By Darya Tarasova, Maria Kostenko, Tim Lister and Dennis Lapin, CNN (CNN) — Fierce fighting is taking place around the Ukrainian town of Vovchansk as Kyiv’s troops seek to isolate Russian units that have advanced across the nearby border. Heavy combat is underway at an aggregate plant on the northern edge of Vovchansk, according to
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Seven people were shot, including some victims in their late teens, in northeastern Massachusetts early Sunday, during what law enforcement officials described as a spontaneous car meetup. Police officers responded to an area on Lindbergh Avenue in Methuen, Essex County, shortly before 2 a.m. ET following multiple 911 calls
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Raw sewage, swarms of flies and mosquitoes, garbage piled high in the streets. As the heat of summer gathers, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are contending with a crisis in sanitation. Ismail Zayda, who lives in Gaza City in the north, told CNN that
Continue Reading By Joshua Berlinger and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A two-day summit in Switzerland dedicated to forging a path forward to end the war in Ukraine concluded with key powers spurning a joint communique agreed to by more than 80 other countries and international organizations. India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates,
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Two employees of a pre-trial detention center in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don have been rescued after they were held hostage by six detainees in the facility for several hours on Sunday morning, according to Russian state media. The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Rostov region said the
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — A conservative group’s lawsuit against a reparations program in Evanston, Illinois, that provides some Black residents with cash payments and housing assistance, has left advocates for reparations worried this could be the first of many attacks on their efforts to redress the harms of slavery, segregation and systemic
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — German police on Sunday shot a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device in Hamburg, authorities said, hours before the city was set to host its first game for the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. The suspect had threatened officers in Hamburg’s famous St. Pauli district
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! While you’re sipping coffee from a new mug and reading homemade construction paper cards, consider this: Fatherhood can be good for men, psychologically speaking, and can act as an antidote to toxic masculinity. Here’s what else you
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A fire in Los Angeles County that forced the evacuations of hundreds of people from a state park has burned more than 15,000 acres since it started Saturday, authorities said. The Post Fire had burned 15,611 acres and was 20% contained as of Monday evening, according to the California Department
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, CNN London (CNN) — Prince William on Sunday shared a photograph showing him as a child with his father, King Charles III, to mark Father’s Day in the United Kingdom this year. The heir to the British throne posted the image on X and wrote: “Happy Father’s Day, Pa. W.” The photo
Continue Reading By Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Sara Smart, Kim Berryman and Sharif Paget, CNN Rochester Hills, Michigan (CNN) — Nine people were injured in an apparent “random” shooting at a Michigan recreation center on Saturday, and police are still searching for a motive. Law enforcement recovered 11 guns from the home of the man authorities say
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Kathleen Magramo, Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef and Lauren Izso, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military has announced a “tactical pause” of military activity along a route in southern Gaza to allow aid to be distributed but stressed that there would be no let up in fighting in and around Rafah in
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, Melissa Alonso, Jamiel Lynch and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Thursday morning in this weekend’s mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Round Rock, Texas, which left two people dead and 14 others injured, according to police. The teenager,
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, Alex Stambaugh and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — China will provide a new pair of giant pandas to Australia, Premier Li Qiang said on Sunday, in the latest sign of warming relations between the two countries. Li made the announcement at Adelaide Zoo as he began a four-day trip to the country, Australian public
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN Clacton-on-Sea, England (CNN) — At the end of Clacton Pier, where the salty North Sea breeze tangles with the sickly stench of the nearby amusement hall, a row of amateur fishermen gaze way off past the horizon, towards Europe. The lights and the noise here start early every day. Seagulls dart
Continue Reading WDIV, WXYZ, CNN By Dalia Faheid, Paradise Afshar, Sara Smart, Kim Berryman and Sharif Paget, CNN Rochester Hills, Michigan (CNN) — Police are looking for a motive after at least nine people were shot in what appears to be a “random” shooting that sent panicked families fleeing a crowded recreation area in Rochester Hills, Michigan,
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, Sara Smart and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A suspect in the shooting that injured at least nine people at a recreation area in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Saturday was found dead at a nearby home, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. The suspect, a 42-year-old man whose name has not yet been
Continue Reading By Caroline Faraj, Hadeel Ghaboun and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Six people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi officials that temperatures during the annual gathering could reach 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) this year. All six of the dead are Jordanian citizens, the Jordanian foreign
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The countdown to the first 2024 presidential debate has begun. President Joe Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, will face off next week on CNN in the most critical debate clash in years. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading CNN By Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Almost 30 people were rescued and medically evaluated after being stuck hanging upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Portland. The “AtmosFEAR” ride at Oaks Amusement Park “stopped at the apex position while operating in the 360-degree setting, suspending 28 riders upside
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