By Aaron Cooper, CNN A German airline is apologizing after a large number of Jewish passengers were denied boarding on a connecting flight at a Frankfurt airport earlier this month because, the airline says, a “limited” number of them did not follow mask rules and other crew instructions. Passengers told CNN they flew Lufthansa from
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The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office charged Alok K. Rohra, 36, with a felony count of unlawful possession of a weapon.
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By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Watts, CNN A 60-year-old man strangled a woman and tried to bury her in the backyard of their South Carolina home, but had a “cardiac event” in the process of covering a pit and died, according to a news release from the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Reproductive rights activists are worried about women losing abortion access in parts of the United States. Economists are worried, too, because restricting reproductive freedom comes at an economic cost to the nation. The US Supreme Court may be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling as soon
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Misinformation about how families can get through the infant formula shortage is fueling concern among pediatricians like Dr. Tanya Altmann. The California doctor has been getting phone calls, emails and social media messages — not just from her patients but from families all over the United States — along with photos
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By Jamiel Lynch and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Two beachside homes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed from high water levels and beach erosion on Tuesday, and more could collapse in the coming days, according to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The two homes in Rodanthe were both unoccupied at the time, the agency said. Video
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Vladimir Putin “has recognized he has no victory to celebrate,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN in response to the lack of a major escalatory announcement in the Russian President’s “Victory Day” speech Monday. But the Russian leader also gave no indication that he
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Vladimir Putin “has recognized he has no victory to celebrate,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN in response to the lack of a major escalatory announcement in the Russian President’s “Victory Day” speech Monday. But the Russian leader also gave no indication that he
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures continue to rise to just above 90 degrees with the heat index topping out into the upper ’90s. Winds remain out of the south at 4-8 mph. Tonight: Skies remain partly cloudy with winds remaining out of the south at 4-8 mph. The overnight low cools to around 70 degrees. Extended: Thursday we
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By Atika Shubert and Abeer Salman, CNN Mourners flocked to Jerusalem’s streets on Friday to attend the burial of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead on Wednesday while reporting on a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, and were met with violence by Israeli police as they
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is taking the extraordinary step of sending subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers who have rejected the panel’s requests to voluntarily cooperate. In addition to McCarthy, the
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpinLaunch, an ambitious startup that hopes to spin, rather than launch, satellites into orbit, released dizzying footage of a test flight that the company conducted out of New Mexico. The test flight last month, which marked the company’s eighth since October 2021, was the first to include an on-board camera.
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Claudia Dominguez and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Delaware State University, a historically Black institution, said its women’s lacrosse team was racially profiled by sheriff’s deputies last month during a traffic stop in Georgia. The team’s bus was headed north on Interstate 95 in Liberty County on April 20 following a game in Florida
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Elon Musk’s bold plan to buy Twitter depends partly on how his investment in Tesla is doing. Uh-oh. Shares of Tesla have plummeted about 20% since Musk first disclosed plans to buy all of Twitter and take it private. That’s a key reason why Twitter’s stock is now
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Electric truck maker Rivian delivered some much needed assurance to Wall Street Wednesday, even as it reported a larger than expected first quarter loss. The company said that it had 7,000 new orders for its R1 electric pickup in the last two months, bringing total net orders up to 90,000
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TODAY: Wednesday starts warm much like Tuesday. With temperatures starting in the low 70s and upper 60s, we have another setup for a summer-like day. Expect some cloud cover in our skies today, but not enough to cool us off. We likely climb to around 92 under partly cloudy skies. Dew points near 70 will
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica, CNN Tuesday’s Republican primaries in Nebraska and West Virginia were a test with mixed results for former President Donald Trump‘s endorsement power. Trump suffered his first big loss of 2022 in Nebraska, where his chosen candidate for governor in the Republican primary lost to the state party’s
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Worries about an economic slowdown are running wild on Wall Street. Despite concerns about inflation, higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve, supply chain issues and geopolitical turmoil due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Covid outbreaks in China, American consumers continue to do what they do best:
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By Jamiel Lynch, Dakin Andone and Pete Muntean, CNN “I have no idea how to fly the airplane.” The pilot on his single-engine Cessna 208 had “gone incoherent,” the passenger was telling air traffic controllers Tuesday afternoon, according to audio from LiveATC.net. It was, he stressed, a “serious situation.” Air Traffic Controller Robert Morgan, a
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