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A frightening incident unfolded Tuesday at a day camp operating at the Lev Leviev School (Queens Gymnasia) in Queens when a man armed with a hammer allegedly entered the premises, shoved a child into a fence, and was quickly subdued by staff. According to initial information obtained by YWN, the suspect, described as a black male, entered the camp carrying a hammer and allegedly shoved one of the children into a fence before counselors rushed to stop him. The counselors tackled the suspect to the ground, and during the struggle, one counselor was bitten. The suspect was taken into custody...

At least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when an airstrike hit a detention center in Yemen on Friday... as the Saudi-led coalition continued to ramp up its deadly offensive on rebels in the war-torn nation. Another airstrike early Friday hit a telecommunications building in the strategic port city of Hodeidah, causing a nationwide internet blackout, according to NetBlocks, an organization that tracks network disruptions... The Iran-back Houthi rebels, who control much of Yemen, blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the strikes. CNN has reached out to the coalition for comment. A coalition led by Saudi Arabia and...

A group was riding in a Stresa-Mottarone cable car -- which connects the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore with the nearby Mottarone mountain in the Piedmont region -- when it plunged into a wooded area Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for the National Alpine Speleological Rescue Corps, which is leading the rescue operation. The accident occurred when the cable snapped just as the cable car was completing the 20-minute voyage from the Lido di Stresa piazza on Lake Maggiore to the Mottarone station some 1,491 meters above sea level at the top of the mountain. The cable broke...