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Turkey rebrands as ‘Türkiye,’ changing name at the United Nations

June 2, 2022 2:44 PM CNN Newsource

By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the…

Buffalo mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty to 25-count indictment, including murder

June 2, 2022 8:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Mark Morales and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN The 18-year-old suspect in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that killed 10 people pleaded not…

Queen pulls out of jubilee service due to ‘discomfort’ during Thursday’s parade

June 2, 2022 10:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will miss a service of thanksgiving at St…

Gov. Greg Abbott asks for legislative recommendations in response to Uvalde shooting

June 2, 2022 10:13 AM Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday morning called on the Texas Legislature to form special committees to make legislative recommendations in response to…

Deadly shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma “multiple” wounded; 5 dead including shooter

June 1, 2022 4:58 PM David Gonzalez

UPDATE — we now have 5 dead, including the shooter, in the active shooter situation at the Natalie Building on the St. Francis Hospital…

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas’s social media moderation law

May 31, 2022 3:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Brian Fung and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court of the United States temporarily blocked a sweeping Texas law on Tuesday that restricts the…

Gunfire erupts after a high school graduation ceremony, killing an elderly woman on the Xavier University campus

May 31, 2022 1:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN An 80-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting at a high school graduation ceremony Tuesday on…

Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann found not guilty of lying to FBI, in blow to Durham investigation

May 31, 2022 10:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann was acquitted Tuesday of lying to the FBI, in the first trial of special…

House committee eyes Thursday vote for wide-ranging gun control legislation

May 31, 2022 8:22 AM CNN

CNN By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote as soon as Thursday on wide-ranging gun control…

Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher dies at 60

May 26, 2022 3:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Radhika Marya, CNN Andy Fletcher, a keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, has died, the band announced on their official social media…

Deadline Hollywood reports Ray Liotta has died

May 26, 2022 10:26 AM David Gonzalez, Associated Press

Deadline Hollywood is reporting “Goodfellas” start Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Actor Ray Liotta…

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

May 26, 2022 10:27 AM Associated Press

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings…

‘How do you shoot my baby?’: A first responder arrived at Robb Elementary to learn his 10-year-old daughter had been killed

May 26, 2022 9:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Faith Karimi, CNN Med aide Angel Garza rushed to Robb Elementary School on Tuesday and arrived as officials started escorting shell-shocked…

Plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush revealed, according to Forbes exclusive

May 24, 2022 11:44 AM David Gonzalez

In an exclusive, Forbes magazine reports the discovery of a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. Forbes reports an Iraqi man in the…

Sarah Huckabee Sanders will win GOP nomination for Arkansas governor, CNN projects

May 24, 2022 8:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Maeve Reston, CNN Sarah Huckabee Sanders will win the GOP nomination for governor of Arkansas, CNN projects, putting her in strong position to win…

Starbucks is leaving Russia for good

May 23, 2022 8:57 AM CNN Newsource

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is leaving Russia for good. The coffee company paused its operations and stopped shipments of its…

Exclusive: Trevor Reed details surviving horrendous conditions in Russian psychiatric treatment facility

May 20, 2022 6:37 AM CNN

CNN By Maegan Vazquez and Devan Cole, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine recently freed after two years in a Russian prison,…

A mountain climber from Japan is presumed dead after falling into a crevasse at Alaska’s Denali National Park

May 19, 2022 11:47 PM CNN Newsource

By Paradise Afshar, CNN A Japanese mountain climber is presumed dead after falling into a crevasse in Alaska’s Denali National Park, officials…

Democrats ask Biden to appoint staffer to oversee baby formula shortage

May 19, 2022 9:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Daniella Diaz, CNN A group of Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to appoint someone to oversee the baby formula shortage as it…

He built a moving, nearly life-sized ‘Star Wars’ X-wing fighter. Now, he wants to use it to help Ukraine

May 19, 2022 11:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Ryan Bergeron, CNN It might look like something from a galaxy far, far away but this “Star Wars” X-wing starfighter came from a very…

15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter’s Discord private chat shortly before the shooting

May 19, 2022 8:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson and Samantha Beech, CNN At least 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron’s private account on…

‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli freed from prison for halfway house

May 18, 2022 1:16 PM Associated Press

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been freed from prison after serving…

Ex-Minneapolis Police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death

May 18, 2022 8:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Brad Parks and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs during his fatal restraint pleaded…

Juárez again becomes a waiting room for migrants who hope to seek asylum in the United States

May 17, 2022 5:34 PM KVIA ABC-7

Editor’s note: This story comes from the El Paso Times as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which…

This hero doctor charged a gunman at a church service and prevented further bloodshed, officials say

May 17, 2022 1:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Eric Levenson and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A California family and sports medicine doctor with a deep interest in building community was praised as a…

Over 100,000 people officially missing or disappeared in Mexico

May 17, 2022 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Claudia Rebaza, Karol Suarez and Aliza Kassim, CNN Mexico has officially registered more than 100,000 people as missing or disappeared, according…

Biden administration taking logistical steps to help baby formula shortage

May 16, 2022 9:51 AM CNN

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is working with key manufacturers to help provide logistics support during the baby formula shortage, a White…