Amy Woodyatt, CNN Archeologists have uncovered a set of “incredible” rare Roman statues while excavating a site in England ahead of a high speed rail project, the rail company said in a statement. Two complete statues of a woman and a man, along with the head of a child, were found at the site of
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday admitted that his administration was “clumsy” in its handling of the deal that deprived France of billions in defense contracts. The comment came during a closely watched meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Rome, meant to repair fractured ties after a rift over an
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois who has been a strong critic of former President Donald Trump, announced in a video Friday morning he is not running for reelection. “I also remember during that campaign saying that if I ever thought it was time to move on
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen, CNN The free food delivery that arrives at Beth Greenlee’s door each week is much more than an endpoint of the US supply chain. It’s her lifeline. The 61-year-old has Stage 4 endometrial cancer and little income. For eight months, she’s been relying on food from MANNA, a non-profit that provides free
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices. ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company, posted net income of $6.8 billion, swinging to a profit after a $680 million loss a year ago. Oil prices got crushed in
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith wants to be clear that she and her husband Will Smith have no problems when it comes to their intimacy. Apparently, some things were taken out of context after the latest episode of Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk,” where she and guest Gwyneth Paltrow got real about
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN The world’s most powerful Catholics — President Joe Biden and Pope Francis — held 90 minutes of talks Friday in a session that blended the official and personal sides of the most devout US leader in decades. After, Biden said Francis had told him he was pleased he
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Before getting to “Army of Thieves,” it’s fair to ask why Netflix and producer Zack Snyder felt compelled to make a prequel to the zombie/heist mashup “Army of the Dead,” which doesn’t really demand its own cinematic universe. This more conventional heist yarn somewhat stands alone, but hardly feels like
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices. ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company, posted net income of $6.8 billion, swinging to a profit after a $680 million loss a year ago. Oil prices got crushed in
Continue Reading These 10 people are making the world a better place and now, they have been named the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2021. They were all nominated by you — our audience — and selected by CNN to each receive a $10,000 prize. And now you can vote on who you think should be named
Continue Reading These 10 people are making the world a better place and now, they have been named the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2021. They were all nominated by you — our audience — and selected by CNN to each receive a $10,000 prize. And now you can vote on who you think should be named
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg and Sonia Moghe, CNN The Albany County sheriff on Friday acknowledged that his office did not coordinate with the local district attorney over the misdemeanor forcible touching allegation that his office had filed in an Albany court against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Sheriff Craig Apple said the charges had been
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Monica Garrett and Jason Hanna, CNN A powerful storm is flooding some Mid-Atlantic coastal areas Friday evening, and flooding is expected to continue in Washington, DC tonight — part of what forecasters said could be the area’s worst tidal flooding in the past two decades. Strong winds are pushing water into Chesapeake
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday admitted that his administration was “clumsy” in its handling of the deal that deprived France of billions in defense contracts. The comment came during a closely watched meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Rome, meant to repair fractured ties after a rift over an
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Dubai better get ready because Bravo’s “Real Housewives” is headed there next. Andy Cohen, the executive producer of the popular reality series’ announced on the Today Show Monday that the network is launching “The Real Housewives of Dubai.” The show, which has not yet begun filming, will premiere sometime next year.
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday met with Italy’s President and Prime Minister in Rome on the first day of his second major foreign trip since taking office. Biden first held a bilateral meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, and then met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi at
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN The pandemic has made problems for countless industries, but cannabis isn’t one of them. Sales are expected to top $26 billion this year and will probably keep growing from there. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Waiting for the wild housing market to calm down before buying a place? Don’t bother, said Barbara Corcoran, the founder of the Corcoran Group real estate firm and star of “Shark Tank,” during a CNN Business Foreseeable Future discussion on the current housing market madness. “I don’t think it is
Continue Reading By Matt Egan and Ella Nilsen, CNN House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney announced at the end of Thursday’s hearing with top executives from the fossil fuel industry that she plans to subpoena the oil companies and trade groups for key documents related to their conduct around the climate crisis. Her announcement came after executives from
Continue Reading By Madeleine Morgenstern, CNN Sen. Mitt Romney laced up his boots and put on his best Ted Lasso for Halloween, fake mustache and all. “Warming up for Halloween weekend with the grandkids,” the Utah Republican tweeted Thursday, sharing one of the fictional coach’s many aphorisms. “As @TedLasso says, ‘Your body is like day-old rice. If
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Over 20 million people are under alerts for coastal flooding, including residents of Baltimore and Washington, DC, as a large and powerful low pressure system shifts from the central US toward the Northeast. “Right now we’re expecting it to be one of the worst tidal flooding events that we’ve had
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN News of Facebook’s new company name, Meta, quickly attracted the scorn of the internet. “The only meta we acknowledge,” tweeted writer Mitchell Clark, who posted a picture of former NBA player Meta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest). “‘Meta’ is short for ‘I meta girl in high school who I
