By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A small label installed on a wire when a giant cargo ship was built may have triggered a chain of events nearly a decade later, causing the ship to slam into a bridge and collapse into the water. The National Transportation Safety Board held a public meeting Tuesday to
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts man about to be tried for the murder and dismemberment of his wife pleaded guilty to lesser charges on Tuesday – but the trial went on nonetheless. Brian Walshe, 50, pleaded guilty to misleading police and improper conveyance of a human body related to the death
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By Dana Karni and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least one Israeli was killed and three injured in a ramming and stabbing attack at a junction in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to Israeli emergency services. The group was attacked in a vehicle ramming and stabbing incident at Gush Etzion Junction, according
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By Alaa Elassar and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Weeks before 8-year-old Eloise “Lulu” Peck was carried off by the violent Texas floods that swallowed Camp Mystic in a surge of darkness and debris, she had suddenly begun to fear the forces that would one day claim her. She filled a page in her notebook
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN Bitcoin just erased all of its gains for this year — and some analysts say more turbulence could be in store for the cryptocurrency. Still, many investors remain bullish and are betting on a major turnaround. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Bitcoin just erased all of its gains for this year — and some analysts say more turbulence could be in store for the cryptocurrency. Still, many investors remain bullish and are betting on a major turnaround. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Bitcoin just erased all of its gains for this year — and some analysts say more turbulence could be in store for the cryptocurrency. Still, many investors remain bullish and are betting on a major turnaround. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian model and entrepreneur Pamela Genini had what many might consider an enviable life. The 29-year-old Milan resident was a successful real estate agent focused on high-commission seaside properties. A thriving influencer who was discovered on a popular reality TV program a decade earlier, she had just
Continue Reading By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez’s mistaken arrival at the wrong Indiana address Wednesday cost her her life. As the house cleaner tried to enter the home she thought was scheduled for housekeeping that morning, the homeowner fatally shot her. The incident is renewing questions about so-called stand-your-ground laws
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Washington has spent years warning countries about the dangers of accepting Chinese loans. But over the past two decades the United States has been the largest recipient globally. That’s the finding of a new report by AidData, a research lab at William & Mary university in Virginia, which
Continue Reading By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei (CNN) — Taiwan’s 23 million inhabitants will receive a booklet this week on how to survive natural disasters and emergencies, as well as an invasion by China, the island’s Defense Ministry announced Tuesday. The handbook, unveiled in September, includes guidelines on what supplies to stockpile in households and put in
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Thai police have arrested two men after they intercepted a pickup transporting dozens of monkeys inside mesh bags and a quantity of methamphetamine, authorities said, in one of two cases that saw 143 monkeys rescued from suspected wildlife smugglers in a single day. Thailand is an international
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By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The expected price tag to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge – which collapsed in March 2024, leaving six people dead – has more than doubled and is expected to be completed later than what authorities previously said, according to a release on Monday. The updated cost estimate is
Continue Reading By Michael Rios, Katie Bo Lillis, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration ramps up the pressure on Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, experts and former government officials have raised concerns about its move to designate Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. They argue it is not a formally organized cartel
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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson remains in stable condition on Monday and will be moved out of the ICU later in the day, according to an update from the Rainbow Push Coalition. Jackson, 84, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will remain at Northwestern Memorial
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By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial intelligence. The term was coined in 1956 by sociologists Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, who
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By Billy Stockwell, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The UN Security Council passed a US-drafted resolution Monday that aims to move beyond the fragile truce in Gaza to a more sustainable peace and the reconstruction of the devastated enclave. The 15-member council voted 13 to 0 in favor of the resolution, with abstentions by Russia
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! How well do you remember the past decade? We put together a little quiz in honor of the 10-year anniversary of 5 Things — test your knowledge. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Stellar explosions Astronomers say
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By Abeer Salman, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — At least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since October 2023, and the true death toll is likely higher given that a large number of people detained in Gaza are missing, according to a new report from an Israel-based human rights group, citing official Israeli data
Continue Reading By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicles and homes on fire in a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after Israeli forces tore down settlers’ illegal outpost structures in the area. Two videos geolocated by CNN show multiple vehicles and a building
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