By Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul (CNN) — North Korea has yet again sent hundreds of trash-laden balloons toward its southern neighbor, reigniting a tit-for-tat exchange after South Korean activists sent floating packages in the other direction carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks. About 330 balloons carrying bags of trash had been
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Conscription, rationing, and subway stations turned into bunkers. For the first time since the Cold War, Germany has updated its plans should conflict erupt in Europe, with ministers citing the threat posed by Russia. The 67-page document, known as the Framework Directive for Overall Defense and released
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Benjamin Brown, Abeer Salman, Eve Brennan, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Four hostages have been rescued in an Israeli operation that took weeks of planning – but killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza and left behind a trail of devastation. At least 274 Palestinians were killed in the operation
Continue Reading CNN By Raja Razek and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — A critical highway linking Idaho and Wyoming has closed indefinitely after a portion of the road cracked and then collapsed in a “catastrophic landslide” Saturday, officials said. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said in a post on Facebook there is no estimated timeline for reopening Teton Pass, which
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — They hire their Uber through the app just like any other passenger, and hop in the back of the car. But halfway through the ride, the mood changes and they reveal their identity. “Pull over here. It’s you. You are in trouble for driving an Uber,” the passenger tells
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Susannah Cullinane and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The major highway near Grand Teton National Park that was closed after a “catastrophic” collapse Saturday could partially reopen in a matter of weeks, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation. “Currently, WYDOT geologists and engineers are confident they can build a safe, temporary
Continue Reading CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles City Council president says surveillance video taken from outside his district office in North Hollywood on Thursday shows officers from another city’s police department dropping a homeless person off on the sidewalk and “abandoning” him there and has called for a state investigation of the incident. “A Burbank
Continue Reading WJHG, CNN By Raja Razek, Dalia Faheid, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Florida fire officials are still asking beachgoers to exercise caution Sunday after three people were injured Friday in two separate shark attacks within just 90 minutes of each other at neighboring Walton County beaches. The attacks happened about four miles
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles City Council president says surveillance video taken from outside his district office in North Hollywood on Thursday shows officers from another city’s police department dropping a homeless person off on the sidewalk and “abandoning” him there and has called for a state investigation of the incident. “A Burbank Police
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A rare 7.3-foot hoodwinker sunfish washed ashore on the Oregon coast earlier this week, the Seaside Aquarium said. The massive aquatic species was found north of Seaside in northwestern Oregon along Gearhart Beach on June 3. A buzz on social media led to curious people “flocking to the beach
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Markina Tarasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has stabilized the northern Kharkiv front after Moscow launched an offensive a month ago, thanks to more weapons and permission to use them to target positions within Russia. But its forces are being stretched elsewhere along the 1,000km (620 miles) long front line and are defenseless against Russia’s deadly aerial glide bombs.
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin rarely make public appearances, but this week they took part in panels at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, believed to be in their mid to late 30s, are Putin’s daughters from his marriage to former wife
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Mounira Elsamra and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after seniors at East Brunswick High School in New Jersey received yearbooks this week with a Jewish Student Union photo replaced by a photo of Muslim students, the superintendent said. “We were made aware that in yearbooks, distributed only to
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Actor Alec Baldwin and several crew members gathered in a church at a New Mexico ranch on October 21, 2021, to rehearse a scene from their upcoming Western film “Rust.” Then came the unexpected gunshot. A promising cinematographer was killed, a director was wounded and a film production was
Continue Reading CNN By Benjamin Brown and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Four hostages have been freed in a special operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Israel’s military says, as Palestinian officials reported more than 50 people killed in strikes in the same area. Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27,
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, Niamh Kennedy, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Tamar Michaelis, Lauren Izso and journalist Mohammad al-Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military rescued four hostages in a special operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, that Gazan authorities said killed 236 people and injured more than 400 others. Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan,
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Russia accused Ukraine of shelling the Russian-occupied eastern territories of Kherson and Luhansk on Friday, leaving at least 25 dead. Kherson and Luhansk were among four Ukrainian territories Russia claimed to have annexed in September 2022 following its full-scale invasion. The international community, aside from North Korea and Syria, does not recognize the annexation. Vladimir
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done it, and now so can you.” Indeed, in the weeks immediately following the January execution of
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Dalia Faheid, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Florida fire officials are still asking beachgoers to exercise caution Sunday after three people were injured Friday in two separate shark attacks within just 90 minutes of each other at neighboring Walton County beaches. The attacks happened about four miles apart and
Continue Reading By Jean Casarez and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Just over a month after his conviction was overturned in New York, attorneys for disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein filed an appeal Friday to overturn his Los Angeles conviction from December 2022, when he was found guilty on three sexual assault charges and sentenced to 16 years in
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