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even Amazon and Apple are grappling with the global supply chain crunch. Both companies reported revenue results on Thursday that fell short of Wall Street analysts’ expectations and warned that supply chain issues could weigh on business in the December quarter. Amazon missed Wall Street projections for
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Waiting for the wild housing market to calm down before buying a place? Don’t bother, said Barbara Corcoran, the founder of the Corcoran Group real estate firm and star of “Shark Tank,” during a CNN Business Foreseeable Future discussion on the current housing market madness. “I don’t think it is
Continue Reading By Gabe Cohen, CNN The free food delivery that arrives at Beth Greenlee’s door each week is much more than an endpoint of the US supply chain. It’s her lifeline. The 61-year-old has Stage 4 endometrial cancer and little income. For eight months, she’s been relying on food from MANNA, a non-profit that provides free
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday announced that he is suing Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, based on revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen and the trove of internal company documents she leaked. The securities lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN China, the world’s biggest polluter, has made only a small improvement in its emission-cutting plan formally submitted to the UN on Thursday, just days before the start of a crucial G20 leaders meeting in Rome and climate summit in Glasgow. The submission is a disappointment to leaders who have been pressuring
Continue Reading By Christina Carrega and Holly Yan, CNN The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department in their lawsuit over the shooter’s weapon purchase, according to agency officials and a news release Thursday. The settlements range
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden left Thursday for his second trip abroad with his massive domestic agenda — and, by his own admission, his entire presidency — hanging in the balance on Capitol Hill. The trip has become a potent intersection of Biden’s domestic and foreign agendas, as the President pleaded with Democrats
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Now that the United States has started rolling out child doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, many parents are wondering when shots could be available for even younger kids. US health officials estimate that could be next year. “We’re probably a few more months off
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Where zombies are grotesque, werewolves are unsophisticated and mummies are mindless, bloodthirsty vampires have style, intelligence and storytelling potential in spades. For centuries, the bloodsuckers have fascinated and frightened us, occupying the most macabre corners of our collective imagination. There’s a reason we’re so drawn to them, says one expert of
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle and Chandelis Duster, CNN A bipartisan group of congressional members and the Washington press corps returned to the field on Wednesday to face off in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game after months of delay, a collegial event that carried a message of hope and awareness. The game, typically held in June and
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business When members of the cannabis industry descended upon Las Vegas last week for the biggest trade show in the business, there was something stirring in the air. It wasn’t the aroma of a freshly lit joint, but rather a sense that everything seems to be coming up roses for the
Continue Reading By Nicole Gaouette, CNN The Chinese government on Thursday reiterated its long-standing opposition to any official and military contact between the United States and Taiwan in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s comments that US troops help train the island’s military. Speaking with CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday, Tsai became the first Taiwanese leader
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN First time American Music Awards nominee Olivia Rodrigo has something to celebrate. That’s because she leads the 2021 nominations with seven, organizers announced Thursday. Rodrigo is up for some of the biggest awards of the night, including artist of the year and new artist of the year. Following the teen
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business This summer, the American economic recovery hit a roadblock. The US economy grew at an annualized rate of only 2% in the third quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. The highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, supply chain chaos, worker shortages, sluggish jobs numbers and higher prices
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was preparing to leave Thursday for his second trip abroad with his massive domestic agenda — and, by his own admission, his entire presidency — hanging in the balance on Capitol Hill. The trip has become a potent intersection of Biden’s domestic and foreign agendas as he pleads
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand China’s test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile has given new fuel to critics of President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda to scale back America’s nuclear arsenal, with intelligence and defense officials warning that the Chinese launch marked a significant technological leap that could threaten the US in new ways. News of the launch
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN A coast-to-coast flight was diverted to Denver on Wednesday night after a passenger “physically assaulted a flight attendant,” American Airlines said in a statement. Flight 976 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Santa Ana, California, landed in Denver safely where police “removed and apprehended the passenger,”
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion section published a lengthy letter to the editor from Donald Trump on Wednesday that was full of the former US president’s debunked claims and conspiratorial falsehoods about the election he lost last year. One day later, the Journal’s editorial board justified the decision by saying
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The cosmo, the appletini, a glass of rosé — these are the cloyingly sweet and pastel-colored beverages stereotypically associated with women. In a culture where feminine drinks are seen as lesser and wine moms and party girls are relentlessly judged, author Mallory O’Meara has set out to topple double standards. “All drinks
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. The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion section published a lengthy letter to the editor from Donald Trump on Wednesday that was full of the former US president’s debunked claims and conspiratorial
