By AJ Willingham, CNN Synthetic chemicals found in items such as makeup, perfume and food storage containers have been linked to up to 107,000 premature deaths a year among people ages 55 to 64 in the US, a new study found. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in early November, relaxing bans that have been in place for more than 18 months, according to senior administration officials. The new rules, which are similar to those announced for international air passengers,
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Eight years after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which led to the deaths of three spectators and a police officer, the Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to reinstate the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers involved in the attack. The justices appeared to
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By Christine Koh, CNN Children are watching — and it’s not just behaviors like kindness and empathy that can make an impression. They also see how their parents handle money, for better or worse. “I wish I was taught how to pay bills, and the importance of paying them on time,” said Amiyrah Martin, a
Continue Reading Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Residents of Kabul can read the writing on the wall. “Don’t trust the propaganda of the enemy” says one freshly painted sign. The message replaced a mural of US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar shaking hands, marking the signing of the 2020 agreement to withdraw American troops
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Amir Vera, CNN Southern states, many of which have been hotspots, are now starting to see a decrease in Covid-19 cases while many states that have started experiencing cold weather — mostly in the North and Midwest — are seeing an uptick, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. New cases
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured Tuesday when she and a security guard at a Chicago high school were shot, police said. The shooting happened at the end of the school day, around 3:30 pm, at Wendell Phillips Academy High School, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brian Deenihan said during a
Continue Reading By Scott Glover and Daniel A. Medina, CNN Federal prosecutors in Kansas have launched a criminal grand jury investigation into a retired Kansas City police detective who is the subject of long-swirling allegations that he “exploited and terrorized” Black residents of the city’s north end for decades, CNN has learned. Roger Golubski is accused of
Continue Reading By Miguel Marquez, CNN There’s a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US. Transportation, translation and a trusted source of vaccine information have been among the barriers, but public health workers and a new initiative are working to overcome that. El Milagro Clinic in McAllen, Texas, has played a
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new vaccine rule for large employers to the Office of Management and Budget, bringing the emergency standard announced by President Joe Biden last month one step closer to taking effect. “The Occupational Safety
Continue Reading Text by Sandee LaMotte, CNN Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN Starting or staying on the gold medal-winning Mediterranean diet? Then you’ll need a shopping resource you can use to stock your pantry with Mediterranean meal essentials — and continue to use on a weekly basis to restock and purchase fresh, frozen and canned vegetables, fruits,
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two US Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting Tuesday at a facility in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the federal officials. The suspect, who was also a postal employee, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Lisa-Anne Culp, a spokesperson for the FBI’s office in Memphis. There is
Continue Reading By Max Foster, CNN Queen Elizabeth II is resting at Windsor Castle after “reluctantly” accepting medical advice to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland, planned for Wednesday and Thursday, Buckingham Palace has said. The 95-year-old UK monarch has been advised to rest for the “next few days,” the palace said in a statement. A source
Continue Reading Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of Wuhan as part of a probe into the origins of Covid-19, according to a Chinese official. The move comes amid increasing calls for transparency over the emergence of the virus. The
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Squid Game” — a fictional drama from South Korea — is Netflix’s “biggest-ever series at launch,” the streaming company exclusively told CNN on Tuesday. The dystopian series, in which contestants who are deeply in need of money play deadly children’s games to win cash prizes, has been viewed by 111
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week provided fresh details about Perry’s role in helping former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. The report from the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats zeroes in on Perry as a
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There is now a clearer picture of what happened to Gabby Petito after a coroner said Tuesday that she died by strangulation. But many questions remain unanswered. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue had previously ruled Petito’s death a homicide, and though the cause was revealed, he declined to provide details
Continue Reading By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the Washington
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN Police chiefs in the largest cities across the country are leaving at an alarming rate since the beginning of 2020, a trend experts say creates a gap in leadership that serves as a hurdle in implementing criminal justice reform and long-lasting cultural change within their departments. Since January 2020, there have
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Synthetic chemicals found in items such as makeup, perfume and food storage containers have been linked to up to 107,000 premature deaths a year among people ages 55 to 64 in the US, a new study found. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky Mountain bighorn
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force is considering making several changes to its guidance on taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke. On Tuesday, the task force posted a draft statement recommending that adults ages 40 to 59 who are at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease —
Continue Reading By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist A clash between summer and winter across the central US is causing an autumn outbreak of snow where the air is colder and severe storms, along with tornadoes and flash flooding, where it’s warmer. There’s a “big temperature contrast across the country as a battle of the seasons commences,” said
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department has tapped veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead the agency’s Afghanistan relocation and resettlement efforts, a senior State Department official told CNN Tuesday. Jones came out of retirement to take the role of Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) and officially started last week, the
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN Local police in Washington warned their law enforcement partner agencies a day before the January 6 pro-Trump rally that there were social media reports urging attendees to “come armed” but said there was no credible threat for the event, according to an email obtained by a government watchdog
Continue Reading This Delta variant could be the last major surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, but now is not the time for the US to grow complacent as it has yet to run its course, an expert said Monday.
