CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Just imagine what a relief it would be if you could use the same charging cable for all of your devices — your phone, laptop, earbuds, camera, tablet, portable speaker, etc. Well, in a huge step to reduce cable clutter and waste, European regulators say that Apple and other smartphone
Continue ReadingCNN, KXLY By Sara Sidner and Jack Hannah, CNN Karen Amsden hoped that being arrested and accused of criminal conspiracy to riot would change her son’s heart. When he stood by his hateful views, she says she told him to get out of her house. Jared Boyce was one of 31 men arrested in Coeur
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A fund created for the victims of the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school has garnered more than $11 million from donations worldwide, city officials said Friday. The Robb School Memorial Fund was established to help those affected by last month’s mass shooting that killed 19 students and two
Continue ReadingELSA G RUIZ, KTVT, CNN, KABB, WOAI By Omar Jimenez and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The parents of a 10-year-old victim of the massacre at a Uvalde elementary school last month say they miss their son — even though he is one of the survivors. Gilbert Mata was in one of the classrooms at Robb Elementary
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A woman who was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as a baby more than four decades ago has been identified through DNA as the daughter of a Florida couple whose murdered bodies were found in Texas in 1981, officials said Thursday. Investigators are still
Continue ReadingCNN, KABB By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Wolfe and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN In his first extensive public comments about his actions during last month’s Texas school massacre, the Uvalde school police chief has contradicted previous narratives about his role, telling the Texas Tribune he didn’t consider himself the incident commander and did not instruct officers to
Continue ReadingCNN, WBRC By Jamiel Lynch, Tina Burnside and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN A man was shot and killed by police near an Alabama elementary school Thursday afternoon after attempting to take a school resource officer’s gun, authorities said. At least 34 students were inside Walnut Park Elementary School when the man earlier tried to open two doors leading to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Although President Joe Biden would surely rather be talking about gas prices going down, he’s now targeting drivers’ key concerns about buying electric vehicles so they can avoid high prices at the pump entirely. On Thursday, the Biden administration proposed a rule to standardize about 500,000 electric vehicle chargers across
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Although President Joe Biden would surely rather be talking about gas prices going down, he’s now targeting drivers’ key concerns about buying electric vehicles so they can avoid high prices at the pump entirely. On Thursday, the Biden administration proposed a rule to standardize about 500,000 electric vehicle chargers across
Continue ReadingCNN By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Wolfe and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN In his first extensive public comments about his actions during last month’s Texas school massacre, the Uvalde school police chief has contradicted previous narratives about his role, telling the Texas Tribune that he didn’t consider himself the incident commander and did not instruct officers to
Continue ReadingKPRC, IDENTIFINDERS INTERNATIONAL, CNN By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A woman who was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as a baby more than four decades ago has been identified through DNA as the daughter of a Florida couple whose murdered bodies were found in Texas in 1981, officials said Thursday.
Continue ReadingCNN By Allie Torgan, CNN It’s not every day you meet a rabbi from Texas with a thing for underwear. But Rabbi Amy Weiss is bringing something so simple, yet essential, to those in dire need: Undies. For everyone. It’s her mission and her organization’s moniker. And by the end of this year, Weiss said
Continue ReadingCNN, WESH By Jamiel Lynch and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A stepfather in Florida has been convicted of child abuse after a restaurant employee last year noticed concerning signs and used a surreptitious note to ask a boy if he needed help, the Orange County State Attorney’s Office announced Monday. A jury found Timothy Lee Wilson,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jean Casarez, Evan Perez, Rob Frehse and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Attorneys for more than 90 women and girls who were sexually abused by disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar submitted claims for over $1 billion to the FBI, saying investigators could have ended Nassar’s predation and protected other victims had they
Continue ReadingCNN By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, Rebekah Riess and Eric Levenson, CNN A Texas House Investigative Committee began its search for answers in the Robb Elementary School shooting on Thursday and could produce a preliminary report on its fact-finding mission by the end of the month. “The people of Uvalde and the entire State of
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN This weekend will be a glimpse of the long, hot summer ahead for many Americans. A “dangerous and deadly heat wave” is on track to bake several southwestern states over the next few days, the National Weather Service warns. More than 25 million people are under heat alerts and some
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN This weekend will be a glimpse of the long, hot summer ahead for many Americans. A “dangerous and deadly heat wave” is on track to bake several southwestern states over the next few days, the National Weather Service warns. More than 25 million people are under heat alerts and some
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN This weekend will be a glimpse of the long, hot summer ahead for many Americans. A “dangerous and deadly heat wave” is on track to bake several southwestern states over the next few days, the National Weather Service warns. More than 25 million people are under heat alerts and some
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Law enforcement officials on the scene of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last month were aware there were injured individuals trapped inside classrooms before authorities decided to breach the entrance to the classrooms, according to a New York Times review of investigative documents and videos from law enforcement. “People are
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN This weekend will be a glimpse of the long, hot summer ahead for many Americans. A “dangerous and deadly heat wave” is on track to bake several southwestern states over the next few days, the National Weather Service warns. More than 25 million people are under heat alerts and some
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