By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Eight people were killed in a collision in Zavala County, Texas, involving two vehicles – one possibly tied to a human smuggling operation that was fleeing law enforcement – according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The crash occurred Wednesday on US 57 near the town of Batesville,
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi city under scrutiny for allegations of racism and retaliation from police is now at the center of a federal Department of Justice investigation. “Today the Justice Department is announcing the opening of a civil rights investigation into the city of Lexington, Mississippi, and the
Continue Reading CNN By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained police body-camera footage shows a Colorado police officer in his third day on the job fatally shoot a man attempting to flee in a suspicious vehicle. The officer, Erik Hernandez, 34, was indicted in June by a Weld County grand jury on a
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained police body-camera footage shows a Colorado police officer in his third day on the job fatally shoot a man attempting to flee in a suspicious vehicle. The officer, Erik Hernandez, 34, was indicted in June by a Weld County grand jury on a charge
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A man has been charged with a hate crime after he allegedly “made his hand into the shape of a firearm and made a shooting gesture” toward a US Postal Service worker near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, then ripped off her hijab and slapped and punched her in the face,
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The pilots of a small jet that collided with another plane last month in Houston barreled down a runway without permission, oblivious to urgent orders to stop while troubleshooting cockpit alerts, according to a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board said the Hawker pilots acknowledged instructions to line
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The strikingly patterned ornate boxfish has no lack of detail when it comes to its hexagonal spots and keen stripes — the intricate markings are so sharp-edged in the species that it had engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder puzzling over how it came to have this distinctive appearance.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Chuck Schumer, the US Senate majority leader and Democratic senator from New York. Personal Birth date: November 23, 1950 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Charles Ellis Schumer Father: Abe Schumer, exterminator Mother: Selma (Rosen) Schumer Marriage: Iris Weinshall (1980-present) Children: Jessica,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at philanthropist and environmentalist Ted Turner, founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS). Personal Birth date: November 19, 1938 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Birth name: Robert Edward Turner III Father: Robert Edward Turner Mother: Florence (Rooney) Turner Marriages: Jane Fonda (1991-2001, divorced); Jane (Smith) Turner (1964-1987,
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A suspect who was taken into custody in last month’s killing of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll has been released, the suspect’s lawyer said Saturday. Detroit Police Chief James E. White had announced Wednesday a suspect was in custody, but said details of the investigation will
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Ten alleged Gambino crime family members and associates have been charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation and union-related crimes in a bid for control of New York’s carting and demolition industries, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The 10 defendants were named in a 16-count indictment. All but one were
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Dinkinesh, a small asteroid that NASA’s Lucy mission visited last week, continues to surprise. Lucy swung by the space rock, located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, on November 1 as part of a test of the spacecraft’s equipment before tackling the mission’s primary goal: surveying
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma, weeks after 190 sets of human remains were discovered “improperly stored” at their business, authorities say. Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford were arrested on suspicion of abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering and forgery, according to a news
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Of all 14,669 varieties of plants and animals found in Europe that were registered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species by the end of 2020, one-fifth of them face the risk of extinction, a new analysis has found. Researchers also determined the largest threat associated
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — One person was hurt at a Houston-area chemical plant that caught fire and sent thick plumes of black smoke skyward Wednesday for hours before emergency responders managed to knock down most of the flames and hotspots, officials said. A majority of the fire at the Sound
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, traveling miles on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus as Israel intensifies its ground and air campaign. Streams of people – women, children, the elderly and disabled – made their way down Salah Eddin Street, one of the
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The Kenyan government has declared that Monday will be a “special holiday” in which people nationwide will be expected to plant trees to help with the country’s land restoration efforts. Kithure Kindiki, cabinet secretary for the Interior and Administration of National Government in Kenya, made the announcement in a
Continue Reading By Sarah Dean, Allegra Goodwin and David McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — Members of African ethnic groups in Sudan’s Darfur region appear to have been rounded up by members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and other Arab militias, according to videos and images verified and geolocated by CNN. The videos emerged over the past two weeks.
Continue Reading By Gul Tuysuz and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine said it was responsible for the assassination of a Russia-backed official with a car bomb in the occupied eastern city of Luhansk on Wednesday. Mikhail Filiponenko, a lawmaker in the Kremlin-installed assembly, was a former head of the army of the so-called Luhansk People’s
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of tennis champion and LGBTQ activist Billie Jean King. Personal Birth date: November 22, 1943 Birth place: Long Beach, California Birth name: Billie Jean Moffitt Father: Willard J. Moffitt, engineer for a fire department Mother: Betty Moffitt, Avon sales representative Marriage: Ilana Kloss
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