5 things to know for December 16: Ukraine, Covid, Twitter, Immigration, Climate
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Much of the East Coast will be hunkering down this weekend as snow and ice begin to smother parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Much of the East Coast will be hunkering down this weekend as snow and ice begin to smother parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New…
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Minnesota man who federal authorities say expressed admiration for mass shooters was arrested Wednesday after allegedly…
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Amanda Jackson, CNN Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black institution in North Carolina, has addressed the use of…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Elam, CNN California’s air regulators approved an aggressive plan Thursday for the state to reach carbon neutrality by 2045…
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Texas Department of Public Safety investigators looking into the botched response at Robb Elementary…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Emma Tucker, CNN The man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle while he was performing at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this…
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Flower, CNN The mother of one of the four college students killed near the University of Idaho last month expressed frustration over police…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN Prosecutors in Michigan disclosed more evidence in recent court filings they say shows the mother of Oxford High School…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN Claudine Gay will serve as Harvard’s 30th president, the University announced Thursday. Gay is the first person of color…
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Andy Rose, CNN A former Forth Worth, Texas, police officer was found guilty of manslaughter Thursday in the 2019 shooting of…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN The city of Virginia Beach has reached a $3 million settlement with the family of Donovon Lynch — a 25-year-old man who…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, CNN An Arkansas police officer was shot and killed Wednesday night while attempting to take a man into custody after a vehicle…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Bell, Saskya Vandoorne and Christina Maxouris, CNN The woman who hosted an American college student studying in France before he went…
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Flower, CNN The mother of one of the four college students killed near the University of Idaho last month expressed frustration over police…
Continue ReadingBy Jade Gordon, Alta Spells and Nick Valencia, CNN Five law enforcement officers involved in the May 2019 death of Black motorist Ronald Greene have…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN The Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its entries for “man” and “woman” to include transgender…
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN Mississippi has executed Thomas Loden Jr., who was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of a 16-year-old girl, amid a legal…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Jason Hanna, CNN One of the three University of Virginia football players shot dead as they returned from a field trip last…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN A sheriff in Washington state who was accused of tailing a Black man delivering newspapers and falsely accusing the man of…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’ve yet to begin your holiday shopping, don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s still time to…
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past…
Continue ReadingBy Isa Kaufman Geballe, CNN A Michigan man accused of making death threats against Black Lives Matter supporters during unrest following George…
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN The family of Athena Strand, the 7-year-old Texas girl allegedly kidnapped and killed by a delivery driver, is suing FedEx and one…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Bell, Saskya Vandoorne and Christina Maxouris, CNN The woman who hosted an American college student studying in France before he went…
Continue ReadingBy Bill Kirkos and Ray Sanchez, CNN A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder…
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Nearly half of US states do not collect data on the number of incarcerated women with children making it difficult for…
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN Five people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta on Tuesday after…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury will meet for a 10th day Monday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein,…
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop and Michelle Watson, CNN The mystery of skeletal remains hunters found in 1991 on a private farm lane in Pickaway County, Ohio,…
Continue ReadingCompiled by CNN Staff They were pianists and painters, swimmers and dancers, budding readers, little brothers and big sisters. Then, in a flash of…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Among the cocktail of extreme weather events that plow through the United States, tornadoes can be the most destructive and…
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Phillips, CNN Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials said. Mississippi…
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia and Eric Levenson, CNN Grant Wahl, the American soccer reporter who collapsed and died while covering the World Cup in Qatar…
Continue ReadingBy Will Simon, CNN They were living ordinary and full lives in the small New England town of Newtown, Connecticut, unprepared for the devastation…
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Rob Shackelford, CNN A massive cross-country storm is producing damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child has died, and…
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, CNN At least three people have died and more than a dozen were left injured across Louisiana over the past…
Continue ReadingCompiled by CNN Staff They were pianists and painters, swimmers and dancers, budding readers, little brothers and big sisters. Then, in a flash of…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Steve Almasy, CNN Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is commuting the sentences of all 17 people on death row to life…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker III, has reached a $2 million dollar settlement with the…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients…
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN “Woman” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year — a word so simple and so common but nonetheless, according…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury met for an eighth day Tuesday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein,…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will be dismissed, a recent court order shows.…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN Just days before he was supposed to come home for Christmas, an American college student studying in France is still missing as his…
Continue ReadingAcross the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients battling a trifecta of…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients…
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Each year, the Arctic region goes through an annual health checkup — and the results are in: From a rapid decline in snow…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN A mountain lion that attacked and killed a Los Angeles resident’s chihuahua last month has been captured, the California…
