4/24/2023

Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory

For all the interest in big-name witnesses and eye-opening private text messages, at the core of the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News are 20 specific broadcasts and tweets in which the voting company says Fox knowingly promoted lies, destroying its reputation.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Spain is sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, making it the latest Western power to do so. Meantime, the eastern city of Bakhmut remains a key battleground. Follow here for live updates.
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4/23/2023

Brevard Zoo welcomes adorable, critically endangered grasshopper sparrow chicks

Florida's Brevard Zoo has welcomed a clutch of grasshopper sparrows, which the zoo said will help boost the species' critically endangered population.
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4/22/2023

New Mexico police officers who shot and killed a homeowner while responding to the wrong address were 'justified,' their attorney says

An attorney representing the three police officers in Farmington, New Mexico who opened fire on a homeowner after they responded to the wrong address claims the officers were "justified" in their actions.
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4/21/2023

Sudan's paramilitary RSF announces 72-hour ceasefire ahead of Muslim holiday

One of Sudan's two warring factions has declared a 72-hour truce after nearly a week of fierce fighting, which has left more than 330 people dead and pushed tens of thousands of refugees to flee the country.
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4/20/2023

Children's cat-killing contest axed following backlash in New Zealand

A contest planned for children in New Zealand to hunt and kill feral cats as part of a drive to protect native species has been axed following backlash from the public and animal rights groups.
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4/19/2023

China has ramped up construction on its new Antarctic station, new report reveals

China is making "significant progress" building the country's fifth research facility in Antarctica after a several years-long lull in construction, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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4/18/2023

The Tennessee expulsions reveal the core divide in US politics. Here's why.

Rarely have the tectonic plates of American politics collided as visibly and explosively as they did earlier this month in Tennessee.
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4/17/2023

A teenager was shot by a homeowner after going to the wrong house to pick up siblings, Kansas City police say

A teenager was shot and wounded by a homeowner after mistakenly going to the wrong home to pick up his siblings in Kansas City, Missouri, police said Sunday.
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4/16/2023

Japan's Kishida vows maximum security for G7, day after explosive thrown at him

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Sunday to keep world leaders safe during G7 meetings in the country, a day after a man threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at him during a campaign speech.
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4/15/2023

On one of the world's most dangerous migrant routes, a cartel makes millions off the American dream

A CNN team trekked nearly 70 miles across the DariƩn Gap, a stretch of remote jungle connecting South and Central America, to see why so many are resorting to the perilous route to make it to the United States.
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4/14/2023

Analysis: 'Tone deaf' Macron faces backlash over Taiwan comments

French President Emmanuel Macron might have hoped to focus this week on what may prove the biggest domestic test of his leadership, as France's Constitutional Council prepares to rule Friday on whether or not he can push ahead with controversial pension reforms.
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4/13/2023

Actor Jamie Foxx is recovering after suffering undisclosed 'medical complication,' daughter says

Actor Jamie Foxx is recovering after experiencing a "medical complication," according to an Instagram post Wednesday night from his daughter Corinne Foxx.
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4/12/2023

Warren Buffett gives reason for surprise sale of stake in Taiwan's TSMC

Warren Buffett says geopolitical tensions were "a consideration" in the decision to sell most of Berkshire Hathaway's shares in global chip giant TSMC, which is based in Taiwan.
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4/11/2023

25 years ago, I watched Northern Ireland's politicians agree a peace deal. Now it's under renewed pressure

The Good Friday Peace agreement came in to existence as tensions gave way to applause, signaling an end to years of tortuous negotiations and the beginning of Northern Ireland's peace.
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4/10/2023

India's endangered tiger population is rebounding in triumph for conservationists

Tigers once roamed across Asia, their numbers as high as 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, before the species plummeted to the brink of extinction.
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4/09/2023

Israel says its fighter jets have hit a Syrian military compound

Israel says its fighter jets have hit a Syrian military compound, radar systems and artillery posts "in response to rockets fired from Syria."
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4/08/2023

A woman was chained and tortured in China and the images put online. Six people have been jailed

