WLS, DEBBIE WAJVODA, CNN By WLS Digital Team, Leah Hope, and Eric Horng Click here for updates on this story LOWELL, Indiana (WLS) — A hot air balloon crash in northwest Indiana left three people on board injured on Sunday evening. Two of those injured were airlifted to Chicago hospitals, and crews later moved the
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — Two passengers and a pilot were injured after a hot air balloon hit power lines in Indiana on Sunday and the Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating the incident. The crash occurred in Lowell, Indiana – about an hour south of Chicago. The balloon envelope –
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann is expected to be indicted on a new murder charge this week in a New York court, according to CNN affiliate WCBS. Heuermann is expected in court Thursday, according to a spokesperson with the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. “There were a number
Continue Reading By Mike Chinoy and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The shot is iconic: an unidentified man in a white shirt, hands full of bags, facing off against a column of tanks on Beijing’s Avenue of Eternal Peace, after the Chinese Communist Party ordered a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The photo and footage of
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A Jewish University of Michigan regent’s law firm in Southfield, Michigan, was vandalized early Monday, spray painted with pro-Palestinian language in what the firm is calling an antisemitic attack. Jordan Acker, who serves as a regent for the University of Michigan and partner for Goodman Acker, called the crime “an enormously difficult moment for
Continue Reading By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become the first female president of Mexico and first Jewish person in the role, adding to the growing list of accolades to the climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City. But when she formally takes office in October, how will she tackle the biggest challenges facing the
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Burkina Faso has been named the world’s most neglected displacement crisis by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for the second year. In its annual report, released Monday, the NRC said the West African country saw a record-high 707,000 new displacements in 2023, driven by escalating violence and a worsening humanitarian
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces claimed Monday that they had successfully hit a Russian S-300 missile system using Western-supplied weapons inside Russian territory. “It burns beautifully. It’s a Russian S-300. On Russian territory. The first days after permission to use Western weapons on enemy territory,” Ukrainian government minister Iryna Vereshchuk
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Step aside, Pepsi. After years of steady growth, Dr Pepper is now the No. 2 soda brand in the United States. The peppery drink with a devoted following capitalized on our taste for sweet and spicy. Coke still holds the top spot by a comfortable margin with
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of millions of votes cast, more than six weeks of polling, and billions of dollars spent: India on Tuesday will declare a new leader after a mammoth nationwide election that has become a referendum on the last decade of leadership by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His powerful right-wing
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A fresh salad sounds appetizing today — minus the cucumber. According to the FDA, cucumbers in 14 states have been recalled due to possible contamination with salmonella. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Hunter Biden Opening statements
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs. In an opinion released Monday, the judges ruled that the Fearless Fund’s Fearless Strivers Grant Contest is “substantially likely to violate” the provisions of Title 42
Continue Reading By Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Many may consider their jewelry necessary but for one Colorado man, his was, quite literally, a lifesaver. According to police in Commerce City, Colorado, about 10 miles northeast of Denver, a 32-year-old man was shot but escaped with only a puncture wound thanks to his silvery necklace. Witnesses told
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The criminal charges against a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop in Minneapolis last year are being dropped, the lead prosecutor announced Sunday, sparking fierce criticism from the victim’s family, who said they were outraged and want federal officials to investigate.
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso and Larry Register, CNN (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces says its representatives have informed the families of four hostages being held in Gaza “that they are no longer alive.” The IDF said it had told the families of Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper, and Nadav Popplewell “who were brutally abducted
Continue Reading By CNN’s Maria Sole Campinoti and Lauren Mascarenhas (CNN) — Two New York police officers were shot in an exchange of gunfire during a chase in Queens early Monday, New York city officials said. The officers are both in stable condition. The suspect, who was shot in the leg according to Joe Kenny, the NYPD
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A nationwide strike in Nigeria brought air travel to a standstill and plunged the country into darkness on Monday as union workers stormed the national grid and shut down the nation’s power supply, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Tens of millions are without power and flights
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards and Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Nigel Farage, the “architect” of Brexit and a perennially disruptive force in British politics, has announced his intention to stand as a candidate for the hard-right Reform UK party in the country’s July 4 general election. In an “emergency” press conference Monday, Farage announced he
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Amy Simonson, Maxime Tamsett, Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta remains under a state of emergency Monday as it battles disruptions to its water service that began last week, leaving a swath of a major city under boil-water advisories and highlighting the pervasiveness of problems caused by America’s aging
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and
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