
Alaa Elassar
Journalist at CNN
🇵🇸🇪🇬 Journalist for @CNN Digital. Master's grad @ColumbiaJourn. Ex CNN International, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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4 days ago |
cnn.com | Alaa Elassar
US Congressman Jerry Nadler speaks to members of the media at US Immigration Court in New York City on May 28, 2025. David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters See all topics Email Link Copied! Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security handcuffed and briefly detained a staff member in New York Rep. Jerry Nadler’s Manhattan district office on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the congressman.
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6 days ago |
cnn.com | Alaa Elassar
This photo from the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky shows severe tornado damage. Washington County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office See all topics Email Link Copied! At least one person is dead and seven others injured after an unexpected tornado struck a rural Kentucky county early Friday morning as a line of severe storms moved eastward across the state.
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1 week ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Alaa Elassar
A small jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, killing 6 people and leaving a trail of torched debris. Here’s how the tragedy unfoldedIn the stillness of night, a quiet, tree-lined street in a San Diego neighborhood was plunged into chaos when a plane clipped a power line and crashed – turning cars into fireballs and sending residents fleeing in a haze of smoke and confusion.
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1 week ago |
local3news.com | Alaa Elassar
(CNN) — In the stillness of night, a quiet, tree-lined street in a San Diego neighborhood was plunged into chaos when a plane clipped a power line and crashed – turning cars into fireballs and sending residents fleeing in a haze of smoke and confusion. The pilot of the plane, a Cessna 550 business jet, had just told air traffic controllers although the weather wasn’t good, they would continue with landing, according to air traffic control audio recorded by LiveATC.net.
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1 week ago |
wtva.com | Chelsea Bailey |Aaron Cooper |Pete Muntean |Alaa Elassar
San Diego (CNN) - Hours after an aircraft slammed into a San Diego neighborhood Thursday, the smell of jet fuel remained thick in the air as investigators scoured the area for clues to uncover what caused the plane to crash, killing multiple people. The business jet first hit a power line, then careened into homes in a San Diego military housing community just before 4 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.
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