By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Three people died and more than a dozen swimmers were rescued from the ocean along the New Jersey Shore on Sunday amid warnings of dangerous rip currents over the Labor Day weekend, authorities said. The National Weather Service had warned of “a high risk for the development of
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A suspected drunken driver accidentally called Nebraska law enforcement on himself, leading to his arrest. The man called 911 to report another driver who he thought was driving on the wrong side of the highway, according to a Facebook post from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead, and three others were injured in a shooting at a Birmingham nightclub, according to CNN affiliate WVTM. Shortly afterward, shots were fired at a vehicle arriving at a nearby hospital emergency room, targeting people who may have been injured in the nightclub shooting, a spokesperson
Continue Reading By Josh Pennington and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has revealed details of the daring operation to fly across the border in his Mi8 combat helicopter, in an interview published by Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence. The pilot, named by Ukrainian officials as Maxim Kuzminov, explained in
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By Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been detained in northern China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall with an excavator, according to local authorities. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old women in Shanxi province were accused of digging through the Great Wall to create a shortcut for
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second five-year term Monday, a week after securing an absolute majority in a disputed presidential vote. The 80-year-old Mnangagwa took the reins of power for another term in a colorful ceremony attended by thousands of Zimbabweans and regional leaders including
Continue Reading By Duarte Mendonca and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — At least two people have died in central Spain after Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rain. The two deaths were near the city of Toledo, south of Madrid, Spain’s Guardia Civil told CNN on Monday. One man, in his 20s, died in the small
Continue Reading By Duarte Mendonca and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The leader of Gabon’s military junta, Gen. Brice Nguema, was sworn in as interim president by the country’s constitutional court during a televised ceremony Monday. Last week, Nguema led a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, a military takeover that appears to have truncated the
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — You probably associate Labor Day with sales, family barbecues and the unofficial end of summer. For most Americans, the long weekend is a much-needed opportunity to reconnect with friends and family and provides a last hurrah before the start of fall. But Monday’s holiday holds a much deeper meaning,
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has tapped Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, to become his next defense minister, replacing Oleksii Reznikov at a critical time for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Umerov will have a bulging in-tray if and when the Ukrainian parliament approves his appointment. The change
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by
Continue Reading CNN By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The first time Masha Maltsava attended Burning Man – the annual “ephemeral city” that attracts thousands of free-spirited revelers in the Nevada desert – she over packed. “I prepared for maybe three months,” she recalled in an interview with CNN. “And I read all the packing lists, all the
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The first time Masha Maltsava attended Burning Man – the annual “ephemeral city” that attracts thousands of free-spirited revelers in the Nevada desert – she over packed. “I prepared for maybe three months,” she recalled in an interview with CNN. “And I read all the packing lists, all the
Continue Reading By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Spiro, a startup looking to eliminate fuel-guzzling motorbikes and scooters from the roads by trading them in for electric two-wheelers, is expanding to Kenya. Ahead of the first Africa Climate Summit, which kicked off in Kenya’s capital Nairobi today, the host government announced on Friday that the e-bike and
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — China on Monday indicated that leader Xi Jinping would skip an important gathering of the world’s 20 top economies for the first time with Premier Li Qiang traveling to the event in New Delhi this weekend in his place. Xi’s absence from the G20 summit comes
Continue Reading CNN By Yulia Kesaieva and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces attacked Ukrainian port facilities on the Danube River used for food exports on Sunday, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to discuss reviving a grain export deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At least two people were injured in
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning thousands of kilometers, Australian authorities said Monday. In a statement, the Australian Antarctic Division said the icebreaking ship RSV Nuyina had sailed more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of trucks, RVs and other vehicles are journeying out of the Burning Man festival grounds after heavy rains trapped tens of thousands of people in the makeshift city and surrounded them with ankle-deep mud too thick to drive in. Event organizers
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts have returned home from a six-month stay on the International Space Station, making a splashdown landing aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida on Monday. The astronauts, members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX, departed the space station on
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