By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Heather Chen, CNN Iran has arrested more than 100 people “in connection with” the suspected poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across the country, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Citing a statement from Iran’s Interior Ministry, IRNA said the people had been “identified, arrested and investigated” in several cities, including
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation offered Silicon Valley Bank employees 45 days of employment and 1.5 times their salary, reports say. An FDIC official did not comment on the details to CNN, but said it is standard practice and one of the first steps the independent government agency takes after
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists met this week in London at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing to discuss advances in the field — and the thorny ethical issues posed by a cutting-edge technology. The last time the high-profile forum took place was in 2018 in Hong Kong. There, Chinese scientist He Jiankui
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse last week sent tingles of panic down investors’ spines as it highlighted a larger problem across the banking sector: The widening gap between the value large lenders place on the bonds they hold and what they’re actually worth on the market. SVB’s downfall was tied, in part,
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Closely following a Mediterranean diet may cut a woman’s risk of heart disease and death by nearly 25%, according to a new analysis of 16 studies. “This study adds to what is already known about the cardiovascular benefits of a Mediterranean diet but further reiterates that it can be equally as
Continue Reading By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN Fourteen-year-old Philasande Dayimani carries a burden that no child should carry. Last year, she started getting sores in her mouth and struggled to breathe. She says a clinic doctor told her to test for HIV. “It wasn’t easy for me to accept. Many people cry when they hear
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Silicon Valley Bank’s 48-hour collapse led to the second-largest failure of a financial institution in US history. SVB was one of America’s 20 largest commercial banks and is now under the control of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after it became unable to pay back customers who withdrew their deposits.
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Roku held approximately $487 million of its $1.9 billion in cash at Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed Friday and was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the streaming technology company disclosed in an SEC filing. That’s approximately 26% of the company’s cash and cash equivalents, Roku said, adding that
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Karol Suarez, Rosa Flores, Caroll Alvarado and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Mexican authorities arrested five more people Friday in connection to the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, as the bodies of the two Americans killed were returned to US diplomats and questions continued to swirl around last week’s violent abduction.
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Cleanup of the toxic train derailment site in the Ohio town of East Palestine will likely take about three months, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. EPA Administrator Michael Regan said 6.8 million gallons of liquid waste and more than 5,400 tons of solid waste have already been
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN A toy company based in New York has gotten caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and is pleading with customers for help keeping it afloat. Camp, a venture-backed retailer, sent an email to customers Friday announcing it was slashing prices and would use sales to help fund its
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford and Holly Yan, CNN Swaths of California still saturated by ruthless storms will get walloped by another atmospheric river, spawning fears of renewed flooding and forcing some residents to flee. The state has already been hammered by at least 11 atmospheric rivers this season. An atmospheric river is like a
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Stranger Things” star Grace Van Dien says she’s been declining acting roles after experiencing sexual harassment on set. The 26-year-old actress, best known for playing cheerleader Chrissy Cunningham in the Netflix sci-fi drama, addressed her decision to be more selective this week during a Twitch live stream, saying ” the last
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Michigan man has been charged with unlawfully owning several firearms after federal agents uncovered online death threats he allegedly made against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden. Randall Robert Berka II faces one charge of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. He has not yet
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN Manhattan prosecutors’ invitation to Donald Trump to testify in an investigation into a hush money scheme involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels has thrust the yearslong probe into the spotlight as officials weigh whether to charge the former president. Prosecutors in District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office have asked
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Released just in time for the NCAA tournament, the weekend brings a pair of feel-good basketball movies, “Champions” and “Chang Can Dunk.” Each scores a few points, without proving distinctive enough to win any trophies. “Champions” is billed as a “laugh-out-loud” comedy, which it’s mostly not. Rather, this vehicle for
Continue Reading By Andrea Kane, CNN Is the internet — and all that goes along with it: the screens, the technology, the apps — good or bad? That’s been the question churning in the undercurrent of this season of CNN’s Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The podcast has been examining the effects of screens on our
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, Michelle Krupa and Gabe Cohen, CNN Norfolk Southern found loose wheels on a series of rail cars involved in last week’s derailment near Springfield, Ohio, the company has announced, the latest safety problem to emerge as scrutiny intensifies on the operator — and US freight safety broadly — following that wreck, a
