By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — An Italian mafia boss who escaped from a maximum security prison last year by using bed sheets to scale the walls has been captured in France, authorities say. Marco Raduano, the 40-year-old boss of the Gargano Mafia in the southern Italian region of Puglia, was caught Thursday
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis called his new home the Death Star in 2020 — and the name stuck. Allegiant Stadium, with its black facade, in fact resembles the ominous space station from the “Star Wars” movie franchise that was capable of destroying planets.
Continue ReadingBy Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — The White House has set its sights on Israel’s settlers, a controversial movement that has grown in power over the years and is seen by the outside world as a major impediment to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. On Thursday, the State Department announced the first round
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Punxatawney Phil, the central character of the annual rite of winter known as Groundhog’s Day, isn’t great at his job. His predictions are wrong more often than they are right. On Friday, the divining marmot did not see his shadow, indicating an early spring. Though, technically speaking, winter will
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem in Abu Dhabi and Aqeel Najim, CNN (CNN) — An Iran-backed militia in Iraq has said it will continue to strike United States forces as the Biden administration considers how to retaliate against a drone attack on its base in Jordan that killed three US service members last week. The leader of
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four people at a Michigan high school in 2021, admitted under cross-examination at her manslaughter trial that she and her husband gifted their son the firearm later used in the attack. “We didn’t just hand him
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A man died Thursday night after getting shot at a gas station near the intersection of West Boulevard and Interstate 70 Drive Southwest, police confirmed on their social media and at the scene.
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of the three American service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan last weekend. During the 15-minute transfer, the president stood
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, has become a staging ground for state forces, the epicenter of a standoff with the federal government and a stark symbol of dysfunction at the border. Former President Donald Trump toured the park with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday and slammed the
Continue ReadingWFTS, CNN By Jamiel Lynch, Amanda Jackson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A preliminary report published Friday morning shows three people were killed Thursday evening in a fiery crash when a small plane smashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration’s report lists three fatalities, one among the flight crew and two
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved cuts to fuel subsidies for farmers that prompted angry protests, along with a 2024 budget the government had to revamp after a court ruling blew a hole in its financial plans. Parliament’s lower house on Friday voted in favor of both the overhauled
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is Groundhog Day, and legend has it that if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, we get to bask in an early spring. The bizarre tradition that dates back to 1887 also draws passionate crowds in the
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security agency says that it’s investigating “a dangerous object” that was found at the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm earlier this week as possible terrorism. SAPO said Friday that it had taken over the investigation from Stockholm police which haven’t disclosed what exactly was found on the embassy’s grounds on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is Groundhog Day, and legend has it that if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, we get to bask in an early spring. The bizarre tradition that dates back to 1887 also draws passionate crowds in the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is Groundhog Day, and legend has it that if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, we get to bask in an early spring. The bizarre tradition that dates back to 1887 also draws passionate crowds in the US
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Senators grilled tech CEOs during a hearing on Capitol Hill over the dangers of social media for young people.
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine’s embattled army chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says Ukraine must adapt to a reduction in military aid from its key allies and focus ever more strongly on technology if it is to win its war against Russia. In an exclusive essay for CNN, submitted amidst a swirl of rumors
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Malaysia has cut former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence for corruption in half, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. Najib, who served as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of money laundering, abuse of power and other charges in
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 100 Rohingya immigrants have escaped from a detention center in Malaysia after a protest. Immigration Department Director-General Ruslin Jusoh says one of the 131 detainees who escaped from a center in Perak state Thursday night was hit by a car and killed. He said nearly 400 people were
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey, Amy Cassidy, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A gas explosion at an unlicensed cooking gas-filling plant in Kenya’s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 280 others, according to authorities in the East African country. The blaze started when a truck carrying gas blew
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