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN A month after the gruesome killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home, authorities have yet to…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US…
Continue ReadingBy Abby Phillip and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Freed from a Russian penal colony and back on American soil, WNBA star Brittney Griner got her first taste…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN It was a magnificent light show that illuminated Hawaii’s Big Island, but now it’s…
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and Matt Phillips, CNN University of Texas at Austin men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard was arrested and charged with a…
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells and Christina Maxouris, CNN Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who has been accused of killing his wife and son…
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Texas Department of Public Safety investigators looking into the botched response at Robb Elementary…
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco does not appear to have completed an active shooter training…
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN Just days before he was supposed to come home for Christmas, an American college student studying in France is still missing as his…
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Andi Babineau, CNN Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. agreed to a plea deal Monday on drug and weapons charges, all while still facing…
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown, CNN An entrance to Central Park will be named the “Gate of the Exonerated” to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens…
Continue ReadingBy Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Their busy, buzzing business partners pollinate everything from almonds in California to blueberries in…
Continue ReadingElla Nilsen and René Marsh, CNN Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility have made history by…
Continue ReadingBy Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Their busy, buzzing business partners pollinate everything from almonds in California to blueberries in…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Nicole Chavez, CNN The city of Richmond, Virginia, started removing its last standing Confederate monument on Monday. City…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN A man hiking near the summit of Mt. Willard in New Hampshire fell 300 feet to his death, authorities said. The man was hiking…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury will head into its eighth day of deliberations Tuesday in the second sexual assault…
Continue ReadingPatrick Giblin was like the American version of the “Tinder Swindler” — but without the private…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control has issued its first ever unicorn license. Madeline, a local…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Fort Worth police officer charged with murder for the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana…
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Saskya Vandoorne and Allegra Goodwin, CNN A prosecutor in France has opened an investigation into the disappearance of an American…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN As you scroll through social media this week, there’s a chance you’ll see pictures of your friends, but…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN As you scroll through social media this week, there’s a chance you’ll see pictures of your friends, but…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Fresh off her elated return to the US after months in Russian custody, Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Fresh off her elated return to the US after months in Russian custody, two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney…
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, CNN Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for…
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN Going from Mr. Irrelevant in the 2022 NFL Draft to spoiling Tom Brady’s homecoming, San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback…
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, CNN Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for…
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN Former NBA All-Star and longtime head coach Paul Silas has died at the of age 79, the league announced Sunday. “We…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look back at the events of 2022. Notable US Events January 3 – The US Food and Drug Administration expands the…
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Father Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of the St. Sabina Parish in Chicago, has been reinstated after an independent…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN As freed WNBA star Brittney Griner visits a Texas military medical facility following nearly 10 months of imprisonment in…
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, CNN Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for…
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN If all goes according to plan, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific later today. The agency’s…
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN If all goes according to plan, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific later today. The agency’s…
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN After spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions related to the 1996 shooting death of their friend, two Georgia men were…
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A 90-year-old woman will finally walk across the stage and receive her diploma, 71 years after she first enrolled in college.…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN There were a million things running through James Slaugh’s mind as he was rushed to a nearby hospital after the…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, CNN As freed WNBA star Brittney Griner visits a Texas military medical facility following nearly 10 months of imprisonment in…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN After over twenty years in captivity, Mark, the last of Albania’s “restaurant bears,” has safely arrived at his…
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN The eruption of the world’s largest active volcano — Mauna Loa in Hawaii — may soon…
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor, CNN Attorneys representing the brother of Hae Min Lee, the teenager whose 1999 killing was investigated on the hit podcast…
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN After spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions related to the 1996 shooting death of their friend, two Georgia men were…
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN This Saturday just got twice as cute. The Toledo Zoo has announced the birth of two polar bear cubs, the first time polar bears…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez, CNN No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos Verdes Estates…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Ray Sanchez, CNN No injuries were reported after part of a cliff collapsed onto a beach Friday in coastal Palos Verdes Estates…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Watts and Jason Hanna, CNN A New Orleans Police Department employee who was driving for Uber in her time off was stabbed to death by a…
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