Turkey calls for Israeli ‘sensitivity’ toward Palestinians
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is open to improved relations with Israel but the country must first display…
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5 things to know for Dec. 8: Congress, Germany, Jan. 6, Pandemic, Same-sex marriage
By AJ Willingham, CNN One unexpected victim of the climate crisis? Golf courses, which experts say are in danger of turning into muddy swamps as…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 8: Congress, Germany, Jan. 6, Pandemic, Same-sex marriage
By AJ Willingham, CNN One unexpected victim of the climate crisis? Golf courses, which experts say are in danger of turning into muddy swamps as…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 8: Congress, Germany, Jan. 6, Pandemic, Same-sex marriage
By AJ Willingham, CNN One unexpected victim of the climate crisis? Golf courses, which experts say are in danger of turning into muddy swamps as…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 8: Congress, Germany, Jan. 6, Pandemic, Same-sex marriage
By AJ Willingham, CNN One unexpected victim of the climate crisis? Golf courses, which experts say are in danger of turning into muddy swamps as…
Continue Reading Mercedes F1 team and firm end deal opposed by fire survivors
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Building materials maker Kingspan says it has agreed with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One…
Continue Reading Olaf Scholz appointed as Germany’s new chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel after 16 years
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s four…
Continue Reading Why millions of German residents can’t vote
By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN Produced by Monica Sarkar, CNN Editor’s note: This story is part of CNN’s…
Continue Reading Museum to fix ‘ripples’ in Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ national museum is planning to restretch Rembrandt van Rijn’s…
Continue Reading End of an era: Germany’s Merkel bows out after 16 years
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel is credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence and working to hold a…
Continue Reading With vaccine resistance high, Poland faces surge of deaths
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland and several other countries in Central and Eastern Europe are facing the emergence of…
Continue Reading Indonesian militant given life sentence in 2005 attack
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic militant who eluded capture for 16 years…
Continue Reading Why millions of German residents can’t vote
By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN Produced by Monica Sarkar, CNN Editor’s note: This story is part of CNN’s…
Continue Reading Tense nuclear talks with Iran to resume Thursday in Vienna
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European diplomat chairing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in…
Continue Reading UN: Fighting around key Yemeni port displaces over 25,000
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says fighting between troops loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and…
Continue Reading Scott Peterson sentenced to life in prison after being spared a death sentence
By Theresa Waldrop, Stella Chan and Holly Yan, CNN Scott Peterson has been resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about Kim Potter, the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright
By Amir Vera, Peter Nickeas and Ray Sanchez, CNN The trial of Kim Potter ended December 23 after a jury found the former suburban Minneapolis police…
Continue Reading Jury wraps up first day of deliberations in Jussie Smollett’s trial for alleged hoax hate crime
By Omar Jimenez, Bill Kirkos, Ashley Killough and Eric Levenson, CNN A jury in Chicago deliberating the case of Jussie Smollett, the…
Continue Reading Arrested man is freed, not a suspect in Khashoggi’s murder
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities have announced that a man arrested at Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport linked to…
Continue Reading Olaf Scholz appointed as Germany’s new chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel after 16 years
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s four…
Continue Reading Facebook broadens ban on military-linked Myanmar companies
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced a new ban on postings linked to Myanmar’s military…
Continue Reading Rain, lava from Indonesian volcano hamper search for missing
By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — Heavy rains and torrents of hot lava and mud sliding down an erupting volcano on…
Continue Reading Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi media says that authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that…
Continue Reading San Francisco police chief says restaurant’s refusal of service to on-duty officers was upsetting and a disappointment
By Travis Caldwell, CNN San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said Tuesday that an incident last week when police officers were refused service at…
Continue Reading San Francisco police chief says restaurant’s refusal of service to on-duty officers was upsetting and a disappointment
By Travis Caldwell, CNN San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said Tuesday that an incident last week when police officers were refused service at…
Continue Reading NASA launches new x-ray telescope designed to unravel mysteries of black holes
