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The skyscraper where the deadly shooting occurred on Monday has long been a home for major multinational companies, located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, where corporate staff flow in and out of every day. The building, 345 Park Avenue, is owned by Rudin Management, which bills itself as one of the largest privately owned real estate companies in the city. The company, founded in 1925, has management offices on the 33rd floor of the building – the floor police say the gunman went to after beginning his attack in the lobby. Once on the 33rd floor, he opened fire…

Facebook Tweet Email Link New Delhi  —  Three militants responsible for a deadly attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir earlier this year have been killed, a senior Indian official told lawmakers on Tuesday. The massacre in April saw gunmen storm a scenic mountain spot in India-administered Kashmir, killing 26 people, mostly Indian tourists. The murder spree sparked outrage across India and triggered a brief but dangerous conflict between India and Pakistan. The militants were killed in a joint operation called Operation Mahadev by the Indian Army, the Central Reserve Police Force and Jammu and Kashmir police officials on Monday, India’s…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Ever since Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Donald Trump at the US Capitol January 20 – with the eight other Supreme Court justices looking on – the question has been whether they would restrain a president who vowed to upend the constitutional order. The answer, a half-year later, is no. That was underscored this month by the court’s decisions allowing Trump to fire another set of independent regulators, to dismantle the Department of Education and to deport migrants to dangerous countries where they have no citizenship or connection. Meanwhile, the fissures among the nine have…

Astronomy Aviation news Air travel safety Airplane crashes See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. De Havilland Aircraft Museum, England  —  Today, jet-powered plane travel is easy to take for granted. We’re used to that surge of speed along the runway that pins us to our seats, those moments when we burst through ominous clouds into bright blue skies, and the gentle pings warning us to fasten seatbelts. And we’re used to arriving at…

The Manhattan shooting gunman had a suicide note in his back pocket alleging that he suffered from CTE, a brain disease linked to head trauma, and expressed grievances with the National Football League, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. In the note, he also asked for his brain to be studied. The gunman has been identified by police as 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas. Police said Tamura’s motives are still under investigation, and that he had “a documented mental health history.” Tamura was a competitive football player in his youth, multiple sources told CNN. The…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A prominent Palestinian activist who had worked on an Oscar-winning documentary died on Monday after being shot by a Jewish settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to local journalists and officials. Odeh Hathalin, who was a consultant on “No Other Land,” a film that documents Israeli settler and military attacks on the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta, was shot in the village of Umm al-Khair, in that same community. Israeli police said its forces arrived at the scene and detained an Israeli civilian, who was later arrested for questioning. Police did not identify the…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Investigators are combing through evidence in the wake of New York City’s deadliest mass shooting since 2000, trying to figure out more about the gunman who opened fire in Midtown, fatally shooting four people – including a police officer – and injuring one before killing himself. The shooting Monday at 345 Park Avenue, a glossy skyscraper near 52nd Street and blocks from busy tourist sites like Rockefeller Center and the Museum of Modern Art, erupted as workers were filing out of offices during the busy evening commute. The building houses global companies, including investment firm Blackstone…

The Manhattan shooting gunman had a suicide note in his back pocket alleging that he suffered from CTE, a brain disease linked to head trauma, and expressed grievances with the National Football League, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. In the note, he also asked for his brain to be studied. The gunman has been identified by police as 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura from Las Vegas. Police said Tamura’s motives are still under investigation, and that he had “a documented mental health history.” Tamura was a competitive football player in his youth, multiple sources told CNN. The…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum, in the United Kingdom, stumbled upon the imprint while preparing for an exhibition, which is set to open this fall. It was found on the base of a “soul house,” a building-shaped clay model typically found in burials and said to have provided a place for the soul to live, according to a press release from the museum. The model has an open space at the front where food offerings, like bread,…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A UN-backed food security agency has warned that “the worst case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, its starkest alert yet as starvation spreads and Israel faces growing international pressure to allow more food into the territory. “Conflict and displacement have intensified, and access to food and other essential items and services has plummeted to unprecedented levels,” the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in an alert, adding that “mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths.” The IPC said that the alert is intended to…