Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service…
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The Iron Dome, explained and visualized
By Joshua Berlinger, Lou Robinson, Rachel Wilson and Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — As thousands of rockets have rained down on Israel, the country…
Continue ReadingA police officer has been charged in the killing of a Black man at a gas station after he left without paying for a beer
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after a Black man died at the hands of police outside a New Mexico gas station, the state’s…
Continue ReadingThe Midwest US could be a hotspot for deadly ‘moist heat stress’ as global temperatures climb
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Large parts of the world, including China and the Midwest US, are on track to become too hot for humans to…
Continue ReadingHamas and Iran are longtime allies. Did Tehran help with its attack on Israel?
By Nadeen Ebrahim (CNN) — The shock Hamas incursion into Israel was of a scale and sophistication that was previously considered unthinkable.…
Continue ReadingHamas and Iran are longtime allies. Did Tehran help with its attack on Israel?
CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim (CNN) — The shock Hamas incursion into Israel was of a scale and sophistication that was previously considered…
Continue ReadingWhat is Hamas and why is it attacking Israel now?
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The brazen attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel that began on Saturday will be seen as a turning…
Continue ReadingIsrael is at war with Hamas. Here’s what to know
By Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military has told all civilians in Gaza City to evacuate “southwards” as it…
Continue ReadingNewly discovered snail in Florida Keys is named after Jimmy Buffett song
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The late singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has an unsuspecting figure to add to his legacy — a newly discovered…
Continue ReadingFirst travel-related death from rare tick-borne virus recorded in Maryland, health official says
By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — The first travel-related death from a rare tick-borne virus has been recorded in Maryland after an individual…
Continue ReadingIsrael festival revelers shot at point-blank range, video shows
By Paul P. Murphy, Teele Rebane, Hilary Whiteman, Brad Lendon, Amanda Jackson and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Gaza militants who attacked an…
Continue ReadingIsraeli defense minister orders ‘complete siege’ of Gaza, as Hamas threatens hostages
CNN By Hadas Gold, Eyad Kourdi, Jonny Hallam, Ibrahim Dahman, Helen Regan and Tara John, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel’s Prime…
Continue ReadingA retired Vermont university dean was shot to death on a trail near campus. Now police are looking for her killer
By Paradise Afshar, Jennifer Henderson and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A retired university dean was found shot in the head on a hiking trail near…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from flash floods in Indian Himalayas climbs to 74 with at least 100 still missing
Story by Reuters (Reuters) — The death toll from flash floods unleashed by a glacial lake bursting its banks in India’s Himalayas climbed to…
Continue Reading‘I’m not going to censor the truth’: This Sicangu Lakota rapper is using music to fight against injustice and share Indigenous culture with the world
By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — When Frank Waln raps onstage, he is dripping head to toe in his culture. His long, braided hair frames his face,…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Oct. 9: Israel, House speaker, Auto strike, Ukraine, Afghanistan
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Several states today will commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a holiday that came about as an…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Oct. 9: Israel, House speaker, Auto strike, Ukraine, Afghanistan
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Several states today will commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a holiday that came about as an alternative…
Continue ReadingThis 12-year-old treated every room like a stage and his family was his adoring audience. Then he was killed in a drive-by shooting
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Eric Gregory Brown III treated every room like a stage. Always ready to dance and perform, he moved fast and…
Continue ReadingAid groups warn devastation from Afghanistan earthquake ‘worse than we imagined’
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — International aid groups in Afghanistan are scrambling to send help to survivors of an earthquake which has left…
Continue ReadingDesert horror: Music festival goers heard rockets, then Gaza militants fired on them and took hostages
CNN By Paul P. Murphy, Allegra Goodwin, Benjamin Brown and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The rockets began around 6:30 a.m., Tal Gibly told CNN.…
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