A Chinese court on Friday sentenced six people to jail for their roles in the human trafficking and abuse of a woman whose appearance in an online video showing her chained by the neck sparked a public outcry.
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4/07/2023

Japanese military helicopter crashes in sea with 10 on board

Rescuers are scanning waters off southern Japan for 10 people on board a Japanese military helicopter that apparently crashed into the sea on Thursday, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said.
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4/06/2023

In the dark depths of the Pacific, US submarines patrol with an eye fixed firmly on China

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, cocooned within one of the US Navy's most technologically advanced pieces of equipment, Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon is clear-eyed about the two biggest challenges his team faces.
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4/05/2023

Haberman reveals why Trump attacked judge and his family in speech

CNN political contributor Maggie Haberman explains the reasoning behind Donald Trump's attacks on the judge and his family during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort after he was arraigned on felony charges.

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Over 62 million are at risk of severe weather as tornado-spawning storm system treks across Central US

Over 62 million are at risk of severe weather Wednesday as a major tornado-spawning storm system treks across the Central US, threatening more damage ahead after battering Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan.
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4/04/2023

READ: Trump indictment related to hush money payment



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Iranian women arrested for not wearing hijab after yogurt thrown on them

Two women in Iran were arrested after a man threw yogurt on them for not wearing the hijab at a store in the northeastern city of Shandiz, according to a video and report published by the Mizan News Agency, the state-run media for Iran's judiciary.
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4/03/2023

Watch Trump arrive in New York for his arraignment

Former President Donald Trump arrives in New York City a day before he is expected to turn himself in to law enforcement and face more than 30 criminal charges in a Manhattan court following last week's historic grand jury indictment. CNN's Dana Bash and Sara Murray break down the moment.

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Trump's disdain for the judiciary has created new challenges for the Supreme Court

Some Supreme Court justices thought Donald Trump was setting them up. Two days after the official swearing-in of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in October 2018, the president arranged a televised ceremony at the White House and invited all the justices.

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Suspected Chinese spy balloon was able to transmit information back to Beijing

The suspected Chinese spy balloon that transited the US earlier this year was able to capture imagery and collect some signals intelligence from US military sites, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.

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Born in Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky became an outspoken exponent of its destruction



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Video shows moment of deadly explosion at cafe in Russia

A well-known Russian military blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, authorities said. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.

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Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg cafe blast

A well-known Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be an audacious attack on a high-profile pro-Kremlin figure.
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4/02/2023

Zelensky calls Russia's UN Security Council presidency 'absurd'

1 min ago

Massive Russian shelling kills 6 people in Kostiantynivka

From CNN's Maria Kostenko

Six people have died and at least 8 have been injured as a result of Russian shelling in the town of Kostiantynivka Sunday morning, according to Andrii Yermak, head of the Presidential Office. 

"The enemy made two strikes with S-300 and fired four salvo with Uragan multiple launch rocket system," Yermak said.

Sixteen apartment buildings, 8 private houses, a kindergarten, the local state tax inspection building, gas pipes and 3 cars were damaged, he said. 

“Multi-storey buildings and private residential houses were heavily damaged,” Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk region military administration, said.

At least 5 other people have been injured in the Donetsk region Sunday morning: three people in Toretsk and 2 in Bakhmut, Kyrylenko also said.

Some context: The worst of the fighting on the ground is focused in the east after Russia failed to make major gains elsewhere.

Authorities in the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka said this week that it is being "wiped off the face of the earth" as it comes under "almost non-stop" fire.

Avdiivka is located about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the city of Donetsk.

Fighting has also centered around the eastern city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces are said to be depleted and a Ukrainian counter-offensive could soon be launched.

15 min ago

Full hotels, busy ski resorts: Why Ukraine’s tourism sector is having a busy war

From CNN's Carole Rosenblat

Tourists stroll in a ski resort close to Bukovel town, southwest from capital Kyiv on March 1. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)

The Covid pandemic caused the Hotel Leopolis in Lviv, Ukraine, to close for two months in 2020.

