By Kay Jones and Holly Yan, CNN The suspect in a shooting at a Texas high school Wednesday is in custody, Arlington police said. Detectives have started interviewing 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins, who will be charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said. An Arlington Police
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By Kay Jones, Ashley Killough and Travis Caldwell, CNN At least four people were injured in a school shooting Wednesday at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas. The suspect is in custody and is being questioned by investigators, police said. Here’s what we know so far: What led up to the shooting? At around 9:15
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By Brynn Gingras, Sonia Moghe and Mark Morales, CNN The president of the New York Police Department’s second-largest union resigned Tuesday night after the FBI searched his home and the union’s headquarters earlier in the day, according to a letter obtained by CNN from multiple sources. The executive board of the Sergeants Benevolent Association asked
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel — including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel — are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut,
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By Megan Marples, CNN After nearly half a century, the mystery of Manu is finally solved. In 1973, scientist Robin Foster discovered a plant with bright orange fruit shaped like paper lanterns inside Peru’s Manu National Park. It’s now been classified as Aenigmanu alvareziae, or Mystery of Manu, according to a paper authored by Foster
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By Jack Guy, CNN Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla whose image went viral when she photobombed her caretaker’s selfie, has died at the age of 14. She died on September 26 after a prolonged illness, according to a statement published Tuesday by the Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “It is with heartfelt
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By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Before the advent of Covid-19 vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had outbreaks, Jen Christensen reports. But by February, when seniors were being vaccinated in greater numbers, the department started to erase names
Continue Reading By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Before the advent of Covid-19 vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had outbreaks, Jen Christensen reports. But by February, when seniors were being vaccinated in greater numbers, the department started to erase names
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By Brandon Griggs, CNN An oil spill like the one off the coast of Southern California is a disaster on many levels — maybe none more tragic than the deadly effects of petroleum on wildlife. Ocean creatures that swim in deep waters are less affected by spills. But oil disasters near coastlines often do the
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By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church “a moment of shame,” and called upon leaders of the Church to ensure “similar tragedies” never happen again. Francis was speaking a day after a landmark report found that members of the
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The US admitted 11,411 refugees during the 2021 fiscal year — the lowest number in 40 years. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The US admitted 11,411 refugees during the 2021 fiscal year — the lowest number in 40 years. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The US admitted 11,411 refugees during the 2021 fiscal year — the lowest number in 40 years. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up
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By Rob Picheta and Katie Hunt, CNN The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan, two scientists honored for creating “an ingenious tool for building molecules” that has helped develop new drugs and make chemistry greener. The pair were announced as the prize winners in Stockholm, Sweden, on
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By Carma Hassan, CNN The deadly shooting on an Amtrak train in Arizona on Monday erupted after US Drug Enforcement Administration agents recovered large amounts of marijuana on board, according to court documents filed Tuesday. DEA Special Agent Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo was killed in the shooting while another special agent was in critical
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By Eric Cheung, CNN China could be capable of mounting a “full-scale” invasion of Taiwan by 2025, the island’s defense minister said Wednesday — days after record numbers of Chinese warplanes flew into Taiwan’s air defense zone. “With regards to staging an attack on Taiwan, they currently have the ability. But [China] has to pay
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By Aya Elamroussi and Jenn Selva, CNN Seven people injured when an Amtrak train derailed last month in rural Montana have filed federal lawsuits against Amtrak and BNSF Railway, alleging the companies were negligent in their duty to care for the passengers. The derailment on September 25 near Joplin, Montana, left three people dead; at
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 on social media, prosecutors said. Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40, posted two threatening messages on Facebook in April 2020, falsely claiming he paid someone infected with Covid-19 to “lick items
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By Akanksha Sharma and Ben Westcott, CNN The only son of late Philippines’ dictator Ferdinand Marcos said on Tuesday he will stand for President next year, becoming the fourth candidate to announce their intention to succeed 76-year-old incumbent Rodrigo Duterte. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., popularly known as “Bongbong”, announced his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Authorities believe they have identified the source of an oil spill off the California coast that has shuttered beaches and threatened wildlife. But as more information is revealed about the ecological emergency, more questions arise. The source of the spill that spewed up to 144,000 gallons of crude oil into the
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