By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — Gary Thynes was taking his dog out to play in the park last week in Pittsburgh when he noticed a “beautiful pit bull” walking alone with his leash dragging behind him. Concerned the dog might get hit by a passing car, Thynes tried to get close enough to catch
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley and Gonzalo Alvarado CNN (CNN) — Roberto Reyes had barely left his Fontana, California, apartment and was just a block down the road on his way to work when four white cars swarmed him, boxing in his vehicle. Within moments, the 32-year-old father frantically looked for an escape as he noticed an
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CNN By Kathleen Magramo, Ray Sanchez, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Employees at the top US public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were winding down their Friday when bullets smashed through their office windows, whizzing just over their cubicle walls. Inside the buildings, CDC employees felt like “sitting ducks,”
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong. It was at the headquarters of the division’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, described by the Army as its “most lethal and fit” armored brigade combat unit — formidably
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By Dalia Faheid, Josh Campbell, Michelle Watson, Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Michael Paul Brown, who is accused of fatally shooting four people at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, last week, has been taken into custody following a weeklong multiagency manhunt, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday. Brown had been on the run since the “biggest”
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — “I just want y’all to know that I love y’all, and I tried my hardest to be the best I could be,” Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio Radford texted his relatives at least 20 minutes before he began shooting at fellow soldiers earlier this week at his military base in Georgia.
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By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The anxiety pulsing through this idyllic swath of Montana is palpable – from the armored SWAT vehicles to the locked down businesses to the neighbors sleeping next to their guns. For the past week, residents have oscillated between grief and fear after authorities said an Army veteran walked into
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SPECTRUM-NEWS-LOS-ANGELES, CNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — While Hollywood actors may be the face of the film and television industry, teams of professionals work behind the scenes, bringing each cinematic story to life through disciplines like lighting, costumes and set design. For 15 years, Hillary Cohen was one of them, working as
Continue Reading By Kathleen Toner, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — While Hollywood actors may be the face of the film and television industry, teams of professionals work behind the scenes, bringing each cinematic story to life through disciplines like lighting, costumes and set design. For 15 years, Hillary Cohen was one of them, working as an assistant
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year. An official analysis showed the reef lost between a quarter and a third of its hard coral cover across three main regions due to a marine heatwave. Some particularly hard-hit areas lost up to 70%
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year. An official analysis showed the reef lost between a quarter and a third of its hard coral cover across three main regions due to a marine heatwave. Some particularly hard-hit areas lost up to
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — When state troopers Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins were tasked Thursday morning with checking on a call of shots fired at a home in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, they had no idea about the danger they were driving toward. By the end of the day, both would be in a
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Charges have been dismissed against a man who was facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her 2-year-old son from her at a Georgia Walmart, court records show. Mahendra Patel encountered 26-year-old Caroline Miller with her two children riding a motorized
Continue ReadingBy Emily Scolnick, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Why do some people’s brains stay sharp into their 80s and beyond? An expert explains some fascinating discoveries after 25 years of analyzing “SuperAgers.” Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Buy green, not greenwashed Products like boxed
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By Danny Freeman, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is dead after he shot and killed his neighbor Thursday before wounding two responding Pennsylvania state troopers, including one who managed to commandeer a tractor trailer to protect drivers from gunfire on a state highway, officials said. The troopers, Joseph Perechinsky and William Jenkins, were
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors plan to seek the execution of a man accused of shooting and killing four members of a family in rural Tennessee, including the parents of an infant found abandoned under the summer sun miles away, the district attorney said in court Thursday. Austin Robert Drummond, captured Tuesday after
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WJCL, CNN By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, CNN Fort Stewart, Georgia (CNN) — US Army 1st Sgt. Joshua Arnold was in a conference room with one of his officers at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia on Wednesday when the crack of gunfire pierced the air. “That sounds like a gunshot. That sounds
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, CNN Fort Stewart, Georgia (CNN) — US Army 1st Sgt. Joshua Arnold was in a conference room with one of his officers at Fort Stewart military base in Georgia on Wednesday when the crack of gunfire pierced the air. “That sounds like a gunshot. That sounds like a
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN The Trump administration plans to restore and reinstall two Confederate monuments. One statue, which will be erected at Arlington National Cemetery, features a Black woman “depicted as a ‘Mammy,’ holding the infant of a White officer, and an enslaved man following his owner to war,” the cemetery’s website notes. In addition,
Continue ReadingWJCL, CNN By Jade Walker, CNN The Trump administration plans to restore and reinstall two Confederate monuments. One statue, which will be erected at Arlington National Cemetery, features a Black woman “depicted as a ‘Mammy,’ holding the infant of a White officer, and an enslaved man following his owner to war,” the cemetery’s website notes.
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