Yet, since then, and a little more than a year after Russia invaded, the Leopolis has continued to be open for business without a pause.

The hotel’s management even decided to continue a renovation that began in 2019, completing it in the summer of 2022, at a time when air strikes were raining down on the city.

And it seems while many aspects of life in Ukraine have ground to a halt because of the conflict, in the western part of the country, tourism infrastructure, including hotels, seems to be thriving. Even Ukraine’s ski resorts have been enjoying plenty of visitors.

Igor Gut, a frequent guest from Kyiv, often stayed at the Leopolis for Jazz Fest and business trips before the war. He’s still visiting regularly today.

“They have a lot of different places for business meetings and have maybe the best conference services in Lviv,” he says. “The room and service were important then.”

Read the full story here.

51 min ago

Life was a struggle for families of Ukrainians with disabilities before the war. It’s even harder now

From CNN's Ivana KottasovĆ” and Yulia Kesaieva

Clients relax during an afternoon rest period at Djerela, an NGO focused on supporting families living with disabilities. (Brendan Hoffman for CNN)

The war has put a huge strain on Ukraine’s healthcare system and has had a particularly devastating impact on people living with intellectual disabilities and their families.

Their conditions are often invisible to the general public and remain widely misunderstood in Ukraine. 

The community was suffering from a chronic shortage of support services even before the Russian invasion began last February. With resources diverted towards the war effort, the few that did exist are struggling to cope.

“I have been told by officials that care and support for people with intellectual disabilities and their families is ‘a luxury’ during wartime. So, we will have to wait until after the war to have this luxury,” said Raisa Kravchenko, the president of the All Ukrainian NGO Coalition for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

Kravchenko’s own son, Oleksiy, has an intellectual disability and behavioral disorders that are possibly related to his traumatic birth.

He was born in what was then Soviet Ukraine in the mid-1980s, at a time when the standard procedure was to put disabled children in institutions.

That was not something Kravchenko was willing to do. Instead, she started researching Western approaches to care for children with intellectual disabilities and complex behavioral disorders.

By 1994, she was in charge of an after-school club. Two years later, she co-founded Djerela, one of Ukraine’s first NGOs focused on supporting families living with disabilities.

Read the full piece here.

1 hr 8 min ago

Zelensky calls Russia’s UN Security Council presidency "absurd"

From CNN's Mariya Knight

Zelensky delivers his nightly address on Saturday. (The Presidential Office of Ukraine)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called Russia's UN Security Council (UNSC) presidency "absurd and destructive."  

“Unfortunately, we also have news that is obviously absurd and destructive,” Zelensky said on Saturday. “Today, the terrorist state began to chair the UN Security Council.” 

“Yesterday, the Russian army killed another Ukrainian child – a five-month-old boy named Danylo from Avdiivka, in Donbas," Zelensky continued.

“His parents were injured. Russian artillery... One of the hundreds of artillery strikes that the terrorist state launches every day. And at the same time, Russia chairs the UN Security Council.” 

Zelensky emphasized that such instances “prove the complete bankruptcy” of global institutions. 

“And there will be no such reason that will stop the reform of global institutions, in particular, the UN Security Council,” he added.

Zelensky argued that UNSC reform “is clearly overdue.” 

Some context: It is Russia's turn to run the UNSC this month -- a powerful body charged with maintaining global peace and security.

Presidency of the security council rotates alphabetically among its 15 member nations. The body is controlled by its five permanent members, including the US and Russia.

1 hr 17 min ago

Ukraine's Security Service says church leader with ties to Moscow is under investigation

From CNN's Radina Gigova

Metropolitan Pavlo, the director of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, attends a court hearing in Kyiv on Saturday. (Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images)

An Orthodox church leader at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery is under investigation, according to a statement Saturday from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), who accuse him of "inciting religious hatred" and "justifying and denying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine." 

As part of the investigation, the SBU said it found that Metropolitan Pavlo, Petro Lebid, "in his public speeches repeatedly insulted the religious feelings of Ukrainians, humiliated the views of believers of other faiths and tried to create hostile attitudes towards them, and made statements justifying or denying the actions of the aggressor country."

