5 things to know for April 11: Ukraine, Covid, French elections, Shootings, Masters
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN White House officials are getting anxious about a massive migrant surge that will likely occur at the US-Mexico border…
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5 things to know for April 11: Ukraine, Covid, French elections, Shootings, Masters
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN White House officials are getting anxious about a massive migrant surge that will likely occur at the US-Mexico border…
Continue ReadingManhole fires in New York’s Times Square sent crowds fleeing. No injuries were reported
By Pooja Salhotra and Liam Reilly, CNN No injuries were reported after manhole fires in New York’s Times Square sent crowds running Sunday…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia waives residency requirement for police and prison guards amid staffing shortages
By Kiely Westhoff and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Amid significant staffing shortages for police and prison officers, Philadelphia has lifted its…
Continue ReadingHuge California Home Depot fire creates heat signature seen from space
By Caroline Kucera, CNN Firefighters in San Jose have contained a fire at a Home Depot that was so large and hot it could be seen from space.…
Continue ReadingTexas district attorney says he will drop murder charge against woman in connection with ‘self-induced abortion’
By Paradise Afshar and Keith Allen, CNN A Texas district attorney confirmed Monday his office filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against a…
Continue ReadingUS Marshals’ operation recovers 16 missing children and uncovers allegations of sex trafficking, agency says
By Emma Tucker A three-month operation by the US Marshals Service in Louisiana led to the recovery of 16 missing children, the arrest of five…
Continue ReadingNew York City Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for Covid-19, spokesperson says
By Dakin Andone and Samantha Beech, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, according to a statement from a…
Continue Reading4 people shot near Nationals Park, police say
By Keith Allen, Christian Sierra and Kelly Murray, CNN Four people, including two teens, were shot near Nationals Park in Washington, DC, on Saturday…
Continue Reading$3.2 million in alleged cocaine seized at Texas border
By Kelly Murray, CNN A tractor trailer coming into the US from Mexico was caught Friday carrying 427 pounds of alleged cocaine, the US Customs and…
Continue Reading6 people are injured after a shooting in an Illinois residential neighborhood
By Amanda Watts, CNN An overnight shooting in a residential part of Elgin, Illinois, has left six people injured, police said. The shooting happened…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Ukraine, Pakistan, France, Puerto Rico, Dwayne Haskins
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Soaring inflation. The war in Ukraine. Yet another rise in Covid cases. With so much going on this year it’s hard to…
Continue Reading17-year-old arrested in South Bronx shooting that left one teen dead, two others injured
By Kiely Westhoff A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for a shooting in the Bronx Friday that killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded two other…
Continue ReadingThis Texas teacher is helping make her students’ menstrual cycles a little easier
By Sara Smart, CNN This Texas teacher’s goal is to provide everything she can for her students — and that includes pads and tampons. As…
Continue Reading6 people were shot — including 1 fatally — after an apparent fight at a birthday party in Indianapolis, police say
By Michelle Watson, CNN An apparent fight at a birthday party in Indianapolis devolved into a shooting, leaving one person dead and five others…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in connection with Cedar Rapids nightclub shooting that left 2 dead and 10 injured, police say
By Amanda Watts, Michelle Watson, Hannah Sarisohn, Amy Simonson and Amir Vera, CNN Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police have arrested a suspect in connection…
Continue ReadingThis man won the lottery using his little brother’s license plate numbers
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A lucky Maryland man snagged a $25,000 lottery prize after playing the numbers on his younger brother’s license plate. The…
Continue ReadingSchool of Black Utah student who died by suicide allowed bullying ‘on any ground’ to go unchecked, report finds
By Nicole Chavez, CNN When Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor died by suicide in November, her mother alleged that the 10-year-old Black and…
Continue ReadingPower has been restored to much of Puerto Rico following an island-wide outage
By Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Power has been restored to 99.7% of LUMA Energy customers in Puerto Rico, the utility said Sunday, after…
Continue ReadingHere’s why the Parkland shooter is facing a jury even though he has already pleaded guilty
By Dakin Andone, CNN Jury selection began this past week in the penalty phase of Nikolas Cruz’s trial, the part of his court case that will…
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