By Sharif Paget and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A taxiing airplane collided with a shuttle bus at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Friday evening, injuring at least two people, the city’s fire department said. Air Wisconsin Flight 6209 was taxiing for departure when the collision happened, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Six American Airlines
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of killing ten people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store in 2021 has been deemed fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday, and he will remain in custody at a state hospital to ensure he takes medication to maintain his competency. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A drag queen who dressed as Jesus Christ and performed a rock rendition of The Lord’s Prayer has been arrested in the Philippines under the country’s obscenity laws, sparking a fierce debate about free speech and protections for members of the LGBTQ community. The Philippines is a deeply Christian
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A 10-year-old boy who was killed by Russia’s strike on the city of Kharkiv on Friday was apparently asleep when missiles hit residential buildings, Ukrainian officials said. A picture purporting to show the boy’s body lying in the middle of the rubble was posted on social media by the
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight (CNN) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday that by arming Ukraine, the United States is pushing Russia toward using nuclear weapons. “I am getting the impression – I say again that it is my opinion – that Americans are pushing Russians toward using the most terrifying weapon. They arm Volodymyr Oleksandrovych
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CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani offensive. More than 50,000 people – including 17,000 children – had fled by Wednesday morning, after Azerbaijan lifted a 10-month
Continue Reading By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Increased seismic activity from one of Hawaii’s – and Earth’s – most active volcanoes led to roughly 320 earthquakes in 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The reported earthquakes beneath the highest point of Kīlauea, which is not erupting as of Friday, began
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a NASA mission is setting off on a distant journey to visit a metal world in our solar system. Getting up close with the asteroid known as Psyche is the only way to determine whether it’s the rare exposed core of an early planetary building
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — An eastern Pennsylvania candy factory didn’t evacuate its employees – even as some said they smelled gas – before an explosion in March that left seven people dead and nearly a dozen others injured, the US Department of Labor announced. R.M. Palmer, a Pennsylvania-based candy maker, was cited for
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Two shooters were involved in an attack at Morgan State University in Baltimore outside a crowded homecoming event this week, injuring five people, authorities confirmed Friday. The Baltimore Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying four people seen walking near the scene of
Continue Reading By Mia Alberti, Bertha Ramos, and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — A bus crash in the Mexican state of Oaxaca killed 16 people on Friday, according to local authorities, who say most of the passengers were migrants. Three children and two women are among the victims, all of whom are from Venezuela and Haiti, the
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Kostyantin Gak and Daniel Hodge, CNN Hroza (CNN) — Two women slowly approach a makeshift memorial in the village of Hroza. They pause for a moment, carefully laying a red rose each as tears stream down their face. “My neighbors, my neighbors,” cries Valentina Kozienko, her face puffed red in
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CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Amazon has officially joined the race to build massive constellations of satellites that can blanket the globe in internet connectivity — a move that puts the tech company in direct competition with SpaceX and its Starlink system. The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s network, called Project Kuiper, launched
Continue Reading By Danny Freeman and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Pennsylvania say they have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of killing journalist and advocate Josh Kruger earlier this week. The suspect is identified as Robert Davis, 19, who is considered armed and dangerous, Philadelphia police homicide unit Lt. Hamilton Marshmond said
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Amazon has officially joined the race to build massive constellations of satellites that can blanket the globe in internet connectivity — a move that puts the tech company in direct competition with SpaceX and its Starlink system. The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s network, called Project Kuiper, launched aboard
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, Andy Rose and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Investigators removed 189 sets of human remains from a Colorado funeral home offering “green burials” where law enforcement officials said bodies had been “improperly stored,” according to the local sheriff’s department. The remains were found in the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose,
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KKTV By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into more than 115 bodies found “improperly stored” in a Colorado funeral home offering “green burials” could take months, officials say. The remains were found in the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, about 30 miles south of Colorado Springs. “This is going to be
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, Chris Liakos and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Morocco and Algeria have introduced measures to limit the risk of bedbug infestation, as France reportedly grapples with a surge in numbers of the blood-sucking insect. The Moroccan health ministry “has taken all appropriate measures to limit the risk of introduction and spread of
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The use of force against a protester killed at the future site of the Atlanta public safety center was reasonable, and no charges will be filed against the officers involved, a special prosecutor assigned to investigate the case said Friday. Manual Paez Teran, who was
Continue Reading By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than 43 million children have been driven from their homes by floods, storms, droughts and wildfires over the six years between 2016 and 2021, according to new data from UNICEF. That works out to 20,000 children displaced every single day due to extreme weather fueled by climate change.
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