"Investigative actions" were taken at the metropolitan's places of residence, the SBU said. The operation was conducted under the supervision of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office, according to the SBU.

"The enemy is trying to use the church environment to promote its propaganda and split Ukrainian society. But we will not give him (the enemy) a single chance! The SBU systematically blocks all attempts by Russian special services to use their agents to harm the interests and security of Ukraine," SBU head Vasyl Malyuk said in the statement.

Here's what led up to the investigation: Metropolitan Pavlo is the abbot of the 980-year-old monastery, home of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), a branch of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine that has been traditionally loyal to the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.

Kirill is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a supporter of his war on Ukraine.

Tensions over the presence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have risen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and an agreement that allowed the UOC to occupy the historic complex was terminated on March 10. The UOC was instructed to leave the premises by March 29.

In May 2022, the UOC cut ties with Moscow and declared “full independence," but some members have maintained their loyalty. 

The metropolitan attended a court hearing Monday but felt unwell and had to go to a hospital, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said.

1 hr 26 min ago

Ukrainian kickboxing champion dies from wounds sustained on the battlefield, mayor says

From CNN's Maria Kostenko and Radina Gigova

Vitalii Merinov, a four-time world kickboxing champion who fought on the front lines in Ukraine, died Friday night from wounds sustained on the battlefield, the mayor of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk said Saturday. 

Mayor Ruslan Martsynkiv called Merinov's death "an irreparable loss for the Ivano-Frankivsk community" in a Facebook post. Merinov also had served as a member of the city council executive committee, according to Martsynkiv.

"Vitalii Merinov left for the war on the first day of the full-scale invasion," Martsynkiv said. "He suffered a gunshot shrapnel wound to his leg during one of the battles. Merinov recovered and returned to the front and defended Ukraine until his last breath."

The mayor did not say in which battle Merinov sustained his latest wounds. He is survived by his wife and two-year-old daughter, Martsynkiv added. 



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1 dead, at least 28 injured after roof collapses at the Apollo Theatre in Illinois

One person was killed and 28 others were injured after a full roof collapse at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, on Friday evening, officials said.

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Full hotels, busy ski resorts: Why Ukraine's tourism sector is having a busy war

The Covid pandemic caused the Hotel Leopolis in Lviv, Ukraine, to close for two months in 2020. Yet, since then, and a little more than a year after Russia invaded, the Leopolis has continued to be open for business without a pause.

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Popular abroad, at home Finnish PM Sanna Marin faces battle to keep her job

As Finland prepares to go to the polls on Sunday, the country's left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin is fighting for her political life.

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Taliban detains three British men in Afghanistan, UK non-profit says

Three British men have been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to the non-profit Presidium Network.
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4/01/2023

Ivanka Trump breaks silence on her dad's indictment

Presidential historian Tim Naftali discusses Ivanka Trump's statement about her dad, former President Donald Trump, being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.

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At least 5 killed and dozens hospitalized as tornadoes and storms tear through the South and Midwest of US

Devastating storms and tornadoes scraped the South and Midwest Friday into early Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens more, trapping others in their homes, and damaging businesses and critical infrastructure -- with the threat of more severe weather looming into Saturday afternoon.

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March 31, 2023 Trump indictment news

Former President Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to sources.
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3/31/2023

Tornadoes tear through Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Illinois is next

3 min ago

Sullivan County official says storm destroyed his home, trapping his wife inside

From CNN's Dave Alsup

Jim Pirtle, the emergency management director for Sullivan County, Illinois, told CNN his wife became trapped inside his family's home as a storm ripped through the county Friday night, destroying the house.

Their son was able to rescue her, he said.

“I called (my wife) 45 minutes before it hit. I told her, 'Robin, you need to go somewhere.' We don’t have a basement," Pirtle said. "I was on the phone with her and she was crying, ‘Jim I love you’ and it started tearing the house apart.”

“We got hit bad,” Pirtle said speaking by phone from Florida.

The official was out of state when the severe weather hit Sullivan County. He said he has been working with emergency officials remotely.

