By Faith Karimi and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A state trooper investigating the death of a Boston police officer is now under investigation himself, authorities said Thursday, adding another layer of complexity to a case that has sharply divided a Massachusetts suburb. The Massachusetts State Police said it has opened an internal investigation into
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the skeletal remains of two homicide victims were found in a shallow grave, one of the victims was finally identified, Connecticut State Police announced Wednesday. Linda Sue Childers was one of two people fatally shot in a double homicide on December 31, 1970, according to the
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, Sania Farooqui and Kunal Sehgal, CNN (CNN) — Polls in the world’s largest democracy India will open on April 19, the country’s election commissioner announced on Saturday, setting the stage for a nationwide election expected to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi clinch a rare third consecutive term. An estimated 960 million people
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is facing murder and other charges in connection with an early Saturday Indianapolis nightclub shooting that left one person dead and five others injured. Nicholas Fulk, 25, was arrested around 10 a.m. Saturday, the Indianapolis Metro Police Department said in a news release. On
Continue Reading By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientist Dr. Randal Voss gets the occasional reminder that he’s working with a kind of superstar. When he does outreach events with his laboratory, he encounters people who are keen
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Manveena Suri, Josh Pennington and Sophie Jeong, CNN (CNN) — Russia says it killed large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers with a destructive so-called “vacuum bomb” in a claim Ukraine swiftly called nonsense. The deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Residents are surveying the damage to their homes as cleanup efforts continue this weekend after several tornadoes ripped across the Midwest, killing at least three people and destroying neighborhoods. Powerful tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts – part of a storm system that stretched from Texas to Pennsylvania
Continue Reading CNN By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Residents are surveying the damage to their homes as cleanup efforts continue this weekend after several tornadoes ripped across the Midwest, killing at least three people and destroying neighborhoods. Powerful tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts – part of a storm system that stretched from Texas to
Continue Reading By Sarita Harilela and Sophie Jeong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced 12 people to between 54 and 82 months in prison over the storming of the city’s legislature council building during a pro-democracy protest in 2019, the city’s public broadcaster RTHK said. RTHK said the defendants were convicted
Continue Reading By Kareem El Damanhoury and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN São Paulo, Brazil (CNN) — Former President Jair Bolsonaro presented top Brazilian military leaders with a plan to stage a coup after he lost the 2022 election, newly released court documents have alleged. The country’s Supreme Court released the testimonies from former army commander Marco Antonio Freire
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight was discovered to be missing an external panel on the aircraft after it landed in Medford, Oregon, Friday afternoon after taking off from San Francisco, California, according to the airline. The plane carrying 145 passengers and crew landed safely and was parked at the gate
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers had probable cause to confiscate the firearms from Robert Card and take him into protective custody before he went on a shooting rampage in northern Maine, but failed to invoke a state law that could have been used to disarm him, according to an independent report
Continue Reading CNN 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,
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Evelio Contreras and Tara John, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — In a city silenced by gangs, everyone notices the thrum of a helicopter beating overhead in the night – a brief sign that someone very lucky has been able to leave Port-au-Prince. CNN was able to land in the
Continue Reading By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Brooklyn’s district attorney is not pursuing charges against the man who shot another man in the head on a crowded New York City subway train on Thursday, according to the office. “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting,” Oren Yaniv, a spokesperson for the
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old Michigan man who alleges in a lawsuit his then-best friend shot him in the face in 2021 with a ghost gun is suing the supplier he says illegally sold the underage friend the parts to assemble the weapon. The lawsuit, filed by Guy Boyd on Monday in Michigan’s Washtenaw County Circuit Court,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols. Personal Birth date: April 1, 1955 Birth place: Lapeer County, Michigan Birth name: Terry Lynn Nichols Father: Robert Nichols, farmer Mother: Joyce Nichols Marriages: Marife (Torres) Nichols (1990-2003, divorced); Lana (Osentoski) Nichols (1981-1989, divorced) Children:
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft. Personal Birth date: March 24, 1956 Birth place: Detroit, Michigan Birth name: Steven Anthony Ballmer Father: Fred Ballmer, manager for Ford Motor Co. Mother: Bea (Dworkin) Ballmer Marriage: Connie Snyder (1990-present) Children: Three sons Education: Harvard
Continue Reading By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Indiana and Ohio on Thursday night, leaving death and destruction in their wake. At least three people are dead and dozens more are injured. Those numbers are expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue. Officials believe a “likely tornado”
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence from the country. Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib, which means student. Most members
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