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The ambulance veered off the shoulder of the road causing it to roll over into a ditch in Fairburn

Ambulance driver admitted to drinking, smoking marijuana and taking Adderall before crash that killed patient, police say

November 15, 2021 11:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Chris Boyette, CNN A Georgia ambulance driver has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence and second-degree homicide-by-vehicle after he crashed the ambulance he was driving, killing the dialysis patient he was transporting, according to authorities. Kevin T. McCorvey, 34, was driving a private ambulance on West Campbellton Street in Fairburn just

Lethal violence committed by Nigeria's military on the night of October 20

Nigerian judicial panel condemns 2020 Lekki toll gate shooting as ‘a massacre’

November 15, 2021 8:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Busari, Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN Lethal violence committed by Nigeria’s military on the night of October 20, 2020 could be considered a “massacre,” a government-appointed panel concluded Monday — contradicting previous official accounts of the incident. The Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution at the Lagos Court

A pregnant woman hoped to deliver her baby at the hospital. She only made it to the front lawn

November 15, 2021 8:12 PM CNN

By Sara Smart, CNN A pregnant California woman turned her front lawn into a delivery room, and the proof is on her Ring doorbell camera. Last Thursday, a week before her due date, Emily Johnson, 31, began having contractions every 10 minutes. “They were pretty low and slow they weren’t anything to be worried about,”

Medical staff at Astroworld responded to 11 cardiac arrests at the same time, CEO of medic company says

November 15, 2021 7:17 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera, Natasha Chen, Rosa Flores, Stephanie Becker and Paul Vercammen, CNN The CEO of ParaDocs, the medic company hired by Astroworld organizers, spoke on camera for the first time Monday to “set the record straight” on what his team did and to defend how hard his staff of more than 70 people worked

Woman killed walking her dog in a popular Atlanta park was stabbed dozens of times, medical examiner says

November 15, 2021 7:13 PM CNN

By Gregory Lemos, CNN The 40-year-old woman who was killed alongside her dog overnight this summer at a popular park in the heart of Atlanta was stabbed dozens of times, the Fulton County Medical Examiner has said, in a crime that remains unsolved. Katherine Janness’ cause of death on July 28 in Piedmont Park was

The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he has a "moral obligation" to be in court during the trial off three White men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery and will be present for the rest of the week and beyond.

An attorney’s attempt to ban Black pastors isn’t keeping the Rev. Jesse Jackson away from the Arbery killing trial

November 15, 2021 6:37 PM CNN

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he has a “moral obligation” to be in court during the trial of three White men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery and will be present for the rest of the week and beyond. “I am (standing) by people who are in need, backs against the

A pregnant woman hoped to deliver her baby at the hospital. She only made it to the front lawn

November 15, 2021 5:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Smart, CNN A pregnant California woman turned her front lawn into a delivery room, and the proof is on her Ring doorbell camera. Last Thursday, a week before her due date, Emily Johnson, 31, began having contractions every 10 minutes. “They were pretty low and slow they weren’t anything to be worried about,”

Bread baking, fresh strawberries claim top spots in NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge

November 15, 2021 4:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Sherry Liang, CNN A dinner of Mars-grown vegetables, bread baked on a shuttle, and insects for dessert may be on the menu for future astronauts. Systems to grow plants and bake bread in space are among the winning submissions of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, announced in late October. Teams of inventors brainstormed solutions

An attorney’s attempt to ban Black pastors isn’t keeping the Rev. Jesse Jackson away from the Arbery killing trial

November 15, 2021 3:14 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he has a “moral obligation” to be in court during the trial of three White men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery and will be present for the rest of the week and beyond. “I am (standing) by people who are in need, backs against the

Suspects at large after drive-by shooting at Colorado park sends 6 teens to hospital

November 15, 2021 2:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Sarah Moon and Steve Almasy, CNN Six teenagers were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at a small park close to a high school in Aurora, Colorado, police Chief Vanessa Wilson said Monday. Six students who attend nearby Aurora Central High School went to the hospital. One student drove themselves, Wilson said. The

An 11-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a plane crash in Michigan that killed four adults Saturday.

