By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN A helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Miami Beach shore on Saturday, according to a tweet by Miami Beach Police. Two passengers were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, police said in the tweet. Their conditions were described as “stable.” A third passenger was not injured in
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By Michelle Watson, CNN Almost 38 years to the day that 21-year-old Mary Jane Thompson was found dead behind a warehouse in Dallas, Texas, prosecutors were finally able to make an arrest in her case, the Dallas County District Attorney’s office said. Thompson was found murdered and sexually assaulted along Irving Boulevard on February 13,
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By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
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By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Chuck Johnston, CNN As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are loosening vaccine and mask requirements. Boston lifted the city’s proof of vaccine policy which required patrons and staff of indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Friday.
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Chuck Johnston, CNN As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are loosening vaccine and mask requirements. Boston lifted the city’s proof of vaccine policy which required patrons and staff of indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Friday.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Few ancient wonders still stand, but their remnants captivate us with the promise of untold stories. The first excavations at Stonehenge began in the 1600s, and researchers have tried to unlock its secrets ever since. Generations of people labored to create the iconic stone circle 4,500 years ago, which still stands
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery on
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By Maya Brown, CNN Five current and former employees of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that MPD management created a hostile work environment and retaliated against them for speaking out. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court for DC, is the
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By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly followed a woman to her New York apartment and stabbed her dozens of times with a knife early Sunday, prosecutors say. Surveillance video from the entrance of the Chrystie Street apartment in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood shows Christina
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By Martin Goillandeau, CNN French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell, a spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Brunel was found alone, hanged with bedsheets, in his jail cell at the Santé prison in the French capital at around 1:30
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN To scroll through We The Diaspora is to meditate on the mundanities of Black life. Vintage photos show Black people splashing around in water, dancing in a nightclub, kissing their partner on a balcony. Portraits capture Muhammad Ali waiting in a hallway before an exhibition match, Prince playing basketball, Diana Ross
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By Tamara Qiblawi, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent states, ordering the deployment of Russian troops there in a dangerous gambit that defies international law and risks a deadly military confrontation. The Kremlin’s decree recognizing the so-called Donetsk and
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent states, ordering the deployment of Russian troops there in a dangerous gambit that defies international law and risks a deadly military confrontation. The Kremlin’s decree recognizing the so-called Donetsk and
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By Kelly Murray and Melissa Alonso, CNN Treacherous winter driving conditions are being blamed for a series of pileup crashes on Friday involving 39 vehicles in central Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. Ten people were injured, according to CNN affiliate WAOW, citing Wisconsin State Patrol. “The injured have been transported to local hospitals.
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an alert that various products purchased within the last year from Family Dollar Stores across six states may be contaminated and unsafe to use. Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary
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By Angus Watson and Brad Lendon, CNN A Chinese warship allegedly used a laser to “illuminate” an Australian Air Force jet in what Canberra called a “serious safety incident” in a statement released on Saturday. “Acts like this have the potential to endanger lives,” the statement from the Australian Defence Force said, adding it strongly
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Like many Indigenous people of North America, Miali Coley-Sudlovenick fears that her native language is dying. European colonization left Inuit struggling to preserve their culture and tongue in an environment of horror and abuse, she says. That’s why she has taken to the internet to teach Inuktitut, one of the dialects
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as equipment
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