[ad_1] CNN — While search teams in Hawaii are looking for a medical transport aircraft officials believe crashed with three people aboard, the governor issued an emergency proclamation to bolster medical airlift services – which he said are a critical need in the isolated island chain. The aircraft went missing …
Read More »Heavy snow to bombard millions in Northeast this weekend as South recovers from deadly tornadoes 5.5
[ad_1] CNN — The monstrous storm that walloped much of the US this week has now brought nor’easter conditions as it moves across New York and New England ahead of the weekend. After many in the South were left grappling with power outages and smashed homes and businesses from a …
Read More »Opinion: How the Sandy Hook massacre became a pivot point for misinformation
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Amanda J. Crawford, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, is writing a book exploring the dual crises of gun violence and misinformation. The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion at CNN. CNN — In the decade since a troubled young …
Read More »A massive storm is producing raging blizzards in the north and damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child was killed and homes flattened
[ad_1] CNN — A massive cross-country storm is producing damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child has died, and punishing blizzard conditions in Colorado and the Plains that have resulted in shuttered interstates and snarled travel. The storm system moving east across the nation – currently lingering over the …
Read More »Buffalo grocery store mass shooter willing to plead guilty to federal charges if death penalty off the table, attorneys say
[ad_1] CNN — The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded three in a racist attack at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, would be willing to plead guilty to federal charges – including hate crimes – if prosecutors agree to take the death …
Read More »Shooting at Marietta, Georgia, Walmart
[ad_1] CNN — At least one person was injured Wednesday in a shooting outside a Walmart near the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Cobb County Police said. Police in a tweet initially reported several injuries, but Deputy Chief Ben Cohen later said at least one person was shot and transported in …
Read More »Boy in the Box: Philadelphia police use DNA analysis to help identify a child found dead inside a box 65 years ago
[ad_1] CNN — More than six decades after a boy was found dead in a box in Philadelphia, investigators have identified the child with the help of DNA, police announced Tuesday. In what would come to be known as the “Boy in the Box” case, the child was discovered wrapped …
Read More »Belgium’s biggest ever trial begins over Brussels bombings
[ad_1] Brussels Reuters — Belgium began proceedings on Monday in its largest ever trial to determine whether 10 men played a part in the Islamist suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 that killed 32 people and injured over 300. More than six years after the attacks, presiding judge Laurence Massart …
Read More »Kevin McCarthy speaker bid: Mike Lawler says GOP wont be ‘held hostage’ by leader’s detractors
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Republican Rep.-elect Mike Lawler of New York on Sunday offered his full support for House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid, saying the party won’t be “held hostage by a handful of members” seeking to place a different Republican atop the chamber. “Kevin is the only …
Read More »New Zealand: Mother appears in court over alleged suitcase murders
[ad_1] CNN — A mother of two children whose remains were found in suitcases earlier this year appeared in a New Zealand court Wednesday charged with their murders. The woman, 42, was remanded in custody by the Manukau District Court in Auckland, CNN affiliate Radio New Zealand reported. The court …
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