By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Two men incarcerated in New York state prisons allege they were waterboarded and beaten by corrections officers during a days-long lockdown spurred by a prisoner-on-guard assault last October. In separate civil lawsuits filed in December, Charles Wright, 44, and Eugene Taylor, 32, claim they were brutally beaten and pepper sprayed in
Continue Reading By Sugam Pokharel and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — A controversial spiritual leader, whose supporters believe he is the reincarnation of Buddha, has been arrested in Nepal over sexual abuse charges, according to local police. Ram Bahadur Bomjan, popularly called ‘Buddha Boy’ in local media, was arrested Tuesday evening while “absconding in the case of
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry and David J. Lopez, CNN (CNN) — A man who assisted the political campaign of a failed GOP candidate in New Mexico has admitted his role in a subsequent string of shootings targeting the homes of Democratic officials, according to court documents. José Trujillo faces up to life in prison and fines
Continue Reading CNN By Cheri Mossburg, Christina Maxouris and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A 66-year-old skier was killed and another person was injured in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe-area ski resort in California on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The avalanche occurred at roughly 9:30 a.m. at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort and quickly prompted
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Christina Maxouris and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A 66-year-old skier was killed and another person was injured in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe-area ski resort in California on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The avalanche occurred at roughly 9:30 a.m. at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort and quickly prompted a
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mexico’s richest man, businessman and investor Carlos Slim. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1940 Birth place: Mexico City, Mexico Birth name: Carlos Slim Helú Father: Julián Slim Haddad, real estate investor Mother: Linda Helú Atta Marriage: Soumaya Domit Gemayel (1966-1999, her death) Children:
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, nicknamed “Ryan Express.” He played for 27 seasons, won 324 games, and was on the All-Star Team eight times. Personal Birth date: January 31, 1947 Birth place: Refugio, Texas Birth name: Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. Father: Lynn
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested in connection with the killings of a pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend after their bodies were found last month in a car in San Antonio, authorities said – the third arrest in the case. Myrta Romanos, 47, was arrested on charges of
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A woman spent four nights trapped in her mangled truck after she swerved to avoid hitting a deer and toppled to the bottom of a California canyon. She was driving near Mount Baldy on Wednesday on a road that winds up the mountain outside Los Angeles. Her pickup truck
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Radina Gigova and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — Somali national forces in the area where a UN helicopter was captured by al-Shabaab fighters are continuing to search for passengers, Daud Aweis, Somalia’s Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism told CNN on Thursday. Aweis said they had been searching for the
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The largest ape on record stood almost 10 feet tall (3 meters) and weighed nearly twice as much as a gorilla. Why and when the legendary colossus — which has captivated the popular imagination as “the real King Kong” — disappeared is one of the biggest mysteries in paleontology. German-Dutch paleontologist
Continue Reading CNN By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were intercepted by airport security officers before those weapons could make it aboard a flight. Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the third year in a row, a record number of airline passengers’ guns were intercepted by airport security officers before those weapons could make it aboard a flight. Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes in
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A probe designed to scour the sky for bursts of X-rays that could help illuminate mysterious phenomena linked to black holes and merging stars, took flight this week. The Einstein probe, named for the famous German-born theoretical physicist, launched aboard one of China’s Long March 2C rockets on Tuesday,
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Yarl was 16 when he was shot in the head and arm last April after going to the wrong house in Kansas City to pick up his siblings. He’s been making steady progress on the road to recovery since then – but has experienced headaches, trouble sleeping and
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Vast swaths of the US have been hit with powerful storms, including blizzards that have blanketed parts of the Midwest and Northeast in snow. But something’s amiss: many states accustomed to white winters are now getting more rain than snow. A new study published on Wednesday shows that the
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota doctor accused of fatally poisoning his pharmacist wife now faces a tougher charge that could put him in prison for the rest of his life, if convicted. Connor Fitzgerald Bowman, 30, was indicted last week on one count of first-degree murder – premeditated and one count of
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have traced one of the most powerful and distant fast radio bursts ever detected back to its unusual cosmic home: a rare “blob-like” group of galaxies. The unexpected discovery could shed more light on what causes the mysterious radio wave bursts, which have puzzled scientists for years. The
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Personal Birth date: August 8, 1953 Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Birth name: Lloyd James Austin III Father: Lloyd James Austin Jr., postal worker Mother: Aletia Taylor Austin, homemaker Marriage: Charlene Denise (Banner) Austin (early 1980s-present) Children:
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