By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN At first glance, the news all seems a bit too familiar. A new virus outbreak is detected. It starts spreading around the globe, case by case, country by country. Health authorities launch into action, tracking infections and issuing guidance. After a tortuous two years, it’s understandable that the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN On this day 42 years ago, CNN made its debut as the first 24-hour news channel. So much has changed over four decades, but one thing remains largely as it was on June 1, 1980 — those three, unmistakable red and white letters. If you’d like to experience a wave of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN On this day 42 years ago, CNN made its debut as the first 24-hour news channel. So much has changed over four decades, but one thing remains largely as it was on June 1, 1980 — those three, unmistakable red and white letters. If you’d like to experience a wave of
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Kocha Olarn, CNN A court in Thailand has sentenced a British man to eight years in prison for the 2014 murder of a woman, whose dismembered body was found stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a river. Briton Shane Kenneth Looker, 51, admitted killing Laxami Manochat, 27, after meeting her
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China’s border with North Korea — and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown — into the national spotlight, after the pair ran afoul of pandemic
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN The skyscrapers lit up, roads filled with traffic, and young people drank and danced in the streets as fireworks boomed overhead. Shanghai celebrated Wednesday with a long-awaited burst of life, as the government lifted its city-wide lockdown. But the process of reopening is likely to be slow and painful, as residents
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Kaylene Chassie, CNN An Ohio woman was gored by a bison after she got within 10 feet of the animal in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said. The 25-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, suffered puncture wound and other injuries Monday after she approached a bison near a
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN One person was killed and another injured after two hikers were swept out to sea on the Lost Coast Trail near Shelter Cove, California, on Sunday, according to officials. Authorities received a call about two people in the water at around 2:45 p.m., according to the Shelter Cove Fire Department. One
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s killing, is named in two new civil lawsuits alleging excessive use of force during separate encounters in 2017. The plaintiffs, Zoya Code and John Pope, both Black, say in their lawsuits that Chauvin restrained them
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN With more funerals and visitations scheduled Wednesday for victims of the deadliest US school shooting in nearly 10 years, more changes in authorities’ narrative of how the May 24 massacre unfolded in the South Texas city of Uvalde are emerging. The Texas Department of Public Safety,
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN With more funerals and visitations scheduled Wednesday for victims of the deadliest US school shooting in nearly 10 years, more changes in authorities’ narrative of how the May 24 massacre unfolded in the South Texas city of Uvalde are emerging. The Texas Department of Public Safety,
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Travis Caldwell and Ashley Killough, CNN With more funerals and visitations scheduled Wednesday for victims of the deadliest US school shooting in nearly 10 years, more changes in authorities’ narrative of how the May 24 massacre unfolded in the South Texas city of Uvalde are emerging. The Texas Department of Public Safety,
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A woman who was shot in the Brooklyn subway shooting in April filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gunmaker Glock Inc. and its Austria-based parent firm, claiming the company is contributing to “creating and maintaining a public nuisance in the State of New York” and endangering the state’s public health and safety.
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A woman who was shot in the Brooklyn subway shooting in April filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gunmaker Glock Inc. and its Austria-based parent firm, claiming the company is contributing to “creating and maintaining a public nuisance in the State of New York” and endangering the state’s public health and safety.
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By Omar Jimenez and Andy Rose, CNN Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief who was the incident commander during the Robb Elementary school shooting, was sworn in as a city council member on Tuesday. “Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning to bury their children
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Andy Rose, CNN Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief who officials last week identified as the incident commander during the Robb Elementary school shooting, was sworn in as a city council member on Tuesday. “Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning
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By Laura Ly, CNN Among 233 reported attacks against Asian Americans in New York City in the first three quarters of 2021, only seven have so far led to hate crime convictions, according to a new report from the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY). AABANY analyzed NYPD data and records from the
Continue Reading By Swati Gupta and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN Indian singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, known by the stage name of KK, died Tuesday night in Kolkata, according to the city’s CMRI hospital. Just hours before his death on May 31, the acclaimed 53-year-old singer performed at a concert in Nazrul Mancha, a venue at the Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya
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By René Marsh, CNN As heat ramps up ahead of what forecasters say will be a hotter than normal summer, electricity experts and officials are warning that states may not have enough power to meet demand in the coming months. And many of the nation’s grid operators are also not taking climate change into account
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Ten people were injured, including a 17-year-old, in a shooting in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, police said. Four people were hospitalized in critical condition, Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds said in a news conference Tuesday. A police officer was also wounded by shrapnel and two sheriff’s
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