Continue Reading Dr. Randy Tobler, CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, has struggled to retain staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, losing 10 of his 57 nurses in the main hospital and three rural health clinics.
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Emma Tucker and Ryan Young, CNN Following weeks of turmoil over his relationship with city leaders and rank-and-file police officers, embattled Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was suspended by the city manager Monday night and told that city officials intend to “terminate his employment.” In a statement released to the
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is weakening and risks are rising, according to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF on Tuesday slashed its 2021 growth forecast for the United States by one full percentage point to 6%, the biggest reduction suffered by any G7 economy in its
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Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky Mountain bighorn
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is not known for mincing words or hiding his emotions. So the fact that the leader of America’s largest bank sounds very upbeat about the health of the US economy is noteworthy. Dimon said he is not worried about the possibility of inflation
Continue Reading Joanne Peterson has attended the State of the Union and addressed governors across the country on the opioid epidemic
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN Wisconsin parents are suing two school districts over their Covid-19 mitigation efforts, arguing that the systems failed to protect their children from getting infected. The first lawsuit was filed in federal court last week by Shannon Jensen against the Waukesha School District, the Waukesha Board of Education, a
Continue Reading By Dave Alsup and Joe Sutton, CNN The National Football League and lawyers for Black players who accused the league of discrimination have filed a joint proposal to “scrap the use of a race-based method to evaluate dementia claims made by former players in the league’s concussion settlement,” according to a New York Times report.
Continue Reading By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the Washington
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Dopesick” is a major undertaking, exploring the opioid crisis from multiple angles, including the ground-level carnage inflicted by OxyContin addiction, Purdue Pharma’s inner workings and the government personnel seeking to combat it. Scattered in places, in its totality it’s an engrossing eight-part series, made more so by Purdue’s bankruptcy proceedings
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Elon Musk’s personal wealth is now $222 billion, widening his gap as the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk’s personal wealth skyrocketed an extra $10.6 billion after a secondary share sale by investors, announced last week, valued SpaceX over $100 billion, CNBC reported. Jeff Bezos,
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Helen Regan, CNN The British government failed to act quickly enough in its initial Covid-19 response, enabling the virus to spread rapidly through communities and resulting in thousands of deaths, lawmakers said in a damning report published Tuesday. The report, an initial assessment by the British Parliament’s Health and
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN COP26 President Alok Sharma called out the G20 nations that have not increased their pledges on climate ahead of the international talks in the Scottish city of Glasgow, which begin in less than three weeks, alluding to nations like China, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia. In a speech
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN At least two people died when a twin-engine Cessna crashed in a Southern California neighborhood on Monday afternoon, officials said. “We do have multiple confirmed fatalities, we do not know exactly how many,” said Justin Matsushita, deputy fire chief for the city of Santee, in a briefing for
Continue Reading By Laura He and Manveena Suri, CNN Business Two of Asia’s largest economies are racing to contain a worsening energy crunch. China is trying to assuage concerns about skyrocketing prices as its major coal mining hubs grapple with heavy rains and deadly accidents, problems that are compounding efforts to address power shortages. Some leaders in
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and is investigating after a student posted an explosive blog post saying she was raped on the company’s ship. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and is investigating after a student posted an explosive blog post saying she was raped on the company’s ship. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and is investigating after a student posted an explosive blog post saying she was raped on the company’s ship. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Space experts have detected unusual radio waves coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The energy signal is unlike any phenomenon studied before and could suggest a previously unknown stellar object, according to a new study. The brightness of the object varies dramatically, and the signal switches on and
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday to extend the nation’s debt limit through early December after the Senate approved a stopgap measure last week in a bid to avert a catastrophic default and economic disaster. Once the Democratic-controlled House passes the short-term extension, it will be cleared for
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, has quickly exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders and warnings. The fire began Monday afternoon near the Alisal Reservoir and now covers approximately 8,000 acres, fire officials said. It was 0% contained as of late Tuesday, according to InciWeb, a clearinghouse
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, CNN Jon Gruden, head coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, used racially insensitive language to describe NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, who is Black, in an email sent in 2011, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Gruden, who is White, was working as the lead analyst
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the greenlight looms for another dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, experts on Friday urged those who received it to get a booster shot as soon as it’s available because it will provide them with the best protection against the coronavirus. “J&J is a very good vaccine. I also
Continue Reading By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff, Lacey Russell and Dakin Andone, CNN Dr. Randy Tobler, CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, has struggled to retain staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, losing 10 of his 57 nurses in the main hospital and three rural health clinics. So Tobler can’t afford to alienate any more health
