By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Eliantes Jean Jacques, a Haitian immigrant who has lived in Florida for more than three decades, is long familiar with the political instability, economic turmoil, and natural disasters that have left his homeland teetering on the precipice of collapse. But Haiti’s recent descent into gang-fueled lawlessness and chaos, Jean
Continue Reading By Josh Pennington, Mari Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A wave of Ukrainian drones has targeted Russia on the third and final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election. Ukraine launched a total of 36 drones overnight over Russia, aimed at various parts of the country, including the capital Moscow, Russia’s Ministry of
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Alexandra Ross, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in Washington, DC, early Sunday morning, police said. The shooting was reported around 3 a.m. near the intersection of 7th and P Street Northwest, near the Kennedy Recreation Center, according to the Metropolitan Police
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old man is facing murder and other criminal charges after allegedly killing three people, including his 13-year-old sister, at two different homes in Pennsylvania before carjacking a driver and fleeing to New Jersey. In Pennsylvania, Andre Gordon is facing murder, burglary, and assault charges, along
Continue Reading By Caitlin Hu, Michael Rios, Heather Chen and Manveena Suri, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — A container carrying essential items for newborn babies and their mothers – including resuscitators and other critical supplies – was looted in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, aid agency UNICEF said in a statement, as gang violence and a humanitarian crisis worsen in the
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Tyler Anbinder didn’t know what he’d find when he started digging into a vast trove of records that had been locked inside a bank — and inaccessible to the public — for nearly 150 years. One detail immediately caught the historian’s attention: The accounts described in the bank’s ledgers had much
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — German authorities have been tracking down the former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years. Dubbed the “RAF pensioners” by German media and among Europe’s most wanted people, the female member of a fugitive trio was arrested last
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, Maria Kostenko, Josh Pennington and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s government has told citizens living in Russian-occupied territories to turn their backs on what they call Moscow’s pseudo-elections, which culminate on Sunday and are widely assumed to see Vladimir Putin returned as president for six more years. For Kyiv
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military officials this week. “The government of Niger, taking into account the aspirations and interests of its people, decides with full
Continue Reading By Kareem El Damanhoury, Eyad Kourdi and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A major fire ravaged the 80-year-old iconic Al-Ahram Studio in Cairo, causing extensive damage and spreading to adjacent buildings on Saturday morning, according to the Egyptian state news website Al-Ahram. The fire, which took firefighters over five hours to extinguish and prompted an evacuation
Continue Reading CNN By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon and the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated on Saturday following a volcanic eruption in the country’s Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV reported. Lava appeared to be flowing rapidly towards north of the town Grindavík, just as it did during the eruption on
Continue Reading WPVI, CNN By Jeff Winter, Sarah Dewberry, Michelle Watson and Braden Walker, CNN (CNN) — Andre Gordon, the man accused of killing three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning is in custody, according to police. “He’s in custody. No one else was injured,” said Trenton, New Jersey, police director, Steve Wilson. The 26-year-old suspect
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon and the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated on Saturday following a volcanic eruption in the country’s Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV reported. Lava appeared to be flowing rapidly towards north of the town Grindavík, just as it did during the eruption on February
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Over the course of nearly a decade, a Montana ranch owner and at least five other people conspired to clone sheep and create a larger hybrid species of what is already considered the world’s largest sheep species for financial gain, according to federal prosecutors. Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80,
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A US Coast Guard vessel “accidentally discharged” about 500 gallons of diesel fuel off the coast of Northern California, District 11 of the military branch said in a news release. The Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot buoy tender, was on its way to Humboldt Bay Friday morning while
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — All schools and colleges in parts of the Russian region of Belgorod will be closed Monday and Tuesday following an increase in Ukrainian attacks on the territory, the region’s governor has announced. Shopping malls will also be closed Sunday and Monday, Vyacheslav Gladkov added
Continue Reading By Jeff Winter, Sarah Dewberry, Michelle Watson and Braden Walker, CNN (CNN) — Andre Gordon, the man accused of killing three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning is in custody, according to police. “He’s in custody. No one else was injured,” said Trenton, New Jersey, police director, Steve Wilson. The 26-year-old suspect allegedly killed
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each time SpaceX’s Starship system leaps off the launchpad, it unleashes an unmistakable roar over South Texas that heralds the most powerful rocket ever built. Its 33 engines boost the spacecraft, which could eventually carry NASA astronauts to the moon’s surface, on a supersonic journey headed for space. But
Continue Reading CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The public absence of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has grown from a niche royal watcher concern to an international punchline in a matter of weeks. While Kensington Palace said her January abdominal surgery was planned and indicated she would be out of the public eye through March, several
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Of the 15 witnesses who testified for the prosecution in James Crumbley’s manslaughter trial, all but one had already testified in his wife’s trial last month. In each trial, prosecutors used testimony from the same shooting survivors, police investigators and school employees to prove that each parent was “grossly
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