Samsung showed off its newest Galaxy S smartphones on Sunday during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.With the S7 and S7 Edge, Samsung is doing what it should have done years ago with its flagship Galaxy brand: Sell solid, eye-catching phones with competitive hardware and software features. The company went half-way with this strategy in 2015 with the S6 and S6 Edge. The models were sleek and beautifully designed, thanks to ...
The man accused of killing six people and injuring two more in a Saturday evening shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber driver who picked up and dropped off passengers between shootings, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. The source, who is not authorized to speak to media, said investigators believe Jason Dalton was even looking for fares after the final shooting of a nearly seven-hour ...
In the wake of a scathing report about failures in the Department of Veterans Affairs suicide hotline, Sen. Mark Kirk is demanding that the VA fire its director of mental health. “The horrific revelations contained in the recently released VA (Office of the Inspector General) investigative report include repeated instances of the VA ignoring veterans’ needs for suicide assistance,” Kirk wrote in a letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald.Kirk, an ...
Who’s going to Chicago for Ferris Fest? Anyone, anyone?A festival marking the 30th anniversary of ’80s favorite “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is scheduled for May 20-22 in and around Chicago.The 1986 John Hughes film stars Matthew Broderick as a charming, resourceful high school student who skips school to lead his girlfriend and his reluctant best friend on a lively tour of the Windy City.The trio hit the Art Institute of ...
The man suspected of killing six people and injuring two more in a Saturday evening shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber driver who may have picked up passengers that same evening, according to the ride-sharing company and police. “Jason Brian Dalton had passed a background check, and was a driver-partner with Uber,” said Uber’s chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, in a statement. “We have reached out to the ...
The man suspected of killing six people and injuring two more in a Saturday evening shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber driver who may have picked up fares that same evening, CNN has learned. “Jason Brian Dalton had passed a background check, and was a driver-partner with Uber,” said Uber’s chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, in a statement. “We have reached out to the police to help with ...
Pope Francis, who has repeatedly called for an end to the death penalty, on Sunday proposed that Catholic leaders suspend the practice for a year to mark the Holy Year of Mercy. “I make an appeal to the conscience of all rulers, so that we can achieve an international consensus for the abolition of the death penalty,” the Pope said in his Sunday address in St. Peter’s Square.”And I propose ...
“El-Humdelilah.”That’s what Iraq’s deputy health minister, Dr. Jassim al-Falahi, told CNN on Sunday: “Thank God.”Al-Falahi’s sigh of relief was over the discovery of some potentially deadly radioactive material that had been missing for months. “We found the missing radioactive material inside its case with no damages,” he said. The incident was reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency in November. The item in question, an industrial radiography device about the ...
A Hindu priest was killed and a devotee injured in northern Bangladesh on Sunday in the latest attack on minority religious figures in the predominantly Muslim nation.Police suspect the outlawed Islamist organization Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh carried out the attack, said Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of the Bangladesh Police.The 50-year-old Hindu priest was attacked by two assailants in a temple in Bangladesh’s northern district of Panchagarh on Sunday morning, Panchagarh district ...
Looking for a real estate steal? Try Puerto Rico.While most of the U.S. freezes in February, Puerto Rico is 80 degrees. The island is home to one of the world’s best beaches, according to TripAdvisor.And it’s a buyer’s market right now. You can get a 3-bedroom home near the beach for under $100,000. Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson has been scooping up real estate there. He predicts it will be ...
Ted Cruz argued that since he’s the only candidate who has been able to beat Donald Trump, he’s the candidate conservatives should turn to as the chief alternative to the businessman.”It is now apparent that the only campaign that can beat Donald Trump and that has beaten Donald Trump is our campaign,” he said in an interview on “State of the Union” with CNN’s Jake Tapper.Cruz argued that while Trump ...
Thirty-four people were killed when two explosions struck the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, Syrian state-run media said.The London-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave the death toll as 46, with more than 100 people wounded.Homs Gov. Talal al-Barazi told Syria’s SANA news agency that two cars packed with “huge amounts of explosives” were detonated near a bus stop in central Homs. He said the initial death ...
