By Ibrahim Dahman and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least 73 people were killed and around 150 people injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza while seeking aid on Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Some 67 people were killed in northern Gaza, the ministry said, while six others were killed in Khan Younis
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By Andrew Torgan, Daniel Wine, CNN It’s been said that Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language. While that may be true, there is one thing both countries can agree on: Our shared love of a particular snack food. Care to guess which one it is? Here’s what else you need
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By Hanna Park, Rebekah Riess, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — A lively night outside a bustling East Hollywood nightclub took a dangerous turn early Saturday when a car barreled through a crowded sidewalk, injuring at least 36 people, authorities say. The crash occurred outside The Vermont Hollywood, where 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez had reportedly been kicked
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By Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — Former Colorado dentist James Craig was convicted of murder Wednesday after a trial that lasted nearly two weeks, found guilty of killing his wife and the mother of their six children by poisoning her protein shakes. Angela Craig was 43 when she died in 2023, by which point she’d
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A boy survived the sinking of a tourist boat in Vietnam which killed dozens of people by sheltering in an air pocket of the overturned vessel, it has emerged. The 10-year-old had been traveling with his family in Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay when the vessel they were sailing
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By Eyad Kourdi, Tim Lister and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of people dead, drawing Israeli intervention and US condemnation. A ceasefire agreement reached by the government, Druze groups and Bedouin tribes on Saturday appeared
Continue Reading By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Stranded deep in the woods, miles from the nearest road, Tami Laird and her 9-year-old son Stirling faced a terrifying reality: no cell service, no help in sight and a car completely stuck on a rough road. The Sacramento duo had set off for what was supposed to be
Continue Reading By Alysha Bibi, Rhea Mogul and Masoud Popalzai, CNN (CNN) — As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is about to begin. The sound of water tankers rumbling through Raheela’s neighborhood in the Afghan capital prompts the 42-year-old mother of
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By Dalia Faheid, Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Texas officials have revised the number of people missing in the catastrophic floods in Kerr County, Texas, from 97 people down to three on Saturday. “Through extensive follow-up work among state and local agencies, many individuals who were initially reported as missing have been verified as safe
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died, his granddaughter posted on his social media accounts Saturday. He was 102. “Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at 102 years young. Please know, he went peacefully and
Continue Reading By Ollie Ieltsov and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for talks with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks amid growing US pressure on Moscow to reach a deal. Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, proposed the a meeting with the
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By Eve Brennan, Max Saltman and TuAnh Dam, CNN (CNN) — Divers searched beneath the waves for missing passengers and crew after a sightseeing ship capsized in a squall in Halong Bay, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam, on Saturday. At least 36 of those on board have been confirmed dead, state media reported on
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — On a warm June afternoon just over a year ago, the partially clothed body of a man bobbed to the surface of the Hudson River at a shuttered Manhattan marina, a macabre yet occasional springtime occurrence. The body was 5-foot-8-inches tall and 130 pounds, but the New York City
Continue Reading CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — At least 30 people were injured – seven of them critically – when an “unknown vehicle” drove into a crowd waiting in line outside an East Hollywood nightclub early Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found a vehicle had driven through a large number
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By Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi, Mohamed al-Sawalhi, Sophie Tanno and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Israeli troops opened fire on Gazans seeking food aid in the territory, killing at least 32 people, the Palestinian health ministry and witnesses said. The ministry said that the bodies had been brought to Nasser Medical Complex, along with dozens
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Most people don’t expect Mimi Hymel to remember Hurricane Katrina. After all, she was only 3 when the Category 5 storm slammed into her Louisiana home in 2005. But nearly 20 years later, as Hymel watched news of the floodwaters inundating Texas Hill Country and saw the harrowing images
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By Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Syrian security forces are deploying in the restive province of Suwayda after days of communal fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed, the country’s interior ministry says. Clashes between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes have continued in Suwayda since last week, threatening the stability
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By Mostafa Salem and Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s armed proxies are ramping up pressure on key points in the Middle East as Tehran attempts to rebuild its regional influence, eroded by almost two years of a destructive Israeli military campaign. Tehran’s Houthi allies in Yemen ended months of calm in the Red Sea
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By Rebekah Riess, John Miller, Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — At least 30 people were injured – seven of them critically – when a vehicle drove into a crowd waiting in line outside an East Hollywood nightclub early Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Los Angeles Police Department Captain Ben Fernandes told
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — When they wanted, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon could be warm and caring parents. A family judge described interactions with their children as “excellent,” with the two able to act in a “loving and attentive manner.” But a high-profile court case that stunned even seasoned legal figures painted a different picture,
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