Continue Reading By Janelle Chavez, CNN Newly updated US Food and Drug Administration regulations will require mammography facilities to notify patients about the density of their breasts. Women with dense breasts are at higher risk for breast cancer, and dense tissue can make cancer harder to detect in mammograms. Still, few women recognize dense breasts as a
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN NASA is tracking a newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool that has a “small chance” of hitting Earth in 2046. While it sounds ominous, several scientists say the object is not particularly concerning because it will probably shift orbit in the coming decades. Here’s what else
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN NASA is tracking a newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool that has a “small chance” of hitting Earth in 2046. While it sounds ominous, several scientists say the object is not particularly concerning because it will probably shift orbit in the coming decades. Here’s what else
Continue Reading By Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN The story of David versus Goliath is old as time immemorial, but it never gets old when it comes to sport as every fan loves hearing about how the brave underdog fights against all odds to conquer the bigger and supposedly better giant. In the Premier League a
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy Chinese state-owned defense firms have maintained trade relationships with sanctioned Russian defense companies during the past year, even as many of the world’s leading economies cut ties with Moscow and the companies driving its continued assault on Ukraine. Customs records reviewed by CNN show key companies within both countries’ vast military-industrial complexes
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy Chinese state-owned defense firms have maintained trade relationships with sanctioned Russian defense companies during the past year, even as many of the world’s leading economies cut ties with Moscow and the companies driving its continued assault on Ukraine. Customs records reviewed by CNN show key companies within both countries’ vast military-industrial complexes
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, Kristen Holmes and Jack Forrest, CNN Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating a decision on charging Trump may come soon. Potential defendants in New
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Mexican authorities arrested five more people in connection to the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said on Twitter Friday. Six people have been arrested in total, including one on Tuesday, Barrios Mojica said. “The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN In a Republican Party now dominated by political pugilists, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to the play the role of peacemaker. That, at least, was his message to voters Thursday night in a CNN town hall focused on public education. But Youngkin, whose 2021 victory in the commonwealth
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, David Shortell, Fidel Gutierrez, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Pedro Pascal can handle the heat from a hot wing, but the summer sun on the “Games of Thrones” set was another story. Before the actor was dodging mushroom zombies in “The Last of Us,” Pascal played Dornish heartthrob Oberyn Martell in Season 4 of “Game Of Thrones,” a character who
Continue Reading By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told a witness to “shut your mouth” during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The witness, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien, went toe-to-toe with Mullin at the hearing before the Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee.
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon has begun implementing a law that requires they provide mental health services for troops seeking help after a delay of more than a year. On Friday, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert Cisneros signed a policy to implement the Brandon Act, requiring the military services to
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent The Republican presidential race is just getting started, but Kim Schmett said he and his fellow conservatives are spending more time thinking about the end of the 2024 campaign and trying to answer one question above all. “We like him,” Schmett said. “The question is can he win?”
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN Erica Herman, who was a longtime girlfriend of golfer Tiger Woods, has filed two separate complaints after the six-year relationship between the pair came to an end. Both filings were made to the circuit court in Martin County, Florida. The first suit, filed in October 2022, alleges a trust owned by
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election reversal gambits. Ellis signed a stipulation stating that several comments she made about the 2020 election violated professional ethics rules barring reckless, knowing or
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy added 311,000 jobs in February, according to the latest monthly employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. That’s a pullback from the blockbuster January jobs report, when a revised 504,000 positions were added, but shows the labor market is still emitting plenty of heat. The
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain deeply
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain deeply
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour, Artemis Moshtaghian and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Iran’s longest-held American prisoner has made an emotional plea to US President Joe Biden to put the “liberty of innocent Americans above politics” and ramp up efforts to secure his release, in an unprecedented interview with CNN from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison. “I remain deeply
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Russia has restricted exports of natural gas to Europe and announced it will temporarily slash oil output this month in response to Western sanctions. Next, it could weaponize exports of important metals such as aluminum and palladium, researchers at Citigroup have warned. Prices of these commodities could spike as a result,
Continue Reading An elderly man survived on croissants, candy and biscotti for nearly a week alone in his car, stuck in a snowbank on a desolate California highway.
