By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta officials on Thursday morning lifted the last boil water advisory put in place after a string of water main breaks left parts of the major US city without drinkable water nearly a week, underscoring the fragility of the nation’s aging infrastructure. “We are pleased to announce that the
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III embarked on his first overseas trip since being diagnosed with cancer, traveling across the English Channel for commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day Landings in Normandy. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on five stretches of the German-occupied Normandy coastline
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras, Christina Maxouris, Lauren Mascarenhas, Carolyn Sung, Samantha Beech and Celina Tebor, CNN Riverhead, New York (CNN) — Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann now faces charges in the deaths of six women spanning three decades and multiple Long Island communities after he was indicted on two new murder charges Thursday —
Continue Reading By David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — The NBA Finals are about to start, or so I’m told. It’s usually these professional sport high holidays where I’m cornered into admitting I’m sports agnostic. One summer afternoon in a Brooklyn park, while cheering on my daughter at a peewee softball game, another dad approached me because
Continue Reading CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean activists sent balloons carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks to their northern neighbor on Thursday, days after North Korean balloons of trash and “filth” floated in the opposite direction. The activist group Fighters for a Free North
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean activists sent balloons carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks to their northern neighbor on Thursday, days after North Korean balloons of trash and “filth” floated in the opposite direction. The activist group Fighters for a Free North Korea
Continue Reading By Allegra Goodwin, Abeer Salman, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, and Rob Picheta, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dozens of people were killed by an overnight Israeli airstrike on a United Nations-run school in central Gaza, authorities said, in an attack that CNN analysis found was conducted with a US-made weapon. The school, run by the UN agency for
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — One of the world’s largest democratic exercises is underway, with some 373 million people across the European Union eligible to vote in elections for the next European Parliament. Voters in the 27 nations of the EU head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to elect 720 members of
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A major bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, was temporarily closed Wednesday afternoon after a crew lost control of a large container ship after it left port. The US Coast Guard was alerted to an “out of control vessel” in the Cooper River around 12:17 p.m. Wednesday,
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova and James Legge, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Western countries they’re taking a “very serious and dangerous step” by supplying weapons to Ukraine, which could result in Moscow arming their enemies. Ukraine has relied heavily on arms supplied by Western allies to beat back Russian forces since Putin’s
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Sarah Dewberry and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The Port of Baltimore channel could fully reopen this weekend after nearly 11 weeks of painstaking operations to remove colossal pieces of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge that had been blocking much of the crucial shipping artery. The entire 700-foot wide channel is
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, Rosa Flores and Rocio Munoz-Ledo, CNN (CNN) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his country is seeking an agreement for the US to deport asylum-seekers and migrants to their countries of origin instead of Mexico. The announcement comes after US President Joe Biden unveiled executive action that would bar people
Continue Reading By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — Baseball legend Willie Mays never expected to get 10 more career hits five decades after his last game. But that’s exactly what happened last week when Major League Baseball integrated Negro League statistics into its record books. “So that’s a very good thing,” Mays told CNN in a statement Wednesday. “It must be
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Sahar Akbarzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — At least four people were killed and more than 20 others injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech Republic on Wednesday night, authorities said. Rescue operations have ended and authorities will investigate what caused the crash in the city of Pardubice, police said Thursday.
Continue Reading By Meghan Pryce 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Not so long ago many of us were willing to buy fancy new TVs, Peloton bikes and bottles of the good stuff. Because you only live once, right? Now the free-spending party is coming to an end. Nicole Goodkind analyzes why this could be. Here’s what
Continue Reading By John Miller, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings, is expected to be indicted Thursday on new murder charges in the killings of two additional women, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN. The former New York architect was taken into custody in
Continue Reading By Ilse Borrero and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español (CNN en Español) — American John Poulos was sentenced on Tuesday to more than 42 years in prison by a Colombian court, after he was found guilty of aggravated femicide in the killing of a young Colombian DJ named Valentina Trespalacios, as well as crimes of
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — In her more than 27 years of marriage to Rex Heuermann, Asa Ellerup likely did not know about the gruesome double life her husband is accused of living, Suffolk County’s top cop says. “If you ask me, I don’t believe, that they knew about this double life that Mr.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former NFL quarterback Michael Vick. Personal Birth date: June 26, 1980 Birth place: Newport News, Virginia Birth name: Michael Dwayne Vick Father: Michael Boddie Mother: Brenda (Vick) Boddie Marriage: Kijafa (Frink) Vick (June 30, 2012-present) Children: with Kijafa (Frink) Vick: Jada and
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Summit, New Jersey Birth name: Mary Louise Streep Father: Harry Streep Jr., pharmaceutical company executive Mother: Mary (Wilkinson) Streep, commercial artist Marriage: Don Gummer (1978-present) Children: Louisa, 1991; Grace, 1986; Mary
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