By Steve Almasy and Claudia Dominguez, CNN An SUV driver who on Thursday evening allegedly struck people along a parade route in Gallup, New Mexico, has been accused of aggravated DWI and other charges, according to the New Mexico State Police. In total, 15 people with non-life-threatening injuries were transported to hospitals from the Gallup
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Anna Chernova, Masha Angelova and Zahra Ullah, CNN After a Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday to nine years in prison for a drug smuggling conviction, the player’s supporters, teammates and numerous US officials swiftly condemned the decision, many concerned her detention is being used to advance Russia’s agenda
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea launched its first moon mission on Thursday as its homegrown lunar orbiter took off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX rocket. A live broadcast of the launch on Friday morning in South Korea showed the orbiter “Danuri” — which means “enjoy the moon” — successfully
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn, CNN At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out in the early hours of Friday at a nightclub in Thailand, police said. The fire broke out at around 1 a.m. at the Mountain B nightclub, a one-story building in the Sattahip district of Chonburi province,
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Karan Olson, CNN Jurors in the sentencing phase of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial on Thursday visited the scene of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building, which has been sealed since the attack on February 14, 2018. They saw bloodstains where the victims were
Continue Reading By CNN Staff Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building has been sealed since the massacre on February 14, 2018. On Thursday, jurors in the sentencing phase of the school shooter’s trial walked through the undisturbed scene, where the blood of the victims still stains classroom floors. Bullet holes also mark the walls of the
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Rob Picheta, CNN China pressed ahead with military drills near Taiwan and flew drones close to Japan on Friday, escalating tensions in the strait that have threatened to boil over since Taipei welcomed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a historic visit. Taiwan’s defense ministry said Chinese warships and aircraft continued
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa and Tina Burnside, CNN A Boston subway line that provides nearly 100,000 trips a day will be closed for about a month to undergo urgent repairs, according to Boston transportation authorities. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced the 30-day shutdown of the Orange Line Wednesday, the agency said in a news release.
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Raja Razek and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN The suspect in a quadruple homicide in which the victims were found dead in two separate house fires has been hospitalized with burns over much of his body and lived across the street from one of the blazes, police in Nebraska said Friday. According to court
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn and Dave Alsup, CNN Police are searching for suspects after gunshots were fired into a crowded store in the Mall of America on Thursday, authorities said. “Fortunately, at this time, it doesn’t appear that anyone was injured,” Bloomington Police Department Chief Booker Hodges said at a news conference. The store was “full
Continue Reading By CNN Staff Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building has been sealed since the massacre on February 14, 2018. On Thursday, jurors in the sentencing phase of the school shooter’s trial walked through the undisturbed scene, where the blood of the victims still stains classroom floors. Bullet holes also mark the walls of the
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, Shimon Prokupecz and Matt Friedman, CNN The Texas Department of Public Safety investigation into the Uvalde elementary school shooting will include an internal review of the actions taken by every DPS officer on the scene to determine whether they should be referred to the inspector general for investigation, Texas DPS Director Steven
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN A Black man in Massachusetts says he was wrongly arrested by police who were looking for a White man, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the US District Court of Massachusetts. Donovan Johnson says officers with the Arlington Police Department “wrongfully stopped, searched, arrested, and assaulted,” him
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The surprising discovery of mammoth fossils in a paleontologist’s backyard have led to an even more unexpected finding. The roughly 37,000-year-old remains of a female mammoth and her calf show distinct signs of butchering, providing new evidence that humans may have arrived in North America much earlier than believed. Paleontologist Timothy
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Sonia Moghe and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Four current and former Louisville police officers involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s home — including detectives who worked on the search warrant and the ex-officer accused of firing blindly into her home — have been charged with civil rights violations
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Josh Pennington and Vasco Cotovio, CNN The US and Russia have indicated they are ready to hold talks over a prisoner swap, a day after basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced to nine years in prison for carrying less than a gram of cannabis oil through a
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN An attempted convenience store robbery by a suspect wielding an assault-style rifle was foiled when the 80-year-old owner grabbed a gun and opened fire, authorities said. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called to the business on Sunday around 2:47 a.m. following a report of an attempted armed robbery.
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Watson, CNN A Virginia school district has apologized for distributing T-shirts with a logo resembling a swastika during a professional learning conference. During the conference held for staff this week, Hanover County Public Schools distributed T-shirts and conference materials containing the logo, which the district says had been designed by
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Watson, CNN A Virginia school district has apologized for distributing T-shirts with a logo resembling a swastika during a professional learning conference. During the conference held for staff this week, Hanover County Public Schools distributed T-shirts and conference materials containing the logo, which the district says had been designed by
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Brandon Tensley, CNN A Tulsa judge is allowing a lawsuit brought by plaintiffs including three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to officially move forward. The written order, filed on Wednesday, provides the reasoning behind a May decision by Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall that denied in part
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