By Eric Levenson, Sarah Jorgensen, Polo Sandoval and Samantha Beech, CNN The 18-year-old suspected of opening fire at a Buffalo supermarket Saturday told authorities he was targeting the Black community, according to an official familiar with the investigation. The alleged gunman made disturbing statements describing his motive and state of mind following his arrest, the
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN Just outside a supermarket in Buffalo, residents have been gathering since Saturday to mourn and honor those lost after a mass shooting left 10 people killed and three others wounded. The shock and pain felt by those in the community and around the nation has only been intensified by what authorities
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Whitney Curtis for CNN On a winding road just off Interstate 64 in southern Illinois, past a Holiday Inn, an antiques mall and a TGI Fridays, the squat brick Planned Parenthood clinic is a window onto a post-Roe v. Wade America. The clinic’s call center — less than 20
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Story by Reuters The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with ceremonies and celebrations amid growing worry about its proximity to an increasingly assertive China. Okinawa, a string of tropical islands off far southwest Japan much closer to Taiwan
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By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN May’s full moon, known as the flower moon, will blossom in the sky on Sunday night into Monday. The moon will reach its peak at 12:15 a.m. ET on Monday, May 16, so it will appear at its roundest the evening of May 15, according to The Old
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By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Lebanese citizens voted Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election, the first since a 2019 popular uprising demanded the downfall of the ruling elite, blaming traditional parties for corruption and mismanagement. Several new political groups sprung out of the protest movement and are competing in Sunday’s race, coming head to head with
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Oleksandra Ochman and David von Blohn, CNN More than a month after the Ukrainian army retook Irpin from the Russians, Volodymyr Klimashevskyi is still finding the little nail-like projectiles scattered around his garden and embedded deep in the walls of his house. “You can’t take them out with your hands, you need
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Oleksandra Ochman and David von Blohn, CNN More than a month after the Ukrainian army retook Irpin from the Russians, Volodymyr Klimashevskyi is still finding the little nail-like projectiles scattered around his garden and embedded deep in the walls of his house. “You can’t take them out with your hands, you need
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN An apparently studious alligator had to be relocated after it was found wandering around an elementary school in Charleston, South Carolina. Concerned passersby called police after observing the alligator on Tuesday, according to Charleston’s Animal Control Supervisor, Courtney Bayles. The 6-foot reptile was spotted walking in roadways and through residents’ yards
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Celine Alkhaldi and Colin McCullough, CNN Israeli police say they will hold an investigation “into the events that ensued during the funeral” procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday. “Unfortunately, during the course of the funeral, severe violent events unfolded on the part of those participating that worsened the
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Celine Alkhaldi and Colin McCullough, CNN Israeli police say they will hold an investigation “into the events that ensued during the funeral” procession of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday. “Unfortunately, during the course of the funeral, severe violent events unfolded on the part of those participating that worsened the
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By Christina Maxouris and Phil Gast, CNN Saturday’s massacre in Buffalo, New York, is the latest mass shooting in which authorities say the suspect was motivated by hate. The suspected shooter, an 18-year-old White man, shot and killed 10 people and injured three others at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area, authorities said. Eleven
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By Christina Maxouris, Amir Vera, Chuck Johnston and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Details continue to emerge about the shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket Saturday and the 18-year-old who authorities say is responsible. Thirteen people — 11 of whom are African American — were shot, according to city officials, who have said the massacre was
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Amir Vera, Chuck Johnston and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Details continue to emerge about the May 14 shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket and the 18-year-old who authorities say is responsible. Thirteen people — 11 of whom are African American — were shot, according to city officials, who have said the massacre
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris and Phil Gast, CNN Saturday’s massacre in Buffalo, New York, is the latest mass shooting in which authorities say the suspect was motivated by hate. The suspected shooter, an 18-year-old White man, shot and killed 10 people and injured three others at a supermarket in a predominantly Black area, authorities said. Eleven
Continue Reading By Sharif Paget and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A small plane crashed Saturday into the Haulover Inlet Bridge in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement a single-engine Cessna aircraft flying from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport lost power and struck a vehicle on
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, Emma Tucker, Shimon Prokupecz and Samantha Beech, CNN Ten people were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday by a suspect in tactical gear who was livestreaming the attack, law enforcement officials said during a news conference. The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon at a Tops
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By Amy Simonson, Taylor Ward, Sharif Paget and Ray Sanchez, CNN With an early-season heat wave searing much of Texas over the weekend, the nonprofit that manages power to more than 26 million customers wants them to turn up their thermostats. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made the appeal in a statement Friday,
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Whenever I travel, I always try to catch the sunrise. There is something about watching light spill over a new place, every aspect just waiting to be explored. It reminds me of the concept in astronomy of first light, when a new telescope observes the universe for the first time. The
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