Father died saving his daughter in Michigan plane crash, family friend says

November 15, 2021 2:56 PM CNN

By Laura Studley and Amanda Watts, CNN A victim in a Michigan plane crash died while saving his eldest daughter’s life, a family friend and business partner said. Mike Perdue, one of four people who died in a light-commuter plane crash near Beaver Island Saturday, shielded his daughter during it, Ryan Wojan told CNN. “He

Woman killed walking her dog in a popular Atlanta park was stabbed dozens of times, medical examiner says

November 15, 2021 1:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos, CNN The 40-year-old woman who was killed alongside her dog overnight this summer at a popular park in the heart of Atlanta was stabbed dozens of times, the Fulton County Medical Examiner has said, in a crime that remains unsolved. Katherine Janness’ cause of death on July 28 in Piedmont Park was

A rare storm in Egypt has sparked flash floods that killed at least three people and washed swarms of scorpions into people's homes.

Storm in Egypt kills 3, sends swarms of scorpions into people’s homes

November 15, 2021 10:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Mostafa Salem and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN A rare storm in Egypt has sparked flash floods that killed at least three people and washed swarms of scorpions into people’s homes. More than 500 people were stung by scorpions who sought refuge from thunderstorms and torrential rainfall in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan over the

E.B. attended the Astroworld concert with his father

9-year-old boy injured at the Astroworld Festival has died, family attorney says, bringing death toll to 10

November 15, 2021 1:59 PM CNN

By Amir Vera, CNN The 9-year-old boy who was injured at the Astroworld Festival died Sunday, according to family attorney Ben Crump. The death toll from the chaotic concert now stands at 10. Funeral services for some of the victims began over the weekend as dozens of lawsuits have been filed over the tragedy. The

Jurors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial will begin deliberations today

November 16, 2021 4:44 AM CNN

By Eric Levenson, Carma Hassan and Brad Parks, CNN Jurors are set to begin deliberations Tuesday in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial, a day after the prosecution and defense offered dueling assessments of his actions last year during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The prosecution argued Rittenhouse, 17 at the time, provoked the fatal shootings by pointing

Tents were set up near the Blackburn University Center as students protested poor housing conditions on the campus of Howard University last month in Washington

Howard students reach agreement with university officials after month-long protest over poor housing conditions

November 15, 2021 9:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Students at Howard University have reached an agreement with university officials after a month-long protest over housing conditions on campus. Wayne Frederick, the president of the historically Black college in Washington, DC, said Monday afternoon that the agreement between the school and the students who occupied Blackburn University Center over

Galaxies and stars can be seen behind the star 2MASS J17554042+6551277 in this image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in March.

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and ready to observe the universe

November 15, 2021 9:30 AM CNN

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to observe the universe. The space observatory’s massive mirror, capable of peering into the most distant reaches of space, is now completely aligned, according to the NASA’s Webb team. Hailed as the world’s premier space observatory, Webb has successfully completed a number of steps

This is how the sunshield looks once it's been deployed.

The most powerful telescope ever built is about to change how we see the universe

November 15, 2021 9:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s a moment that has been decades in the making. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier observatory of the next decade, is expected to launch on December 25. The telescope has endured years of delays, including a combination of factors brought on by the pandemic and technical

Thousands of people are stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus in terrible conditions

Tensions are rising on the Poland-Belarus border. Here’s what you need to know

November 15, 2021 7:31 AM CNN

By Kara Fox, CNN Thousands of people have been stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus for months, trapped at the center of an intensifying geopolitical dispute. The migrants — most of whom are from the Middle East and Asia, and who are hoping to travel on from Poland deeper into Europe — have

People gather near the Belarusian - Polish border crossing in Kuznica on November 15

EU slaps new sanctions on Belarus as NATO warns Russia over military buildup

November 15, 2021 7:24 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Sebastian Shukla, Antonia Mortensen, Zahra Ullah, Fred Pleitgen and Matthew Chance, CNN The European Union has said it will slap new sanctions on Belarus targeting “everyone involved” in facilitating a migrant crisis on the bloc’s eastern frontier, as military moves and accusations continue to test a fragile political order in the region.