WHDH, CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — As university administrators and law enforcement crack down on campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza, they’re invoking a familiar trope: the “outside agitator.” On April 18, the New York Police Department arrested more than a hundred people in connection with pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, kicking off a
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Opening statements in the high-profile murder trial surrounding the 2022 death of a Boston police officer drilled Monday into two key questions that have long dominated the case: Is the officer’s girlfriend a killer? Or is she a victim of a sprawling coverup involving law enforcement? Karen Read is
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, Shawn Nottingham and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Four officers were killed in a shooting while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina, including one deputy US marshal and two local task force officers, authorities say. Four other law enforcement officers were shot during the incident,
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The family of the Black teenager who was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell of the wrong home in Kansas City, Missouri, last year, filed a lawsuit Monday on his behalf against the White man who shot him and the residential homeowners association where the house is located.
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — The Group of Seven nations announced Tuesday its member nations would end the use of “unabated” coal by 2035, but left the door open for countries to stretch that deadline in particular contexts. In a communiqué published after talks between energy, climate and environment ministers in Turin, Italy, the
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A historic bridge was shut down Monday morning after a train car derailed and leaned against one of the bridge’s support columns. Around 6:15 a.m. local time, “approximately five Union Pacific train cars derailed near the east end of the Union Pacific Steel Bridge in Portland,
Continue Reading By Tareq Elhelou, and CNN’s Kareem Khadder, Zeena Saifi and Abeer Salman Rafah, Gaza (CNN) — Editor’s Note: Warning: This story has graphic content. Twenty-two people, including at least one infant and a toddler, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike over Rafah, Gaza, overnight into Monday, according to hospital officials. The deceased were brought into
Continue Reading By Becky Anderson and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Riyadh and Jerusalem (CNN) — Hamas is considering a new framework proposed by Egypt that calls for the group to release as many as 33 hostages kidnapped from Israel in exchange for a pause in hostilities in Gaza, an Israeli source familiar with the negotiations and a foreign diplomatic source told CNN. The latest proposal, which Israel helped craft
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — The United States is the best partner for African nations “without strings attached” but it will not force African nations to choose its partnership over Russia or China, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNN. “We think we’re the best, we think we offer opportunities consistent with
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — It wasn’t another news story about the death of a woman at the hands of her partner that convinced Daniel McCormack he had to be part of the solution. It was Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss, who during a stand-up routine in 2019 revealed he hadn’t done enough
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned barely a year into the role after the collapse of his coalition government, a humbling and chaotic departure that throws Scotland’s ruling pro-independence party into chaos. Yousaf’s coalition government fell apart unexpectedly last week when he tore up a coalition agreement with Green Party
Continue Reading CNN By Andrew Carey and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin’s forces have made further gains in at least three locations along the eastern front in Ukraine – including for the first time in several months an advance in the northern Kharkiv region – highlighting again Kyiv’s need for ammunition and weapons from the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs reveal the boat will accommodate around 2,300 passengers on trips reminiscent of the original Titanic, without the tragic ending, that is. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs reveal the boat will accommodate around 2,300 passengers on trips reminiscent of the original Titanic, without the tragic ending, that is. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A billionaire is building Titanic II — a replica of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Early designs reveal the boat will accommodate around 2,300 passengers on trips reminiscent of the original Titanic, without the tragic ending, that is. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue Reading By Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — Nine suspected members of a German far-right group accused of plotting to overthrow the government and install a minor royal as leader went on trial at a high-security courtroom in Stuttgart on Monday. Prosecutors opened their case against individuals tied to the Reichsbürger (Citizens of the Reich) movement. In all,
Continue Reading By Al Goodman and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he will not resign, five days after canceling his public duties to “reflect” on whether to continue in the job, on the heels of a Spanish court opening a probe against his wife, Begoña Gomez. Sanchez, a socialist, made
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. It’s the photo you might expect for a gang leader accused of destabilizing a nation, who claims to
Continue Reading CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. It’s the photo you might expect for a gang leader accused of destabilizing a nation, who claims
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, Irene Nasser and Helen Regan, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s north-western Nakuru county, Nakuru governor Susan Kihika confirmed to CNN on Monday. According to Kihika, flooding in the
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