By Ray Sanchez and Christina Maxouris, CNN Hundreds of mourners filled a baseball diamond about 30 miles south of downtown Houston Friday to remember Mark Collins and his four grandsons — “bright, shinning stars” in the words of a family friend. Collins, 66, was visiting the family’s weekend ranch in Leon County with four of
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Almost half of the Earth’s land surface must be protected to stop the biodiversity crisis, according to a new report published Friday in the journal Science. The research found some 64 million square kilometers (24.7 million square miles) — 44% of the Earth’s land — needs “conservation attention” to prevent major
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A man wanted on suspicion of child sexual assault killed a private investigator who was serving a warrant on him, according to police in Garland, Texas. The shooting took place inside a motel room Thursday night on Broadway Boulevard, Garland Police Department spokesperson Pedro Barineau said in a statement. Private investigators
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau Multiple neighborhoods in Shanghai were placed back under lockdown only a day after city-wide restrictions were lifted, as China’s stringent zero-Covid strategy continues to haunt the financial hub. Shanghai lifted its two-month lockdown on Wednesday, allowing most of its 25 million residents to leave their communities. But nearly
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For the dozens of people who were seeking care at an Oklahoma medical facility on Wednesday, it was a regular afternoon that turned into a nightmare within minutes when a gunman opened fire. About three hours earlier, Michael Louis had purchased an AR-15-style rifle, and he used the weapon to unleash
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN Some uniformed police officers will now be able to march in San Francisco’s Pride Parade, according to a statement from parade organizers and the San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance, amending a previous decision that banned officers from wearing uniforms but allowed other types of police-affiliated apparel. “Pride
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, Meridith Edwards, Travis Caldwell and Christina Maxouris, CNN No students or staff will be returning to Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the site of a tragic massacre last month, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell reaffirmed Friday. “We’re not going back to that campus,” Harrell said during a special meeting
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The lack of clarity surrounding authorities’ response to the mass shooting at a South Texas elementary school could hinder efforts to prevent such massacres from happening again, a state lawmaker told CNN on Friday. Ten days after a gunman slaughtered 19 students and their two teachers in their classrooms at Robb
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The lack of clarity surrounding authorities’ response to the mass shooting at a South Texas elementary school could hinder efforts to prevent such massacres from happening again, a state lawmaker told CNN on Friday. Ten days after a gunman slaughtered 19 students and their two teachers in their classrooms at Robb
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN A convicted murderer who escaped last month from a prisoner bus in Texas was killed in a shootout with officers late Thursday, just hours after he was named the prime suspect in the killing of four children and an adult in a home in Leon County, officials said.
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN For decades it was a symbol of freedom on Chinese controlled soil: every June 4, come rain or shine, tens of thousands of people would descend on Victoria Park in Hong Kong to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The atmosphere would be at once defiant and somber.
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Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has agreed to a settlement that would pay back fees associated with legal cases, probation and fines for tens of thousands of people who were wrongfully convicted of drug charges, according to court documents. Roughly $14 million is estimated to go to about 31,000 people whose criminal
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For the dozens of people who were seeking care at an Oklahoma medical facility on Wednesday, it was a regular afternoon that turned into a nightmare within minutes when a gunman opened fire. About three hours earlier, Michael Louis had purchased an AR-15-style rifle, and he used the weapon to unleash
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly and Mirna Alsharif, CNN Four former members of the New York City Fire Department died over a four-day period because of 9/11-related illnesses, the FDNY announced Thursday. “To date, 287 FDNY members have had their lives cut short by World Trade Center-related illnesses, including four retired Firefighters in just the last week
Continue Reading By Gabriel Kinder, CNN With no end in sight to the baby formula shortage, lifestyle content creator and new mom Lucie Fink is stepping up to help babies in need. She’s donating her excess breast milk, and she credits her TikTok and Instagram followers with inspiring her to help. “I had never thought about donating
Continue Reading By Gabriel Kinder, CNN With no end in sight to the baby formula shortage, lifestyle content creator and new mom Lucie Fink is stepping up to help babies in need. She’s donating her excess breast milk, and she credits her TikTok and Instagram followers with inspiring her to help. “I had never thought about donating
Continue Reading By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN Don’t forget to look up this weekend to see the start of a rare, five-planet alignment grace the night sky. Beginning in the early morning hours of Friday, June 3, the five planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will align in planetary order. This rare phenomenon
Continue Reading By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change on Wednesday after a request from Turkey’s government. The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. “The process we started under
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