By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The Israel Defense Forces have ​admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in May, the IDF announced Monday. “[I]t appears that it
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A body found this week in Memphis is that of a teacher who was abducted there while jogging last week, and a suspect is being charged with murder, police said Tuesday. Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, 34, was identified as the person found dead Monday in the rear
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Taylor Romine, CNN Two people were killed as a fast-moving wildfire swelled rapidly over parched vegetation in Southern California, forcing hundreds of residents to flee amid a severe heat wave that has enveloped the region. The Fairview Fire ignited after 2 p.m. local time Monday and quickly scorched 2,000 acres, destroying
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, Kathleen Magramo, Philip Wang and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Aftershocks were still being felt on Tuesday, state media said, a day after the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said a 6.6-magnitude
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Paula Newton, CNN A manhunt is underway for one of two brothers suspected in a mass stabbing that left 10 dead and 18 injured across multiple locations in Saskatchewan, Canada. Investigators with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said while there were reports that suspect Myles Sanderson may have been spotted at
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Eric Levenson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Myles Sanderson, the suspect in the mass stabbing in Canada, died Wednesday after going into “medical distress” after his arrest, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore. Sanderson’s death means both suspects in the attack that rocked the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN The Mississippi man accused of stealing a twin-engine plane Saturday morning and threatening to crash it into a Walmart was denied bond Sunday, his attorney told CNN. Cory Wayne Patterson — who is not a licensed pilot — faces charges of grand larceny and making terroristic threats, according to Tupelo Police
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Zayon Martinez spent his final hour of second grade hiding under a desk while bullets flew through Robb Elementary School. By the end of the carnage, 19 of his schoolmates and two teachers were killed. Now Zayon, who’s supposed to start third grade Tuesday, doesn’t want
Continue Reading By Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened. Brown vs Board Education angered White segregationists at the time, and the school and others across the South were a result of the opposition to desegregation. Decades
Continue Reading By Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened. Brown vs Board Education angered White segregationists at the time, and the school and others across the South were a result of the opposition to desegregation. Decades
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Israel, which declared independence in 1948. It borders the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, the Red Sea, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon in the Middle East. Since its founding, Israel has experienced conflict with its neighbors, mainly Arab and Muslim countries, and Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territories. About Israel (from
Continue Reading By Angela Fritz, CNN Antarctica’s so-called “doomsday glacier” — nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level — has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists say, amplifying concerns over the extreme sea level rise that would accompany its potential demise. The Thwaites Glacier, capable of
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Zoe Sottile, CNN Just months after the devastating mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, students are set to return to class on Tuesday. But survivors will never return to the building where 19 of their classmates and two teachers were massacred in May. Robb Elementary School will be demolished, Uvalde’s mayor, Don
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, Jamiel Lynch and Amir Vera, CNN Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza “Liza” Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a tweet from the police department. “The identity of this person and the cause of death is unconfirmed at this time. The
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The Israel Defense Forces have ​admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in May, the IDF announced Monday. “[I]t appears that it
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of “syphoning” more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court filing this week. The suit is against executive Shalomyah Bowers, the foundation itself, Bowers’ consulting firm and unnamed individuals. Bowers was
Continue Reading By Stephanie Busari, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld results declaring William Ruto winner of last month’s presidential elections. Ruto, 55, won with 50.49% of the vote against his rival Raila Odinga’s 48.85%, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced in August. The announcement of the results then
Continue Reading By Masoud Popalzai, Anna Chernova, Eyad Kourdi and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Two Russian embassy employees were among six people killed in a suicide blast near Russia’s embassy in Kabul on Monday. Russia‘s foreign ministry said in a statement that “an unknown militant set off an explosive device. As a result of the attack, two employees
Continue Reading By Stephanie Elam, CNN For a city in the desert, water conservation must be a way of life. But amid a prolonged megadrought that has depleted water resources across the Southwest, the need to save every drop has intensified in Southern Nevada. Las Vegas knows the stakes are high, and it isn’t gambling on Mother
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of thousands of acres in less than a week, and led to the deaths of at least two residents, officials say. In all, fires burning across the state have collectively burned more than 23,000 acres since
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