By Emma Tucker and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released new videos from last week’s protests marking the 10-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s killing, including footage of an incident in which an officer was severely injured. Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle said body camera video and footage from
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A former University of Kentucky student facing assault charges after repeatedly hurling a racial slur at a Black student on campus in 2022 pleaded guilty on Monday, following mediation in court, her attorney told CNN. Sophia Rosing pleaded guilty in Fayette County Circuit Court to four counts of fourth-degree
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan quivered and gasped in disbelief. His eyes glazed over before he fell limp in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza. “I beg you. I beg you. Let me see them,” he cried out to health
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Daniel Prude – and now D’Vontaye Mitchell – all share something beyond being Black men who died at the hands of public safety personnel: Authorities described the possibility of “excited delirium” in connection with the victims’ behavior just before death. The
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Traditionally, women considered “demure” behave in a way that is modest, reserved and inoffensive to the point that they’re barely visible. Jools Lebron, a makeup artist and prolific TikTok user, has appointed herself as the app’s new authority on “demure.” But her version of the term is far more
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The former police chief who led a raid last year on a small Kansas newspaper was formally charged Monday with one count of interfering with the judicial process for actions he took after the raid, according to a criminal complaint filed in Marion County District Court. Gideon Cody is accused
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Sabrina Souza and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A police officer in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges Tuesday in last year’s killing of a pregnant woman who was suspected of shoplifting, according to the Montgomery County prosecutor’s office. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was fatally shot
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, Nic Robertson, Ben Wedeman, Rob Picheta and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Mediators in talks for a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel made a last-ditch effort this week to revive stalled negotiations, with high-stakes discussions wrapping up Friday against a backdrop of tension and desperation in the region. The meeting in
Continue Reading KAIT, CNN By Melissa Alonso and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The Jonesboro Police Department in Arkansas has terminated an officer after he was seen on video physically assaulting a detainee in the back of a patrol vehicle. On Friday, the department “was informed of a complaint about an incident involving a JPD officer that
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The Jonesboro Police Department in Arkansas has terminated an officer after he was seen on video physically assaulting a detainee in the back of a patrol vehicle. On Friday, the department “was informed of a complaint about an incident involving a JPD officer that occurred the
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Lauren Izso and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday and accused him of adopting an “anti-Israel narrative,” revealing a deep rupture at the top of the Israeli government as the Middle East risks spiraling into a full-scale regional conflict. Israeli
Continue Reading By Samra Zulfaqar, Esha Mitra and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Thousands of doctors have gone on strike across India to demand better protection for health workers after a trainee medic was raped and murdered in eastern West Bengal state. The resident doctor’s body was found last Friday with multiple injuries and signs of sexual
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell. Kara-Murza spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday for the
Continue Reading CNN By Helen Regan and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell. Kara-Murza spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday for
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman and Jessie Yeung, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The pilot killed when a helicopter crashed into the roof of a luxury hotel in Cairns, Australia, on Monday was an employee of the charter company that owned the aircraft, but wasn’t authorized to fly, the group confirmed in a statement. Nautilus Aviation said
Continue Reading By Avery Schmitz and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state last week. Videos shared widely on social media and geolocated by
Continue Reading By Michael Mitsanas, CNN (CNN) — Sudan is at a “breaking point,” a United Nations agency said Monday, as a growing number of people need food, water, shelter and medical care in a country devastated by intensifying war. Over eight million people have been displaced since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery and Nodoka Katsura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — As tremors shook the ground in parts of western Japan last Thursday, local and national government bodies leapt into action. Meteorologists gathered and issued a temporary tsunami advisory. A special committee warned that another “major earthquake” could hit in the coming week – the
Continue Reading KCAL, KCBS, CNN By Brandon Miller and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Los Angeles at 12:20 p.m. PT, according to the US Geological Survey. The “notable” quake had an initial reported intensity of 4.7 but has since been revised down to 4.4, the agency said. The shallow quake was
Continue Reading By Brandon Miller and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Los Angeles at 12:20 p.m. PT, according to the US Geological Survey. The “notable” quake had an initial reported intensity of 4.7 but has since been revised down to 4.4, the agency said. The shallow quake was only 7.5 miles
Continue Reading