Start 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…
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17-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 ReadingUS police agencies are sending protective gear to Ukrainian civilians in what experts call an unprecedented move
By Emma Tucker and Zachary Cohen, CNN The governors of Iowa and Nebraska announced last week interagency initiatives to donate police protective…
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…
Continue ReadingOver 100 NYC streets will be car-free for Earth Day
By Zoe Sottile, CNN More than 100 streets in New York City’s five boroughs will go car-free to celebrate Earth Day. For the fifth year in a…
Continue ReadingFrench voters head to the polls in presidential race
By Joshua Berlinger and Joseph Ataman, CNN French voters head to the polls Sunday for one of the most consequential presidential elections the…
Continue ReadingNorthern California firefighters extinguish four-alarm blaze near port
By Paradise Afshar and Caroline Kucera, CNN A four-alarm fire that ignited Saturday near a port in Benicia, about 40 miles northeast of San…
Continue ReadingUK pledges new military assistance for Ukraine after PM’s surprise visit to Kyiv
By Sarah Dean and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The UK is to send 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine, Downing Street announced…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest man after he allegedly buried his mother and sister in the backyard and continued to cash Social Security checks
By Amy Simonson and Alaa Elassar, CNN A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the burial of both his mother and sister inside plastic…
Continue ReadingPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted as country’s leader following vote of no-confidence
By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted as the country’s leader following a vote of no…
Continue ReadingA ‘rude person’ bumped her into a lottery machine and out came a $10 million ticket
Yenny Sanchez, CNN A California woman became an instant millionaire thanks to “some rude person.” LaQuedra Edwards put $40 into a…
Continue ReadingMan arrested after allegedly stealing car in Atlanta, driving off with 9-year-old boy still inside, police say
By Michelle Watson and Melissa Alonso, CNN A man allegedly carjacked a woman’s car in Atlanta with her 9-year-old son still inside on Monday…
Continue ReadingHolocaust survivor, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Holocaust survivor and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, Gerda Weissmann Klein, died April 3, her son Jim Klein confirmed…
Continue ReadingConvicted hit man’s escape evokes mob’s ‘ruthless’ heyday in one American city
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Dominic Taddeo was in his early 20s when a US Justice Department lawyer appeared before a Senate subcommittee with a dire warning…
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