Who does Donald Trump have to insult to lose a primary? Jesus? In the course of the South Carolina contest, he had a fight with the Pope and implied George W. Bush lied his way into the Iraq War. Bush is probably more popular than His Holiness in this very Protestant state, but even an attack on St. George did nothing to stop The Donald winning on Saturday. “Clinton vs ...
Police have arrested Jason Brian Dalton in connection with three shooting incidents that killed six people and injured two more in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday. The prosecutor said he expects Dalton to be formally charged Monday. There is “no reason to believe” that the Saturday evening shooting rampage is related to terrorism, Getting said. Dalton, the lone suspect, apparently picked his victims at random, the prosecutor ...
The former prime minister of Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has swept to victory in presidential elections, the country’s elections authority says.Touadera, a former academic who pledged to end corruption and bring unity to the war-ravaged country, won 62.71 percent of votes in the presidential runoff election, according to the National Elections Authority, which released provisional results Saturday.His rival, Anicet-Georges Dologuele, also a former prime minister, took…
Six people were killed in Fiji when a record-breaking storm struck the island nation, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Sunday.Authorities believe the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Winston, which struck Saturday night, has passed. Now comes the arduous task of assessing and cleaning up the damage inflicted by the most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere.All Fiji’s schools will be closed for one ...
[Breaking news update, posted at 7:19 a.m. ET]Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said he expects charges to be brought against Jason Brian Dalton on Monday. Dalton is accused of shooting eight people — six of them fatally — in three separate incidents Saturday evening. A motive has not yet been determined, Getting said. [Breaking news update, posted at 7:17 a.m. ET]Six people, not seven, were killed in Saturday’s shooting in ...
(CNN) — Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said he expects charges to be brought against Jason Brian Dalton on Monday. Dalton is accused of shooting eight people — six of them fatally — in three separate incidents Saturday evening. A motive has not yet been determined, Getting said.
Twenty-five people were killed when two explosions struck the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, Syrian state-run media and a monitoring group report. Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi told Syria’s SANA news agency that two cars packed with explosives were detonated near a bus stop in central Homs. He said 39 people were wounded in the blasts.The blasts targeted students and government employees heading to work, the state-run TV station Al-Ikhbaria ...
Fiji will close all its schools for one week after a record-breaking storm struck the island nation, the country’s Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management said.Authorities believe the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Winston, which struck Saturday night, has passed. Now comes the arduous task of assessing and cleaning up the damage inflicted by the storm.At least one person was killed when the most powerful storm on ...
(CNN) — Al menos siete personas murieron en un tiroteo en el condado de Kalamazoo, Michigan.En total, ocho personas fueron tiroteadas en tres lugares en Kalamazoo el sábado, dijo el policía Paul Matyas a CNN.Los tres incidentes parecen estar relacionados, dijeron las autoridades.”Lo que parece es que tenemos a alguien conduciendo, encontrando personas y disparándoles”, dijo Matyas a la afiliada de CNN WOOD-TV.La policía tiene una “fuerte sospechoso” bajo custodia, ...
At least seven people were killed during a shooting spree Kalamazoo County, Michigan, authorities said. In all, eight people were shot in three locations Saturday, Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told CNN. All three shooting incidents appear to be related, authorities said.”What it looks like is we have someone just driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks,” Matyas told CNN affiliate WOOD-TV.”This is your worst nightmare, ...
Twenty-five people were killed when two explosions struck the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, Syrian state-run media and a monitoring group report. Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi told Syria’s SANA news agency that two cars packed with explosives were detonated near a bus stop in central Homs. He said 39 people were wounded in the blasts.The blasts targeted students and government employees heading to work, Syrian government television station Al-Ikhbaria ...
The baby that has attracted global media attention to Australia’s immigration policy is no longer facing “imminent” deportation to an offshore detention center but will be transferred to a local community center. The one-year-old child, known as “Baby Asha” will be discharged within 24 hours, the Brisbane hospital caring for her said. Her doctors initially refused to release her, fearing she would be deported to an offshore camp notorious for ...
(CNN) — At least 14 people were killed when two explosions struck al-Zahraa district in the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, Syrian state-run media reported. The regime-controlled, predominantly Alawite neighborhood has been repeatedly targeted by bombings in recent months.
