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A 12-year-old suffocated to death at camp after he was confined in a fully enclosed bivy sack, autopsy report says

By Holly Yan, Navya Shukla and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A boy from New York journeyed to North Carolina for camp but did not survive his first night, authorities said. Now, his death is being investigated as a homicide. Hours after arriving at Trails Carolina, a program for adolescents with behavioral or emotional issues, the

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Mother of missing 12-year-old girl in North Carolina now considered a suspect in her disappearance, police say

By Emma Tucker and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The mother of missing 12-year-old Madalina Cojocari, who was last seen at her home in Cornelius, North Carolina, a town about 20 miles north of Charlotte, in November 2022, is now “considered a suspect in her disappearance,” according to an update from the Cornelius Police Department. Madalina’s mother, Diana Cojocari, 37,

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Malala Yousafzai Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Malala Yousafzai, education activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Personal Birth date: July 12, 1997 Birth place: Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan Father: Ziauddin Yousafzai, educator and activist Mother: Toorpekai Yousafzai Marriage: Asser Malik (2021-present) Education: Oxford University, 2020, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Other

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Queen Consort Camilla Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Queen Consort Camilla, wife of King Charles III. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1947 Birth place: London, England Birth name: Camilla Rosemary Shand Father: Major Bruce Shand, retired British Army officer, later a wine merchant Mother: Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of the 3rd Baron

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‘This is the blood of my son’: While Israel hailed rescue of four hostages, Palestinians recall the horrors

By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Tareq El Helou, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq, Paula Hancocks, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Avery Schmitz and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN (CNN) — Bullet holes fleck the bloodstained walls of the Miqdad family home, in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza. CNN footage from the house shows a cream teddy bear perched on a white cupboard,

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Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after failed appeals that argued he was no longer a threat nor eligible for death penalty

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state Department of Criminal Justice said, following unsuccessful appeals to the US Supreme Court that argued, in part, he should have been ineligible for the death penalty under state law because he was no longer dangerous. Gonzales,

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