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He was a hero on Alaska Air 1282. Now he’s picketing for ‘livable’ wage

Chris Isidore, CNN February 13, 2024

CNN -- Steve Maller, a flight attendant for nearly 20 years, was one of the flight attendants on the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 when a door plug blew out. With the plane at...

Rare case of human plague identified in Oregon, likely spread by pet cat, health officials say

Jacqueline Howard, Mira Cheng, CNN February 13, 2024

CNN -- A person in Deschutes County, Oregon, has been diagnosed with a case of bubonic plague, making them the state’s first confirmed case of this rare bacterial infection...

‘We were walking in water, sand, mud’: Palestinian women describe terror of 12-mile escape on foot from Gaza City

Abeer Salman, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN February 13, 2024

CNN -- After being trapped in a building for more than a week in a neighborhood of Gaza City besieged by Israeli troops, a group of Palestinian women told...

Two or three times a week, Elmira takes a bus into Kharkiv city center to her school, nestled in a tunnel of a subway station

‘We won’t hear the bangs’: Ukrainian city moves schools into metro stations

CNN —  It was a special day for Elmira Dergousova when Russian tanks rolled across the border into Ukraine: her fifth birthday. A plastic crown perched on her head, she blew the candles out on...

James Crumbley has pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter

What the conviction of the Michigan school shooter’s mother means for the father’s upcoming trial

By Eric Levenson, CNN February 12, 2024

CNN- The conviction of Jennifer Crumbley has potential implications for gun-owning parents everywhere. None more so than for her husband, James Crumbley. Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty Tuesday of...

The shooting occurred on the platform at the Mt. Eden station, the law enforcement source said.

1 dead, 5 injured in New York subway shooting after fight breaks out on platform, law enforcement source says

By John Miller and Celina Tebor, CNN February 12, 2024

CNN- One person is dead and five others were injured in a shooting at a subway station in the Bronx borough of New York after a fight broke out late Monday afternoon, a law enforcement source told CNN. The...

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter taxies in 2023 at Inyokern Airfield, California.

5 Marines confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in Southern California

CNN- Five US Marines have been confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in a remote area of Southern California during a training flight Tuesday night, according to a news release from their Marine...

Kevin Kangethe, a suspect in the killing of a nurse in Boston, appeared before a judge last week in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where he was arrested.

A fugitive suspected of killing a nurse in Boston was captured last month in Kenya. Now he’s escaped from police

CNN- A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Boston before fleeing to Kenya has escaped from a Nairobi jail, where he was awaiting extradition after his capture last week. Kevin Kangethe, 42, was...

he Blount County Sheriff's Office is looking for Kenneth Dehart, who is a suspect in a fatal officer-involved shooting, officials said

Manhunt underway for Tennessee man suspected of fatally shooting sheriff’s deputy and injuring another, officials say

CNN- A search is underway in east Tennessee for a man suspected of shooting and killing a sheriff’s deputy and injuring another during a traffic stop on Thursday, authorities said. The suspect, 42-year-old...

Suspect awaiting extradition over US nurse murder escapes Kenya cell

Larry Madowo, CNN February 8, 2024

CNN -- A suspect accused of murdering his girlfriend in Boston, MA from murder escaped from a Nairobi police station Wednesday afternoon and is still on the run, Kenyan police...

Netanyahu says Hamas’ demands on hostage and ceasefire deal are ‘delusional’

Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Tim Lister, CNN February 8, 2024

CNN -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed Hamas’ proposals for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza as “delusional,” in a setback to diplomatic efforts...

Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro under investigation in probe into attempted coup

CNN -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation as part of a probe into an alleged attempted coup to keep him in power, according to one of his former aides. Four...