The storm hit the southern side of the city and "destroyed a lot of homes," Pirtle said.

“I’m not sure about fatalities, yet,” he added. “We still got people missing."

20 min ago

More than 50 preliminary tornado reports made in six states

People help remove personal items from a storm damaged home after a tornado in Johnson County, Iowa, on Friday. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen/AP)

The number of preliminary tornado reports during Friday's storms has ticked up to at least 53, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Here's where they have been reported:

  • Illinois: 22
  • Arkansas: 12
  • Iowa: 8
  • Wisconsin: 5
  • Tennessee: 4
  • Mississippi: 2
44 min ago

Multiple houses with "severe damage" in Sullivan, Indiana

From CNN’s Rebekah Riess

Multiple houses in the small city of Sullivan, Indiana, have sustained “severe damage” due to storms in the area, said Sullivan Mayor Clint Lamb.

“We need all citizens to stay safe and stay put,” Lamb said in a Facebook post overnight. “First responders need clear streets so they can tend to affected areas. Please pray for the Sullivan families and public safety personnel.” 

Sullivan is around 100 miles southwest of Indianapolis.

The mayor also thanked local police, fire, and ambulance services for their assistance.

Lamb said that a tornado had touched down in the area, however, the National Weather Service has not confirmed any of the storms in the state are tornadoes.

According to meteorologist Andrew White with the Indianapolis Office of the National Weather Service, three Indiana counties — Howard, Johnson, and Sullivan — have been hit hard by storms.

Sullivan County was under a tornado warning and a special statement had been sent out on the storm that moved through the county. 

50 min ago

New tornado watch issued for portions of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee

From CNN meteorologist Mike Saenz

A tornado watch is in effect for northern Alabama, northern Mississippi and central Tennessee until 7:00 a.m. CDT (8 a.m. ET) Saturday, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

That includes the cities of Nashville, Tennessee, and Huntsville, Alabama.

The areas could see tornadoes rated as EF-2 or higher in intensity, with destructive winds topping 111 mph. Storms could also bring wind gusts up to 70 mph and isolated events of hail nearly the size of an egg.

42 min ago

1 dead, dozens injured after the roof of an Illinois theater collapses on concertgoers

From CNN's Rebekah Riess, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mike Saenz

Rescuers work the scene at the Apollo Theatre after a severe spring storm caused damage and injuries during a concert, late Friday in Belvidere, Illinois. (Matt Marton/AP)

More than 200 people were packed inside the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, for an event when its roof collapsed Friday night, leaving one person dead and dozens injured, the city fire chief said.

The collapse occurred as a storm hit Belvidere's Boone County, with winds in the area reported to be in excess of 50 mph. It is not yet clear whether the storm caused the theater's roof to cave in.

First responders arrived within minutes of the collapse and began pulling people from the debris, Belvidere Fire Department Chief Shawn Schadle said.

Twenty-eight people were taken to hospital by ambulance, he said, adding that five had severe injuries.

Rescue teams performed an initial search of the theater and were carrying out a second search, "looking into the stabilization of the building,” Schadle said.

The venue's event coordinator estimated that approximately 260 concertgoers, staff and performers were in the theater, the chief said. The night's headliner, metal band Morbid Angel, announced on Facebook that their show was canceled due to the weather.

One of the other bands set to play, Revocation, said in a Facebook post that "everyone in the bands and crew are safe." It added, "Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this disaster."

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said in a tweet that his office is “closely monitoring” the situation.

2 hr 35 min ago

New tornado watch issued for parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio

From CNN meteorologist Mike Saenz

A tornado watch is in effect for southeastern Indiana, northern Kentucky and western Ohio until 5 a.m. EDT, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

This includes Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Areas impacted by the brewing storms could see a handful of tornadoes, wind gusts of up to 70 mph, and egg-sized hail.

2 hr 34 min ago

Nearly 300,000 homes and businesses are without power across the central US

From CNN's Paradise Afshar

A tree lays on its side in an apartment complex in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Stephen Swofford/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/AP)

Nearly 300,000 energy customers are in the dark late Friday night in states impacted by storms sweeping through large swaths of the central US, according to tracker PowerOutage.us.

