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2 officers were shot near Philadelphia after responding to a 911 call at a home that was then set on fire

CNN -- Two Pennsylvania police officers were shot Wednesday after responding to a call about the apparent shooting of a child at a home that was then set on fire, the local district attorney said. Authorities...

Rescue crews searching for helicopter with 5 Marines missing en route from Las Vegas area to San Diego

Haley Britzky, Andy Rose and Dakin Andone, CNN February 7, 2024

CNN -- Rescue crews are searching a remote, snow-covered area of Southern California after a military helicopter with five Marines onboard was “reported overdue” en...

Hamas has replied to Gaza hostage proposal

CNN -- Hamas has replied to a proposal aimed at the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and a sustained cessation in fighting, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman...

Where is Hind? Calls for answers more than a week after rescuers go missing trying to save trapped 6-year-old

CNN — Demands for answers are mounting over the fate of 6-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who became trapped in a car with her dead relatives after it came under Israeli fire in Gaza...

Wall Street is worried about another regional banking crisis

Nicole Goodkind February 6, 2024

CNN — Wall Street is experiencing a case of déjà vu. It’s been nearly a year since the collapse of three US regional lenders left financial institutions and regulators scrambling to...

FGM in Sierra Leone: Girls continue to bleed to death but an alternative ritual could save lives and preserve tradition

Trigger warning: This story contains graphic content and may be disturbing. CNN — The body of Salamatu Jalloh lies on a straw mat on the floor of a small, earth-colored room. After the 13-year-old...

King Charles III has cancer and will step back from public duties

Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and will step back from public-facing duties while he undergoes treatment, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. The update came after Charles,...

Photo issued by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on Feb. 4, 20204 shows a  RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft returning to the base, following strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.

At least 6 Kurdish fighters are killed in a drone attack on a Syrian base housing US troops

BASSEM MROUE AND KAREEM CHEHAYEB, AP NEWS February 5, 2024

BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack on a base housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria killed six allied Kurdish fighters late Sunday, in the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq since the U.S. launched retaliatory...

The unique preservation of the Sanfordiacaulis densifolia tree, where the trunk is surrounded by more than 250 spirally arranged leaves, was the result of earthquakes in a 352-million-year-old rift-lake system, now exposed in New Brunswick, Canada

Rare ancient tree discovery has scientists ‘gobsmacked’

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN February 2, 2024

(CNN)- Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of uniquely 3D tree...

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter predictions are in

CNN- Punxsutawney Phil – the famous groundhog weather watcher – woke up and did not see his shadow Friday morning, calling for an early spring. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of...

Smoke rises from a fire after a plane crash in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday

3 killed in fiery small-plane crash at mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, officials say

CNN — A preliminary FAA report published Friday morning shows three people were killed Thursday evening in a fiery crash when a small plane smashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida. The...

US sees signs Iran is worried about escalating proxy attacks amid heightened tensions

Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN February 1, 2024

CNN -- US officials believe there are signs that Iranian leadership is nervous about some of the actions of its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, according to multiple people...