By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — US and Canadian officials are investigating after a 689-foot ship collided with an underwater object and began taking on water in Lake Superior, the US Coast Guard says. The agency responded after the bulk carrier Michipicoten sent a report at 6:53 a.m. Saturday that it was experiencing flooding as
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, delivering a blow to the prime minister who has been celebrating the rare rescue of hostages held in Gaza. “Netanyahu prevents us from moving forward to a real victory [in Gaza],” Gantz said in a televised statement
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino and Nicole Grether, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have increased security ahead of Sunday’s game between India and Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup in New York, a Nassau County official said, telling CNN an earlier threat by terror group ISIS-K is considered credible until proven otherwise. Nassau County Police
Continue Reading By Jillian Sykes, Chris Boyette, Lauren Mascarenhas and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were injured when gunfire broke out on the rooftop of an apartment building in Madison, Wisconsin – one of three separate shootings that left one person dead and more than a dozen injured in the city over the
Continue Reading By Rafael Romo, Belisa Morillo and Laura Weffer, CNN (CNN) — An alleged multistate human trafficking ring forcing immigrant women into prostitution. The mysterious killing of a former police officer in South Florida. Attacks against police officers in New York. The arrest of a drug dealer in Chicago. Local and federal officials say these apparently unrelated crimes
Continue Reading By Chris Liakos and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley’s wife has paid tribute to her husband after a body was found in Greece, saying it was “devastating to have lost Michael, my wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband.” Mosley, who gives health advice on British media, disappeared on Wednesday
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — An architect by trade, Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann allegedly kept a chilling “planning document” to “methodically blueprint” – in the words of prosecutors – how to select, kill and dispose of his victims. Investigators recovered the Word document Heuermann allegedly created in 2000 and modified over several years
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul (CNN) — North Korea has yet again sent hundreds of trash-laden balloons toward its southern neighbor, reigniting a tit-for-tat exchange after South Korean activists sent floating packages in the other direction carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks. About 330 balloons carrying bags of trash had been
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — Conscription, rationing, and subway stations turned into bunkers. For the first time since the Cold War, Germany has updated its plans should conflict erupt in Europe, with ministers citing the threat posed by Russia. The 67-page document, known as the Framework Directive for Overall Defense and released
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Benjamin Brown, Abeer Salman, Eve Brennan, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Four hostages have been rescued in an Israeli operation that took weeks of planning – but killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza and left behind a trail of devastation. At least 274 Palestinians were killed in the operation
Continue Reading CNN By Raja Razek and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — A critical highway linking Idaho and Wyoming has closed indefinitely after a portion of the road cracked and then collapsed in a “catastrophic landslide” Saturday, officials said. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said in a post on Facebook there is no estimated timeline for reopening Teton Pass, which
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — They hire their Uber through the app just like any other passenger, and hop in the back of the car. But halfway through the ride, the mood changes and they reveal their identity. “Pull over here. It’s you. You are in trouble for driving an Uber,” the passenger tells
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Susannah Cullinane and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The major highway near Grand Teton National Park that was closed after a “catastrophic” collapse Saturday could partially reopen in a matter of weeks, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation. “Currently, WYDOT geologists and engineers are confident they can build a safe, temporary
Continue Reading CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles City Council president says surveillance video taken from outside his district office in North Hollywood on Thursday shows officers from another city’s police department dropping a homeless person off on the sidewalk and “abandoning” him there and has called for a state investigation of the incident. “A Burbank
Continue Reading WJHG, CNN By Raja Razek, Dalia Faheid, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Florida fire officials are still asking beachgoers to exercise caution Sunday after three people were injured Friday in two separate shark attacks within just 90 minutes of each other at neighboring Walton County beaches. The attacks happened about four miles
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles City Council president says surveillance video taken from outside his district office in North Hollywood on Thursday shows officers from another city’s police department dropping a homeless person off on the sidewalk and “abandoning” him there and has called for a state investigation of the incident. “A Burbank Police
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A rare 7.3-foot hoodwinker sunfish washed ashore on the Oregon coast earlier this week, the Seaside Aquarium said. The massive aquatic species was found north of Seaside in northwestern Oregon along Gearhart Beach on June 3. A buzz on social media led to curious people “flocking to the beach
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Markina Tarasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has stabilized the northern Kharkiv front after Moscow launched an offensive a month ago, thanks to more weapons and permission to use them to target positions within Russia. But its forces are being stretched elsewhere along the 1,000km (620 miles) long front line and are defenseless against Russia’s deadly aerial glide bombs.
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin rarely make public appearances, but this week they took part in panels at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, believed to be in their mid to late 30s, are Putin’s daughters from his marriage to former wife
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Mounira Elsamra and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An investigation is underway after seniors at East Brunswick High School in New Jersey received yearbooks this week with a Jewish Student Union photo replaced by a photo of Muslim students, the superintendent said. “We were made aware that in yearbooks, distributed only to
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