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Lithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products, are under scrutiny again following a massive fire this week in New York City thought to be caused by the battery that powered an electric scooter. At least seven people have been injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx which
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent The budget blueprint President Joe Biden revealed on Thursday is designed lay out a clear, if aspirational, policy vision for the year ahead. To be clear, Biden’s budget proposal as written is dead on arrival in Capitol Hill. But as a proposal it lays down a strategic marker
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz, Matthias Somm, Richard Allen Greene and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a swipe at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s plan to weaken Israel’s judicial system as protesters paralyzed two of Tel Aviv’s main travel arteries on Thursday, intensifying a nationwide movement against the controversial proposals. A CNN
Continue Reading By Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is being treated for a concussion and is staying at a hospital for observation after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening. “Leader McConnell tripped at a dinner event Wednesday evening and has been admitted to the hospital and
Continue Reading By Juliana Liu and Wayne Chang, CNN Europe’s biggest producer of advanced chipmaking technology has joined the United States in its escalating standoff with China. The Netherlands announced Wednesday, via a letter from its trade minister to parliament, that new restrictions on overseas sales of semiconductor technology were needed to protect national security. While the
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is calling for changing the retirement age for Americans currently in their 20s and limiting Social Security and Medicare benefits for wealthier Americans, staking out a position on the politically controversial issue of entitlement reform that’s already been the subject of attacks from
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Unruly passengers continue to be an issue on flights across the US, adding to a host of challenges impacting the aviation industry. In this week alone, punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane, and a United Airlines flight attendant was attacked by a man wielding a broken metal utensil. Here’s
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Unruly passengers continue to be an issue on flights across the US, adding to a host of challenges impacting the aviation industry. In this week alone, punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane, and a United Airlines flight attendant was attacked by a man wielding a broken metal utensil. Here’s
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN The White House lashed out at Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday in an extraordinary rebuke of the late-night commentator who has been airing false depictions of the January 6, 2021, attack this week. Carlson, given access to about 40,000 hours of US Capitol security camera footage by Republican House Speaker
Continue Reading By Sharif Paget and Andy Rose, CNN Punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane in Dallas Monday, according to a witness and video, marking the latest incident of unruly passenger behavior. Passengers bound for Phoenix were boarding Flight 117 at Dallas Love Field Airport when a man in a tan blazer confronted another man
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, David Shortell, Fidel Gutierrez, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Fidel Gutierrez, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and a version
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, David Shortell, Fidel Gutierrez, Karol Suarez and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Sara Smart and Brian Todd, CNN The 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot his elementary school teacher earlier this year will not be criminally charged, Newport News, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told CNN affiliate WTKR. The student allegedly shot and wounded Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner on January 6, leaving her
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Jack Forrest, CNN Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to take action to protect and support access to gender-affirming health care across the state. “All state agencies must, to the fullest extent of their lawful authority, pursue opportunities and coordinate with each other to
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN The White House lashed out at Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday in an extraordinary rebuke of the late-night commentator who has been airing false depictions of the January 6, 2021, attack this week. Carlson, given access to about 40,000 hours of US Capitol security camera footage by Republican House Speaker
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by a new storm, with torrential rain threatening to cause dangerous flooding and the Weather Prediction Center increasing its excessive rainfall outlook for parts of the state to a level 4 of 4.
