By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN Partial human remains found earlier this week while Boulder County, Colorado, authorities looked for missing people after the Marshall Fire have been identified, the county coroner’s office said in a news release. The remains, found Wednesday in the 5900 block of Marshall Road in unincorporated Boulder, are those
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN The oldest known living US World War II veteran died Wednesday at 112, the National WWII Museum said. Lawrence Brooks was drafted into the US Army at 31 and spent World War II in the predominantly African American 91st Engineer Battalion, which was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines,
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By Sara Sidner, Omar Jimenez, Rosa Flores, Kacey Cherry and Sarah Moon, CNN George Floyd’s 4-year-old grandniece, Arianna Delane, was shot and injured after several shots were fired into an apartment in Houston on New Year’s Day, Derrick Delane, the girl’s father, told CNN affiliate KTRK. “She is recovering,” Delane told CNN correspondent Rosa Flores
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By Paul P. Murphy and Amir Vera, CNN Thanks to a garbage bag containing an envelope with an address, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office was able to bust the alleged robbery ring responsible for nearly 600 missing Amazon packages during the holidays. Initially on December 30, authorities found the packages dumped in a rural area
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy and Amir Vera, CNN Thanks to a garbage bag containing an envelope with an address, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office was able to bust the alleged robbery ring responsible for nearly 600 missing Amazon packages during the holidays. Initially on December 30, authorities found the packages dumped in a rural area
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By Laura Ly, CNN The father of missing 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery has been arrested and charged in connection with her disappearance, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Adam Montgomery, 31, has been charged with a second-degree felony assault charge, two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and one misdemeanor count of interference
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s launch last week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reported to be its most formidable yet, may have been a less advanced weapon than previously believed, according to a South Korean military official. The official, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said South Korean and
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By Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea said it successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, the state-run news agency KCNA reported Thursday. According to the report, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend the launch. “The successive successful test launches in the hypersonic missile sector have a strategic significance of accelerating the task
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By Sara Smart, CNN One Kentucky family recently got a piece of royal mail in their mailbox, sent straight from Windsor Castle. When Katelyn Sutherland checked the mail on December 27, she wasn’t expecting to find a letter addressed to her daughter, Jalayne, with a royal stamp on it. “It was mixed in with our
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By David Williams, CNN Bob and Sue Walker were inseparable during more than 44 years of marriage and called each other “mate” and “matey” because they were soulmates, their adult children told CNN. They died of Covid-19 over the holidays on separate floors in an Arizona hospital. “They were truly, truly a couple, you know.
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By Tina Burnside, CNN Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday granted a posthumous pardon to Homer Plessy, the man at the center of the landmark civil rights Supreme Court ruling, Plessy v. Ferguson. The governor was joined by Plessy descendants at a ceremony in New Orleans, where he officially signed the pardon. The ceremony,
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By Leyla Santiago, CNN University of Florida President Kent Fuchs will step down, a decision he said was in the works for months, he announced in a video on the school’s Twitter account Wednesday. Fuchs will remain until a replacement is appointed, he said, adding he expects the transition in early 2023. He did not
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The dean at one of the country’s top law schools is calling comments from a professor at the university “racist” and “anti-intellectual” after she said the influx of “Asian elites” in the US is dangerous and problematic. Theodore Rugers, the dean at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, issued a statement
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By Mark Morales, Laura Dolan, Caroll Alvarado, Paul P. Murphy and Taylor Romine, CNN Investigators are working to determine the cause behind a deadly fire in Philadelphia that took the lives of 12 people on Wednesday. One avenue being pursued is whether a child under the age of 5 playing with a lighter under a
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By Jay Croft, CNN Hey, somebody’s gotta win it sometime, right? And Powerball ticket sales are soaring across the country, officials say — as the jackpot keeps rising. It’s now at an estimated $630 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association says — higher than estimates and fueled by fast-growing numbers of people plopping down 2 bucks
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By Amy Simonson, CNN A Shiloh Shepherd named Tinsley earned some extra treats Monday night after leading authorities to her owner, who was injured after a vehicle crash and in urgent need of help. Tinsley caught the attention of New Hampshire State Police when they responded to a call about a loose dog on the
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By Katie Hunt, Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN An out-of-control Russian rocket stage has re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, according to the latest estimate from US Space Command, which has been tracking its descent. The Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket was launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia’s northwestern Arkhangelsk region on Monday, December 27. The launch
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By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Pope Francis has criticized couples who choose to have pets instead of children as selfish, arguing that their decision to forgo parenthood leads to a loss of “humanity” and is a detriment to civilization. The Pope made the comments Wednesday while speaking to a general audience about Saint Joseph, Jesus’ earthly
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By Rachel Ramirez As extreme weather wreaked havoc across the globe in 2021, a stunning change was happening in the far northern Arctic, largely out of sight but detectable by a network of sensors. Lightning increased significantly in the region around the North Pole, which scientists say is a clear sign of how the climate
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Niamh Kennedy and Amy Woodyatt, CNN At least 164 people have been killed and more than 5,000 detained during violent upheaval in Kazakhstan this week, as unrest swept the nation and the death toll ticked even higher. Deadly protests that erupted in in the Central Asian country in recent days have seen the government resign
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