By Azaz Syed, Lex Harvey, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 14 newborn babies died Wednesday morning in one of Pakistan’s deadliest hospital fires in recent decades. The fire broke out inside the maternity ward at the government-run Pakistan Institute for Medical Sciences (PIMS), the largest hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, around 7 a.m.
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By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! We’re starting with some sad news today: Dolly Parton, who rose from humble beginnings to the greatest heights of American music and became one of the country’s most philanthropic, unifying and beloved stars, has died. She was 80. ▶️ Family video statement on Parton’s passing
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By Billy Stockwell and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree giving the government powers to temporarily take control of “critical infrastructure” across the country, if private owners fail to protect it from escalating Ukrainian attacks. The new measure comes as Moscow and Kyiv ramp up their air campaigns,
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy admits to killing her three small children. Her own lawyers don’t deny she did it but say she should not be held criminally responsible for her actions, arguing that Lindsay was suffering from postpartum psychosis and extreme mental illness at the time. She is suing her healthcare
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A French tourist has died after he and his traveling companion became stranded while driving through California’s Death Valley in sweltering temperatures. Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, and the second Frenchman – who has not been named – were driving on West Side Road on August 17 when their vehicle
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A phone line rings. It clicks, and an automated message is recited in a woman’s strict, dull monotone. “You are receiving a call from the St. Clair Correctional Facility. To accept this call, press 5. This call will be recorded and subject to monitoring at any time.” The line
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The giant billboard on Tel Aviv’s main highway placed Turkey squarely at the center of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election campaign. The image showed its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, alongside the leaders of Iran, Hezbollah and the mayor of New York City as adversaries of Israel under the
Continue Reading By Gina Park, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! What’s the fastest way to reject someone? Pop a balloon. A viral dating show built around the concept has fueled online debate, but its creators say the focus has always been on something else: celebrating Black love. Here’s what else you might have missed during
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A New York City nonprofit representing hundreds of small supermarkets, bodegas and grocery store owners is suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city in an effort to stop his plan to open five government-owned grocery stores. The Multicultural Business Coalition, a group representing small business owners, filed a class-action
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By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown, CNN Plymouth, Massachusetts (CNN) — A psychologist testified Lindsay Clancy killed her children in January 2023 because she planned to attempt suicide and “wanted her children ‘with’ her so they wouldn’t be separated (and) wouldn’t have to suffer after she was gone.” Kirk Heilbrun examined Clancy over three days in
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By Cindy Von Quednow, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The nearly weeklong search for Karen Solomon, a Massachusetts woman wanted in connection with the death of her police officer husband, ended Monday when she was believed to be found dead in the woods just days after police issued an arrest warrant for her, officials said
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Britain will allow the release of classified technology so that a British/French-designed cruise missile can be manufactured in Ukraine, a boost for Kyiv in its efforts to bring more firepower to bear hundreds of kilometers into Russia. Paris and Kyiv want to set up a Ukrainian production line for
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By Mostafa Salem, Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — Iran, already drained by years of sanctions and a brutal military onslaught from the United States and Israel, now faces another test as President Donald Trump moves to further tighten the economic screws on the Islamic Republic. The US Treasury Department on Monday threatened sweeping new sanctions
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The long month of August is typically one of the busiest times of the year for police, with schools out for summer and many young people at a loose end. From the so-called “teen takeovers” sparking curfews across the United States, to the “blackout challenge” where users choke themselves,
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CNN By Aida Karimi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A cultural fault line in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the revamping of the country’s hardline leadership: how and whether to enforce the wearing of the hijab by women. At the height of the conflict with the United
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By Elise Hammond, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — Police issued an arrest warrant for a Massachusetts woman in connection with the death of her police officer husband earlier this week. Authorities are searching for Karen Solomon, the co-founder of a group that advocates for the mental health of police officers, after Worcester police officer Kurt
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CNN By Andy Rose Las Vegas (CNN) — Under a canopy shielding them from the desert sun that pushes temperatures to nearly 110 degrees, Las Vegas tourists rode zip lines down Fremont Street. In a courtroom three blocks away, attorney Michael Sanft was performing his own high-wire act. The defense attorney for Duane Davis, representing
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By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Donald Trump to continue working on a massive new ballroom at the White House, freezing a court ruling that would have required construction to stop at midnight Friday. Friday afternoon’s order doesn’t address the legality of the project, which two other
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CNN, POOL, INSTAGRAM, @MEGHAN, @TELEGRAPH By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s upcoming return was plastered across UK’s front pages Thursday, as Britons woke to the surprise news that the couple will move back to the country after six years in the United States. The Sussex family
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CNN, NATALIE NEWMAN By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough, Rachel Clarke, CNN Big Bend National Park, Texas (CNN) — The towering cliffs, jagged mountain tops, and punishing desert climate of the Big Bend region in Texas have long proved to be the best barrier the United States could have with Mexico. For generations, the idea of
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