By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Sounds offer hope, officials said Friday amid a frantic, fast-paced mission to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble of a partially collapsed condominium tower in Surfside, Florida. Though it’s unclear how many people were in the portion of the 12-story building that fell, scores of victims remain unaccounted for. The
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By Stella Chan, CNN Five people were shot, one fatally, early Friday during an attempted robbery in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Jeff Lee tells CNN. Around 2 a.m., three men in their 20s attempted to rob two men in front of a residence on Blue Jay Way, police said in
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Vaughan, CNN Rescue workers are digging through rubble and debris looking for signs of life after Thursday morning’s building collapse in the town of Surfside, just north of Miami, Florida. Around 1:30 a.m., an estimated 55 condominiums fell to the ground, most of them with residents asleep inside. As families wait in agony
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After being found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin now faces sentencing. Darryl Forges reports.
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A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said. If confirmed, Bacot would walk free, as she has already spent a year in detention, the lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, explained to French media. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong to a new species of early human that researchers have called “dragon man.” The exciting discovery is the latest addition to a human family tree that is rapidly growing and shifting, thanks
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Rosa Flores and Ray Sanchez, CNN The fire chief helping to lead search and rescue efforts at the South Florida building collapse that killed at least four people had a message Friday for the families of the 159 others unaccounted for. Have hope. “There’s always hope,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Andy Alvarez
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Universe, we’ve got a problem: The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working. After the June 13 malfunction, Hubble’s payload computer stopped receiving the “keep-alive” signal that’s a “standard handshake between the payload and main spacecraft
Continue Reading By Barbara Wojazer, Lorraine Poupon and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison,
Continue ReadingRecord breaking hot tempertures are likely for the Pacific Northwest with cities like Seattle seeing temperatures well above 100 degrees. We are also monitoring severe storms and heavy rain in the Midwest. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.
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Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. William Barber II were among a handful of people arrested this week during a protest on Capitol Hill as more high-profile figures call for new voting rights action. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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By Tomas Etzler, CNN Five people have been killed after a rare tornado along with tennis ball-sized hailstones hit several villages in South Moravia, in the southeast of the Czech Republic, officials said. A local hospital in the town of Hodonin treated 83 injured people. Forty-five were admitted to hospital, six of whom were in
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After being found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin now faces sentencing. Darryl Forges reports.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Eric Levenson, CNN Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed, offering his “condolences to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A school board in Southern California unanimously approved a resolution Thursday denouncing racism and racial discrimination after some community members flung tortillas at a predominately Latino high school basketball team. “I think this is a good start,” said Escondido Union High School District superintendent Dr. Annie Staffieri, who
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Hungary “has no place” in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several power outages are being reported in mid-Missouri counties. The largest outage currently is being reported in Saline County. Evergy is reporting 482 customers currently being affected. The outage was reported at 11 p.m. Evergy is currently reporting restoration at 12:30 a.m. Friday. The company is also reporting 768 customers without power
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The Chinese government is accused of detaining Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in extralegal detention centers, which it claims are reeducation centers designed to prevent separatism and religious extremism. Researchers say there’s also evidence of a growing number of Uyghurs being jailed in formal prisons with lengthy sentences. CNN’s Ivan Watson speaks to families whose loved ones have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment.
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