By Ashley Strickland, CNN We’re about to get a new perspective on some of the most extreme objects in the universe. In the early morning hours…
Continue Reading India’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s air force says the country’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, his…
Continue Reading UK’s Johnson apologizes, orders probe of staff lockdown fest
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized and ordered an inquiry after a leaked video…
Continue Reading State police investigate death of former NFL player after he was taken into custody
By Kay Jones and Travis Caldwell, CNN Alabama state authorities are investigating the death of former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster, Jr.,…
Continue Reading Germany-wide police raids target alleged worker trafficking
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German police and customs officers have conducted dozens of raids and arrested at least nine…
Continue Reading Police in Texas are searching for a suspect after mall shooting leaves one injured and shoppers are forced to shelter-in-place
By Raja Razek, CNN Police in Texas are searching for a suspect after one person was shot at a mall in Killeen on Tuesday evening, forcing shoppers to…
Continue Reading Asian markets rise as investors wait for U.S. inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as investors wait for U.S. inflation data…
Continue Reading Japanese tourists dock at International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours…
Continue Reading USSR’s death blow was struck 30 years ago in a hunting lodge
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the leaders of the Soviet Union’s three Slavic republics met at a…
Continue Reading Scholz’s team: Key players in Germany’s new government
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has taken over as Germany’s new chancellor at the head of a three-party coalition…
Continue Reading Navy says it will pause operations at Hawaii fuel site linked to tap water contamination
By Natasha Chen, Amy Simonson and Tina Burnside, CNN The Navy will pause all operations at its Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility until an…
Continue Reading Scholz replaces Merkel as German chancellor, opening new era
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Olaf Scholz has become Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening a new era for the…
Continue Reading Wrongfully convicted Massachusetts man freed after 27 years
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who spent over two decades in prison for what a court is calling a wrongful murder and armed robbery conviction…
Continue Reading Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem; Palestinian minor arrested
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say an Israeli woman has been stabbed and lightly wounded in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood. The suspect, a…
Continue Reading Protests held at Boise State after professor says at conference that men, not women, should be recruited into fields like medicine and law
By Jenn Selva and Amy Simonson, CNN Hundreds of protestors demonstrated at Boise State University in Idaho over the weekend following comments made…
Continue Reading New soccer league helps Gaza amputees cope with war trauma
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The players race across the pitch on crutches, jostling for the soccer ball, passing…
Continue Reading Chinese couple reunited with abducted son after 14-year search that inspired a hit movie
By Cheryl Ho, CNN A couple in southern China were reunited with their missing teenage son in an emotional ceremony on Monday, ending their…
Continue Reading Daunte Wright’s mom recognized his body by his sneakers and tried to wake herself up from the nightmare, she testified at ex-officer Kim Potter’s trial
By Carma Hassan, Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Brad Parks, CNN Daunte Wright’s mother and a police officer took the stand Wednesday as the first two…
Continue Reading Biden: “Severe consequences” for Putin if he attacks Ukraine
By AAMER MADHANI, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden says that he has warned Russian…
Continue Reading Prosecutor: Potter ‘failed’ Wright; defense calls it mistake
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors at the trial of the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who…
Continue Reading Court suggests religious schools OK to get Maine tuition aid
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine…
Continue Reading ‘Pharma Bro’ firm reaches $40M settlement in gouging case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A company once owned by “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli will pay up to $40 million to settle allegations that it jacked…
Continue Reading Afghans wait and worry at US bases after frantic evacuation
By BEN FOX Associated Press JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) — More than three months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, about…
Continue Reading Scott Peterson faces new life sentence in wife’s 2002 death
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Scott Peterson is set to be resentenced to life in prison in the 2002 slayings of his…
Continue Reading Jussie Smollett case in jurors’ hands at Chicago trial
By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has completed deliberations for the day in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett…
