By Chelsea Bailey, TuAnh Dam, Alex Stambaugh, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Everything changed in a matter of minutes. The wildland firefighters assigned to the Rifle County, Colorado, Helitack crew were among the first to arrive at the Knowles Fire Saturday, as the fast-moving blaze scorched the state’s western border. As the crew began initial
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The first full moon of summer — aka the “strawberry moon” — will rise tonight. This is how you can get the best views. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Supreme Court In a split decision, the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the September 11, 2012, attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. Facts September 11, 2012 – The US mission in Benghazi is attacked and burned. An attack later that night involves mortar and rocket fire against a US diplomatic annex in the city. US
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By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The JetBlue flight that reported striking a drone on approach to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday did not actually hit a drone, a source familiar with the preliminary investigative findings tells CNN. Investigators have found no damage to the passenger aircraft
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Congressional candidate and California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a prominent gay Democrat who has spearheaded pro-transgender rights legislation, was surrounded and berated by protesters at San Francisco’s annual Trans March on Friday as they accused him of supporting genocide in Gaza. A video widely shared on social media shows
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By Chris Boyette, Amanda Musa, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a 2-year-old child dead alongside his mother and aunt last week in Jackson, Mississippi, officials announced Thursday. The suspect, who was not publicly identified, was arrested in Texas and faces a capital
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This story was originally published by CNN. Click here for live updates. (CNN) — The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up an appeal from President Donald Trump over a $5 million verdict and finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a decision that means the president will now have to pay the
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN SpaceX arrived on Wall Street this month amid high expectations, and it has so far delivered. But for many investors, the real bet is on CEO Elon Musk — and that his next act will be as lucrative as his last. Here’s what else you need to know to get
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By Sebastian Shukla, Benjamin Brown, Lauren Kent, Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — Four women and two men have been killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in the northern German city of Stade, police said on Monday. Stade police said several others were injured in the shooting. Five people died at the scene,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Summer vacations are calling. Cheap flights, not so much. Aviation experts say jet fuel prices have fallen sharply in recent months, but something else is keeping airfares high. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ Heat wave A heat wave
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By Issy Ronald, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, completed Britain’s arduous Three Peaks Challenge over the weekend to support the hospital where she underwent cancer treatment two years ago. She said she undertook the endurance challenge – which involves summitting the three highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales within
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By Dianne Gallagher, Eric Levenson, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Lexington, South Carolina (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and son, will face his second murder trial next spring after his previous convictions were overturned on appeal. Murdaugh, 58, appeared in court Monday, shackled in an orange jumpsuit, for
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — On the evening of June 8, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party posted four words on its official X account. “There is no Gadi without Tibi.” Accompanying the short message was an AI-generated, 11-second clip showing two politicians – Gadi Eisenkot and Ahmad Tibi – standing
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — For months, anti-migrant rhetoric had been building across South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyirenda’s doorstep. In early June, two men gave the Malawian gardener, who lives in a Johannesburg suburb, a chilling ultimatum: leave now or face death. “They asked me: ‘When are you going to leave the
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters Bangkok (Reuters) — The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder. Thai police said they arrested an Australian man in his 40s at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi
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CNN By Billy Stockwell, Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Eleven people were killed on Sunday when a skydiving plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, according to a regional official. The aircraft – which was carrying 11 people – crashed at 11 a.m. local time during a skydiving session, according to Yves Séguy,
Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell, Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Eleven people were killed on Sunday when a skydiving plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, according to a regional official. The aircraft – which was carrying 11 people – crashed at 11 a.m. local time during a skydiving session, according to Yves Séguy, the
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By Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Just days away from America’s 250th birthday — and steps away from where the country itself was born — visitors to the City of Brotherly Love are met with an unusual sight: an incomplete national park. “It’s a living historical moment,” said Mijuel Johnson, a local guide with
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Written by Flora Charner from reporting by Osmary Hernández and Camille Rodríguez Montilla, CNN Caracas and La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — Venezuelans are grappling with a stark question: after years of economic and political strife and now devastating twin earthquakes, can their country recover, or are the cracks just too deep? Rescue teams and neighbors
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The small drones cruise – undetected – over the skies of southern Lebanon and northern Israel, searching for targets. Footage recorded by the explosive-laden devices shows them, one after another, finding and striking their targets: the weak spot on an Israeli Merkava tank. An Iron Dome air
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