By Amir Vera, Hannah Sarisohn and Caroline Kucera, CNN Evacuation orders have been lifted for neighborhoods affected by the Tunnel Fire, which has burned just over 21,000 acres of land, according to InciWeb, a US clearinghouse for wildfire information. The fire has been burning across northern Arizona’s Coconino County for nearly a week and was
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, Rosa Flores and Emma Tucker, CNN Texas officials have identified Bishop E. Evans as the National Guard soldier who went missing on Friday as he attempted to rescue two migrants who were crossing the Rio Grande River. The Texas Military Department (TMD) said in a news release that Evans, a specialist, is
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By Joshua Berlinger and Joseph Ataman, CNN Emmanuel Macron has won France’s presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen during Sunday’s runoff vote. Macron took 58.5% of Sunday’s vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. He and Le Pen advanced to the runoff
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By Tina Burnside, Emma Tucker, Michelle Watson and Cara-Lynn Clarkson, CNN The search for three children who were last seen entering the Mississippi River in New Orleans Saturday evening has been suspended, the Coast Guard said. Rescue crews had been searching for a 15-year-old boy and two girls, ages 14 and 8, who were last
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By Emma Tucker and Tina Burnside, CNN A South Carolina police officer was killed in the line of duty while responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday, police say. The suspect accused of fatally shooting 28-year-old Roy Andrew “Drew” Barr, an officer with the Cayce Police Department, also died, authorities say. The unidentified suspect killed himself
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger and Joseph Ataman, CNN Emmanuel Macron has won France’s presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen during Sunday’s runoff vote. Macron took 58.5% of Sunday’s vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. He and Le Pen advanced to the runoff
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 55-year-old woman has been honored 38 years after her Illinois high school failed to make her its first Black valedictorian. Tracey Meares was awarded the title on April 16 by the superintendent of Springfield Public Schools District 186 after a screening of the documentary “No Title for Tracey,” which recounts
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you think hiking stinks, get a load of this … A woman was rescued by two fire crews after she fell headfirst into a vault toilet while trying to retrieve her cellphone at a park on Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The woman in her mid-40s was using an outhouse at Mount
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By Nimi Princewill and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Women and children are among the scores of people killed in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in a border town in southern Nigeria, authorities say. “The fire occurred in an illegal bunkering site situated at the boundary between Rivers State and Imo State,” the Nigeria Security
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By Charbel Mello, Eyad Kourdi and Mia Alberti, CNN, and Reuters An overloaded boat transporting around 60 people who were fleeing Lebanon for an unknown destination capsized near the northern port of Tripoli on Saturday evening, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. A Lebanese naval official said at least six people, including a girl, died;
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By Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura, CNN and Reuters Eleven people have been confirmed dead after a Japanese sightseeing boat with 26 people on board went missing on Saturday. A child passenger who was rescued on Sunday has died, becoming the latest victim, a spokesman for the Japanese Coast Guard said Monday. The other victims included
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By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities. Chaoyang, one of the city’s largest districts, announced Sunday that it
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities. Chaoyang, one of the city’s largest districts, announced Sunday that it
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By Liam Reilly, CNN A woman and three children died when a fire swept through a house in Philadelphia early Sunday, officials told CNN. The Philadelphia Fire Department responded soon after 2 a.m. to the burning building on Hartville Street, where they found flames coming from both floors of a two-story rowhouse, fire department spokesperson
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By Holly Yan, CNN A plot to move almost a ton of methamphetamine in a shipment of strawberry puree got crushed when US Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the concealed drugs. On April 12, a CBP officer assigned to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, saw a tractor trailer arriving from Mexico hauling
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at some US citizens who have been convicted of spying against the United States. Aldrich Ames 1962 – Aldrich Ames, son of a CIA analyst, joins the agency as a low-level documents analyst. 1967-1968 – Enters the Career Trainee Program at the CIA and becomes an operations officer.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. She is the fourth woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: April 28, 1960 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Elena Kagan Father: Robert Kagan, attorney Mother: Gloria (Gittelman) Kagan, teacher Education: Princeton
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at The Pledge of Allegiance, a promise of loyalty to the United States. Facts “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” During the Pledge, proper
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Facts about the compound – Built in approximately 2006.– Significantly larger than other homes in
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winner Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Personal Birth date: May 5, 1989 Birth place: Tappahannock, Virginia Birth name: Christopher Maurice Brown Father: Clinton Brown, corrections officer Mother: Joyce Hawkins, former day care director Children: with Nia Guzman:
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