcement officials are being hailed for their unusually rapid investigation and transparency compared to similar cases in other US cities. Five former officers were indicted Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and kidnapping. One day later, officials released police
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Weeks after Tyre Nichols was brutalized by Memphis police officers, city law enforcement officials are being hailed for their unusually rapid investigation and transparency compared to similar cases in other US cities. Five former officers were indicted Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and kidnapping. One day later, officials released police
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday asked South Korea to reconsider its rule on not exporting weapons to countries in conflict so it could help arm Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion. “I urge the Republic of Korea to continue and to step up the specific issue of military support,” he
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Eight people were killed and three wounded after two gunmen entered a home and opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at a home in South Africa on Sunday evening, according to the South African police service (SAPS). The shooting happened in the southern port
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud and Hira Humayun, CNN A deadly blast in a mosque in Peshawar on Monday, the latest attack on the city in northwest Pakistan, killed at least 61 people and left about 157 injured, according to Peshawar Police Chief Mohammad Aijaz Khan. Rescue operations are now underway in the mosque, which
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