By Audrey Ash, Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. The grants were ended as part of $18.5 million in cuts
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Tianjin, China (CNN) — Autocrats, populists, friends and foes, a strongman waging a war in Europe and the leader of the world’s biggest democracy will all be hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping this weekend at a summit designed to showcase Beijing as a global leader capable of providing a counterweight
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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The Greenwich Village apartment building of New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn was defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday morning. The paint covered the walls and front steps to the apartment building, and writing at the base of the steps read, “Joe
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By Olivia Kemp, CNN London (CNN) — In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer. They usually surface only for royal jubilees, military commemorations or major sporting events. But
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Migrants sent by the United States to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba earlier this year faced “abusive and inhumane detention conditions” that seriously affected their physical and mental health and even led to some suicide attempts, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, which called
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Police in Ontario, Canada, said Friday that they consider the stabbing of a Jewish woman at a kosher supermarket in Ottawa earlier this week to be a “hate-motivated” crime. The woman was shopping with a friend on Wednesday when she was approached and stabbed by a man who did
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The alleged killing of two police officers who attempted to serve a warrant on a self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” in Australia shows how a movement that originated in the United States has taken root in the country and now carries the threat of violence, experts say. Hundreds of
Continue Reading By Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel released a clip of the Hamas-led October 7 attack on Friday evening as it faces international condemnation over its imminent assault on Gaza City. The video shows the attack on the home of the Taasa family in Netiv HaAsara, a community just north of Gaza.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Boko Haram, a militant Islamic group working out of Nigeria, whose purpose is to institute Sharia, or Islamic law. Facts In the local Hausa dialect, Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden.” The group also refers to itself as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, meaning “People
Continue Reading Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Protests erupted in multiple cities and tensions soared across Indonesia on Friday, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes between riot police and students protesting against lawmakers’ allowances. Protesters marched to the headquarters of the police mobile brigade in
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By Sophie Tanno and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has voiced outrage over a porn site that allegedly featured doctored images of herself and other high-profile women, alongside sexist and offensive captions and commentary. The forum, known as Phica – a name based on a slang term “figa”
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said the two bridges near the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were being used by the
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By Martin Goillandeau, Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Two passengers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a Houston-bound United Express flight operated by SkyWest met with severe turbulence and was forced to divert to Austin, Texas, officials said. “We’re going to need a stretcher, and there is bleeding as well. SkyWest 5971,”
Continue Reading By Jade Walker, CNN As we head into Labor Day weekend, take a moment to honor the American labor movement, which fought for decades to bring us all improved working conditions, fair wages and an end to child labor. As for the 5 Things team, we’re going to take a short break. 5 Good Things
Continue Reading CNN By Jade Walker, CNN As we head into Labor Day weekend, take a moment to honor the American labor movement, which fought for decades to bring us all improved working conditions, fair wages and an end to child labor. As for the 5 Things team, we’re going to take a short break. 5 Good
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CNN, KARE, WCCO, MOYSKI FAMILY | MERKEL FAMILY By Shimon Prokupecz and Rachel Clarke, CNN Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) — For a few hours, as she slept with her parents in their bed, Chloe Francoual’s mind told her that the bullets, the screams and the terror at Annunciation Catholic Church weren’t real, and she was able
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By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — The British government has barred Israeli officials from attending a major arms fair in London next month, citing Israel’s escalation of its military campaign in Gaza. “The Israeli Government’s decision to further escalate its military operation in Gaza is wrong. As a result, we can confirm that no
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By Tamar Michaelis, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann, Tareq Al Hilou, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” ahead of a major assault, as it recovered the body of one hostage and the remains of another in Gaza on Friday. Israel said there will no longer be “tactical pauses” of military
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By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Gunfire crackles and screams echo through Eeka McLeod’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. McLeod is issuing rapid instructions to her 7-year-old daughter Ella, who is sprawled on her back on a bedroom floor. “Stop breathing so heavy. Don’t move … little breaths, less, less,” she tells the girl. “Relax your
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CNN, WCCO, KARE, YOUTUBE, SAINT THOMAS ACADEMY , YOUTUBE, CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION, Saint Thomas Academy / Youtube By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Allison Gordon, Audrey Ash, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — As a teenager, Robin Westman claimed to have been suspended after discussing school shootings with classmates – later
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