Shreveport shooting: Louisiana gunman was father of 7 of the 8 children he killed, police say | CNN Eight children were killed in a domestic attack across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January 2024.

JUST IN: The Shreveport, Louisiana, gunman was the father of seven of the eight children he killed, police said. He also shot their mother and another woman.

Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime | CNN The incoming director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency believed a war with Iran could trigger the swift collapse of the regime, according to three Israeli sources familiar with internal consultations – a...

The incoming director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency believed a war with Iran could trigger the swift collapse of the regime, according to three Israeli sources familiar with internal consultations – an assessment that has failed to materialize after more than 40 days of fighting.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said that it has been acquired by the Baltimore Banner’s publisher, rescuing the paper just weeks before it was set to shut down. https://cnn.it/4tNIeBq

Project 2025 architect quits South Carolina Senate race and endorses Lindsey Graham challenger | CNN Politics Paul Dans, the architect of the controversial conservative blueprint known as Project 2025, has ended his bid to challenge South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary this summer.

Paul Dans, the architect of the controversial conservative blueprint known as Project 2025, has ended his bid to challenge South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary this summer.

Judge Chris Taylor will win a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, CNN's Decision Desk projects, expanding the liberal majority on the panel in a key battleground state. https://cnn.it/4vgqTTh

Analysis: Trump and Hegseth on Iran war: ‘God is good’ | CNN Politics Far from shying away from the idea that there is a religious aspect to the US-Israeli war on Iran, US government leaders are leaning into it, invoking God and promising fire and brimstone for Iran’s c...

"Far from shying away from the idea that there is a religious aspect to the US-Israeli war on Iran, US government leaders are leaning into it, invoking God and promising fire and brimstone for Iran’s civil society if its leaders do not buckle to US demands," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

Newfound fossils from a site in southwestern China, preserved in exquisite detail, offer a peek at a time in Earth’s distant past called the Ediacaran (635 million to 542 million years ago) https://cnn.it/3PHFjvt

The Artemis II crew hit a roadblock trying to expel wastewater from their spacecraft — and it may be frozen urine. Read more: https://cnn.it/41Nge4N

Russia again claims to have taken an eastern Ukrainian region. The real picture is very different | CNN This week, for the third time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed it fully occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region.

This week, Russia again claimed to have taken an eastern Ukrainian region. The real picture is very different: https://cnn.it/4dNAgUj

Trump set to impose new tariffs on certain pharmaceutical drugs | CNN Politics President Donald Trump plans to impose new tariffs on pharmaceutical companies that have not struck deals to sell their drugs directly to consumers as part of his “Most Favored Nation” pricing initiative, according to a draft of an order obtained by CNN.

President Donald Trump plans to impose new tariffs on pharmaceutical companies that have not struck deals to sell their drugs directly to consumers as part of his “Most Favored Nation” pricing initiative.

CNN's Fred Pleitgen and photojournalist Claudia Otto are at a gas station in Tehran after fuel supplies in the capital were disrupted overnight following a fresh wave of Israeli attacks targeting energy resources. CNN operates in Iran only with government permission.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been outspoken in his criticism of US strikes, provoking anger and threats from the White House. But rather than back down, Sánchez and his government have doubled down. https://cnn.it/4s3PkBi

Iranian supreme leader’s son takes country’s top job, cementing hardliners’ grip on power | CNN When millions of Iranians poured into the streets in 1979 to end the rule of the former shah, their revolution seemed to have put an end to the practice of passing power from father to son. Not so.

When millions of Iranians poured into the streets in 1979 to end the rule of the former shah, their revolution seemed to have put an end to the practice of passing power from father to son. Not so.

Trump administration’s ‘third country’ deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules | CNN Politics The Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case that alrea...

The Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside, a federal judge ruled in a case that already reached the nation’s highest court.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger hammered President Donald Trump during her rebuttal for lacking an economic agenda and for inflating his claims on public safety — while hitting on her biggest priorities for her own party. https://cnn.it/4s2Xauu

If you’ve spent enough time recently on social media, the phenomenon of “Chinamaxxing” has swept feeds with videos of people sipping hot water, shuffling around the house in slippers and donning a viral Adidas jacket resembling historic Chinese fashion. https://cnn.it/4cjf5st

Rep. Green escorted out of House chamber during State of the Union | CNN Politics Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House chamber just minutes into President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address after holding up a sign reading “Black people aren’t apes.” Earlier this month...

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Savannah Guthrie pleads for mom’s return in new video: ‘We need to know without a doubt that she’s alive’ | CNN Some of the most recent evidence in the desperate search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, is also among the case’s most disturbing: purported ransom notes se...

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A private jet carrying eight people crashed on takeoff from Bangor, Maine, a source briefed on the incident told CNN based on preliminary information. https://cnn.it/3ZwDSS1

Where government funding talks stand after the Minneapolis shooting | CNN Politics If the Senate fails to pass legislation by midnight on Friday, then parts of the federal government will shut down.

The chance of several government agencies shutting down this week is growing, as Senate Democrats fall in line behind a commitment to reject a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security after another deadly shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis.

Invisible companion leaves evidence trail around supergiant star Betelgeuse | CNN Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

Astronomers have long searched for clues that a hidden companion star sits out of view near the red supergiant star Betelgeuse. Now, they’ve uncovered a new piece of evidence: a trail like the wake behind a boat, cutting through Betelgeuse’s upper atmosphere, likely forged by the unseen companion.

Greenlanders march to let Trump know: ‘We are not for sale’ | CNN Crowds marched in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, Saturday sending a message that their country is not for sale as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.

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Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor, amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the commonwealth’s top office. https://cnn.it/4bBMjTg

‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters | CNN Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last ni...

While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN.

Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and JFK’s granddaughter, dies at 35 after terminal cancer diagnosis | CNN Politics Tatiana Schlossberg, an environmental journalist who was a granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, died on Tuesday, her family announced. She was 35.

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Mystery foot fossil belonged to a little-known species that lived alongside Lucy | CNN A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

New findings suggest a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones may shake up the human family tree

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Unclassified report on Hegseth’s use of Signal details risk to troops, lack of cooperation with investigation | CNN Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an unclassified report released Thursday.

The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers. Read more: https://cnn.it/4pnSxdI

Trump opens parts of Florida, California waters up to offshore oil drilling, breaking decades of precedent | CNN The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to n...

The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades. cnn.it/3X8UJJt

Trump accuses Democratic lawmakers who urged military to disobey illegal orders of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ | CNN Politics President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among D...

Trump accuses Democratic lawmakers who urged military to disobey illegal orders of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
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