By Steve Almasy and Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — The death earlier this year of former US swimming champion Jamie Cail has been ruled accidental and fentanyl related, according to a Facebook post from the US Virgin Islands Police Department. An autopsy report from the US Virgin Islands Office of the Medical Examiner listed Cail’s
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The forecast for Idalia is alarming: a so-called rapid intensification as it tracks through the Gulf of Mexico, tapping into some of the warmest waters on the planet ahead of making landfall in Florida this week. If it does so, it would join a growing list of devastating storms
Continue Reading CNN, WTVD, WRAL By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A trial date of March 4, 2024, has been set for former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. This means Trump may possibly be sitting in federal court instead of campaigning ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is in custody after a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday afternoon left a faculty member dead and prompted students and others to shelter in place for hours as police looked for the gunman, school officials said. Shots
Continue Reading CNN, WPLG By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who
Continue Reading By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was a bittersweet birthday for one of the National Zoo’s giant pandas on Sunday as he celebrated his last one in the United States ahead of a return home to China. The 26-year-old bear, Tian Tian, along with two other pandas in the zoo, are slated
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem and Michael Schwartz, CNN Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem (CNN) — Libya’s internationally recognized government dismissed Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Sunday after a meeting she held with her Israeli counterpart sparked an uproar in the country. Israel’s foreign ministry announced on Sunday night that the meeting had taken place in Rome last
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the dead as Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, who was in the helicopter, and an unnamed adult woman who lived in
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Even as Ukrainian forces have breached the first line of Russian defenses on part of the southern front, soldiers taking part in the counteroffensive have revealed just how difficult it is to make more than incremental gains in the face of complex and multi-layered fortifications. Ukrainian
Continue Reading WACH By Sara Smart and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A University of South Carolina student was fatally shot early Saturday after he tried to enter the wrong home on his own street, the Columbia Police Department said – the latest case in which someone in the US was shot after apparently approaching the wrong
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A University of South Carolina student was fatally shot early Saturday after he tried to enter the wrong home on his own street, the Columbia Police Department said – the latest case in which someone in the US was shot after apparently approaching the wrong home.
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Heather Law, Xiaofei Xu and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Heather Law, Xiaofei Xu and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long, robe-like
Continue Reading CNN, WJXT By Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault-style rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said. The shooting claimed the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Today marks 60 years since the March on Washington when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his pivotal “I Have a Dream” speech on the National Mall. Around 250,000 people rallied for jobs and freedom that day on August 28, 1963. Decades later, many children who attended the march are
Continue Reading By Kaito Au, CNN (CNN) — In recent years, we’ve grown accustomed to the sight of Amazon vans and courier cars bringing packages to our doors. But according to consultancy firm McKinsey, the growth of e-commerce since the Covid pandemic has “put huge pressure on the last-mile delivery system” – the final stage of the
Continue Reading CNN By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Irene Nasser, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Police in India are investigating a teacher after a video of her encouraging students to slap their 7-year-old classmate, who is Muslim, sparked widespread outrage in the country. The video of the incident, which took place in the Muzaffarnagar district in
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Irene Nasser, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Police in India are investigating a teacher after a video of her encouraging students to slap their 7-year-old classmate, who is Muslim, sparked widespread outrage in the country. The video of the incident, which took place in the Muzaffarnagar district in northern
Continue Reading By Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese-Australian writer who has been detained in China for more than four years said he fears he could die in jail, after a large cyst was found on his kidney. Yang Hengjun, an Australian citizen and democracy activist, was detained in 2019 during a visit
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Sara Smart and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A federal hate crime investigation is underway after a White gunman with a swastika-emblazoned assault-style rifle killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said. The shooting claimed the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre
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