Continue Reading Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US
By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Amazon’s cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, disrupting access to many…
Continue Reading Japan economy contracts 3.6% in 3Q as virus hits spending
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has downgraded its growth estimate for the last quarter, saying weaker consumer spending and trade resulted in a 3.6%…
Continue Reading New Zealand man pleads guilty to stabbing 4 in supermarket
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand man who couldn’t afford to buy beer at a supermarket has pleaded…
Continue Reading 6 charged with running deadly Mexico-based kidnapping ring
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials say six people have been charged in Los Angeles with running a Mexico-based kidnapping ring that took nine…
Continue Reading Japan economy contracts 3.6% in 3Q on weaker spending, trade
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has downgraded its growth estimate for the last quarter, saying weaker consumer spending and trade resulted in a 3.6%…
Continue Reading High court to hear pastor’s case against virus charges
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments in a pastor’s fight against criminal charges he faces for violations…
Continue Reading Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A spokesperson for the company that runs the philanthropy of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife,…
Continue Reading Ex-Montana police chief pleads guilty to child porn charge
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana police chief has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography via social media. Federal prosecutors…
Continue Reading Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says his country will join the U.S. in a diplomatic…
Continue Reading Dole honored with events in DC, his hometown, Kansas capital
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole will be honored Friday in a private memorial service with President Joe Biden in attendance and a public service at…
Continue Reading Malaysian court upholds ex-premier Najib’s graft conviction
By EILEEN NG Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Appeal Court has upheld the conviction and 12-year jail sentence of ex-Prime…
Continue Reading Navy contests Hawaii’s orders to suspend, drain fuel tanks
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy is contesting orders from Hawaii to suspend use of fuel…
Continue Reading Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers says the British socialite once felt her…
Continue Reading Test feeding plan in works for starving Florida manatees
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press St. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits. But now a dire…
Continue Reading Oakland backtracks, votes to add police as crimes surge
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Oakland City Council has approved a proposal by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to add two new…
Continue Reading EPA lowers ethanol requirements, citing reduced demand
By MATTHEW DALY and DAVID PITT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has lowered annual production requirements for ethanol…
Continue Reading Prison commissioner stepping down from troubled department
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn is stepping down after six years leading the…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How does an officer use a gun instead of a Taser?
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press At former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a Black…
Continue Reading Nevada jury: Health insurers owe ER doctors $60M in damages
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of the nation’s largest health insurance companies and its branches in Nevada have been found…
Continue Reading Senate rejects bipartisan bid to stop $650M Saudi arms sale
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a bid to stop a U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Lawmakers from both…
Continue Reading Rose McGowan’s lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein dismissed
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actress Rose McGowan alleging that…
Continue Reading Daunte Wright’s mom recognized his body by his sneakers and tried to wake herself up from the nightmare, she testified at ex-officer Kim Potter’s trial
By Carma Hassan, Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Brad Parks, CNN Daunte Wright’s mother and a police officer took the stand Wednesday as the first two…
Continue Reading Inside one major police department’s effort to prevent Taser mistakes
By Josh Campbell and Kim Berryman, CNN For more than 5 seconds, footage from a body-worn camera shows former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police…
Continue Reading Congressional leaders reach deal to hike debt limit
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached a deal to lift the nation’s debt…
Continue Reading A would-be justice makes his Supreme Court debut
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland finally made his Supreme Court debut on Tuesday. Not in a justice’s black…
Continue Reading Met Opera to present Blanchard’s ‘Champion’ in April 2023
The Metropolitan Opera will present its premiere of Terence Blanchard’s first opera, “Champion,” about closeted gay boxer Emile Griffith, in…
