How to see the Draconid meteor shower
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Look up for the Draconid meteor shower this weekend, expected to peak October 8. Unlike many meteor showers,…
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Festivalgoers, children, soldiers: What we know about the people captured by Hamas
CNN By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Paul P. Murphy, Allegra Goodwin, Benjamin Brown and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people…
Continue ReadingIsrael formally declares war against Hamas as it battles to push militants off its soil
By Hadas Gold, Shirin Faqiri, Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung and Caitlin Hu, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel has formally declared war on…
Continue ReadingAmerican cities bolster security around places of worship after the catastrophic attacks in Israel
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Cities across the US are ramping up security around houses of worship after the…
Continue ReadingDesert horror: Music festival goers heard rockets, then Gaza militants fired on them and took hostages
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. Thirty…
Continue ReadingHamas captures hostages as Israelis share photos of those missing
By Hadas Gold, Paul P. Murphy, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Hamas captured a…
Continue ReadingPolice in Florida arrest a 19-year-old after they say they found written shooting spree threats during a routine traffic stop
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in South Florida say they arrested a 19-year-old this week after they say they found written threats for…
Continue ReadingDefense rests case in wrongful death trial against 2 Colorado officers involved in 2019 arrest of Elijah McClain
By Andi Babineau and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorneys for two police officers in Aurora, Colorado, facing charges in the death of…
Continue ReadingFar from uniting the nation, Australia’s Voice referendum has revealed its priorities and prejudices
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Within the first 15 seconds of his victory speech in May 2022, newly elected Australian…
Continue ReadingHotels canceled Army-Navy game room reservations due to migrant crisis. Now, some are calling for changes to Massachusetts’ right-to-shelter law
By Ray Sanchez and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two months before the march of Cadets and Midshipmen into Gillette Stadium for the…
Continue Reading6 South Dakota teens plead not guilty to rape at baseball tournament
By Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Six South Dakota teenagers have pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and aiding and abetting rape,…
Continue ReadingHow ancient footprints rewrote a chapter of early human history
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As humans, we’ve left our mark on every place we’ve been — including other worlds. Rover tracks…
Continue Reading‘Girl math’ was a fun social media joke. Then it got complicated
By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The problem with social media in-jokes is they don’t stay funny for long. Someone takes them too seriously,…
Continue ReadingA charred body, shifting stories and a convicted man’s assertion of innocence
By Jacque Smith, CNN (CNN) — Crooked cops. Drug dealers. Secret agendas. The rumor mill churned after the body of 18-year-old Jessica Currin…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu says Israel is ‘at war’ after Hamas launches surprise air and ground attack from Gaza
By Ibrahim Dahman, Hadas Gold, Lauren Iszo, Amir Tal, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Richard Allen Greene and Hande Atay Alam, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem…
Continue ReadingA trucker killed women in six states. Investigators say they’ve identified his last victim
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women across the United States in the 1990s and…
Continue ReadingTaxiing airplane and shuttle bus collide at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, injuring at least 2, officials say
By Sharif Paget and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A taxiing airplane collided with a shuttle bus at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Friday…
Continue ReadingColorado supermarket mass shooting suspect deemed competent to stand trial, judge rules
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of killing ten people in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store in 2021 has been deemed fit to stand…
Continue ReadingPhilippine drag queen Pura Luka Vega arrested after Jesus performance sparks Catholic backlash
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A drag queen who dressed as Jesus Christ and performed a rock rendition of The Lord’s Prayer has been…
Continue Reading10-year-old boy killed in Kharkiv was asleep when Russian missile hit, Ukraine says
By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A 10-year-old boy who was killed by Russia’s strike on the city of Kharkiv on Friday was apparently asleep when…
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