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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The University of California system and Princeton this week joined more than a dozen top schools – including Harvard, Duke and Stanford – in announcing hiring freezes following Trump administration spending cuts. Johns Hopkins University said it was laying off more than 2,000 employees after it lost more than

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests – and who faced intense criticism for declaring “glory to the resistance!” after the Hamas attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 dead – is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration officials accuse Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri of being a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda and having close ties to a suspected or known terrorist. But to his defenders, Khan Suri is an accomplished scholar whose research focuses on peacebuilding in the Middle East. Khan Suri’s attorney

By Aaron Cooper and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The pilots of a Boeing 737 started to mistakenly take off from a taxiway at a Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller told them to stop, the Federal Aviation Administration said, announcing it was investigating the incident. Taxiways are used by planes to

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A landing gear support broke as a Delta Air Lines regional jet was landing before it flipped upside down, leaving passengers “hanging like bats” at Toronto Pearson International in February, according to a preliminary report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board. Less than three seconds before touchdown, investigators

CNN By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The

By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The findings are part of the National Transportation Safety Board’s ongoing investigation

By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The newly

By Jessica Hasbun, John Miller and Chris Boyette, CNN Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (CNN) — The man who is the last person known to have been with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki left the Dominican Republic on Wednesday evening, after being detained for 10 days, his attorney says. Joshua Steven Riibe, a 22-year-old

CNN By Mark Morales, Jessica Hasbun, Chris Boyette and Karina Tsui, CNN Higüey, Dominican Republic (CNN) — A judge in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday granted a request for freedom for Joshua Steven Riibe, who investigators believe was the last person to see missing US college student Sudiksha Konanki alive nearly two weeks ago. Riibe

By Holly Yan, Andi Babineau, Gloria Pazmino, Donie O’Sullivan and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Days after the arrest of an undocumented mother sparked outrage from advocates and politicians alike, a judge blocked the deportation of the activist who was among Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People.” Jeanette Vizguerra, 53, was arrested Monday outside her job

KSNV, LVMPD, CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A person dressed in black shot and set fire to several Tesla vehicles at a repair facility in Las Vegas early Tuesday, police said, in what the FBI is investigating as a possible act of domestic terrorism. “This was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility,”

By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Sports reporter Adan Manzano was found dead in his New Orleans area hotel room while covering Super Bowl LIX. A previous victim of the woman charged in his murder warned a judge such a crime could happen. Danette Colbert, whom Kenner Police previously described as a “career criminal” known

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Two men involved in a smuggling operation were convicted of federal charges Tuesday for their part in a 2022 border crossing attempt that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of of an unairconditioned tractor trailer in the hot Texas summer. Felipe Orduna-Torres, 30, and

By Gloria Pazmino, Andi Babineau, Holly Yan and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — An undocumented mother and immigration reform activist who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement feared she was being followed in recent days, her daughter told CNN. Jeanette Vizguerra gained international attention in 2017 when she took sanctuary in a Denver church

By Andy Rose and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected of setting fire to several Tesla vehicles at a repair facility in Las Vegas last week has been arrested, authorities announced Thursday. Police took a man identified as Paul Kim, 36, into custody on Wednesday evening, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Assistant

By Amanda Musa, Chris Boyette and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana woman who was previously facing fraud and other charges after the death of sports reporter Adan Manzano has now been charged with second-degree murder in his death, the authorities announced Tuesday. Danette Colbert, 48, was seen with Manzano at his hotel in