‘Beyond your control.’ The recipe for a deadly crowd crush
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Houston’s sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of a nation anxious…
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‘This was not a concert, this was a fight for survival’
CNN, KHOU By Alaa Elassar, CNN TK Tellez knows that festivals can get crazy. But nothing, he says, could have prepared him for the tragedy that…
Continue Reading‘Beyond your control.’ The recipe for a deadly crowd crush
CNN, KHOU, KTRK By Ray Sanchez, CNN Houston’s sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of…
Continue ReadingFlorida fisherman treats 300 kids to annual fishing trip
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Eddie Morgan, owner of Harbor Docks, a beloved family-owned marina and seafood restaurant in Destin-Fort Walton Beach,…
Continue ReadingA Michigan city’s first Arab-American mayor has a message for its youth: ‘Be proud of your name’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN A Michigan city considered to be the center of Arab America has finally elected its first Arab-American mayor. Abdullah Hammoud,…
Continue ReadingBrother of drug trafficker El Chapo and 2 others indicted on drug trafficking charges
By Jamie Crawford, National Security Producer The US Attorney’s office in Arizona announced the unsealing of two indictments that charged…
Continue ReadingThe search for another Earth across the galaxy heats up
By Ashley Strickland, CNN I’ve always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element…
Continue ReadingWithin minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
CNN, HLN By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were left trampled…
Continue ReadingCalifornia law school, named for a man who funded the killing of Native Americans, moves to change its name
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN A San Francisco law school named for a man who orchestrated a massacre of Native Americans is moving to change its name. The…
Continue ReadingWhat is Astroworld? Who is Travis Scott? And other things to know about the incident
By Hannah Ryan, CNN At least eight people were killed and many others injured after a crowd surged forward while rapper Travis Scott was on stage at…
Continue ReadingEthiopia’s military calls on former members to rejoin army as rebels advance on capital
By David McKenzie, CNN Ethiopia’s military is calling on veterans to rejoin the army as two aligned rebel groups threaten the capital, marking…
Continue ReadingYoung mother and elderly priest among Tigrayans arrested in Addis Ababa, witnesses say
CNN By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Witnesses say Tigrayans are being arrested in Addis Ababa in a wave of…
Continue ReadingWhy the first responding officer at the Ahmaud Arbery shooting didn’t provide first aid
CNN, WJXT By Travis Caldwell, CNN The first police officer to respond to the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia, testified in court…
Continue ReadingCamels escape from circus and venture out to explore Madrid
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Spanish police had an unusual encounter on Friday night when a number of camels and a llama escaped from a circus and wandered…
Continue ReadingWithin minutes, the Astroworld Festival turned deadly. Here’s what we know about the show’s timeline
CNN, KPRC, KTRK, KHOU By Travis Caldwell and Keith Allen, CNN A crowd surge at a Houston music festival on Friday crushed concertgoers as they were…
Continue ReadingFormer USC official pleads guilty to a fraud charge tied to college admissions scandal
By Aya Elamroussi and Liam Reilly, CNN A former athletics official at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Friday in an admissions…
Continue ReadingMochi, the dog with the world’s longest tongue, has died
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Mochi “Mo” Rickert, holder of the record for the longest tongue on a living dog, has died, according to Guinness…
Continue ReadingPolice searching for missing swimmer after a shark attack in Western Australia
By Angus Watson, CNN A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the…
Continue ReadingAt least 98 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion
By Teele Rebane and Yong Xiong, CNN At least 98 people died on Friday after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone‘s capital,…
Continue ReadingThis California woman has helped hundreds of refugee families. It all started with a Jumparoo
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Earlier this year, Miry Whitehill met a family of Afghan refugees who had just fled their homes following the US withdrawal…
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