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Sophie Zhang, who said she felt like she had “blood on her hands” after working at Facebook, is willing to testify before Congress about her former employer, she told CNN Sunday. She said she had also passed on documentation about the company to a US law enforcement agency. Zhang, who
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and is investigating after a student posted an explosive blog post saying she was raped on the company’s ship. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the disinformation war: anti-vax campaigners are now taking their protests to the school gates. Groups opposed to vaccination have sought to stoke the fears of parents and children by falsely claiming that the
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. When Jon Gruden was a prominent broadcaster on ESPN, providing color commentary during “Monday Night Football,” he was also sending profane and hateful emails to friends. Gruden later became the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dean Cain, one of the actors who has portrayed Superman, has spoken out about the latest DC comic book character version being bisexual. Cain, who played the superhero in the 1990s TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” appeared on “Fox & Friends First” Tuesday and talked
Continue Reading Walé Azeez, CNN Business The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately breaking its rules. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement Wednesday that Facebook had “consciously” refused to report all the required information during an investigation of the tech giant’s acquisition
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from enforcing vaccine mandates, the latest escalation in the Republican’s resistance to public health measures during the Covid-19 pandemic. The order states that “no entity in Texas” can enforce vaccination against anyone in the
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from enforcing vaccine mandates, the latest escalation in the Republican’s resistance to public health measures during the Covid-19 pandemic. The order states that “no entity in Texas” can enforce vaccination against anyone in the
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN US Marshal task force members were justified in the fatal shooting of Winston Smith in June, Donald F. Ryan, Crow Wing County attorney and chief prosecutor, wrote in a letter to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Members of the North Star Fugitive Task Force tried to arrest Smith,
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, Maggie Fox and Holly Yan, CNN The nation’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine mandates work and they’ll help get more people vaccinated against Covid-19. About a quarter of the eligible US population remains unvaccinated against coronavirus and the rate of people getting booster shots is now outpacing the rate of people
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Netflix head Ted Sarandos has reiterated his support for Dave Chappelle and the comic’s controversial stand-up special, “The Closer” in an email to company staff. In the email dated Monday and obtained by Variety, the co-chief executive officer responded to the backlash by writing, “We know that a number of
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon is shifting its approach to remote work again, giving its workers more control over how much time they spend in the office and opening the door for more corporate workers to continue working from home. The company will now allow individual teams to decide which policy works for them,
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The shift to clean energy is sending the oil industry into decline. But the world needs a much more ambitious plan to save the climate and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. That’s according to the International Energy Agency, which said in its global energy outlook published Wednesday that more aggressive
Continue Reading By Claire Colbert, CNN The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill announced Sunday, World Mental Health Day, it is canceling classes Tuesday to observe what it called a “Wellness Day.” In a message posted from Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz, the university said it is “taking a moment to acknowledge and reflect on the seriousness of
Continue Reading By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN When the biggest band in British musical history, the Beatles, broke up in 1970, fans pointed the finger at co-lead vocalist Paul McCartney. Now, more than half a century later, McCartney has revealed it was, in fact, John Lennon who instigated the split. In an upcoming interview on BBC Radio 4,
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For more than three weeks, local and federal authorities have been combing through a 25,000-acre nature reserve searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito.
Continue Reading By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced to land in a snowstorm 13 years ago has left Afghanistan, sources familiar tell CNN. Early Monday morning, the sources told CNN that the Human First Coalition, along with the State Department, successfully
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion and continue with her plans of moving to Atlanta for college, or stay home in Texas and figure out a way to raise a baby with no
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced Thursday that it was suspending flights to Afghanistan due to what it described as unworkable conditions imposed by the Taliban. The airline said conditions had worsened since the Taliban formed a new Afghan government last month and that “PIA and its staff position in Kabul were
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Adele has announced a release date for her much anticipated new album. The singer took to social media Wednesday to tell fans that the new album, “30,” will be out on November 19. “I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years
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Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The whole world seems to be talking about the climate crisis, thanks to months of wild weather and new science showing that we need to act quicker than we previously thought to avoid the worst consequences. As leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, Scotland, next month for crunch talks, they’ll be
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Goldman Sachs is becoming increasingly pessimistic about the US economy as coronavirus support from the government phases out and consumer spending remains on an uncertain path. What’s happening: Over the weekend, the Wall Street bank downgraded its forecast for America’s economic growth, which is closely monitored by the investment community.