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN The Louisville Metro Police Department routinely uses excessive force and practices “an aggressive style of policing” against Black people, the Justice Department said Wednesday after an investigation launched following the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The scathing assessment paints a shocking portrait of racist and
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN The kidnapping and killing of US travelers recently in the Mexican city of Matamoros, just over the border from Brownsville, Texas, has put a glaring spotlight on violence in a country that millions of international visitors flock to each year. And as spring break gets under way in popular beach resorts
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Chinese government could use TikTok to control data on millions of people and harness the short-form video app to shape public opinion should China invade Taiwan, FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday. Wray responded affirmatively to questions from Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the panel’s
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN It’s enough to give anyone already on edge about flying hassles has yet another reason to pop an antacid or two: the prospect of delayed, lost or damaged baggage. The concern is valid. Especially when an epic winter storm sweeps across the land and one airline has a complete meltdown. Or
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN The space race has expanded to new frontiers in recent years, moving into business, tourism … and now cinema. Russian film makers on Tuesday released a trailer for “The Challenge,” which became the first ever feature film to be shot in space in 2021. The trailer outlines the movie’s plot: A
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN February’s jobs report had a little something for everyone. For workers, there were jobs; for employers, there were workers filling shortfalls caused by the pandemic; for the Federal Reserve, there were indications that the labor market was loosening and wage pressures were easing. Then again, the total of 311,000 net jobs
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy, Nick Valencia and Mark Morales, CNN The release of more video from the January traffic stop that led to the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols was delayed Wednesday, according to a court order, as the US Department of Justice announced it would perform a review of the Memphis Police
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, Jon Passantino, Marshall Cohen, Nicki Brown, Kate Trafecante, Anna Bahney and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN A trove of text messages, emails, and other material from Fox News executives and on-air personalities were made public Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel. Among the the hundreds
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch on Thursday dismissed the revelations from Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News as “noise,” throwing his support behind the right-wing talk channel in his first comments since the case enveloped the company in major scandal. “I think a lot of the noise
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground first hand — an invitation that comes as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether the United States should continue to provide aid to the country under attack from Russia.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Brian Fung, CNN The White House’s endorsement of a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to restrict or ban TikTok in the United States marks a significant shift in the White House’s approach to the Chinese-owned social media app. It’s also a move that the White House has
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Why aren’t prices falling at the grocery store? When food producers started raising prices a few years ago, they blamed their own costs, including higher ingredient prices. But ingredient prices have actually been on a downswing for months, and individuals are still paying more for food. In part, it’s because food
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia and Paradise Afshar, CNN A “Cop City” protester’s hands were raised when law enforcement officers who were attempting to clear the site of a planned police and fire training facility near Atlanta opened fire, an autopsy commissioned by the activist’s family found, attorneys say. The hands of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, 26,
Continue Reading By Chris Lau and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Donning a sassy piece of silk lingerie, a male model grooves to the beat and forms a heart shape with his fingers during a livestreaming session on Douyin, one of China’s most popular video-sharing platforms. His modeling performance is the latest illustration of the kind of entrepreneurial innovation
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an official prohibition on their practicing the sport competitively. Cuba’s government-run INDER sports institute claimed the sport was
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Marc Stewart, CNN China should not be surprised Washington and its allies in Asia are deepening military ties given Beijing’s aggressive behavior toward many of its neighbors, the US ambassador to Japan said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with CNN. “You look at India, you look at the Philippines, you look
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The White House has declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with xylazine — an animal tranquilizer that’s increasingly being used in illicit drugs — is an “emerging threat” facing the United States due to its role in the ongoing opioid crisis. Administration officials call the threat FAAX, for fentanyl-adulterated
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation” with the United States is inevitable if Washington does not change course, delivering a stern and wide-ranging rebuke of US policies for his first press conference in the new role. Qin, who was until recently China’s
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN Laying out his top priorities for a second term and a potential platform for a presidential run, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered a State of the State speech Tuesday that conspicuously avoided much of the divisive rhetoric that has fueled his political ascent but nevertheless signaled another round of cultural wars
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Michelle Obama broke down shortly after leaving then-President Donald Trump‘s inauguration, the former first lady candidly shared in a new podcast, as the emotions of leaving their family’s home after eight years and resentment over Trump taking office overwhelmed her. “When those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger on Tuesday ripped into Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his commentary about footage from the January 6, 2021, insurrection that he aired Monday night, saying the host “cherry-picked” from the footage to present “offensive” and “misleading” conclusions about the attack. “Last
