Samantha Beech - Senior News Editor
Samantha Beech
Senior News Editor
Samantha Beech is an award-winning journalist and Senior News Editor at CNN's New York bureau covering major breaking news events in the United States and around the world.
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A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees
Jun 22, 2024
A dangerous heat wave over the eastern US is bringing sweltering temperatrues to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Here’s the latest:
Judge dismisses 30 cases of criminal trespass against pro-Palestinian protesters arrested inside Columbia University building
Jun 21, 2024
A judge dismissed trespassing cases against 30 people arrested inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall during a pro-Palestinian protest in April.
Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann now faces charges in 6 deaths spanning 3 decades
Jun 6, 2024
Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann now faces charges in the deaths of six women spanning three decades and multiple Long Island communities after he was indicted on two new murder charges Thursday — the latest development in an investigation authorities in New York say is far from over.
Man arrested after throwing ‘flammable substance’ on stranger in NYC subway station, setting shirt on fire, police say
May 27, 2024
A man has been arrested after police accused him of “throwing a “flammable substance” on a stranger, setting his shirt on fire, in a New York City subway station.
Suspect arrested after 6 stabbed, including 4 girls, in separate attacks Massachusetts police say are likely connected
May 27, 2024
A suspect was taken into custody on suspicion of stabbing four girls – ranging from 9 to 17 years old – at a movie theater in Massachusetts before another apparently connected stabbing at a fast food restaurant, authorities said Saturday.
7 taken to New York hospital for observation after ‘severe turbulence’ on United flight, official says
Mar 30, 2024
Seven people were taken to a New York hospital for observation after experiencing severe turbulence on a United Airlines flight, according to a local EMS chief.
Snowstorm threatens blizzard conditions and power outages in Northern Plains and Upper Midwest
Mar 24, 2024
A significant storm in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest is expected to bring heavy snow and possible blizzard conditions through Tuesday morning, setting the stage for hazardous travel and power outages.
Teen accused in Times Square shooting charged as an adult, described as ‘extreme flight risk,’ authorities say
Feb 11, 2024
A 15-year-old teenager accused in the Thursday night shooting in a Times Square store has been arrested and charged as an adult after he shot and injured a Brazilian tourist and fired at law enforcement officers while fleeing, according to the New York Police Department.
New Jersey man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes for assaulting, stabbing, driving into Orthodox Jews
Feb 1, 2024
A New Jersey man has admitted committing a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, according to a statement Thursday from the US Attorney’s Office in the District of New Jersey.
Ohio woman who suffered miscarriage at home will not be criminally charged, grand jury says
Jan 12, 2024
An Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage and left the nonviable fetus at home will not be criminally charged, a grand jury decided Thursday, dismissing a case that highlighted the extent to which women can be prosecuted when their pregnancy ends – whether by abortion or miscarriage.
High school basketball coach and player dismissed after their team allegedly hurled antisemitic rhetoric against opponent
Jan 8, 2024
A girls’ public high school basketball coach and one of the team’s players have been dismissed after antisemitic comments were made to the opposing private Jewish school team during a game last week, according to a statement from the school system and the mayor of Yonkers, New York.
Man who escaped Pennsylvania jail by sliding down tied bedsheets gets 25 to 50 years on kidnapping and escape convictions
Jan 6, 2024
A man who escaped a Pennsylvania county jail last year using tied-up bedsheets has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison after convictions on charges relating to the escape and a kidnapping, the state attorney general announced on Friday.
Killing of imam outside New Jersey mosque does not appear motivated by bias, officials say as search for shooter continues
Jan 4, 2024
It does not appear that bias motivated the fatal shooting of an imam outside a Newark, New Jersey, mosque, prosecutors said as investigators worked to understand what led up to the killing of the man being remembered as a beacon in his community.
New York Mayor Eric Adams says he’ll continue to work with investigators as NYT reports new details on FBI probe
Nov 12, 2023
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the City Hall legal team “are continuing to work with investigators and cooperate,” his chief counsel told CNN on Sunday, after the New York Times reported federal authorities are investigating whether Adams successfully pressed city officials to allow the opening of a Manhattan high-rise housing the Turkish Consulate General.
New York subway shooter Frank James sentenced to 10 life terms plus 10 years in prison
Oct 5, 2023
The man who set off a smoke bomb and opened fire on a crowded New York City subway train last year, injuring 29 people but miraculously killing none, was sentenced Thursday to 10 concurrent life terms plus a 10-year consecutive term in prison.
About
Samantha Beech is an award-winning journalist and Senior News Editor at CNN’s New York bureau covering major breaking news events in the United States and around the world.
In addition to contributing newsgathering and overseeing daily priorities she manages logistics and field teams for breaking news stories.
In previous roles, as a producer and senior news editor for CNN International, Beech contributed to CNN’s award-winning coverage of events in the Middle East; Africa; the Americas; Europe; and Asia-Pacific.
Beech has been deployed to cover stories in the US and worldwide.
She has worked internationally as a network television correspondent, field producer and supervising news editor in Perth, Sydney, London and Atlanta.
Beech earned her Bachelor of Communications in Journalism and Advertising from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.
