By Amir Vera, Joe Sutton, Amy Simonson, Amanda Musa, Travis Caldwell and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Two men have been charged in connection with the deaths of 51 migrants who were found in sweltering conditions in a semitruck in San Antonio, according to criminal complaints filed in US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Members in the Missouri community where an Amtrak train struck a dump truck and killed four people this week had previously raised concerns about the crossing where the crash took place, a top federal official said Wednesday. “The community has really been focused on this crossing for years,”
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By Jassar Al Tahat, Hadeel Ghaboun, Celine Alkhaldi, Caroline Faraj and Mostafa Salem, CNN A toxic gas that leaked out of a container in Jordan’s port of Aqaba, killing at least 12 people and injuring 260 others, was chlorine, Jordan’s emergency relief coordinating agency said late Monday. A video from a nearby CCTV camera released
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By Mark Morales, CNN The parents of accused Oxford, Michigan, school shooter Ethan Crumbley are expected to call their son as a witness to testify at their own trial, attorneys for the parents said in court Monday. Jennifer and James Crumbley were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter after their teenage son allegedly
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By Mark Morales and Pervaiz Shallwani, CNN Authorities in New York filed lawsuits against 10 companies selling parts for so-called ghost guns, in an effort to hold distributors accountable for the proliferation of mail-order components used to make untraceable guns that lead to shootings. The lawsuits, invoking a newly enacted state “public nuisance” law, hit
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Can you keep a secret? Not many people know that pilots and cabin crew have access to hidden capsule-like spaces on some planes — usually right above the main cabin — to rest and recharge. A passenger walking by would probably think it’s a closet, but behind the door is a
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By Amy Simonson, Steve Almasy, David Williams and Pete Muntean, CNN Three people are dead and at least 50 injured after an Amtrak train derailed Monday in Missouri, authorities said Monday evening. Cpl. Justin Dunn, a spokesperson for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, told reporters that two of the people who were killed were
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By Stella Chan and Eric Levenson, CNN An Amtrak train passing through an intersection without crossing gates in rural Brentwood, California, collided with a passenger vehicle, killing three people and causing major injuries to two others on Sunday, according to officials. All five victims were in the vehicle and were attending an event near the
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By Rob Picheta and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A Russian airstrike struck a bustling shopping mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine on Monday, setting the building ablaze and prompting a search and rescue operation that continued overnight. At least 18 people were killed, Dmytro Lunin, the head of the Poltava region military administration, said on Tuesday. He
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By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN The moon has a new double crater after a rocket body collided with its surface on March 4. New images shared by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2009, have revealed the location of the unusual crater. The impact created two craters that
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By Omar Jimenez and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman while responding to her 911 call in 2017 was released from prison Monday after serving over three years behind bars, according to online records from the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Mohamed Noor, 36, was convicted in April
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By Yong Xiong, Wayne Chang and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Chinese censors scrambled to delete what appears to be a misleading quote by a senior Communist Party official published in state media Monday, which claimed the “zero-Covid” policy would remain in place in Beijing “for the next five years,” in an effort to tame an online
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Oil-consuming nations wait with bated breath as the OPEC cartel meets once again this week to decide whether to pump more crude into the market to tame runaway prices. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, oil this year rose to a 14-year high. Prices have since eased slightly and Brent crude futures
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Kollene Dunn’s abortion a few months after the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling saved her family, she said. Dunn learned she was pregnant from a date rape and her mind quickly raced to her two young children, she told CNN. The single mom realized she did not have the
Continue Reading By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Kollene Dunn’s abortion a few months after the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling saved her family, she said. Dunn learned she was pregnant from a date rape and her mind quickly raced to her two young children, she told CNN. The single mom realized she did not have the
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By Tina Burnside, CNN A Georgia man who was recently sentenced to death in the killing of two prison guards in 2017 died Sunday in an apparent suicide, according to a news release from the Georgia Department of Corrections. Ricky Dubose was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday by correctional officers at the Georgia Diagnostic
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A summer of joy is what we need… now. Like many of us, you may be disheartened — maybe even overwhelmed — by America’s bitter political divides. But with 90 or so days of summer ahead, this season is still an opportunity to grab hold of some goodness. Summer festivals are
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By Tina Burnside and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Powerball jackpot has now grown to an estimated $1.9 billion after no winning tickets were sold in Saturday night’s drawing, according to the California Lottery Association. The winning numbers were 28-45-53-56-69 and the Powerball was 20. The next Powerball drawing is set for Monday. Saturday’s estimated $1.6
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A summer of joy is what we need… now. Like many of us, you may be disheartened — maybe even overwhelmed — by America’s bitter political divides. But with 90 or so days of summer ahead, this season is still an opportunity to grab hold of some goodness. Summer festivals are
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