CNN By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea. Morgues are full in hospitals that remain out of service despite the
Continue Reading By Adrienne Winston and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Washington, DC, are offering $30,000 for information leading to the capture of homicide suspect Christopher Haynes, whose escape from police custody while being treated at a hospital has sparked a sprawling week-long manhunt. The DC Metropolitan Police Department is pursuing numerous tips about possible
Continue Reading CNN By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae, Larry Register, Simone McCarthy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin has said Russia is considering and discussing some military cooperation with North Korea, following a summit at which that country’s leader Kim Jong Un appeared to endorse Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The leaders met at the Vostochny
Continue Reading By Danny Freeman and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago was taken into custody on Wednesday morning, Pennsylvania State Police announced, ending a manhunt that drew hundreds of law enforcement officials to the area and left the surrounding community gripped with fear. “Our nightmare
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Two Virginia detectives thought they might be closing in on a suspect in a decades-old cold case killing. Then they got a phone call. “I want to talk, and I want to talk right now,” the person on the line said, according to Fairfax County Police
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — When Lariba was growing up in James Town — a coastal neighborhood in Accra, Ghana — they never felt criticized for living the life they wanted to live, they said, even as an LGBTQ person. Of course, there were certain areas in Accra they couldn’t go, like some religious
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Gawon Bae, Larry Register, Simone McCarthy, Anna Chernova and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin has said Russia is considering and discussing some military cooperation with North Korea, following a summit at which that country’s leader Kim Jong Un appeared to endorse Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The leaders met at the
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma authorities are working to recover more “trophies” that BTK serial killer Dennis Rader said he hid in multiple locations, the Osage County sheriff announced Tuesday. “We have locations provided to us by BTK where he says he has other trophies hidden. We are in
Continue Reading CNN, WMC, WHBQ, CITY OF MEMPHIS, DOJ, SHELBY COUNTY JAIL By Hannah Rabinowitz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Five former Memphis police officers involved in the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols have been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to court filings. The five former officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin
Continue Reading By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into 12 horse fatalities at the famed horse racing track Churchill Downs found no causal relationship between the horse deaths and the track, but the report cited concerns about increased risk for some horses due to the frequency and cadence of their exercise schedules. The Horseracing Integrity
Continue Reading By Carlos Suarez, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Education says it’s investigating a complaint filed against New College of Florida alleging discrimination based on disability, according to a letter sent to the college’s interim president. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights said it plans to investigate “whether the College, on the
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Waters may be flowing on the surface of a colossal planet that lies about 120 light-years from Earth, according to new evidence uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope. The investigation with the space-based observatory, one of the most advanced astronomy instruments in operation, revealed that the exoplanet K2-18b
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Five former Memphis police officers involved in the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols have been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to court filings. The five former officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith – are facing
Continue Reading CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Pennsylvania manhunt for an escaped convicted killer has escalated and shifted focus to a small township where police have set up a new perimeter, schools are closed and people are on edge after the fugitive stole a rifle and vanished again, authorities said. The search for Danelo
Continue Reading By Inke Kappeler and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A zookeeper in Austria has died and another has been seriously injured after being attacked by a rhino, Salzburg police said on Tuesday. The rhino attacked a 33-year-old female animal keeper while she attended to her early morning work in the animal’s enclosure at Salzburg Hellbrunn
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail outside Philadelphia has come to an end after nearly two weeks, with authorities confirming Wednesday morning that Danilo Cavalcante was in custody. Hundreds of law enforcement officers were searching for Cavalcante, 34, who escaped August 31 from
Continue Reading CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Is it better to do nothing or to do something many people are positive will be struck down by courts? New Mexico’s Democratic governor has hatched an unorthodox plan to cut down on gun violence for the next month, but even gun control advocates say it
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. At six years old, she loved solving problems way above her grade level. He sister Sanaa had big dreams too. She wanted to become a doctor, her mother Fatema told CNN. After dinner on Friday
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tinzert, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (CNN) — Rajaa Acherhri was known as the village math genius. At six years old, she loved solving problems way above her grade level. He sister Sanaa had big dreams too. She wanted to become a doctor, her mother Fatema told CNN. After dinner on Friday night,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Krystina Shveda, Henrik Pettersson, Lou Robinson, Amy O’Kruk and Clint Alwahab, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 3,000 people are dead, towns and villages are decimated and rescuers are trawling for survivors after a massive earthquake ripped through Morocco. The quake is the worst the country has suffered in decades and the full scale
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