By Chris Boyette, CNN A mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy during a family picnic over the holiday weekend in Los Angeles County, according to state wildlife officials. A family of at least six adults and a few children were having a picnic Sunday in the Tapia Park picnic area within Malibu Creek State Park
Continue Reading By Camille Knight, Emmanuel Miculita and Caroline Baum, CNN (CNN) — A man is on trial accused of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife, as well as encouraging dozens of other men to rape her in their home while she was unconscious, court documents show. The alleged victim, Gisèle, 72, appeared in a courtroom in
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — With its announcement that militants guarding Israeli hostages in the buildings and tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them if Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signaled the opening of a chilling new chapter in an already brutal war. Seizing on a spasm of public outrage in Israel
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government, US Attorney Breon Peace announced Tuesday. Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to Hochul and Cuomo aide, was charged
Continue Reading By Emmanuel Miculita and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people died, most of them women and children, when a migrant boat capsized off the coast of northern France on Tuesday, according to French authorities. Nearly 70 people were on board the vessel, according to Boulogne-sur-Mer mayor, Frédéric Cuvillier. The exact number is unclear. Emergency
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Costco’s first membership price hike in 7 years went into effect this week. The big-box retailer increased most of its plans by $5 to $65 a year to help offset expenses and keep its prices down. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Bill Kirkos, Lauren Mascarenhas, Brad Parks and Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago man who was charged with murder in the fatal shootings of four Chicago train riders earlier this week was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday. Rhanni S. Davis, 30, was charged Tuesday with four
Continue Reading CNN By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Two people have been rescued after a terrifying night at sea as six-meter (20-foot) waves tossed their stricken yacht nearly 200 miles (322 kilometers) off Australia’s eastern coast as they drifted at speed towards New Zealand. Authorities were first alerted to the crew’s crisis around 1
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — More than 120 people have been killed in an attempted mass breakout from the largest prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a series of violent attacks on jails in the central African nation. Prisoners tried to break out en masse from the
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian strike against a military educational facility in central Ukraine killed 51 people and injured more than 200 others, according to Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office, in one of the deadliest single attacks since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. President
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It’s a new school year – and with a new school year comes new rules. Cell phone bans, dress code changes – in some cases banning hoodies and all-black clothing – and even the removal of mirrors from school bathrooms are among the changes schools across America are making
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, Andy Rose and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is in custody after a series of shootings left a half dozen people injured along parts of Interstate 5 in the Seattle and Tacoma areas of Washington state, officials said, expressing outrage people were randomly attacked while just driving on a highway.
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The search continues for two men still missing after a man’s body was recovered from the wreckage of a motorboat that crashed Monday night at the mouth of the Connecticut River, state officials said. Nine adults were aboard the boat when it hit a break wall
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A bus crashed into a crowd of students and parents outside a school in eastern China on Tuesday morning, killing 11 people and injuring 13 others, according to police and state media. The students were waiting to enter the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Two people have been rescued after a terrifying night at sea as six-meter (20-foot) waves tossed their stricken yacht nearly 200 miles (322 kilometers) off Australia’s eastern coast as they drifted at speed towards New Zealand. Authorities were first alerted to the crew’s crisis around 1 p.m.
Continue Reading By Mauricio Torres and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, amid a crackdown on the country’s opposition movement following July’s disputed election. The Venezuela Prosecutor’s Office requested the warrant Monday, accusing Gonzalez of “crimes associated with terrorism.” Gonzalez has failed to respond to three summons
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — Four people who appeared to be sleeping on a Chicago transit train were fatally shot Monday morning, and a suspect has been taken into custody, police said. “The victims, they were all passengers on the train early this morning,” said Forest Park Deputy Chief Chris Chin.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes as severe land shift in the area is threatening the community and disrupting power lines. Emergency officials will be able to direct state resources toward responding to the threat of the land
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gymnast this weekend in an off-campus apartment, days before the start of the fall semester. UW-Whitewater’s chancellor confirmed Kara Welsh’s death Friday in a message to the school community, describing her as a
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Boston and fleeing to Kenya has been extradited back to the United States — the latest twist in an international case that saw his arrest at a Nairobi nightclub and his escape from jail. Kevin Kangethe, 42, is
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