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a friend said. A growing number of US residents are traveling internationally to seek more affordable medical care, more timely care or access to certain treatments or procedures that are unapproved
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Watch out Deadpool, Wolverine is coming for you. Hugh Jackman posted on his verified Instagram account photos of the meals he is eating to get ready to reprise his role as Wolverine, this time in “Deadpool 3,” opposite Ryan Reynolds. “Bulking. A day in the life,” the caption on the
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN Russian troops will have “open road” to capture key cities in eastern Ukraine if they seize control of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in an interview with CNN, as he defended his decision to keep Ukrainian forces in the besieged city. “This is tactical for us,” Zelensky said, insisting that Kyiv’s
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN WeightWatchers is getting into the booming prescription weight loss drug business. The company, now known as WW International, will buy Sequence, a telehealth subscription service that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including the hot new diabetes drug Ozempic. WeightWatchers offers subscribers meal plans and other
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A lawyer representing one of five Proud Boys members on trial for seditious conspiracy asked a federal judge to throw out the case Thursday, saying that federal prosecutors hid “plainly exculpatory” US Capitol security footage played on Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show. Carlson aired selective
Continue Reading By Sharif Paget and Andy Rose, CNN Punches were thrown on a Southwest Airlines plane in Dallas Monday, according to a witness and video, marking the latest incident of unruly passenger behavior. Passengers bound for Phoenix were boarding Flight 117 at Dallas Love Field Airport when a man in a tan blazer confronted another man
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN China’s leader Xi Jinping hit out at the United States with unusually direct comments as he called on the country’s private companies to “fight” alongside the Communist Party at a time of mounting challenges at home and abroad. “[In the past five years,] Western countries led by the United States have
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation” with the United States is inevitable if Washington does not change course, delivering a stern and wide-ranging rebuke of US policies for his first press conference in the new role. Qin, who was until recently China’s
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN The remains of a woman found in a small Massachusetts town in 1978 were identified more than four decades after her death using “old fashioned police work” — and help from advances in forensic genetic genealogy, officials announced Monday. Referred to for decades as “Granby girl,” alluding to
Continue Reading By Arlette Saenz and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden warned parts of East Africa are “on the precipice” of famine as the region is dealing with a severe drought, threatening livelihoods and the ability of families to feed their children. Her comments came in a series of wide-ranging interviews during a recent
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence has filed a motion asking a judge to block a federal grand jury subpoena for his testimony related to January 6 on the grounds that he is protected by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, according to a source familiar with the filing. Pence had publicly
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Bempedoic acid may be an alternative for people who need to lower their cholesterol but can’t or won’t take statins, according to a large study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Statins are the most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs that help lower what’s known as the “bad” cholesterol,
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN CNN anchor and chief national affairs analyst Kasie Hunt and husband Matthew Mario Rivera welcomed their second child to the world last week in an unforgettable way. Their daughter, Grey Hunt Rivera, was born at home on Wednesday morning after just 13 minutes of sudden labor — before there was time
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN At least seven people have been injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City thought to have been caused by a lithium-ion battery, according to fire officials. A civilian and an emergency services worker were seriously injured, and five firefighters received
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi and Nima Elbagir, CNN A committee of US senators has called on the United Nations to investigate a network of secret torture centers in Iran exposed by a CNN investigation last month. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the CNN report — which revealed a swathe of clandestine detention centers used
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Bim Ali was early in her first pregnancy when billionaire Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, where she worked as a program manager on the Redbird core technologies team. During the months of intense uncertainty that followed, Ali stuck with the company, attempting to tune out the deluge of news about
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Dakin Andone and Nick Valencia, CNN A Georgia judge denied bond for 22 of the 23 people arrested and charged with domestic terrorism amid violent protests Sunday at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta dubbed “Cop City” by opponents who claim it would propagate militarized policing and
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN After back-to-back winter storms overwhelmed many of California’s mountain communities with snow, another round of snowfall is headed to the Sierra Nevada region, while the state’s hard-hit southern San Bernardino County will get a reprieve as some residents who remain trapped by walls of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s almost time for clocks to “spring forward” one hour for Daylight Saving Time. Yes, it’s Daylight Saving Time, with the singular use of “saving,” not “savings.” Although embraced by some, the twice-yearly switcheroo is disliked by lawmakers and scientists alike, as studies have shown the change disrupts body rhythms.. Here’s
Continue Reading By Don Riddell, CNN A soccer match lasts for 90 minutes, another 30 if there really needs to be a winner. But if it’s still level after that, then the game will be decided with a penalty shootout, arguably the most nerve-shredding experience in all of sports. For the fans, it’s excruciating; at the World
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
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