By Amy Woodyatt, Jill Martin, Kevin Dotson and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Jerry West – legendary NBA player and inspiration for the league’s current logo – has died, according to the Los Angeles Clippers. He was 86. The Clippers said West passed away Wednesday morning with his wife Karen by his side. NBA Commissioner
Continue Reading By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — A female skier who had been missing for a month was found dead at the base of a waterfall in Washington state’s Mount Rainier National Park, officials say. Rangers found her body Saturday. The search for the skier had been ongoing since May 19, with groups of rangers and
Continue Reading CNN By Patrick Oppmann, AnneClaire Stapleton, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Sergey Gudkov and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov – the first of a
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem and Michael Mitsanas, CNN (CNN) — At least 49 people are dead after a fire ripped through a residential building housing foreign workers in Kuwait on Wednesday, according to Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior. Video circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN showed the moment the blaze engulfed the six-story building in
Continue Reading CNN By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — In late April, Albina Roman and her daughter landed at Los Angeles International Airport and saw the rest of their family for the first time in nearly three years. In the terminal, 8-year-old Muhsenat ran toward her father, shaky cell phone video captured by Ahmad Roman
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, Olga Voitovych and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — The United States has lifted a ban on sending weapons and training to the Ukrainian Azov brigade, which played a vital role in the defense of the port city of Mariupol, but had a controversial past. The ban, called the “Leahy Law,” prohibits any military
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation cooled more than expected in May, new data showed Wednesday, delivering a welcome piece of news just hours before the Federal Reserve is set to make its latest announcement on interest rates. Consumer prices rose 3.3% from a year earlier, slowing from April’s 3.4% rate, according to the
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, AnneClaire Stapleton, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Sergey Gudkov and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov – the first of a four-ship
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A new star will appear in the night sky any day now as space enthusiasts await an explosive celestial event known as a nova. The “once-in-a-lifetime” sighting promises to be an exciting one for amateur astronomers, a NASA spokesperson said. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A new star will appear in the night sky any day now as space enthusiasts await an explosive celestial event known as a nova. The “once-in-a-lifetime” sighting promises to be an exciting one for amateur astronomers, a NASA spokesperson said. Here’s what else you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Randi Kaye, Anne Clifford and Rachel Clarke, CNN Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) — High school seniors Emma Ehrens and Grace Fischer will hear their names read out today as they are called to collect their diplomas and start the next chapter of their lives. But they are also steeling themselves to hear 20 other names
Continue Reading By Maria Sole Campinoti and Lauren Rapp, CNN (CNN) — A former New York police officer and former cellmate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was sentenced to life in prison for murdering four men, prosecutors said. Nicholas Tartaglione was sentenced Monday to four consecutive life sentences for the 2016 kidnappings and killings of Martin Luna,
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A convicted Mid-Missouri murderer was put to death Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — In late April, Albina Roman and her daughter landed at Los Angeles International Airport and saw the rest of their family for the first time in nearly three years. In the terminal, 8-year-old Muhsenat ran toward her father, shaky cell phone video captured by Ahmad Roman shows.
Continue Reading CNN, WXIA, WANF By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta police had barely finished briefing the community about a shooting inside a downtown food court Tuesday afternoon when calls began to come in about a bus hijacking. A gunman had hijacked a commuter bus with 17 people inside and shot
Continue Reading By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta police had barely finished briefing the community about a shooting inside a downtown food court Tuesday afternoon when calls began to come in about a bus hijacking. A gunman had hijacked a commuter bus with 17 people inside and shot one of them
Continue Reading WSB, WXIA, CNN By Shawn Nottingham, Nick Valencia and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta police had barely finished briefing the community about a shooting inside a downtown food court Tuesday afternoon when calls began to come in about a bus hijacking. A gunman had hijacked a commuter bus with 17 people inside and shot
Continue Reading By Sugam Pokharel, Catherine Nicholls, Jessie Yeung and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — A United Nations inquiry into the first few months of the war in Gaza has found both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes and grave violations of international law, in the body’s first in-depth investigation into the October 7 attacks and the
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Marc Stewart, CNN Jilin, China (CNN) — An American college instructor has recounted the horror of surviving a stabbing attack in China, offering the first personal account of an incident that has been given limited media coverage within the country. David Zabner is one of four Cornell College instructors attacked Monday
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Norma Galeana and Evelio Contreras, CNN Sasabe, Arizona (CNN) — Norma regrets ever having called the police. A shop owner and local coordinator for a political party on the outskirts of Mexico City, Norma called authorities in November to file a complaint about noise coming from the building next door
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