By Caitlin Danaher and Rose Roobeek, CNN (CNN) — The group suspected of murdering a crime reporter in the Netherlands in 2021 also wanted to kidnap Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to a witness in the case. The protected witness, known to Dutch prosecutors only as “5089,” was told by a lead suspect that the group was so
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 62-year-old man who died after an Atlanta police officer tased him during a dispute about a traffic citation has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the former officer, the police chief and the city. The 63-page complaint alleges Johnny Hollman Sr.’s First, Fourth and 14th amendment
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, LJ Spaet, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — An Atlas Air cargo flight en route from Miami to Puerto Rico made an emergency landing late Thursday after a reported engine failure, the Federal Aviation Administration said. According to FlightAware, the plane was in the air for 14 minutes. The
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes more destruction to people’s homes. The measures include giving wider access to an immediate $750 per person impacted by extreme
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Innocence Project is now representing Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murder in 2004 in the deaths of his wife and their unborn son, the group said Thursday. The nonprofit organization, which works to exonerate people who are wrongly convicted and incarcerated, said
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Macy’s is laying off around 2,000 employees and closing more stores as Americans move away from brick-and-mortar chains. Consumers are also spending less at gas stations, furniture stores and personal-care shops, the Commerce Department says. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Macy’s is laying off around 2,000 employees and closing more stores as Americans move away from brick-and-mortar chains. Consumers are also spending less at gas stations, furniture stores and personal-care shops, the Commerce Department says. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer landed on the lunar surface, but the mission may end prematurely since the spacecraft’s solar cell is not generating electricity, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The agency said it is currently receiving a signal from the lander, which is communicating as expected. The
Continue Reading By Maxime Tamsett, CNN (CNN) — Spelman College, a private women’s college in Atlanta, will receive a $100 million gift, which the school says is the largest single donation to a historically Black college or university. The donation comes from longtime Spelman trustee Ronda Stryker and her husband, William Johnston, the chairman of the wealth
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Early on Christmas Day in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah, Motaz Azaiza shared a terrifying update on X. A quadcopter was flying low above the door of his house, he said, and he feared he was about to be targeted in an Israeli airstrike. As a highly
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — An American Airlines flight attendant faces federal child pornography charges as he is accused of trying to secretly film a 14-year-old girl in an airplane bathroom and having videos of other young girls using lavatories aboard the planes he worked on, prosecutors said. Estes Carter Thompson III was arrested
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Friday claimed it had successfully tested an underwater nuclear weapons system earlier this week in response to naval drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan. According to North Korean state media, its military conducted a new test of its
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years, authorities said Thursday – including a higher number of youth and members of the North Korean elite. South Korea’s Unification Ministry recorded 196 defectors
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A Thai appeal court on Thursday extended a man’s prison sentence to a record 50 years for insulting the monarchy, in what is believed to be the toughest penalty ever imposed under the country’s draconian lese majeste law, according to a legal rights group. Mongkol Thirakhot, 30, an online clothes
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Ukraine scrambles to keep international support with Russia’s invasion grinding into a third year, its leader has made clear one country he would like to see join his push for peace: China. Ratcheting up pressure on Beijing – Moscow’s most powerful political ally – appeared as
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After soaring hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant issue that dashed its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to conclude its truncated, 10-day journey around 4 p.m. ET Thursday as it smashed into the Earth’s
Continue Reading CNN By Rachel Clarke, Shimon Prokupecz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Aaron Cooper and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Officers had many opportunities as the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was still unfolding to reassess their flawed response to the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the US Justice Department concludes in a damning
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — It was supposed to be a routine court appearance this week for Nicholas Rossi, who is facing a rape charge in Utah. Rossi appeared via video Tuesday from the Utah County jail, his face partially hidden under an oxygen mask and his voice barely audible. When the judge asked him, “Are you
Continue Reading By Jenna Schnuer, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Early human settlements in what is now Alaska tracked closely with the movements of a female woolly mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago, according to a new
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Ibrahim Dahman, Benjamin Brown, Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces severely damaged a cemetery in Khan Younis in southern Gaza earlier this week, exhuming and removing bodies in what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by
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