By Ana María Cañizares, Isa Cardona, CNN (CNN) — A violent clash between rival gangs at a prison in the coastal city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, has left at least 17 dead, according to a statement from the National Police. “The situation stems from an external order from Los Tiguerones organized crime group to eliminate members
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is extending the limited rate of arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport through October 2026. Air traffic controllers who handle flights arriving and departing the airport were plagued early this year by multiple communications and radar outages, leading to thousands of cancellations.
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Service has been restored after Louisiana and Mississippi experienced widespread outages of 911 emergency calling systems for several hours Friday afternoon as a result of damage to AT&T fiber optic cables, the carrier and officials said. The outages impacted multiple parishes in Louisiana including the state’s three largest cities,
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By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A Delta Air Lines plane aborted its takeoff Wednesday morning after a window came open in the cockpit. Delta Flight 2261, a Boeing 737 scheduled to fly from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, was rolling down the runway at “low speed” with 155 people onboard when the pilots stopped the
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a Washington Post columnist, was critical of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. He was allegedly killed and dismembered on October 2, 2018, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by men with close ties to the highest levels of the Saudi
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By Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the European Union to use $160 billion of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit – particularly the continued supply of weapons – in a major policy U-turn by Berlin. In an op-ed for the Financial Times, Merz said the moves were necessary
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By Sophie Tanno, Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Multiple airports in Denmark have been disrupted by drones this week in what its government called a “hybrid attack,” as the country considers whether to invoke NATO’s Article 4 for the first time in its history. Speculation is rife that Moscow could be behind the incursions, as
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By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — Russia is banning exports of fuel until the end of the year as gas pumps across the country and in the areas under its occupation are increasingly running dry because of Ukrainian drone attacks. Kyiv first stepped up drone attacks on Russian refineries, pumping stations
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By Dana Karni, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Israeli authorities have arrested an American-Israeli dual citizen on suspicion of spying for Iran, accusing him of sharing information on public figures and sending videos and pictures of locations across the country to his handlers. Yaakov Perl, 49, was arrested earlier this month after an investigation by
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A woman whose body was found by a road in Spain two decades ago has been identified following an international police campaign. Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada was discovered on 3 July 2005 in Viladecans, near Barcelona, dressed in a pink top, pink trousers and pink shoes, said global police
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By Catherine Nicholls and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, local police told CNN. The monks were among 13 people traveling on the cable car at the Na Uyana Monastery in central Sri Lanka,
Continue Reading By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes. Netanyahu left Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening to speak at the UN General Assembly and to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night television set a new record for his show. ABC says roughly 6.3 million viewers watched Kimmel’s first post-suspension episode on Tuesday, more than three times his typical audience. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣
Continue Reading WFAA, CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night television set a new record for his show. ABC says roughly 6.3 million viewers watched Kimmel’s first post-suspension episode on Tuesday, more than three times his typical audience. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — The Missouri winner who won half of the nearly $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim his massive prize, according to Missouri Lottery. The man, who the lottery did not identify, held one of two tickets sold that matched all the numbers on the September 6 drawing
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette, Priscilla Alvarez, Leigh Waldman, Leigh Waldman CNN (CNN) — Handwritten notes left behind by the man who shot at a Dallas ICE field office on Wednesday indicated “hatred for the federal government” and led investigators to believe he intended to target ICE personnel and property, even though all
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — A truck driver’s “inattention and failure to respond” to traffic slowing down in front of him caused a multivehicle crash that killed six people and injured 41, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a final report published Wednesday. On November 14, 2023, a Mid State Systems tractor
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — Two months after catastrophic flooding killed 27 girls and counselors at Camp Mystic, the famed Texas camp plans to reopen – shocking some family members who still don’t know where their loved one is. “The truth is, Camp Mystic failed our daughters,” CiCi Steward, whose 8-year-old daughter
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By Michael Rios and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — An airport in northern Denmark was forced to close because of unauthorized drones in its airspace, police said early Thursday, the second drone-caused shutdown of a Danish airport this week as Europe grapples with a rise in cyberattacks and suspected Russian airspace violations. “More than one
Continue Reading By Meghan Pryce, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! You might want to rethink winding down your evening with that glass of wine. A new study finds there is no safe amount of alcohol when it comes to dementia risk, challenging previous research. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.
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