By Anna Chernova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, officials have said. A suspect entered the Perm State University campus, some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) east of Moscow, “with an offensive weapon” and began shooting
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By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Leyla Santiago, CNN The FBI searched the family home of Gabby Petito’s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, in Florida for hours Monday, a day after investigators across the country found what they believe to be her remains. In the morning, FBI investigators searched Laundrie’s parents’ home in North Port as part
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By Jessie Yeung and Steve George, CNN Last week, a 47-year-old man stormed into a law firm in China’s Wuhan city and shot dead a lawyer who he had “some disputes with,” according to Chinese state media. He then stuffed his gun, just under 20 inches (50 centimeters) long, into a tennis racket bag and
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun and Helen Regan, CNN Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, and only women whose jobs cannot be done by men are allowed to come to work — the latest restrictions imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The order, announced by Kabul’s acting Mayor Hamdullah Nohmani
Continue Reading By Laura Studley and Amir Vera, CNN A bus crash in central Pennsylvania Sunday left at least 30 people injured, six of whom are in critical condition, officials said. The bus went off an exit ramp on Interstate 81 in Schuykill COunty when the driver lost control, according to a crash report from the Pennsylvania
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Tugging at the folds of the traditional hijab dress, two young sisters jostle and laugh to try to get their mother’s attention as she fries onions on the stove. Along with their 6-month-old sister, the girls are oblivious to the threat they now face from
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By Zahra Ullah and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia’s ruling party is on track to secure a majority in parliamentary elections amid allegations of voter fraud and interference. Voting concluded late Sunday in Russia, after people across the country cast votes for members of the State Duma — the lower house of the Russian Parliament —
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The case of missing Gabby Petito took a tragic turn Sunday when police found human remains during their search for her — and officials are working to determine whether the discovery could answer questions regarding what happened to the 22-year-old. Teton County, Wyoming, Coroner Dr. Brent Blue told CNN an autopsy
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By Nic Robertson, Ingrid Formanek and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Emal Ahmadi knew his brother Zamarai wasn’t the ISIS-K facilitator that American officials portrayed him to be in the days after his death. Now, at last, the whole world knows that too. Zamarai Ahmadi and nine other civilians, including seven children, were killed in a US
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, Ingrid Formanek and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Emal Ahmadi knew his brother Zamarai wasn’t the ISIS-K facilitator that American officials portrayed him to be in the days after his death. Now, at last, the whole world knows that too. Zamarai Ahmadi and nine other civilians, including seven children, were killed in a US
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By Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN A pilot instructor and a student were hospitalized Sunday after each ejected from a military training jet that crashed in a residential neighborhood in Lake Worth, Texas, on Sunday, according to the Fort Worth Fire Department. Police were notified of the crash in the 4000 blocks of Tejas
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By Vasco Cotovio, Martin Goillandeau and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, erupted Sunday, after several earthquakes were felt over the weekend. The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (Involcan) tweeted news of the eruption at 3:24 p.m. local time (10:24 a.m. ET) and urged members of the
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By Laura Ly, CNN A police officer caught a 1-month-old baby dropped from a second-floor balcony in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Saturday morning, according to authorities. Jersey City Police responded to a call of a child in danger and found a man threatening to throw the baby from the second story of the building,
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By Alta Spells, CNN Three people were shot and wounded at a baby shower in Pennsylvania Saturday evening after an argument over gifts, Lower Burrell Police Chief John Marhefka said in a press briefing. Police officers were dispatched to the Kinloch Volunteer Fire Department in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, shortly after 6 p.m. for a shooting
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, CNN Three people were shot and wounded at a baby shower in Pennsylvania Saturday evening after an argument over gifts, Lower Burrell Police Chief John Marhefka said in a press briefing. Police officers were dispatched to the Kinloch Volunteer Fire Department in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, shortly after 6 p.m. for a shooting
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, CNN Two people were fatally shot at a parking deck at North Carolina Central University in Durham on Saturday night, prompting a lockdown of the nearby college football game, authorities said. Two men were shot and taken to the hospital where they were both pronounced dead, the Durham Police Department said on
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Crowds lining the banks of the Seine and visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris this weekend were treated to an unusual sight — a slackliner charting an unusual path across the skies above their heads. Frenchman Nathan Paulin walked the 600-meter slackline from the Eiffel Tower to the Chaillot Theater on
Continue Reading CORRECTION A headline in today’s “5 Things” mistakenly stated that the US Food and Drug Administration said no to a broad rollout of boosters. The FDA’s panel of advisers made the recommendation. The FDA has not weighed in yet. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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By Rosa Flores and Geneva Sands, CNN Standing in the sweltering Texas sun, Jameson Tilus held both of his children in his arms and described the desperate conditions under the Del Rio International Bridge. The 26-year-old Haitian national and his family arrived about a week ago after crossing the Rio Grande River. Getting food has
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A first edition copy of the classic novel “Frankenstein” sold for $1.17 million at a recent auction in New York. Christie’s, which hosted the auction, estimated the book would go for $200,000 to $300,000. But by selling for nearly four to six times as much, the book set a record for
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