By Zoe Sottile and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — DeAsia Harmon’s husband was a “beautiful person” and a “wonderful father,” she told CNN’s Victor Blackwell in an interview Saturday morning. He was “funny and energetic” and deeply loved his children, Harmon said. But her husband, D’Vontaye Mitchell, will never see his children again: The 43-year-old
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has defended Joe Biden after being called “President Putin” by him, calling it “a mistake.” The US president accidentally referred to Zelensky as “President Putin” when introducing Zelensky at a NATO event on Thursday, before correcting the name moments later. While the US president –
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the iconic sex therapist whose cheerful and disarming advice helped educate millions of Americans about sexual desires and practices, has died, her publicist Pierre Lehu told CNN on Saturday. She was 96. The diminutive, grandmotherly Westheimer was a leading advocate of sexual education
Continue Reading CNN By Nia Mclean, CNN (CNN) — A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN. Dwight Jackson filed the lawsuit against
Continue Reading By Fred Pleitgen and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian said he looks forward to improving ties with Europe, despite accusing the continent of backtracking on commitments to alleviate the impact of US sanctions. “Despite these missteps, I look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue with European countries to set our relations
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — UK police have arrested a 34-year-old man as part of a search to identify those responsible for leaving two suitcases of human remains at a famous bridge in western England earlier this week. The man was arrested in Bristol and taken into custody during the early
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A 25-year-old World War II pilot who went missing in action 80 years ago during a mission in southeast Asia was given full honors and laid to rest in Kansas earlier this week. Second Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr., of Detroit, was killed during World War II in
Continue Reading CNN By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Niamh Kennedy, Benjamin Brown, Sophie Tanno, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Allegra Goodwin and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — At least 90 Palestinians have been reported killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in southern Gaza which Israel said targeted Hamas’ military chief, who was an alleged mastermind of
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Niamh Kennedy, Benjamin Brown, Sophie Tanno, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Allegra Goodwin and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — At least 90 Palestinians have been reported killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in southern Gaza which Israel said targeted Hamas’ military chief, who was an alleged mastermind of the
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-one people died after a school building collapsed in central Nigeria while students were sitting an exam in what local authorities called an “avoidable tragedy.” The two-story building collapsed in the city of Jos and saw a further 30 people hospitalized, according to Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). NEMA said that students were
Continue Reading By Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — The City of Love has a message as it prepares for the Olympics: Performance is not always the priority. Rather, when it comes to sex, pleasure takes first place. As Paris starts welcoming athletes to the Olympic Village in the coming days, organizers of the 2024 Games are set
Continue Reading By CNN’s International Investigations team (CNN) — Former commanders of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, an Israeli military unit that has been accused by the United States of gross human rights violations against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank prior to October 7, have been promoted to senior positions in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) A report from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission has provided new details into what occurred in the hours leading up to Riley Strain’s death. The University of Missouri student went missing on March 8 after being kicked out of a downtown Nashville bar. He was later discovered floating in the Cumberland River
Continue Reading By Maija-Liisa Ehlinge and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — British police have found human remains in a west London apartment which they believe are connected to body parts found earlier this week in another city, officers said Friday. Authorities are now on the hunt for a Colombian man thought to be linked to the case.
Continue Reading CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Winston Churchill, often considered Britain’s greatest leader, resigned at 80 in the face of mounting health problems. Keir Starmer, Britain’s newest leader, wants to force lawmakers in the country’s upper chamber to step down at the same age. Does this mean he thinks octogenarians like President Joe Biden
Continue Reading By Anissa Carby and Navya Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states. American Rounds, the distributor of the machines, uses AI technology to scan the customers’ identification as well as facial recognition
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed on a key Israeli concession in ceasefire negotiations, demanding that armed men be barred from returning to northern Gaza during an eventual ceasefire, an Israeli source familiar with the talks told CNN. Israel had previously agreed to allow Palestinians unrestricted access to
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing a Louisiana woman last month and taking her 4-year-old and 6-year-old daughters to Mississippi – one of whom also was found dead – has been indicted in Mississippi on murder, kidnapping and other charges in the children’s cases, court records show.
Continue Reading By Mounira Elsamra, CNN (CNN) — A Delta employee has been removed from their position with the airline’s social media channels following backlash over a post made from an official account that some perceived to be anti-Palestinian. In a statement shared with CNN Friday, Delta said the company “removed a mistakenly posted comment on X
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, Catherine Nicholls and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Six decomposing female bodies were found in a quarry in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday, according to police, sparking a protest at a nearby police station. “The alarm was raised following the discovery of six severely mutilated bodies, all female, in various stages
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