Illinois has the most outages reported with more than 100,000 customers without power, followed by nearly 69,000 outages in Arkansas, the tracker shows.

Here's a run down so far:

  • Illinois: 105,334 customers without power
  • Arkansas: 68,845 
  • Indiana: 33,205
  • Tennessee: 25,204
  • Iowa: 25,048
  • Wisconsin: 13,627
  • Missouri: 16,580
  • Michigan: 10,863
3 hr 43 min ago

5 treated in hospital after tornado touches down in Covington, Tennessee

From CNN’s Paradise Afshar

Five people are being treated in a Covington, Tennessee, hospital after a tornado touched down in the city, a hospital official said.

The Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton was not damaged by the storm and its staff are still able to receive and treat patients, Kimberly Alexander, director of media relations for Baptist Memorial Health Care, said.

The tornado has rendered the city "impassable," the Covington Police Department said on Facebook Friday night, sharing photos of roads blocked by downed power poles and large trees toppled in front of homes.

Police asked residents to stay off the roads due to hazards and so emergency crews can pass through to critical areas.

“Please stay home,” Covington Mayor Jan Hensley said in a social media post. “Do not drive around looking. Power lines are down. We are trying to get cleaned up.”
3 hr 34 min ago

More than 40 preliminary tornado reports made in six states

A team from Summit Energy say a prayer together before investigating a burst gas line in Cammack Village after a tornado swept through the area Friday, March 31, in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Stephen Swofford/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/AP)

The number of preliminary tornado reports made in the US Friday has risen to 43, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Here's where they have been reported:

  • Illinois: 16
  • Arkansas: 12
  • Iowa: 8
  • Wisconsin: 3
  • Tennessee: 2
  • Mississippi: 2


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Hear Stormy Daniels' first comments since Trump indictment

In an interview with the British newspaper "The Times," adult film actress Stormy Daniels made her first public comments about the indictment of former President Donald Trump. CNN's Kyung Lah reports on Daniels' response and her role in the case.

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Three months, three missing radioactive items. Here's what you need to know

What do a capsule in Australia, a cylinder in Thailand and a camera in the US have in common?

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Kremlin sharpens confrontation with Washington by arresting American journalist

American journalist Evan Gershkovich made a pointed observation last year following the arrest of prominent Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin.

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Gwyneth Paltrow wins ski collision case

A Utah jury has found Gwyneth Paltrow not liable in a 2016 ski collision case. Paltrow was also victorious in her counterclaim against the man who sued her.
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3/30/2023

How a team of US and Canadian surgeons try to repair faces shattered by war in Ukraine

Lesya Belinska is proud of her son. She stands next to Roman Belinsky at her home and hugs him with one arm. Belinsky waves her away, embarrassed.

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Reporter shares how Trump advisers are reacting to indictment

A grand jury in Manhattan has voted to indict Donald Trump, according to three sources familiar with the matter -- the first time in American history that a current or former president will face criminal charges. CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman explains how Trump's advisers are reacting.

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Hear what Trump supporters think will happen after Trump indictment

Supporters at Donald Trump's campaign rally in Waco, Texas weigh in on the former president facing a possible indictment.

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A tourist lake has turned into dry, cracked earth. It's a sign of how bad Europe's drought has become



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Hear new audio from Wagner boss amid losses in Bakhmut

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been incredibly useful to Putin for his conflict in Ukraine. But this figure who once lurked in the shadows is now increasingly in the public eye and sometimes deviates from the Kremlin narrative. CNN's Matthew Chance has more.

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2 Blackhawk helicopters with 101st Airborne Division crash, status of crew members unknown

Two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to a statement from Fort Campbell.

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Beijing warns of 'severe impact' on US-China relations as Taiwan's leader lands in New York

Taiwan's relationship with the United States has "never been closer," its President Tsai Ing-wen said after arriving in New York City Wednesday, as Beijing warned her visit could lead to "serious confrontation" between China and the US.
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