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‘These kids were obliterated’: Outrage of families boils over lack of answers in Uvalde investigation

July 1, 2022 12:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Ray Sanchez and Chris Boyette, CNN The families of the 19 children and two teachers gunned down at a school in Uvalde, Texas, have had enough. More than a month after the massacre at Robb Elementary School, their anger and frustration at the lack of answers about the apparently bungled law enforcement response boiled

Suspect in killing of elite cyclist used someone else’s passport in escape to Costa Rica, officials say. Here’s how authorities say she was caught

July 1, 2022 11:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Jay Croft and Randi Kaye, CNN The woman accused of killing an elite cyclist in Texas used someone else’s passport to flee to Costa Rica, where she changed her hair length and color to avoid authorities, according to the US Marshals Service. Authorities say they found Kaitlin Marie Armstrong at a hostel in Costa

Driver of semitruck where migrants died didn’t know AC had gone off, court document says

July 1, 2022 10:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Rosa Flores, Chris Boyette and Michelle Krupa, CNN The alleged driver of a tractor-trailer where sweltering conditions led to the death of 53 migrants this week in San Antonio didn’t realize the truck’s air conditioning unit had stopped working, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Wednesday in the investigation into the deadliest human

Single-use plastic waste is getting phased out in California under a sweeping new law

July 1, 2022 10:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez and Taylor Romine, CNN In an attempt to slash the wide-ranging impacts of plastic pollution, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the country’s most sweeping restrictions on single-use plastics and packaging on Thursday, the same day the Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to tackle the worsening climate crisis.

Meet the explorer that could be 1st to search for life in Martian caves

July 1, 2022 9:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Exploring beneath the surface of other planets may be the key to determining whether life has ever existed outside of Earth. As other missions, including that of NASA’s InSight lander, have shown, drilling down through the surface of planets like Mars is tough — a little too tough to get more

Russian missile strikes on Odesa kill 21, including a child, after housing block hit

July 1, 2022 9:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, Jonny Hallam, Cristiana Moisescu, Julia Presniakova and Arnaud Siad CNN At least 21 people, including a child, were killed when Russia launched overnight missile strikes at a residential building and a recreation center near Odesa, southern Ukraine, officials said on Friday. The attack hit a housing block, killing 16 people, according to

Carnivorous plant that traps prey underground is the 1st of its kind to be discovered

July 1, 2022 9:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles. The newly found species of pitcher plant was unearthed in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Like other pitcher plants, Nepenthes pudica has modified leaves,

A leader for all Israelis? Yair Lapid takes over as caretaker prime minister

July 1, 2022 8:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Hadas Gold, CNN Yair Lapid is used to being in the spotlight. The son of a prominent family, Lapid has dabbled in acting, screenwriting, music and even amateur boxing, before becoming best known to the Israeli public as a journalist-turned-politician. Now Lapid will be entering his biggest spotlight yet — as Israel’s caretaker prime

Emmett Till’s family calls for justice after finding an unserved arrest warrant in his case

July 1, 2022 8:00 AM CNN

By Sara Sidner, Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN Family members of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black teen whose murder in the Jim Crow South spurred the civil rights movement in America, say they have unearthed an unserved arrest warrant for the White woman who accused him of making advances toward her, sparking the events

Brothers excited to find work. A woman trying to reunite with family. These are the victims of the Texas truck tragedy

July 1, 2022 7:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The grandmother placed her head in her hands and began to sob. “She didn’t have to suffer,” Adela Aguilar said, shaking her head as she recalled the moment when her granddaughter bid her farewell last month. Adela Ramírez had just turned 28 and made a major decision: She was leaving

Brothers excited to find work. A woman trying to reunite with family. These are the victims of the Texas truck tragedy

July 1, 2022 7:30 AM CNN

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The grandmother placed her head in her hands and began to sob. “She didn’t have to suffer,” Adela Aguilar said, shaking her head as she recalled the moment when her granddaughter bid her farewell last month. Adela Ramírez had just turned 28 and made a major decision: She was leaving