5 things to know for July 8: Shinzo Abe, Parade shooting, Brittney Griner, Covid, Heat
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Summer travel is heating up, but understaffed airlines are struggling to avoid melting down. American Airlines this week…
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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, defined politics for a generation
By CNN Staff Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in Nara. He was 67. Abe was…
Continue ReadingShinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, assassinated during campaign speech
By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Tara John, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign…
Continue ReadingCalifornia to make its own low-cost insulin, governor says
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN California will begin making its own low-cost insulin in an effort to make it more financially accessible amid soaring prices…
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By Hafsa Khalil, Aditi Sangal, Hannah Strange, Adrienne Vogt and Elise Hammond, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue ReadingFire threatens Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove, home to more than 500 giant sequoia trees
By Taylor Romine A wildfire is threatening a famed giant sequoia tree grove in California’s Yosemite National Park, officials said Thursday.…
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Continue ReadingJapan’s strict gun laws make shootings rare
By Nectar Gan, CNN The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shocked Japan, a country with one of the world’s lowest…
Continue ReadingJapan’s strict gun laws make shootings rare
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shocked Japan, a country with one of the world’s…
Continue ReadingHighland Park shooter’s rooftop position made it hard for police to find him quickly as parade turned into chaos, chief says
By Aya Elamroussi, Josh Campbell and Yon Pomrenze, CNN The Fourth of July parade shooter’s location — concealed on a rooftop along…
Continue ReadingWoman accused of killing elite cyclist used passport that belonged to someone ‘closely associated’ with her to flee to Costa Rica, authorities say
By Raja Razek, CNN The woman who fled to Costa Rica after allegedly killing an elite cyclist in Texas used several aliases and a passport that…
Continue ReadingJuly 8, 2022 Shinzo Abe shot dead in Nara, Japan
By Jessie Yeung, Rhea Mogul, Helen Regan, Rob Picheta, Amy Woodyatt, Ed Upright, Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt and Elise Hammond, CNN…
Continue ReadingFormer Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in critical condition following shooting
By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in critical condition and fighting for his life after…
Continue ReadingOfficer who fatally shot Tamir Rice sworn in and resigned from new law enforcement position in the same week, official says
By Liam Reilly, CNN Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland, Ohio, police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, resigned from his…
Continue ReadingConnecticut officials announce reforms after Randy Cox was partially paralyzed in a police van
By Samantha Beech and Zenebou Sylla, CNN After Randy Cox suffered an injury in the back of a New Haven police van that left him partially paralyzed,…
Continue ReadingThe 8-year-old boy paralyzed from waist down after Highland Park parade shooting woke up and asked to see his twin and dog
By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN An 8-year-old boy who was attending the Highland Park Fourth of July parade with his parents and twin…
Continue ReadingMothers are having to bury their children as fears of famine hang over Somalia
CNN By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Ijabu Hassan has had no chance to grieve the deaths of her children. She’s had to…
Continue ReadingMothers are having to bury their children as fears of famine hang over Somalia
By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Ijabu Hassan has had no chance to grieve the deaths of her children. She’s had to focus…
Continue ReadingOfficers were justified in the fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of 4, jury finds
By Paradise Afshar and Alaa Elassar, CNN Seattle police officers were justified in the fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant mother of four…
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