By Eric Levenson, Melissa Alonso and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The 28-year-old who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville was under care for an emotional disorder and had legally bought seven firearms that were hidden at home, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Tuesday. The parents of the
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jeff Winter and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Grief-stricken Nashville residents came together for a vigil Wednesday to mourn three 9-year-old children and three adults killed in the mass shooting at a private Christian school. First lady Jill Biden was in attendance as community members honored the victims, prayed and shared in the heartache.
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of Chicago in Evanston’s 5th Ward, where banks refused to give mortgage loans to Black families until 1969. In Evanston,
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor, Danny Freeman and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN After a chemical spill last week in the Delaware River spurred fears of tap water contamination, Philadelphia officials said the city’s drinking water is safe to use. “(The Philadelphia Department of Water) has determined that Philadelphia’s drinking water will not be impacted by the spill in
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Russia’s Pacific Fleet fired a pair of supersonic missiles at a mock target in waters off Japan’s coast on Tuesday morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. “A team of two missile boats carried out a joint missile strike against a sea shield simulating a simulated enemy warship,” the ministry said
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of Chicago in Evanston’s 5th Ward, where banks refused to give mortgage loans to Black families until 1969. In Evanston,
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Brine shrimp, tiny crustaceans living in the Great Salt Lake area for hundreds of thousands of years, are now officially the state crustacean of Utah. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed House Bill 137 into law March 17, according to the legislature’s website. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers in Virginia have confiscated more than $700,000 of designer brand counterfeits, including clothing, purses and shoes, in a single shipment. Officers seized the counterfeit goods on March 16, according to a news release from US Customs and Border Protection. Customs officers originally examined the shipment on February 3, according
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study. The findings, laid out in a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, were pieced together by scientists in
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile and Andy Rose, CNN A man was attacked by a mountain lion while relaxing in a hot tub at a rental property in Colorado, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Although this victim had only minor injuries, we take this incident seriously,” area wildlife manager Sean Shepherd said in a news release.
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Delaware man might have visited Florida just for the sun, but he came home $5 million richer. Peter Sullivan, 66, took home the jaw-dropping prize after purchasing a $20 scratch-off ticket from a Publix grocery store in Delray Beach, according to a news release from the Florida Lottery. Sullivan, a
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Lebanon’s government has walked back a controversial decision to delay winter clock changes by a month, after last week’s announcement by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati sparked exasperation and confusion in a country already gripped by economic crisis. Mikati’s plan to postpone Daylight Saving until April 20 (following the Muslim holy
Continue Reading By Pamela Kirkland and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Several syringes containing fentanyl and a Molotov cocktail were among several potentially dangerous items found during an operation to clear a public park in Atlanta Monday, local officials said. DeKalb County police headed a multi-jurisdictional operation to clear unauthorized people, vehicles and purported “hidden traps” at Intrenchment
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
Continue Reading By Amir Tal and Rob Picheta, CNN Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to back down on controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judiciary on Monday, amid widespread strikes and protests as well as mounting international pressure. On a momentous day for Israel, Netanyahu said he would delay votes on the remaining legislation
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A one-eyed cat named Crash is the first-ever cat to win the Cadbury Bunny contest, making him the brand’s official “spokesbunny” for the year. The chocolate company announced Crash’s win in a news release Tuesday. The lucky winner is an 8-year-old from Boise, Idaho, according to the release. Crash was injured
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN In the wake of the powerful tornado that killed dozens of people in the Mississippi delta, aid groups are on the ground assisting those in need. The MSEMA (Mississippi Emergency Management Agency) is coordinating state and local emergency food and shelter. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has
Continue Reading By Andi Babineau and Rebekah Riess, CNN A migrant was found dead in a train car in Texas over the weekend — the second fatal incident in as many days, according to a statement from Union Pacific. “Our hearts are heavy with the news of another tragic loss of life in a Union Pacific train
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN As spring breakers take to the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, they might be joined by an aquatic friend spotted just off the coast: a great white shark named Breton. Breton is one of dozens of sharks being tracked by OCEARCH, a nonprofit marine research group which provides open-source data
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