By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The four urgent safety recommendations are part of the National Transportation Safety
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump administration testing international relations. France on Thursday said the unnamed researcher was blocked from entering the US earlier
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US ownership – at least according to the Americans. But it’s unclear how the operation would work in practice, experts say, especially as the plant is on
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A landing gear support broke as a Delta Air Lines regional jet was landing before it flipped upside down, leaving passengers “hanging like bats” at Toronto Pearson International in February, according to a preliminary report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board. Less than three seconds before touchdown, investigators
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have asked for Dominican authorities to declare their daughter dead. Their request highlights the heartbreaking realities of losing a child and handling the legalities of a missing person case. Investigators believe Konanki drowned “and no evidence of foul play
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By Alireza Hajihosseini and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — An American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday, and is now on his way to the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. George Glezmann, 66, was released after weeks of negotiations led by
Continue Reading By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jo Shelley and Mahmoud Atef, CNN (CNN) — Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire. Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the Strip with airstrikes
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The world’s happiest country has been announced and for the eighth year in a row … it’s Finland! Researchers credited the country’s strong social support systems, high trust levels and a less materialistic mindset. The US, on the other hand, received its lowest ranking ever. Here’s what else you
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — For the mayor of London, it’s clear that the rush of Americans applying for British citizenship is connected to the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Sadiq Khan has told CNN in an exclusive interview that there is “clearly a link between (that and) the results
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The newly
Continue Reading By Mauricio Torres and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s leader has described the deportation of more than 200 mostly Venezuelan migrants sent by the United States to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador as a “kidnapping,” and denied they are criminals while backing calls for their return. “Nayib Bukele should not be an accomplice
Continue Reading By Allegra Goodwin, Nada Bashir and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Bardala, West Bank (CNN) — Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land, and his livelihood, shrank to a fraction of its
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso, Kareem El Damanhoury and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire, as the United States’ intensifies airstrikes against the Iran-backed militant group. The Houthis claimed responsibility for what it said
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants foreign armies to help crack down on gang violence in the country. In an interview with the BBC published Tuesday night, Noboa said he wants US, European and Brazilian armies to join his “war” on gangs, telling the broadcaster that his
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The regional airline flight in Alaska that crashed, killing all 10 people onboard, was overweight before it took off, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Cessna Grand Caravan operated by Bering Air as flight 445 crashed about 34 miles southeast of
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By Jessica Hasbun, John Miller and Chris Boyette, CNN Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (CNN) — The man who is the last person known to have been with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki left the Dominican Republic on Wednesday evening, after being detained for 10 days, his attorney says. Joshua Steven Riibe, a 22-year-old
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York ordered the case of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be transferred from New York to New Jersey where his lawyers will continue their legal efforts for his release. In an opinion issued Wednesday, federal district court Judge Jesse Furman sided
Continue Reading CNN By Mark Morales, Jessica Hasbun, Chris Boyette and Karina Tsui, CNN Higüey, Dominican Republic (CNN) — A judge in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday granted a request for freedom for Joshua Steven Riibe, who investigators believe was the last person to see missing US college student Sudiksha Konanki alive nearly two weeks ago. Riibe
Continue Reading CNN By Jessie Yeung, Maria Kostenko, Lauren Kent and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine and Russia exchanged aerial assaults overnight, just hours after the Kremlin agreed to temporarily halt attacks on energy infrastructure targets, but stopped short of signing off on a broader ceasefire sought by the US. President Vladimir Putin and US President
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