By Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan says a Chinese military intelligence-gathering aircraft entered its territorial airspace off remote islands in the East China Sea on Monday, the first time Tokyo has accused the People’s Liberation Army Air Force of an airspace violation and a new irritant in frosty relations between
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A student at Rice University in Houston was found dead in her dorm room Monday in an apparent murder-suicide, sending the campus into a nearly two-hour lockdown as students concluded their first day of classes, according to police and university officials. The body of the junior
Continue Reading KTRK By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A student at Rice University in Houston was found dead in her dorm room Monday in an apparent murder-suicide, sending the campus into a nearly two-hour lockdown as students concluded their first day of classes, according to police and university officials. The body of the
Continue Reading By Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — A wrongful death civil suit filed this month in a Massachusetts court by the estate and family of deceased Boston police officer John O’Keefe alleges his then-girlfriend Karen Read caused his death more than two years ago by “driving drunk … in an unsafe manner.” The suit alleges Read
Continue Reading By Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — At least 30 people have been killed following the collapse of a dam in Sudan’s northwest Red Sea State, according to the United Nations’s emergency relief agency. Hundreds more are believed missing, Reuters reported. Flash flooding decimated 20 villages and damaged a further 50 after the Arba’at Dam collapsed
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Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Late last week, Robert Telles, the former Nevada politician accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative reporter, took the stand and alleged he had been framed in a vast conspiracy. He alleged the real estate company Compass Realty, his office co-workers, Las Vegas police, the DNA lab and prosecutors
Continue Reading KPNX, FACEBOOK, TAMARA MORALESGRAND CANYON NPSLATRICIA MIMBSBINGCARLY VANDERHORST JOHNSON AZ NATIONAL GUARD, CNN, Facebook/Tamara MoralesGrand Canyon NPSLatricia MimbsBINGCarly Vanderhorst Johnson AZ National Guard By Rebekah Riess, Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The body of a missing hiker was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in Grand
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN One American man is dead, and an American woman is injured in Iceland following a collapse of the Breiðamerkurjökull ice cave, Iceland’s public broadcaster RUV said Monday. The rescue operation, which started Sunday evening, is now complete, with police saying no more people are trapped under the ice, according
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — The captain of the luxury Bayesian yacht that sank near Porticello, off the coast of Sicily, last week will face an investigation into possible charges of manslaughter and negligent shipwreck, the Italian prosecutor’s office announced Monday. James Cutfield, 51, was the head of crew aboard the 56-meter (184-foot)
Continue Reading CNN By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Salman Saeed and Mark Phillips, CNN Feni, Bangladesh (CNN) — Wading through muddy floodwaters up to chest height, hundreds of people slowly make their way to safety, their belongings held high above their heads to keep them dry. Entering the city of Feni in southeast Bangladesh, it becomes clear
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — John Alfred Tinniswood was born the same year the Titanic sank and when New Mexico and Arizona became US states. Now, the world’s oldest living man, who was born on August 26, 1912, is celebrating his 112th birthday. Tinniswood is marking the occasion with friends and family at his
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The Northern Virginia community that rallied to raise awareness and demand answers when a 28-year-old woman was reported missing earlier this month is now coming together to remember the young mother, while her husband faces charges in connection with her disappearance. Naresh Bhatt was ordered held
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine at the start of the week, marking the biggest air assault since the war began, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has since followed that with a second wave of strikes
Continue Reading NATASHA CLEVENGER By Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — James Montiver, 70, was relaxing on his sofa early Sunday evening when he suddenly heard a loud roar and saw a bright flash of light. “The whole house was shaking like a roller coaster. It all happened so quickly, next thing I knew I
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Kosta Hak, CNN Pokrovsk, Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — The empty boxes are piling up on the floor as Halyna goes through her medical kit, taking out packs of pills and discarding any unnecessary packaging. She can’t afford to waste space. She’s running away and the journey ahead is long and risky.
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright, Anna Coren, Salman Saeed and Mark Phillips, CNN Feni, Bangladesh (CNN) — Wading through muddy floodwaters up to chest height, hundreds of people slowly make their way to safety, their belongings held high above their heads to keep them dry. Entering the city of Feni in southeast Bangladesh, it becomes clear why
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — James Montiver, 70, was relaxing on his sofa early Sunday evening when he suddenly heard a loud roar and saw a bright flash of light. “The whole house was shaking like a roller coaster. It all happened so quickly, next thing I knew I was flying
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — On a late December afternoon more than 34 years ago, a mother crossed a downtown North Carolina street after shopping with her friend at a department store and was struck by a car, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. A driver in a dark-colored vehicle, which authorities said
Continue Reading CNN By Rebekah Riess, Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The body of a missing hiker was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park prompted the rescues of more than 100 people. Search and rescue operations began Thursday, when flash flooding swept hiker
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