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Paramount has already sought to grow the “Star Trek” brand via animation with the comedy subtitled “Lower Decks,” but takes another stab that feels conspicuously like a “Star Wars Rebels” wannabe with “Star Trek: Prodigy.” Paramount+ obviously has ample shelf space, but this Nickelodeon series (where it will play later)
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN Virginia is primed to elect a woman of color as its next lieutenant governor at a time when the commonwealth is facing a series of challenges that directly affect its Black and brown communities. Regardless of whether it will be Democrat Hala Ayala or Republican Winsome Sears, they’ll draw from their
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN A powerful nor’easter has battered parts of New England and the East Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Unfortunately, the danger isn’t over yet. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN A powerful nor’easter has battered parts of New England and the East Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Unfortunately, the danger isn’t over yet. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN A powerful nor’easter has battered parts of New England and the East Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Unfortunately, the danger isn’t over yet. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN A powerful nor’easter has battered parts of New England and the East Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Unfortunately, the danger isn’t over yet. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices are unlikely to stay elevated for long, Chevron’s chief financial officer told CNN. “This feels more cyclical than structural,” Pierre Breber, the CFO of Chevron, the No. 2 US oil company, said in a phone interview. “We view these prices as above mid-cycle and above what our price
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN A cheap, generically available anti-depressant may reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 disease by close to a third in people at high risk, researchers reported Wednesday. A trial among about 1,500 patients in Brazil showed those who took the drug, known as fluvoxamine, were less likely to progress to severe disease
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN Is it a bones or no bones kind of day? One small pug is influencing how millions of people live their lives with his adorable morning routine. Meet Noodle, a 13-year-old rescue dog whose owner, Jonathan Graziano, records and posts waking his pug up nearly every morning on TikTok. Graziano, a
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. The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion section published a lengthy letter to the editor from Donald Trump on Wednesday that was full of the former US president’s debunked claims and conspiratorial
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks and Amir Vera, CNN A California school safety officer has been charged with murder after fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said Wednesday. Eddie Gonzalez, 51, is currently in custody at the Long Beach jail, according to a
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN What do you gift one of the biggest teen pop stars in the world? If you’re President Joe Biden, the answer is easy: a shoehorn. Olivia Rodrigo, the singer behind the hits “Driver’s License” and “good 4 u,” was invited to the White House back in July to promote the Covid-19
Continue Reading By Philip Wang The United States has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of military equipment and services, including engineering services to support the Patriot missile defense system, for an estimated cost of $100 million, according to a statement released Monday by the Defense Department. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United
Continue Reading By Will Ripley, Eric Cheung and Ben Westcott, CNN The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing “every day,” as for the first time she confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil. Speaking with CNN
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Hertz has made a lot of headlines lately thanks to its deals with Tesla and Uber. Wall Street has noticed, too. But rival rental car company Avis Budget is doing even better. Shares of Avis Budget have surged 125% since July and are up 370% so far in
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alec Baldwin told the paparazzi he is not allowed to talk about the details of the shooting that occurred on the set of his latest film, “Rust,” but he had some things to say about the woman who died, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In a video posted on TMZ’s website Saturday,
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this year as businesses hike pay to draw and retain workers amid a labor shortage. Costco told employees last week that it would increase its minimum wage from $16 an hour
Continue Reading By Laura Klairmont, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic struck Indonesia’s island of Bali, tourism — the driving economic force in the region — just about came to a halt. More than half of Bali’s economic revenue stems from tourism, employing hundreds of thousands of Balinese people in the industry. Many moved back to their home
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez and Lisa Respers France, CNN The Santa Fe County Sheriff on Wednesday said the gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin during a fatal incident on the set of “Rust” fired a “suspected live round.” Investigators believe they have recovered the “lead projectile” and shell casing from the ammunition that struck and killed
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook acknowledged to shareholders this week that it is facing “government investigations” related to the tens of thousands of pages of internal company documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen. “Beginning in September 2021, we became subject to government investigations and requests relating to a former employee’s allegations and release of
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in photos and videos posted on the social network, marking a massive shift both for the tech industry and for a company known for collecting vast amounts of data about its billions of users. Facebook,
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of New Englanders who woke up in the dark Wednesday after a powerful nor’easter dumped heavy rain and downed power lines. Massachusetts was the heaviest hit with outages as nearly 500,000 homes and businesses lost power at some point, according to
Continue Reading Christiane Amanpour CNN, Emmet Lyons CNN, Ken Olshansky CNN Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard has said that he remains unsure as to whether he has written his last work. “At the moment, I’m sitting here with nothing to write, and I’m thinking I really ought to try and write something else now,” Stoppard told CNN’s Christiane
