By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva, CNN A boom of artillery fire shook the ground as Olena opened the gate to the Kherson Children’s Home. She barely flinched. Russian positions are just across the Dnipro River and Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, is under regular attack. Like many Ukrainians during this war,
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace Investigators say the violent movements that killed a woman aboard a private jet this month were multiple times the pull of gravity and were not caused by the weather. The National Transportation Safety Board said the aircraft experienced a force about four times the pull of gravity when the pilots disabled a
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Bethlehem Feleke, Mostafa Salem and Jack Guy, CNN Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda,” was released from prison in Rwanda after his prison sentence was commuted Friday by the country’s President Paul Kagame. US senior administration officials told reporters Friday that Rusesabagina, who is a US legal permanent resident,
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A tanker crash sparked a massive fire on a Baltimore County interstate Friday morning, state police and local officials said, just weeks after a deadly tanker fire about 50 miles away. Firefighters stood back as a yardslong trail of bright orange and red flames roared from the pavement, fueling thick black
Continue Reading By Amir Tal, CNN Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acted illegally by announcing Thursday that he would involve himself directly in his government’s moves to change the country’s judicial system, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara told him in an open letter Friday. “Last night you publicly announced that you intend to violate the ruling of the
Continue Reading By Pierre Bairin, Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN King Charles‘s state visit to France has been postponed amid planned protests over the French government’s controversial pension reforms. Both France’s Élysée Palace and Buckingham Palace confirmed the trip had been shelved on Friday morning. The British monarch and Queen Consort were supposed to visit the
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Roughly four months after a nuclear power plant in central Minnesota experienced a water leak containing a radioactive compound, the operator said it will shut down the facility beginning Friday to conduct repairs of a new leak “immediately.” The operator of the plant, Xcel Energy, said in a
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN For months, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets across the country to protest far-reaching changes to Israel’s legal system some say threaten the country’s democratic foundations. Tensions rose further this weekend when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over his opposition to
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN A day after China said it drove a US Navy destroyer away from Beijing-claimed waters in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said the same warship sailed through those waters to challenge the Chinese claims. The “guided-missile destroyer USS Milius asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo and Chris Lau, CNN A male zebra broke loose in South Korea’s capital on Thursday, trotting down busy roads and back alleys for hours before being tranquilized and returned to a zoo. Videos on social media showed 3-year-old Sero galloping through the Gwangjin district of Seoul amid heavy traffic, strolling down narrow
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Vasco Cotovio, Olga Voitovych and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Russian forces are depleted in Bakhmut and a Ukrainian counter-offensive could soon be launched, one of Kyiv’s top generals has said, raising the prospect of an unlikely turnaround in the besieged city. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukraine’s land forces, said on his Telegram
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Denver Public Schools are closed after a shooting this week at a high school as the district takes steps to bring armed guards back to campuses and teachers, students and parents demand action to curb gun violence. Friday’s mental health break, ahead of a weeklong spring break, is
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN Denver Public Schools are closed after a shooting this week at a high school as the district takes steps to bring armed guards back to campuses and teachers, students and parents demand action to curb gun violence. Friday’s mental health break, ahead of a weeklong spring break, is
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia and Pamela Kirkland, CNN A Tennessee commission is recommending that three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols be decertified from working in law enforcement in the state. The Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission, which is responsible for training and enforcing standards for all
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea on Friday claimed to have tested an underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that could create a “radioactive tsunami,” however, analysts urged skepticism noting a lack of proof. A report from the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the drone, called the “Unmanned
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Melissa Alonso, CNN The mother of a toddler whose body was found in a Savannah landfill last year pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder, among other charges, on Thursday. Leilani Simon, 20-month-old Quinton Simon’s mother, had reported him missing in October 2022. Simon had been the sole suspect in
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Andrew Raine and Gawon Bae, CNN Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects. These are just some of the abuses commonplace in North Korean prisons and other detention facilities, according to former detainees whose testimony forms the basis
Continue Reading By Kia Fatahi and Laura Ly, CNN Christa Nicole Belusko would be 33 today, but she hasn’t been seen in over 30 years. Authorities say Christa’s last known sighting was with her mother in September 1991 at a lodge near Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, when she was 2. The body of her mother, Christine Belusko, was
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Danny Freeman, CNN Police in Philadelphia are searching for four gunmen who opened fire on three teenagers Monday afternoon. Two of the three teenagers shot are in critical condition in the hospital, police said. Video released by authorities shows four masked suspects firing what police described as more than 60 rounds
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside and Eric Levenson, CNN Five mischievous boys had to be rescued from a Staten Island sewer system on Tuesday after they crawled into a tunnel, ventured deep inside and then got lost, according to the New York City Fire Department. The FDNY received an emergency call around 6 p.m. Tuesday regarding children
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