By Maria Kostenko and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — The death toll from a Russian drone attack on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Odesa has risen to 12, with the bodies of five children removed from the rubble, officials said Sunday, the latest civilian victims of a relentless Russian bombing campaign.
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, Dalia Faheid, Camila Bernal, Zoe Todd and Christal Hayes, CNN (CNN) — The wildfire in Texas has already killed two people, demolished hundreds of structures and obliterated thousands of cattle as it became the biggest blaze in the state’s history. And now, weather conditions threaten to make things even worse. Some 8
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, Rachel Wilson, Rosa Rahimi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Before the war, Mohammed Hamouda and his wife, Dina, would stroll along beaches in northern Gaza, where their three young children loved to swim, eat ice cream, and ride camels on the shoreline. On other days, the family of five sat with
Continue Reading CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A judge strongly admonished a 66-year-old man Friday before sentencing him to 25 years to life in prison for shooting and killing a woman who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway in rural New York last year. “I think you really could possibly
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has commuted the DUI sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs Assistant Coach Britt Reid. Britt is the son of head coach Andy Reid. Britt plead guilty to driving while intoxicated in a 2021 crash that severely injured a five-year-old, CNN previously reported. He was sentenced
Continue Reading By Thomas Lake, CNN Woodstock, Georgia (CNN) — A white Lincoln hearse waited in the cold rain outside the church on Friday afternoon as the people who loved Laken Hope Riley gathered inside to remember a life that ended too soon. She should have been running, or singing, or walking to the Circle K with
Continue Reading By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney, Australia (CNN) — The alleged murder of a young Sydney couple by a serving police officer has opened a tragic new chapter in the troubled history between the force and the city’s LGBT+ community and cast a shadow over Mardi Gras, a vibrant annual celebration of their culture. Senior New
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The woman accused of having a blood alcohol level over three times the legal limit when she allegedly drove her car into a golf-cart style vehicle carrying a newly married couple away from their wedding reception last year, killing the bride, was released on bond Friday.
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to opening fire outside a Virginia high school graduation ceremony and killing a graduate last year, the prosecutor told CNN. Amari Pollard pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony
Continue Reading CNN By Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A police department in suburban Chicago has released portions of several body camera videos capturing the moments police shot and killed a man inside his apartment bedroom. The videos fill in some key information about the incident but do not show why police opened fire.
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A police department in suburban Chicago has released portions of several body camera videos capturing the moments police shot and killed a man inside his apartment bedroom. The videos fill in some key information about the incident but do not show why police opened fire. Isaac
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Personal Birth date: April 19, 1957 Birth place: Aden, Yemen Birth name: Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani Father: Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Mother: Kokilaben Ambani Marriage: Nita Ambani (1985-present) Children:
Continue Reading By Shawn Nottingham, Carlos Suarez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The University of Florida announced it has closed the office of its Chief Diversity Officer in compliance with the Florida Board of Governors regulations, according to a memo from the institution. “To comply with the Florida Board of Governor’s regulation 9.016 on prohibited expenditures, the
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A pair of orcas working in concert have been killing great whites along a stretch of South African coastline since at least 2017, plundering the sharks’ nutrient-rich livers and discarding the rest. Scientists have been trying to make sense of the hunting approach, which has driven the sharks away
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist Andrew Young. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1932 Birth place: New Orleans, Louisiana Birth name: Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Father: Andrew Jackson Young, dentist Mother: Daisy (Fuller) Young, teacher Marriages: Carolyn (McClain) Young (April 15, 1996-present); Jean (Childs) Young
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Joel Souza, the director and screenwriter of the “Rust” film, took to the stand Friday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the film’s armorer, to testify about the moment he was shot on set. “There was an incredibly loud bang” unlike typical discharges on set, Souza testified. “This was
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Florida investigators say they dug up the remains of a teenager missing for 20 years and hidden underneath the trailer where she was killed. “At least she can be buried with dignity now,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a news conference Thursday. Chitwood said investigators
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Florida officials mislabeled the remains of two Irish nationals who died of drug overdoses, leading to a mix-up of their autopsies and the “highly probable” cremation of the wrong body, authorities said. Kane Mitchell, 30, and Luke Comiskey, 31, died in April 2022 after consuming fentanyl-laced
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A stunning total solar eclipse will be visible to millions of people across Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8. Astronomers are encouraging everyone within the path to enjoy this rare sight for the last time until August 2044 — but only if they can do so
Continue Reading CNN By Zeena Saifi and Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — For 108 days, Palestinian photographer Motaz Azaiza risked his life in Gaza to tell the story of the war to millions of followers on Instagram, as friends and family members were killed around him. But he has now left his native Gaza, feeling dismayed. “Nothing
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