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Crews responding to mass casualty incident after reported fire and explosion at Pennsylvania nursing home

By Danny Freeman, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Emergency crews are responding to a mass casualty incident at a Pennsylvania nursing home after a reported fire and explosion, fire and police officials say. The Silver Lake Nursing Home is located about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia in Bristol Township. It is not immediately clear if

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The remains of missing 9-year-old California girl Melodee Buzzard have been found.

Melodee Buzzard, a 9-year-old girl who vanished during a road trip with her mother, is found dead, source says

By Josh Campbell, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The remains of missing 9-year-old California girl Melodee Buzzard have been found, a law enforcement source familiar with the case told CNN on Tuesday. Her mother, 40-year-old Ashlee Buzzard, was also taken into custody and is being held at Santa Barbara County’s Southern Branch Jail without bail,

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Ghislaine Maxwell is seen here in New York in September 2013.

Email from ‘A’ at British royal family’s residence asked Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’

By Kara Fox, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — A person identified as “A” emailed the disgraced former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell from the British royal family’s Scottish residence in 2001, asking whether she had “found me some new inappropriate friends,” according to newly released documents. The email is part of a series of messages exchanged

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Houthi supporters in Sanaa

Yemen’s warring parties agree on biggest prisoner exchange deal so far

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government have reached a new agreement to carry out a large-scale prisoner exchange, marking a significant humanitarian step amid ongoing efforts to de-escalate the conflict. Abdulqader Hasan Yahya al-Murtadha, head of the Houthi National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, said on Tuesday that

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The Barus & Holley engineering building is seen closed off during the manhunt for the gunman on December 17.

The feds are investigating Brown University’s safety after this month’s shooting. Here’s what’s at issue –– and at stake

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — With questions swirling about Brown University’s security after this month’s fatal shooting on the Providence, Rhode Island, campus, the Department of Education on Monday announced it would probe whether the school violated federal law. The department said in a news release it would investigate potential violations of the Clery

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Emergency personnel assist an elderly woman who was inside an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv

‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine kills 4-year-old child, as Zelensky is briefed on peace talks

By Svitlana Vlasova and Billy Stockwell, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia launched one of its largest aerial attacks this month on Ukraine overnight, killing at least three people and injuring at least 17 others, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Ukraine’s leader received his first face-to-face briefing with his negotiating team on their arrival back

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5 things to know for Dec. 23: Epstein files, Trump’s new battleships, Bondi beach, Boat strikes, California flooding

By Tricia Escobedo, Andrew Torgan, CNN A “60 Minutes” story that was shelved at the last minute, sparking accusations of political interference, has reached a worldwide audience — thanks to some eagle-eyed Canadian viewers with access to a streaming platform. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with

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Acworth Police cruisers are seen in Acworth

He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. Then he spent weeks in jail before the case was thrown out

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — For Mahendra “Mick” Patel, 2025 will always be the year his life turned upside down. What began as an errand for his elderly mother in March devolved into an attempted kidnapping accusation, forcing the 57-year-old father to abandon his real estate business and leaving his family desperate to find

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Most mass shooters act alone. Bondi massacre a rare father-and-son atrocity, experts say

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — As authorities investigate the motives behind last week’s deadly Bondi Beach attack, leading criminologists note an unusual characteristic differentiating this mass shooting from others: the suspected gunmen were family members working together. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram are accused of killing 15 people at the iconic Sydney

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Photos of Brown University shooting victims MukhammadAziz Umurzokov

Brown places its vice president of public safety on leave as feds open investigation into safety after mass shooting

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Brown University announced on Monday it placed its police chief on administrative leave while an after-action review of a shooting earlier this month that left two students dead and nine others wounded takes place. Rodney Chatman, Brown’s vice president for public safety and emergency management, will be on leave

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Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian air bases to counter strikes on cities and infrastructure

By Tim Lister and Svitlana Vlasova (CNN) — Ukrainian security services have stepped up drone and sabotage operations against Russian combat aircraft and submarines this month, in what analysts see as one way to combat incessant Russian missile strikes against cities and energy infrastructure. In the last three weeks, Ukraine has used long-range drones in

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