By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN that Ukraine’s request to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia is part of his “victory plan,” that he is due to present to US officials next week. Zelensky has been pushing Ukraine’s allies to ease restrictions on
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — Springfield Mayor Ron Rue has spent over a week scrambling to respond to a wave of bomb threats while subtly noting how the tab to keep people safe is growing daily. “This is costing the city. We’re definitely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in expense. We haven’t
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Some of the similarities in the cases brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs this week and Robert Sylvester Kelly several years ago are evident at a glance: Both are world famous, powerful and influential musicians who were accused of sex crimes by federal prosecutors in New York City. But Combs’
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Specialist divers surveying the wreckage of the $40 million superyacht that sank off Sicily in August, killing seven people including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, have asked for heightened security to guard the vessel, over concerns that sensitive data locked in its safes may interest foreign governments, multiple sources told CNN. Italian Prosecutors
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a prominent district judge in his chambers Thursday – spurring residents to wonder what could have triggered the shooting and prompting calls for better courthouse security. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M.
Continue Reading By Manveena Suri and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, according to a statement from Wellington’s foreign minister on Saturday. Mehrtens spoke at a press conference in Timika, Indonesia thanking those who freed him and saying he
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Matthies Otto, CNN (CNN) — In Frankfurt an der Oder, an ironic sign reads, “Frankfurt Oder/Slubice – no borders.” Slubice is the Polish town across the fast-flowing Oder river that marks the beginning of German Federal Republic. Straddling the river, a bridge connects these two European nations. A single-file
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The sisters of an Israeli woman kidnapped and killed by Hamas have described the “inhuman” conditions in which she was held captive, telling CNN they have been living “a nightmare” since her body was recovered by the Israeli military in an underground tunnel in Gaza. Eden Yerushalmi was taken from
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Four days of hearings on the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible which killed all five people on board concluded this week with more damning testimony recounting multiple safety incidents over the years. Patrick Lahey, the CEO of Triton Submarines, testified at the hearing on Friday he was
Continue Reading By Michael Rios, CNN, and Verónica Calderón and Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the United States is partially responsible for a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa that has left dozens dead in the past two weeks, with bodies repeatedly found on public streets and
Continue Reading By Lex Harvey and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A South Korean vlogger who claimed to have terminated her pregnancy at 36 weeks is being investigated for murder in a case that’s prompted horror in South Korea and raised urgent questions about why the country has no abortion laws. Seoul National Police began investigating
Continue Reading CNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Christian Edwards, Jeremy Diamond and Tim Lister, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from
Continue Reading by Andi Babineau, CNN Boulder, Colorado (CNN) — The fate of a gunman now rests in the hands of a 12-person jury, who are tasked with determining not if he committed the heinous act, but whether he was legally insane when he drove to a Boulder, Colorado grocery store and opened fire, killing 10 people
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Cal Fire firefighter was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of starting five separate wildfires in the state within the last six weeks. The fire apparatus engineer, Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested by Cal Fire Law Enforcement officers at a fire station in Mendocino County, California, on suspicion of
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Christian Edwards, Jeremy Diamond and Tim Lister, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from attacks
Continue Reading CNN By Dalia Faheid, Cindy Von Quednow, Artemis Moshtaghian and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are trying to determine why a Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a district judge after they argued inside the judge’s chambers, according to Kentucky State Police. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was found around 3 p.m. Thursday with
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN New York (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was arrested this week on charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, pleaded not guilty Tuesday and was ordered to remain in custody until his federal trial in New York. So what comes next for the 54-year-old music mogul? And what about the
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state’s first execution in 13 years. Owens, 46, was sentenced to death in 1999 for killing a convenience store clerk Irene Graves during a robbery in Greenville, South Carolina, when he was 19
Continue Reading By Kelly Bowman, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After a quarter-century hosting giant pandas, Zoo Atlanta is saying goodbye to its beloved residents. The zoo announced its four giant pandas: Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun will head home to China mid-October. Meanwhile, the San Diego Zoo welcomed two new pandas this summer,
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing the alleged victims of the former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al Fayed, say the late billionaire was a “monster” whose crimes were “enabled” by the high-end department store. At least 37 women have accused Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, of sexually assaulting them,
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