By Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A portion of Colorado’s Interstate 25 has been shut down in both directions after a coal train derailed off a bridge and onto the roadway Sunday afternoon, killing a semi-truck driver, state authorities said. Crews are working to clear toppled train cars and spilled coal at
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris was transported off the field in an ambulance after sustaining a neck injury during the team’s home game against the New York Giants on Sunday night. “Damien Harris (neck) is out for the game,” the Bills said in
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is gathering world leaders in Beijing this week for a high profile forum with a clear set of goals: laud China’s role backing economic development over the past decade and project its expanding ambitions as an alternative global leader to the United States. That
Continue Reading CNN By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The myriad tunnels under Gaza are best known as passageways used to smuggle goods from Egypt and launch attacks into Israel. But there exists a second underground network that the Israel Defense Forces colloquially refer to as the “Gaza metro.” It’s a vast labyrinth of tunnels, by some
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Keith Allen, CNN (CNN) — A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim. Joseph M. Czuba, 71, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two
Continue Reading By Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Center-right candidate Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old son of a banana tycoon, will become Ecuador’s next president, following an election driven by concerns over rising violence and a worsening security situation in the Latin American nation. More than 10 million people have voted in the presidential election,
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Israel is gearing up for the next stage of its war on Hamas, following the Palestinian militant group’s brutal October 7 attacks that killed 1,400 people. Following a week of unprecedented airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, which have killed more than 5,000 people according to Palestinian health authorities, Israel
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — The myriad tunnels under Gaza are best known as passageways used to smuggle goods from Egypt and launch attacks into Israel. But there exists a second underground network that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) colloquially refer to as the “Gaza metro.” It’s a vast labyrinth of tunnels, by some
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The only thing worse than an early morning flight is the coffee on the plane — the weak, bitter brew that’s either scalding or tepid and served in a tiny cup. Alaska Airlines thinks it has the solution. It created a custom blend of coffee with
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s populist ruling party appeared to be on the brink of losing power, after an exit poll in a bitter and high-stakes national election predicted that the country’s opposition has the clearest path to forming its next government. The poll projected that the Law and Justice party, known by
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — It would be a nightmare for any city: A massive wedge of saltwater creeping up the Mississippi River, contaminating drinking water at treatment plants one-by-one and threatening the health of hundreds of thousands of residents. But it’s a looming catastrophe for New Orleans, where officials estimate that tens of
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The last glimpse Adina Moshe’s family saw of her shows the 72-year-old woman on a motorbike, wedged between two Hamas fighters who are kidnapping her from the Nir Oz kibbutz near Gaza. Moshe looks terrified, but is holding her head high. The horrifying picture is featured on
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Hadas Gold, Nadeen Ebrahim, Abeer Salman, Hamdi Alkhshali, Jessie Gretener and Sara Smart, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Conditions in Gaza have deteriorated dangerously, experts say, with serious shortages of clean water and food as tens of thousands of Palestinians attempt to flee crippling airstrikes and an Israeli ground offensive. Israel’s
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — Former residents of a low-income, majority-Black housing development in St. Louis, Missouri, are seeking restitution from the US Army over a Cold War-era testing program they say made them ill. Ben Phillips was five years old when he moved with his family into the Pruitt-Igoe housing development, a predominately-Black
Continue Reading By Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Covering the news can be a stressful job that often requires long and odd working hours. News correspondents must be available almost any time of the day to report on events as they unfold. That was the life of CNN anchor and chief national correspondent Jim Acosta for many
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Brad Lendon, CNN Washington/Seoul (CNN) — The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. The
Continue Reading CNN By Anna Coren and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home – or rather, what little is left of it. “We used to live here and now you
Continue Reading By Anna Coren and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home – or rather, what little is left of it. “We used to live here and now you can
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A rare celestial spectacle appeared over the Americas Saturday — the likes of which won’t be seen again in this part of the world until 2046. Millions were within the path of the annular solar eclipse as it created a “ring of fire” in the sky over North,
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Josh du Lac, CNN (CNN) — Piper Laurie, the celebrated actress known for her chilling portrayal of the overbearingly religious mother in “Carrie” and for playing Paul Newman’s down-in-the-dumps girlfriend in “The Hustler,” has died at 91, her manager said. Laurie died early Saturday in Los Angeles, her manager, Marion Rosenberg,
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