By Verónica Calderón and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A second bishop was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities on Thursday, two sources told CNN, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition figures and the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega. Bishop Isidoro Mora, of the Siuna church on the country’s Caribbean coast, was arrested after taking part in a
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Nima Elbagir | Visuals by Renée Rigdon, Alex Newman and Ian Berry | Video by Barbara Arvanitidis, Mark Baron and Alex Platt (CNN) — In the first month of its war in Gaza, Israel dropped hundreds of massive bombs, many of them capable of killing or wounding
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The only Indian woman wrestler ever to win an Olympic medal said she will quit the sport in protest after the country’s wrestling federation announced it would replace its president, who is accused of sexually harassing female athletes, with his close ally. Sakshi Malik told a news conference in New
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — For more than two decades, the brutal killing of 84-year-old Wilma Mobley remained a cold case. Mobley was found dead in Jerome, Idaho, on August 10, 1995, and had been strangled and attacked with an “axe type instrument,” authorities say. Police had identified several potential suspects,
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, Ivana Kottasova and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Jakob Weizman, a Danish student at the Charles University in Prague, was taking an exam on Thursday when he started hearing gunshots and screams. His first instinct was shock, he said – he never thought a school shooting would happen near him, in Europe.
Continue Reading CNN By Caroll Alvarado and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Texas National Guard Thursday denied claims from an immigration activist that it ignored a migrant calling out for help as she struggled to cross the Rio Grande with a child in her arms. Video footage obtained by CNN shows a woman holding a crying
Continue Reading By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia woman accused of plotting to kill her husband with two other people in the Bahamas was cleared by a judge to return to the United States while she awaits trial, her attorney said Thursday. Lindsay Shiver was taken into custody over the summer and released on bail
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two Rhode Island men have been charged with assault and battery in connection with an altercation at a New England Patriots game that preceded the death of a fan, prosecutors said Thursday. A medical examiner recently ruled Dale Mooney’s September 17 death to be a homicide, but prosecutors found the evidence didn’t
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu is braced for more downpours after heavy monsoon rains brought deadly flash floods and submerged entire neighborhoods earlier this week. The Indian Meteorological Department (MET) forecast further heavy rain after more than 400 millimeters (15.7 inches) fell in parts of the state from
Continue Reading CNN, KING By Sara Smart and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — For nearly 40 years, a set of human remains discovered near Seattle in 1985 were known to investigators only as Bones 17. And it was 17 years later that police confirmed the remains belonged to a victim of the so-called “Green River Killer” –
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander
Continue Reading By Caroll Alvarado and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The Texas National Guard Thursday denied claims from an immigration activist that it ignored a migrant calling out for help as she struggled to cross the Rio Grande with a child in her arms. Video footage obtained by CNN shows a woman holding a crying baby
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Chance Comanche, a former player with the NBA G League’s Stockton Kings, confessed to kidnapping and killing a Washington state woman with his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas earlier this month, according to police. Comanche, 27, and Sakari Harnden, 19, were arrested last week and charged
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Police in western Massachusetts apologized Thursday after an officer was sent to a middle school to search for a copy of “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe, following a complaint. On December 8, a plainclothes officer was escorted into a classroom at W.E.B. Dubois Regional Middle School toward the end
Continue Reading By Jake Tacchi, CNN (CNN) — Israel has struck at least three locations in Gaza to which it had ordered civilians to evacuate since the breakdown of a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas earlier this month, CNN analysis has found. On December 1, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a map of Gaza –
Continue Reading By Veronica Miracle, Eric Levenson and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A jury found Tacoma police officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine not guilty on all charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a Black man who died in custody after saying he couldn’t breathe. After a monthslong trial, Burbank
Continue Reading CNN By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The last meteor shower of 2023 is set to send meteors streaking across the sky just in time for the holidays. The Ursids will peak Thursday night through the early morning hours of Friday, according to the American Meteor Society. Night owls braving the cold could see around five
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Three police officers and two paramedics have faced juries on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide stemming from the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado. But the path to court was anything but straightforward. McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, was confronted by police officers on August
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in Iraq and Afghanistan Fast Facts. Currently Detained Americans Iran Karan VafadariDecember 2016 – Karan Vafadari’s family announces that Karan and his wife, Afarin Niasari,
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A study of octopus DNA may have solved an enduring mystery about when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet last collapsed, unlocking valuable information about how much future sea levels may rise in a warming climate. The innovative research focused on the genetic history of the Turquet’s octopus
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