By Sarah Sirgany, Kostyantin Gak and Ben Wedeman, CNN Siversk, Ukraine (CNN) — It’s midday in the frontline town of Siversk, eastern Ukraine. On a street corner, Olha is standing in a midi dress with short lace sleeves waiting for a bread delivery. Her purple nail polish matches with the pink eyeshadow framing her green
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Airports around the world have lifted restrictions on liquids in carry-on luggage, but it’ll be some time before the US follows suit. The TSA is spending more than $1 billion to procure advanced 3D scanners that can detect potentially harmful objects and liquids. When the technology is widely deployed,
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Airports around the world have lifted restrictions on liquids in carry-on luggage, but it’ll be some time before the US follows suit. The TSA is spending more than $1 billion to procure advanced 3D scanners that can detect potentially harmful objects and liquids. When the technology is widely deployed,
Continue Reading By Frederik Pleitgen and Anna Cooban, CNN Berlin/London (CNN) — Rheinmetall will open an armored vehicle plant in Ukraine within the next 12 weeks, shrugging off concerns other Western defense companies reportedly have about building a presence in the country while it is at war with Russia. Germany’s biggest arms maker will also train Ukrainians
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By Emiko Jozuka, Marc Stewart, Junko Ogura, Moeri Karasawa and Daniel Campisi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Rina Gonoi is a fighter. As a former soldier, as a judo practitioner, and as a woman battling on behalf of all women to bring those who sexually abused her to account. When Gonoi served in Japan’s Self-Defense Force
Continue Reading By Olesya Dmitracova and Alex Stambaugh, CNN London/Hong Kong (CNN) — The European Union has lifted all import restrictions on food, including fish, produced near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan just as Tokyo prepares to release treated radioactive wastewater into the ocean. The bloc’s move follows positive results from tests carried out on the
Continue Reading By Emiko Jozuka, Marc Stewart, Junko Ogura, Moeri Karasawa and Daniel Campisi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Rina Gonoi is a fighter. As a former soldier, as a judo practitioner, and as a woman battling on behalf of all women to bring those who sexually abused her to account. When Gonoi served in Japan’s Self-Defense Force
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, Joe Sutton, Dakin Andone and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — US marshals on Tuesday arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with Sunday’s mass shooting in Cleveland that left nine people wounded, Cleveland’s police chief said. The arrest happened in Lorain, about 30 miles west of Cleveland, Police Chief Wayne Drummond said
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — A top House Republican said Sunday he agreed with the Biden administration’s contentious decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package, while a prominent progressive Democrat said the US risks “losing our moral leadership” over the move. House Foreign Affairs Chairman
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — A top House Republican said Sunday he agreed with the Biden administration’s contentious decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package, while a prominent progressive Democrat said the US risks “losing our moral leadership” over the move. House Foreign Affairs Chairman
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — You may have heard recently about a new social media app called Threads from Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Here’s everything you need to know about what some are calling a potential “Twitter killer.” And here’s what else you need to know to Start Your
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Melissa Alonso and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The owner of a Texas canoe and kayaking company filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to stop the installation of a marine floating barrier on the Rio Grande, claiming Gov. Greg Abbott has no right to regulate the border. The lawsuit was filed on
Continue Reading By Matias Grez and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner, has announced she will retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist from London 2012, will play in her fourth and final World
Continue Reading By Abby Turner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has hit the 2024 campaign trail and is giving voters a preview of what a second Trump presidency could look like if he’s elected. He’s made many campaign promises – many of which are often vague and lacking in details or specifics – including ending
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — As Swifties and others rejoice at the release of Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” a reissue of the star’s third studio album from 2010, one previously unreleased track has some scratching their heads. “When Emma Falls in Love,” one of the “from the vault” songs in the album
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch national broadcaster and CNN affiliate NOS reported. The inveterate survivor of Dutch politics, nicknamed “Teflon Mark” because
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch national broadcaster and CNN affiliate NOS reported. The inveterate survivor of Dutch politics, nicknamed “Teflon Mark” because
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler and Juliana Liu, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged China on Saturday to combat the “existential threat” of climate change by supporting international funds intended to help developing countries confront the crisis. On the second full day of her visit to Beijing, Yellen said the United States
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Jackie Wattles and Maya Blackstone, CNN Boca Chica, Texas (CNN) — With the towering SpaceX launch site behind him, Justin LeClaire spotted something astonishing in a grassy, sandflat mosaic of protected wilderness on the southern tip of Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico. “We’ve got a bird that’s acting really distressed,”
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden told CNN in an exclusive interview that Ukraine is not yet ready for NATO membership, saying that Russia’s war in Ukraine needs to end before the alliance can consider adding Kyiv to its ranks. Biden told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that while discussion of Ukraine’s imminent membership
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — An interest rate hike later this month was already in the cards for the Federal Reserve. But after the June jobs report, the timing of a second hike remains unclear. Job gains remain robust, wage growth is still going strong, and unemployment continues to hover near historic
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Friday that it was a “difficult decision” to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions for the first time, but that he was ultimately convinced to send the controversial weapons because Kyiv needs ammunition in its counteroffensive against Russia. The White House announced Friday
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — New court filings in a defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani show the promoters of the election fraud narrative after Donald Trump lost the presidency failed to do basic vetting of the claims they were touting – and didn’t see such vetting as necessary. For
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of the uprising by Wagner Group forces in Russia, the US and Europe have turned their gaze to an increasingly unpredictable Belarus – a key Russian ally that Western officials fear could give the exiled mercenary troops a new home and serve as
Continue Reading Hong Kong-born singer and actress CoCo Lee, whose decades-long career included dozens of successful albums, movies and television shows, died Wednesday, her sisters announced on social media.
Continue Reading By Meg Tirrell, Nadia Kounang and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted traditional full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, the first medicine proven to slow the course of the memory-robbing disease. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday that it will now expand coverage of
Continue Reading By Angela Fritz and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The planet’s temperature soared again on Thursday to levels not seen in the modern record-keeping era, marking the fourth straight day of record temperatures. These alarming new records are likely the highest temperatures in “at least 100,000 years,” one scientist told CNN. The global average daily
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Thai golfer Natthakritta Vongtaveelap made it through just five holes of her US Women’s Open debut on Thursday before she was disqualified due to her caddie’s use of a rangefinder. The 20-year-old LPGA Tour rookie was even-par to start her tournament at California’s famous Pebble Beach course before she
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears is speaking out about an incident Wednesday night involving San Antonio Spurs basketball player Victor Wembanyama in Las Vegas. The pop star alleged a security guard struck her in the face when she tried to get Wembanyama’s attention. TMZ was first to report the incident. “Traumatic experiences
Continue Reading By Kyung Lah and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Sioux City, Iowa (CNN) — In a crowded Pizza Ranch on Wednesday night, former Vice President Mike Pence found himself confronted about his role on January 6, 2021, by an Iowan who blamed him for President Joe Biden being elected president. “If it wasn’t for your vote, we
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Cohen, Carma Hassan and Amanda Musa, CNN Stanton, Kentucky (CNN) — All Heather and Nick Maberry wanted to do was hold their dead baby, but strict Kentucky abortion laws meant they couldn’t. They were “furious” that the laws meant they never got to kiss or cuddle their daughter, Willow Rose, or tell her
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The “Let’s do another ‘Bridesmaids’” energy is strong in “Joy Ride,” a road-trip comedy that peaks early and feels guilty of trying too hard thereafter. Built around a predominantly Asian-American cast, it’s so determined to be crude and edgy that while its friendship dynamic lingers, its initial cleverness
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, Sara Smart and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A former Afghan interpreter who immigrated with his family to America in 2021 was shot and killed early Monday in Washington, DC, while on an extra shift as a Lyft driver, and police now are searching for suspects, authorities and a charity said. Nasrat
Continue Reading By Gerardo Lemos, CNNE (CNN) — Dozens of people trapped in gondolas on one of the world’s highest cable car systems in Ecuador have been rescued, according to a statement from government officials Friday. Firefighters were alerted around 4 p.m. local time Thursday of a technical failure that affected the Quito Cable Car, with at
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A collision between a double-decker bus and a city bus in Manhattan on Thursday left dozens injured and at least 18 people requiring hospitalization for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the New York City Fire Department. First responders received notice of the crash on the borough’s east
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — When a band of House Freedom Caucus members met last month to strategize over how to hold GOP leadership accountable for the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, not everyone from the far-right group was invited. Around a half dozen hardliners opted to hold a secret strategy session,
Continue Reading By Jillian Sykes and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Ralph Moralis was supposed to walk his daughter down the aisle this weekend. Instead, less than a week before one of the most important days of his life, he was shot dead by a gunman who started firing randomly at vehicles and nearby pedestrians in southwest
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — After a parent spotted a cracked steel support pillar at the top of a North Carolina roller coaster last week, Carowinds amusement park said in a statement Thursday that its maintenance team is working with the damaged ride’s manufacturer. The Charlotte-based amusement park and Bolliger and Mabillard Consulting Engineers
Continue Reading By Michelle Krupa and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man reported missing eight years ago as a teen actually returned home a day later and has been there all along with his mother, who deceived police by giving fake names and insisting he was gone in the years before his discovery last week
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy says Iran seized a commercial vessel that may have been engaged in smuggling as it sailed in international waters in the Arabian Gulf on Thursday. It comes one day after Iran attempted to seize two oil tankers operating in the Gulf of Oman, but a US
Continue Reading By Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — It squats on the Las Vegas skyline like an enormous spaceship, black and mysterious – until night falls, when it will glow like the Earth from space. The MSG Sphere won’t open to the public for almost three more months, when U2 christens the entertainment venue with a series
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook-parent Meta officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, last Wednesday, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago. Threads is already off to a strong start: it received 100 million sign-ups in less than a week, the app shows, including a large number
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook-parent Meta officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, last Wednesday, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago. Threads is already off to a strong start: it received 100 million sign-ups in less than a week, the app shows, including a large number
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — How much money would you need to feel rich? Thousands of Americans weighed in on this age-old question and said they need, on average, nearly half a million dollars annually to feel financially free. Of course, that figure is a lofty ambition for many people, but financial experts say
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — How much money would you need to feel rich? Thousands of Americans weighed in on this age-old question and said they need, on average, nearly half a million dollars annually to feel financially free. Of course, that figure is a lofty ambition for many people, but financial experts say
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — How much money would you need to feel rich? Thousands of Americans weighed in on this age-old question and said they need, on average, nearly half a million dollars annually to feel financially free. Of course, that figure is a lofty ambition for many people, but financial experts say
Continue Reading By Matthew Chance, Katharina Krebs and Mick Krever, CNN Minsk, Belarus (CNN) — Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus and it is unclear if his fighters will move to the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told CNN Thursday, raising new questions about the purported deal that ended Wagner’s armed rebellion last month. Prigozhin
Continue Reading By Matthew Chance, Katharina Krebs and Mick Krever, CNN Minsk, Belarus (CNN) — Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus and it is unclear if his fighters will move to the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told CNN Thursday, raising new questions about the purported deal that ended Wagner’s armed rebellion last month. Prigozhin
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Nic F. Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Shark patrols are ramping up off Long Island beaches after five people were bitten in two days by marine animals that are likely sharks, authorities say. Officials in Long Island’s eastern Suffolk County, where three of the attacks occurred, have increased beach patrols
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Canadian police have identified a woman known as the “Nation River Lady,” nearly five decades after she went missing and was found dead floating in a river in Ontario, police said. Jewell “Lalla” Langford, whose maiden name was Parchman, had traveled to Montréal in April 1975, but never returned
Continue Reading By Salma Abdelaziz, Muhammad Darwish and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. A foul stench filled the
Continue Reading By Salma Abdelaziz, Muhammad Darwish and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. A foul stench filled the
Continue Reading By Sarah El Sirgany, Ben Wedeman and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — For three days, shells and mortars were “flying and whistling overhead, exploding around us,” Anton, a Russian soldier positioned south of Bakhmut, tells CNN. “We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs.” When it got quieter, he and fellow
Continue Reading By Sarah El Sirgany, Ben Wedeman and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — For three days, shells and mortars were “flying and whistling overhead, exploding around us,” Anton, a Russian soldier positioned south of Bakhmut, tells CNN. “We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs.” When it got quieter, he and fellow
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — A former top Republican official in Arizona, who rejected pressure from Donald Trump and his allies following the former president’s 2020 election defeat, told CNN Wednesday night that he has spoken with the FBI as part of the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Beauty salons in Afghanistan have been given one month to close as the country’s Taliban leaders extend their repressive rule over women, who are already largely confined to their homes with bans on most work and study. Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Beauty salons in Afghanistan have been given one month to close as the country’s Taliban leaders extend their repressive rule over women, who are already largely confined to their homes with bans on most work and study. Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Russian fighter jets harassed an American drone operating over Syria for the second time in two days, according to the US Air Force, a sign of increasing friction between the two countries in Middle East airspace. On Thursday, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office. If certified, those 710,000 signatures – nearly 300,000 more than
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is appealing a judge’s order prohibiting various Biden administration agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies about certain content. The department on Wednesday notified a court that it plans to appeal the preliminary injunction – issued Tuesday by Trump-appointed US District
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Casey Gannon, CNN Washington (CNN) — A man arrested last week with weapons in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood began live-streaming in the area shortly after resharing a social media post from Donald Trump in which the former president posted what he claimed was Obama’s address, according to federal
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of impregnating an Ohio child – a girl who then went to Indiana for an abortion in a case that became a flashpoint in debates about post-Roe v. Wade abortion rights – was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to
Continue Reading By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by entrenched Russian defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that he wished that Western weapons deliveries had allowed it to begin “much earlier.” Speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett
Continue Reading By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by entrenched Russian defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that he wished that Western weapons deliveries had allowed it to begin “much earlier.” Speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett
Continue Reading By Brandon Griggs, CNN (CNN) — It squats on the Las Vegas skyline like an enormous spaceship, black and mysterious – until night falls, when it will glow like the Earth from space. The MSG Sphere won’t open to the public for almost three more months, when U2 christens the entertainment venue with a series
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A second Mississippi law enforcement department says that one of its officers was “implicated” in an incident of alleged torture, shooting and attempted sexual assault of two men in police control. Richland Police Department says Officer Joshua Hartfield, who was off duty at the time of the incident,
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Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy says Iran seized a commercial vessel that may have been engaged in smuggling as it sailed in international waters in the Arabian Gulf on Thursday. It comes one day after Iran attempted to seize two oil tankers operating in the Gulf of Oman, but a US
Continue Reading By Samantha Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet. Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads, which
Continue Reading By Samantha Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet. Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads, which
Continue Reading By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — European regulators said Tuesday that they’d broadened an investigation started last week into the risk of suicidal thoughts among patients taking popular drugs for weight loss, like Ozempic, to include more potential cases and other medicines in the class. The European Medicines Agency is now evaluating about 150 reports
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — With just five words, a recent tweet from Kraft Heinz sparked a bit of a debate about how you should store your ketchup. “FYI,” began the tweet from the United Kingdom-based branch of the food and beverage company. “Ketchup. Goes. In. The. Fridge!!!” Kraft Heinz, whose ketchup is
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Some Federal Reserve officials are already advocating for two consecutive rate hikes starting this month to ensure inflation’s defeat, but will their sway hold amid a shakeup at the Fed committee that decides interest rates? Probably. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, the Fed’s most hawkish voice,
Continue Reading By Alex Leeds Matthews and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Mass shootings, like the ones that occurred Monday in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas – and over the weekend in Baltimore — are not uncommon around the Fourth of July. The holiday has accounted for the most mass shootings of any other days of the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Harry Styles was hit in the eye by an object thrown at the stage while he was performing in Vienna on Saturday, marking the latest incident in an ever-growing list of similar situations in recent weeks. Video footage posted on social media by concertgoers shows the “As It Was”
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — We may find fireworks beautiful and festive, but they explode like magnified gunfire in the exquisitely sensitive ears of many of our pets. Measuring between 150 and 175 decibels, fireworks are louder than many planes at takeoff (about 140 decibels). Decibels measure the loudness of a sound while hertz
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If TikTok and Reddit influencers are to be believed, the plant-based compound called berberine can be a replacement for such popular diabetes and weight loss drugs as Ozempic and Wegovy. Using berberine as a supplement has become so trendy, in fact, that it has been dubbed “Nature’s Ozempic” by
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on roofs at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Tuesday that instantly sparked concerns around the world. “Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky speculated.
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on roofs at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Tuesday that instantly sparked concerns around the world. “Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky speculated.
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Lab testing for the substance found at the White House on Sunday has come back positive for cocaine, a spokesman for the Secret Service told CNN. Prior field testing showed a positive result for cocaine, but the substance was sent for further evaluation and testing, the
Continue Reading Exclusive by Christina Macfarlane and Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Tennis great Roger Federer says he hopes his former rival Rafael Nadal can retire from the sport “on his own terms” following the Spaniard’s recent struggles with injury. Nadal hasn’t played competitive tennis since injuring a hip muscle during his second-round Australian Open defeat by
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — Scotland has concluded a day of festivities celebrating British monarch King Charles III’s recent coronation. The highlight of Wednesday’s proceedings in the capital, Edinburgh, was a service of national thanksgiving during which the King was presented with the Scottish crown jewels. Known as the “Honours of Scotland,” these
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — Scotland has concluded a day of festivities celebrating British monarch King Charles III’s recent coronation. The highlight of Wednesday’s proceedings in the capital, Edinburgh, was a service of national thanksgiving during which the King was presented with the Scottish crown jewels. Known as the “Honours of Scotland,” these
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to communicate with social media companies about certain content, handing a win to GOP states in a lawsuit accusing the government of going too far in its effort to combat Covid-19 disinformation.
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to communicate with social media companies about certain content, handing a win to GOP states in a lawsuit accusing the government of going too far in its effort to combat Covid-19 disinformation.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans sweltered in extreme heat over the Fourth of July holiday, with highs topping 110 degrees in parts of the South. Though extreme weather put a damper on some festivities across the nation, a few cities saw tens of thousands of spectators show up at major gatherings.
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, has been beaten up alongside a lawyer while visiting the southern Russian republic. Milashina and attorney Alexander Nemov were attacked while they were on the way to attend
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, has been beaten up alongside a lawyer while visiting the southern Russian republic. Milashina and attorney Alexander Nemov were attacked while they were on the way to attend
Continue Reading By Laura Studley, CNN (CNN) — Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have been taken off field duty as their department investigates force they used when a couple was being detained at a Southern California grocery store last month, the county sheriff’s department said. The encounter unfolded on June 24 as deputies responded to a
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — After a police officer in France shot dead unarmed 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk during a traffic stop in Paris last week, two fundraisers were set up. One, to support the teen’s mother. The other, for the family of the police officer who shot him. By early Wednesday morning, the fundraiser
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — After a police officer in France shot dead unarmed 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk during a traffic stop in Paris last week, two fundraisers were set up. One, to support the teen’s mother. The other, for the family of the police officer who shot him. By early Wednesday morning, the fundraiser
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Beauty salons in Afghanistan have been given one month to close as the country’s Taliban leaders extend their repressive rule over women, who are already largely confined to their homes with bans on most work and study. Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Beauty salons in Afghanistan have been given one month to close as the country’s Taliban leaders extend their repressive rule over women, who are already largely confined to their homes with bans on most work and study. Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation
Continue Reading By Lauren Mascarenhas, Danny Freeman, David Williams, Sharif Paget, Kristina Sgueglia and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of fatally shooting five people in Philadelphia on Monday night told police in sum and substance that he carried out the attack to clean up the neighborhood, two law enforcement sources told CNN. Authorities are
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Some families of those killed in the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school will get to visit the site beginning Wednesday, the Broward County state attorney’s office said. At their request, some families and surviving victims will be given private, individual tours
Continue Reading By Nic F. Anderson and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A man swimming in chest-deep water at a Long Island, New York, beach was bitten Tuesday afternoon by what authorities believe was a shark. The 47-year-old suffered multiple lacerations to his right knee in the incident, the Quogue Village Police Department said in a news
Continue Reading By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Festivalgoers got more of an adventure than they bargained for Sunday when a roller coaster ride got stuck at a fair in Wisconsin, leaving them hanging upside down for hours. Eight passengers were left suspended when a mechanical failure stalled the ride at the Forest County Festival in Crandon,
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Highland Park, Illinois, marked one year since a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens during a July Fourth parade with a moment of silence Tuesday, for “contemplation, prayer or reflection” in memory of the victims. A patriotic celebration in the Chicago suburb last Independence Day ended with the
Continue Reading By Noah Gray, Josh Campbell and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — A powdery substance that was discovered at the White House Sunday evening, prompting a temporary evacuation of the complex, has been sent for further evaluation and testing, the Secret Service said. A field test determined that the substance was possibly cocaine, according to
Continue Reading By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A wildfire forced hundreds of people from their homes in southwestern Washington as firefighters battle rugged terrain and hot, windy conditions to stop the blaze from causing further destruction. The Tunnel 5 Fire broke out July 2 in Skamania County, Washington, around 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and
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