CNN By Hanna Park, John Miller, Taylor Romine, Aaron Cooper, Jeff Winter and Bob Ortega, CNN (CNN) — A sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s misty skyline into a tragedy. The helicopter carried six people, including three children and their parents – who have both worked
Continue Reading WCBS, CNN By John Miller, Mark Morales and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Six people – including three children – are dead after a passenger helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The passengers included a pilot and a family visiting from Spain, he said. At 3:17 p.m., multiple
Continue ReadingWFTV, CNN By Daniel Wine and Morgan Severson, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Some fitness coaches use mantras or mottos to help motivate their clients. Experts suggest
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine and Morgan Severson, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Some fitness coaches use mantras or mottos to help motivate their clients. Experts suggest finding a
Continue Reading By John Miller, Taylor Romine, Aaron Cooper and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the helicopter carrying them crashed off the New Jersey shoreline, killing them and the pilot. Spectators watched the helicopter as it dropped from the sky and
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The federal government outlined evidence to support Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation order in a newly-released, two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The memo says the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate is deportable because of his “beliefs, statements or associations” that would compromise US foreign
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old New Yorker is stuck in Puerto Rico because Frontier Airlines won’t fly her home with her “emotional support” parrot. Maria Fraterrigo and the bird were allowed to travel out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, but now the airline is refusing to let her and Plucky back
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old New Yorker is stuck in Puerto Rico because Frontier Airlines won’t fly her home with her “emotional support” parrot. Maria Fraterrigo and the bird were allowed to travel out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, but now the airline is refusing to let her and Plucky
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By Eric Levenson and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — When Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri was arrested by federal officers outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, so began a multistate, week-long journey in custody that would end in a rural jail over 1,000 miles away. An Indian national working as a professor and studying
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in accidents that is now on duty and combat ready. “’Frankenjet’” is fully operational and ready to support the warfighter,” a report from the military’s F-35 Joint Program Office
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine and Morgan Severson, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Aging without having any chronic diseases is a feat many people hope to achieve. New research
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! I’m still basking in the glow of Florida’s thrilling come-from-behind win over Houston in last night’s NCAA men’s basketball
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Personal: Birth date: April 27, 1955 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Eric Emerson Schmidt Father: Wilson Schmidt, a professor Mother: Ellie Schmidt Marriage: Wendy Boyle (1980-present) Children: Sophie and
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By Andy Rose and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Kseniia Petrova’s path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs. The Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare “non-hazardous” frog embryos she was carrying with her on her return to the US from
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — When Mother Nature strikes, weather warnings advise people to take action. They’re only useful, though, if you can read them. Now that a contract between the National Weather Service and a translation company has lapsed, extreme weather alerts will no longer be offered in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — When Mother Nature strikes, weather warnings advise people to take action. They’re only useful, though, if you can read them. Now that a contract between the National Weather Service and a translation company has lapsed, extreme weather alerts will no longer be offered in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French and
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By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Idaho is set to make decisions about what evidence can and cannot be submitted at the upcoming death penalty trial of Bryan Kohberger, who’s accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder
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By Karina Tsui and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Four suspects are in custody following a shooting during an illegal gun sale and robbery in northeastern Virginia on Tuesday evening that left three people dead, and three others injured, authorities said Wednesday. “All suspects are in custody and there is no threat to public safety,”
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, TuAnh Dam and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is freezing $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University and more than $1 billion in funding to Cornell University, a White House official told CNN. ”The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible, and concerning Title VI investigations,”
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By Emma Tucker and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A youth soccer coach charged in the killing of a 13-year-old California boy was previously accused of preying upon other children, prompting authorities to make a public plea for information about other potential victims. The suspect, Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, was accused in the killing of
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By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An annual festival in Philadelphia dedicated to celebrating Mexican culture and history has been cancelled, with organizers citing fear that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement might be present and target attendees. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, ICE has detained thousands of people, using aggressive methods like the rarely-used Alien
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana immigration judge on Tuesday said she will decide by the end of this week whether to continue to hold Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil in custody or release him. Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist, was taken into custody by federal agents last month outside of his Columbia
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Most of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street should be closed off to vehicles, creating a permanent pedestrian plaza, a report recommends, three months after a truck plowed into a New Year’s Day crowd, killing 14 people and injuring at least 35. The tragedy took place in the city’s bustling French
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Police and the FBI are investigating after a Tesla charging station was damaged in Lacey, Washington early Tuesday morning. “This morning at 1:34, officers were dispatched to a malicious mischief after receiving multiple calls reporting a loud noise in the area,” the Lacey Police Department said in a statement.
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! I’m still basking in the glow of Florida’s thrilling come-from-behind win over Houston in last night’s NCAA men’s
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Boston Marathon terror attack. On April 15, 2013, double bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured at least 264. Facts The bombs exploded 12 seconds apart near the marathon’s finish line on Boylston Street. According to Richard
Continue ReadingJade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated two former top federal labor protection officials who were fired by the Trump administration — even though they worked for independent government agencies. With the return of Cathy Harris, chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Gwynne Wilcox, a member of
Continue ReadingCNN Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated two former top federal labor protection officials who were fired by the Trump administration — even though they worked for independent government agencies. With the return of Cathy Harris, chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Gwynne Wilcox, a member
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration continues to expand its deportation actions, startling scenes have emerged in recent weeks of masked federal agents in plain clothes detaining international students on campus or near their homes, raising serious questions about those tactics and their authority to wear face coverings. There is no
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court-ordered deadline to return to the US a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, granting the Trump administration additional time to review the case. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a sheet metal worker and father of three, was deported last
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