By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iran-backed rebels in Yemen captured the strategic Perim Island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Friday, two Yemeni government sources told CNN, potentially expanding Tehran’s influence over another key global shipping route. A day earlier, the Houthi group captured the port town of Mocha as it sought to take
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Early September can be a challenging period for Britain’s coastguards as beachgoers try to stretch out the last days of the summer season. But this year an unlikely new obstacle stands in the way of lifeboat volunteers working along England’s southern coastline: the far-right. Volunteers from the UK’s
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Crumbs of a vanilla ice cream sandwich covered Michael McCormick’s 6-year-old son’s mouth as the two sat on the edge of the fountain between the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. McCormick was celebrating his 45th birthday with his family on a warm, late summer Sunday
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Days after Lindsay Clancy’s complicated triple-murder trial ended with a hung jury, leaving her fate in limbo, her defense attorney expressed an openness to reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors to avert a second trial – but experts say any negotiations would likely be an uphill battle. In an
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — On Labor Day, President Donald Trump posted a series of maps to his Truth Social account with the state of New Mexico relabeled as “New America.” On the first day of his second term, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” Last
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By Mark Morales, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-five years later, John Ryan can still name all 37 Port Authority Police officers who died on September 11. Christopher Amoroso. Antonio Rodrigues. J.D. Levi. Stephen Huczko. He ticks off their names and their special attributes. Sgt. Robert Kaulfers stands out because he was one of Ryan’s
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City’s leader at the time of the 9/11 attacks, Rudy Giuliani, says “it offends” him that current Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend Friday’s commemoration ceremony. George Pataki, state governor during the disaster, says Mamdani should stay away. Bruce Blakeman, a candidate for governor, vows to
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By Lila Dominus, CNN New York (CNN) — Until this year, the annual September 11 commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero has included six moments of silence — one for each of the key fatal moments of that day in 2001. As the names of the nearly 3,000 victims are read aloud, a bell rings at
Continue Reading By Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — High-school students across Asia are pulling ahead of their Western peers, an annual global assessment indicates, as artificial intelligence spurs a worldwide race for talent and reshapes how young people learn. In a troubling trend, reading, science and math performance among 15-year-olds has continued a decline globally across the
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By Saskya Vandoorne, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — An Austrian woman died after her husband injured and sexually abused her while she was “extremely intoxicated,” prosecutors say, in a case that local media are comparing to that of Frenchwoman Gisèle Pelicot. Prosecutors in the Austrian city of Wels told CNN the woman was “defenseless” in
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher and Todd Symons, CNN A Russian drone entering Moldova’s airspace delayed the departure of a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Norway on Tuesday, a Moldovan official said. The eastern European country, which borders Ukraine, closed its airspace after detecting an incursion of a jet-propelled drone, officials said. Zelensky’s aircraft was
Continue Reading By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Not hitting 10,000 steps a day? Research suggests picking up the pace may be as beneficial as walking longer at a slower speed. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Neck and neck The critical Senate contests in
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By Karin Caifa West Chester, Pennsylvania (CNN) – For today’s K-12 students, and even some teachers, the September 11, 2001, terror attacks are history. But for adults who experienced the day vividly, putting the day’s gravity and meaning into classroom lessons can pose challenges. Martha “Marty” Runzer, is a fifth-grade teacher at Glen Acres Elementary
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By Jonny Hallam, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Online influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody in the US while they fight extradition to the United Kingdom to face rape and human trafficking charges, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday. The written ruling from Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis came after an hourslong
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Police have launched a criminal investigation into the hard-right Reform UK party days after an explosive undercover report alleged they breached campaign finance laws by using foreign donors to pay for political polling. The announcement follows an undercover sting broadcast by British news outlet Channel 4, which showed a
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CNN By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, Carolina Peguero, CNN (CNN) — A pilot in the cockpit of the Amazon Air Boeing 767 that overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and struck two vehicles, killing five, expressed concern about the aircraft’s excessive speed — as alarms sounded in the plane — before it
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By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A pilot in the cockpit of the Amazon Air Boeing 767 that overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and struck two vehicles, killing five, expressed concern about the aircraft’s excessive speed — as alarms sounded in the plane — before it touched down, newly
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, Ione Molinares, CNN Washington (CNN) — Soledad Miranda’s eyes fill with tears as she packs boxes for a move she’s hoping she won’t have to make. “I feel defeated,” she says. For 25 years, the program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, has allowed Miranda and around 170,000 other Salvadorans
Continue Reading By Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — As some 2,500 heavily armed police officers, soldiers and snipers entered through a maze of narrow streets, intense gunfire could be heard all around. The scene reached its climax when a bomb targeting the security forces was seen falling from the sky, according to footage from the raid last
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By Emma Tucker, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City released over 170,000 pages of documents revealing officials repeatedly misled residents about the toxic air quality levels after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, just days before the city marks its 25th anniversary. The disclosure reveals the scale of lives
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