Continue Reading Former Trump ambassador to run against Alabama governor
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Ex-President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Slovenia has become the third Republican…
Continue Reading Major outage hits Amazon Web Services; many sites affected
Associated Press Associated Press Amazon’s cloud-service network suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many…
Continue Reading Publisher scraps plans to release book by Chris Cuomo
By HILLEL ITALIE and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A planned book by Chris Cuomo has been canceled as fallout continues for the…
Continue Reading Gunfire reported at beach in Mexico’s resort of Cancun
By DAN CHRISTIAN ROJAS Associated Press CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Gunfire broke out on a beach in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun, but…
Continue Reading Biden to withdraw embattled banking regulator nominee
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden says Saule Omarova’s nomination to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will be…
Continue Reading Suspect in killing of Saudi journalist arrested in France
By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A suspect in the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been…
Continue Reading Judge who criticized death penalty system suspended 90 days
A state disciplinary panel ruled an Alabama judge violated judicial rules with her criticism of how death penalty cases are handled. The Alabama…
Continue Reading Despite pandemic, famed Italian theater opens season
MILAN (AP) — While many European theaters remain closed due to the pandemic, the famed Teatro alla Scala has opened its new season with the gala…
Continue Reading Treasury proposes new disclosure rule to fight corruption
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is proposing a new disclosure rule as part of efforts to combat corruption and terrorism. The…
Continue Reading Myanmar democracy in new era as Suu Kyi sidelined by army
By GRANT PECK and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In sentencing Myanmar’s iconic democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison,…
Continue Reading Travis Scott denies legal liability in Astroworld Festival tragedy, court documents show
By Rosa Flores, CNN Travis Scott denies allegations, including negligence, in lawsuits filed against him for the Astroworld Festival tragedy,…
Continue Reading Accuser testifies Ghislaine Maxwell told her she ‘had a great body for Epstein and his friends.’ She was 14.
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Carolyn said she was just 14 years old when she began to go to Jeffrey Epstein’s home in Palm Beach,…
Continue Reading Plumber who found cash stashed in wall of Joel Osteen’s church getting $20,000 reward
By David Williams, CNN The plumber who turned in hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks he found in a wall at televangelist Joel Osteen’s…
Continue Reading NBA warns unvaccinated players of updated travel restrictions for games in Canada
By David Close, CNN NBA players who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 will soon not be allowed to travel to and from games in Canada. In a league…
Continue Reading Convicted murderer Robert Durst’s health is improving, appeal pending
By Paul Vercammen, CNN The health of convicted murderer Robert Durst, 78, subject of the HBO crime documentary “The Jinx,” has been…
Continue Reading From ‘Chipotle’ to ‘Eilish,’ these are the words we mispronounced the most this year
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Words are hard. Using them properly in a sentence is one thing, but saying them out loud? Even harder. “Cheugy”…
Continue Reading Charlottesville’s Lee statue to be melted down for new art
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted…
Continue Reading Saudi authorities say man detained in Paris has ‘nothing to do’ with Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
By Joseph Ataman, Pierre Bairin and Gul Tuysuz, CNN A Saudi man detained in Paris has “nothing to do” with the murder of journalist Jamal…
Continue Reading Facebook sued for $150 billion over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook over its own admitted failure to stop the spread of hate speech that contributed…
Continue Reading NASA launches laser demo that could revolutionize space communication
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it’s real. NASA’s Laser…
Continue Reading NASA introduces the new astronaut class of 2021
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Ten men and women are ready to begin training so they can journey to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond.…
Continue Reading The world’s newest nation is both drying up and drowning
By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Photographs by Brent Swails, CNN Many of the main roads running through Unity State are now…
Continue Reading Look up to see bright Comet Leonard this month before it vanishes forever
There is a new comet in town, and December is your only chance to see it before disappears forever. Astronomers say that Comet Leonard is our best…
Continue Reading A Black man is entitled to a new trial after an all-White jury deliberated in a room filled with Confederate symbols, court says
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Tennessee court has decided a Black man convicted of aggravated assault deserves a new trial because evidence was…
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