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business A trio of economists were awarded the Nobel Prize on Monday for showing that precise — and surprising — answers to some of society’s most pressing questions can be gleaned from experiments rooted in real life. David Card was recognized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for groundbreaking work
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN The problems at Southwest Airlines run deeper than the operational meltdown that caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations in recent days. And they’ll continue well after the airline is back on schedule. Although this weekend’s problems were mainly limited to Southwest, it is by no means
Continue Reading By Jamie Gumbrecht and Maggie Fox, CNN Merck said Monday it is seeking US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for its experimental antiviral Covid-19 treatment, molnupiravir. If authorization is granted, the drug, made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, would be the first oral antiviral treatment to fight Covid-19. It comes in capsule form.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, Scottie Andrew and Dakin Andone, CNN Columbus Day has been a political lightning rod for states, cities and municipalities around the US for years now. Some have decided to do something about it. A number of states have moved to officially observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or some version of it, instead —
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The long weekend got a bit longer for Southwest customers after the airline canceled more than 2,000 flights Friday through Sunday. The world’s largest low-cost carrier canceled three of every 10 departures it had scheduled on Sunday and the disruption continued into Monday, a federal holiday, with 337 flights —
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Columbus Day, depending on where you are), so we’ll have a short edition today. Remember, some businesses may be closed today, too, since it’s a federal holiday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN Singapore and Malaysia have each revealed plans to start reopening their borders as the Southeast Asian neighbors move away from their zero-Covid strategies toward living with the virus. Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Sunday the country would end its domestic and international travel restrictions for fully vaccinated residents from
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Timothée Chalamet has teased a first look at his portrayal of iconic candy man Willy Wonka in the upcoming film “Wonka.” The Oscar-nominated actor took to social media on Thursday to share a picture of himself in costume as the younger version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved creation. He is decked out
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A federal judge in West Virginia rejected proposed plea agreements made between federal prosecutors and a US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife who pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell classified information to a foreign country in exchange for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. Judge Gina Groh rejected the plea agreements,
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, Sharif Paget, Sahar Akbarzai and Amir Vera, CNN A Black paraplegic man from Ohio has filed a complaint with the NAACP after body camera video showed police officers pulling him out of his car by his hair and arms after he refused officers’ orders during a traffic stop late last month. Officers
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN On International Day of the Girl Child, the second in a pandemic, I am grateful for this United Nations-designated day. It’s given us a moment to step back to consider what we can do to parent our girls — and really, all our children — in the middle of a pandemic,
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, CNN Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, has died in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, according to the country’s Ministry of Information. He was 85 years old. Khan was given a state funeral at Islamabad’s Faisal Mosque on Sunday. The funeral, attended by thousands of
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN Melanie McTighe and her 92-year-old father live in the same city, but they haven’t been able to see each other for almost four months. That changed on Monday as Sydney, Australia’s largest city and the capital of New South Wales, emerges from a strict lockdown imposed in June to contain a
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, David Williams and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, prompting the flight arriving at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to be deplaned on the tarmac, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN For more than three weeks, local and federal authorities have been combing through a 25,000-acre nature reserve searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito. On September 1, Laundrie returned in Petito’s van to the couple’s North Port, Florida, home from a cross-country road trip the couple embarked on
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN For more than three weeks, local and federal authorities have been combing through a 25,000-acre nature reserve searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito. On September 1, Laundrie returned in Petito’s van to the couple’s North Port, Florida, home from a cross-country road trip the couple embarked on
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US State Department said Sunday that this weekend’s talks with representatives of the Taliban in Doha, Qatar — the first such gathering since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of August — were “candid and professional” while emphasizing that the Taliban “will be judged on its actions, not
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen Connie Young Yu’s grandfather was working in the fields of San Jose, California, on May 4, 1887, when he saw thick smoke rising from the thriving Chinatown of 1,400 people. “He was looking up and he could see smoke. The smoke… just covered the sky,” Young Yu said. The arson fire that
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Kay Jones, CNN A man died after driving onto a sidewalk in attempts to strike pedestrians before bystanders pulled him out of the car and allegedly attacked him in California Saturday. The driver was involved in a verbal altercation around midnight inside a business in Hawthorne, after which he was asked
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN In normal times, Boston Marathon runners might be offered an encouraging kiss from college students around the halfway point. But race organizers ask that we please have none of that during Monday’s event. The Boston Marathon is set to go Monday morning for the first time since April 2019, after Covid-19
Continue Reading By CNN’s Katharina Krebs and Reuters A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage during an opera. The Bolshoi, one of Russia’s most prestigious theaters, said the incident occurred during a set change in Sadko, an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The cast member has been
Continue Reading By Susannah Cullinane, CNN An autographed photo of baseball player “Shoeless Joe Jackson” has sold for a record $1.47 million at auction, according to auction house Christies. The 1911 photo is the only known photo in existence signed by the player, who was unable to formally read or write, it said. Christies said on Twitter
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business It’s been a tough week for Facebook. Whistleblower Frances Haugen testified to Congress that the company is aware that its platforms are used to spread hate and misinformation but has failed to take action to prevent it. The social media giant and several of its services were also hit with
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