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The Mars helicopter completed its 9th and most challenging flight yet

THE UNSUNG DUMMIES OF SPACE FLIGHT

July 7, 2021 9:54 AM CNN

The unsung heroes of commercial space flight testing … are real dummies. Jeremy Roth reports.

Mars Ingenuity helicopter completes its toughest flight yet

July 7, 2021 9:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Ingenuity, the helicopter that accompanied the Perseverance rover on its Mars mission, has undertaken its ninth and “most nerve-wracking” flight since it first took off on the red planet. Although we don’t have the full details about what it accomplished, NASA confirmed in a tweet on July 5 that Ingenuity had

Two ATF agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in their car getting on the freeway at around 5:50 a.m. on July 7

Officials provide update on the ATF agent shooting in Chicago

July 7, 2021 9:23 AM CNN

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown provides an update on after two ATF agents were shot in Chicago.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is interviewed at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 6. Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure.

Nikole Hannah-Jones: The burden to change systems can’t always be on the people excluded from those systems

July 7, 2021 8:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After an arduous battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones explained why she rejected an eventual tenure offer from her alma mater and will instead teach at Howard University. “I don’t want to force myself into an institution that doesn’t seem to appreciate what

Nikole Hannah-Jones explains decision to reject UNC tenure offer

July 7, 2021 8:25 AM CNN

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains her decision to decline the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a teaching position in favor of accepting a faculty role at Howard University.

2 ATF agents and a police officer shot in Chicago

July 7, 2021 9:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Carma Hassan, CNN Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in a car early Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries, said Brown. One of the ATF agents was shot in the hand, the other was hit in

One dead after head-on crash with tractor in Callaway County

July 7, 2021 8:12 AM Josie Anglin

A Fulton man was killed in a Callaway County crash involving a tractor at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.

The Coast Guard published this picture of July 6's rescue efforts in waters miles off Key West.

9 people are missing and 13 rescued after a boat from Cuba capsized off Key West, Coast Guard says

July 7, 2021 5:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN A boat from Cuba capsized in the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search in which nine people were still missing Wednesday after 13 were rescued, the US Coast Guard said. Crews of two Coast Guard cutters still were searching for the missing on Wednesday, the

Police officers stand at the site of an attack on Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries in Amsterdam on July 6.

Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries fighting for his life after shooting

July 7, 2021 5:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Emmet Lyons and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN; with reporting by Reuters Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, known for his investigative work exposing the criminal underworld, is “fighting for his life” after being shot in the Netherlands’ capital. “He was seriously wounded and is fighting for his life,” Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said

The killing of Samuel Luiz prompted protests in Madrid

Spanish police arrest three over suspected homophobic killing

July 7, 2021 4:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Al Goodman, CNN Spanish police have arrested three people over the killing of a male nursing assistant in a suspected homophobic attack that prompted protests across the country. The investigation into the death of Samuel Luiz, 24, is ongoing and no motive has been ruled out — including the possibility that it was a

One variant, many approaches to masks

July 7, 2021 7:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara John, CNN WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The Delta variant, a more transmissible and possibly more dangerous strain, now makes up more than half of all new infections in the United States. It is of global concern, forcing some Asian-Pacific nations to impose tough restrictions, yet countries are taking different strategies on masks. The

Revered for leading Zambia's struggle for independence

Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, buried amid controversy over site

July 7, 2021 7:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill, CNN, and Reuters Authorities in Zambia held a state funeral Wednesday for the country’s first president and independence leader, Kenneth Kaunda, amid ongoing controversy over his burial site. Kaunda’s funeral arrangements became the subject of a court challenge after the Zambian government announced plans to inter the late nationalist at a presidential

US sends Covid-19 surge team to southwest Missouri after Delta variant fuels rise in cases and hospitalizations

July 8, 2021 2:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US government is deploying a Covid-19 surge team to provide public health support in southwest Missouri, where the spread of the virus is filling up hospital beds once again. The surge of Covid-19 cases is so high in the city of Springfield, Missouri, that the CoxHealth hospital system began transferring

Search and rescue teams continue to work in the rubble at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside

Rescue teams withstand wind, lightning and heat on 12-hour shifts to search for the victims of the Florida building collapse

July 8, 2021 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Through long hours, severe weather, looming danger and even loss within their own community, first responders have continually returned to the site of a Florida building collapse. There were about 200 search and rescue personnel at the scene Tuesday evening. Nearly two weeks after the overnight collapse of the Champlain Towers

‘Horrific’ graffiti on Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Southern California is being investigated as a hate crime, police say

July 7, 2021 5:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Brisa Colon, CNN A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Southern California was vandalized with a swastika and other “horrific” graffiti that police are investigating as a hate crime, officials said. Officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to King Park on Friday around 3:20 p.m. following reports the statue was

Heat for the West, flood threat in Texas, and Elsa slams Florida

July 7, 2021 5:21 AM CNN

Very hot temperatures remain for much of the drought-stricken West as Texas sees heavy rain and flooding. Elsa, downgraded from a hurricane, is on track to impact much of the South. CNN meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has all the details.

Analyst explains how Adams won Democratic primary for NYC mayor

July 7, 2021 5:21 AM CNN

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will win the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, CNN projects. CNN’s Anderson Cooper and analyst Harry Enten discuss.

Meteorologist explains why Elsa may be ‘rare’ hurricane

July 7, 2021 5:21 AM CNN

Elsa strengthened to a hurricane and is expected to make landfall over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. CNN’s Tom Sater reports.

First time images show up-close site of collapsed building

July 8, 2021 12:37 PM CNN

CNN’s Rosa Flores got an up-close view of the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse site as search and rescue teams race to find individuals in the rubble.

Biden renews COVID effort, says aggressive delta variant should make people ‘think twice’ about not getting vaccinated

July 7, 2021 5:21 AM CNN

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports.