KARE By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A dedicated volunteer who taught Sunday school and loved dogs. A lawyer who served as a Girl Scout leader and worked at her dad’s auto parts store. A mother and wife whose husband was killed alongside her. Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman was more than just the state
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CNN, SEE PREFONTS By Christian Edwards and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Iran and Israel have continued to trade deadly blows into the weekend, following an unprecedented Israeli attack on Friday aimed at destroying Tehran’s nuclear program and decapitating its military leadership. Iran launched multiple waves of missiles and drones toward Israel throughout the day
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By Rob Picheta and Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s unprecedented attacks on Iran had at their core an elusive and high-risk goal: eradicating the country’s controversial nuclear program. Israel targeted three key Iranian nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow – and a number of top scientists involved in nuclear research and development. The
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CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s unprecedented attacks on Iran had at their core an elusive and high-risk goal: eradicating the country’s controversial nuclear program. Israel targeted three key Iranian nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow – and a number of top scientists involved in nuclear research and development. The extent of
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WCCO, KARE, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers has been identified as Vance Boelter, two law enforcement officials briefed on the case tell CNN. Boelter is 57 years old and, according to a law enforcement official, he works for a
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By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — It is one of the most inspiring photographs in modern history, one that reveals the worst and best of human nature with a click of a camera shutter. It is a black-and-white image of a crowd of workers at a shipbuilding factory in Nazi Germany. It shows hundreds of
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By Chris Boyette, Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Mendoza watched nervously as demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and policies clashed with police outside of her Compton restaurant, Restaurante Y Pupuseria La Ceiba. “It started with just a few people, then it started growing very quickly,” she told CNN in an interview translated
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CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — As a military parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions of Americans are expected to protest in what organizers predict will be the strongest display of opposition to Trump’s administration since he took office in January. More than 2,000
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By Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — What happened to Angelina Resendiz is a mystery, but her mother wants to get to the bottom of it. Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June
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By Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Before Israel launched an unprecedented wave of strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and top military leaders this week, its spies were already on the ground in enemy territory. Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the strikes, according to Israeli
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By Olivia Kemp, CNN London (CNN) — Former England football captain David Beckham, Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman and The Who front man Roger Daltrey are among the prominent figures awarded knighthoods in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list. Beckham, 50, was recognized for his services to sport and charity. A global soccer icon and former
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By Zoe Sottile, Priscilla Alvarez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, which has been the center of protests since its opening in May and where both a sitting congresswoman and Newark’s mayor have been arrested. The detainees were held at Delaney Hall, a
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By Joshua Berlinger, Lou Robinson, Rachel Wilson, Way Mullery and Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Iran and Israel have been trading strikes since Friday, when Israel first struck Iranian military and nuclear targets. When tensions escalate in the Middle East, Israel turns once again to its extensive air defense system – which includes the Iron
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Investigators have recovered equipment from this week’s tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, which could shed light on the final moments on the flight deck. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, which were recovered from on top of the medical college hostel
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By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Henry Zeris, Thomas Bordeaux, Avery Schmit, Teele Rebane and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — Israel launched a wave of unprecedented strikes on Iran shortly before sunrise Friday morning, hitting key sites in the nation’s nuclear program as well as residential areas in upscale neighborhoods of Tehran and killing
Continue Reading CNN By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Henry Zeris, Thomas Bordeaux, Avery Schmitz, Teele Rebane and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — Israel launched a wave of unprecedented strikes on Iran shortly before sunrise Friday morning, hitting key sites in the nation’s nuclear program as well as residential areas in upscale neighborhoods of Tehran and
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By Andy Rose, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Mahmoud Khalil’s hopes of being freed on bond as he continues fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him were dashed Friday, despite a judge saying the government could no longer hold Khalil on the premise that his presence in the country is against the national interest.
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By Michael Rios, Nechirvan Mando, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Tehran launched retaliatory strikes against locations across Israel on Friday, following Israel’s attacks on Iranian military and nuclear targets. Iran said Friday evening local time that it had fired “hundreds of various ballistic missiles” towards Israel, in what it called
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CNN By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Christian Edwards, Henry Zeris, Thomas Bordeaux, Avery Schmitz, Teele Rebane and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — Israel launched a wave of unprecedented strikes on Iran shortly before sunrise Friday morning, hitting key sites in the nation’s nuclear program as well as residential areas in upscale neighborhoods of Tehran and
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, Helen Regan and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — After decades of threats, Israel on Friday launched an audacious attack on Iran, targeting its nuclear sites, scientists and military leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation had “struck at the head of Iran’s nuclear weaponization program.” But international assessments, including by
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