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Google is now making it easier for minors or their parents to have photos of them deleted from search results. In a blog post published Wednesday, the company said it is rolling out a tool that lets parents and kids under the age of 18 request photos be removed
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Business The chief executive and founder of shapewear company Spanx has surprised employees with two first-class plane tickets and $10,000 each to celebrate the company’s $1.2 billion deal with Blackstone. Spanx founder Sara Blakely surprised employees with the news, she revealed in a post on her verified Instagram account Friday. In
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Land Rover just unveiled what will be the first new, redesigned Range Rover in a decade. This is only the fifth generation of the large off-road luxury SUV since the model was introduced in 1970. A sleek new design, with smoothed off corners and edges, retains the classic proportions, but
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN The man accused of shooting three people — two fatally — during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year will stand trial this month. Defense lawyers say Kyle Rittenhouse, then 17, was acting in self-defense last August when he shot and killed Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and injured Gaige
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN The daughter of a former top Saudi intelligence official has told CNN that representatives of the Saudi government attempted to lure her to the same consulate where Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Istanbul, as part of a series of threats against her and her family. Hissah Al-Muzaini, the
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Rachel Clarke, CNN The disappearance and death of Jelani Day left a mother heartbroken, a family grieving and a community with more questions than answers. Amid the questions are clues. His car was found in woods in Peru, Illinois, nearly 70 miles from where he was last seen alive. His wallet,
Continue Reading By Dan Merica and Eva McKend, CNN The latest back-and-forth in the race to be Virginia’s next governor is centered on the value of teaching a Toni Morrison novel in commonwealth schools, highlighting Republican Glenn Youngkin‘s attempt to make the culture wars around education the major issue of the race as Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN There have long been theories that when great white sharks bite humans, it is a case of mistaken identity. Now, new research simulating the way that a shark would view the world has shown that this may really be the case. Researchers from Australia’s Macquarie University in Sydney found that swimming
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Venture capitalist Roger McNamee says Corporate America shares blame for the troubles that exist today at Facebook. “What they are doing is willfully turning a blind eye to catastrophic problems that would not exist if they were not willing to advertise on these platforms,” McNamee, an early investor in Facebook,
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN There are only 100 days until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but continuing Covid-19 outbreaks and growing boycott calls are putting a damper on preparations. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN There are only 100 days until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but continuing Covid-19 outbreaks and growing boycott calls are putting a damper on preparations. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN There are only 100 days until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but continuing Covid-19 outbreaks and growing boycott calls are putting a damper on preparations. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By Rodrigo Pedroso A Brazilian commission investigating the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has called for criminal charges against President Jair Bolsonaro. Seven of the commission’s eleven senators voted to support the recommendations of a 1,288-page report into the crisis, which condemned the populist leader’s actions. The document calls for charges against two companies
Continue Reading By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet,” a former top Saudi intelligence official who is now living in exile in Canada has said. In an interview on CBS News program “60 Minutes,” which aired
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Commercial genetic tests can unveil surprising details about your roots. My Chinese mother-in-law, born in Hong Kong, found out she was a quarter Irish. The test results even pinpointed the county from where her previously unknown Irish grandfather originated. Extracting ancient DNA is much harder than sending off a swab, but
Continue Reading By John Keefe and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Nearly 200 countries have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis, but there is still a huge gap between what’s been promised and what scientists say is needed, according to a report by the UN Environment Programme. With just five
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court on Tuesday for the first time since she was overthrown in a military coup. Her courtroom testimony in the capital Naypyidaw, however, was not publicly available due to a gag order imposed on her legal team by the military junta.
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Several small SUVs struggled in a new side crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, with just one out of the 20 vehicles tested earning the agency’s highest rating. This year’s results included an updated side crash test that uses a heavier 4,180-pound barrier traveling at 37
Continue Reading By Matt Rivers, CNN Haiti’s Senate leader Joseph Lambert has joined calls for embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign. “Ariel Henry must resign because he has lost the trust of the country and he has failed to give results,” Lambert said on Tuesday in an exclusive interview with CNN at the senator’s home in
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Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie’s mother with her son while they were monitoring the family’s home in the days after Laundrie’s fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing, a police spokesperson said.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN There are only 100 days until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but continuing Covid-19 outbreaks and growing boycott calls are putting a damper on preparations. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Two middle school students are being praised for their quick action when their bus driver experienced a medical emergency. Conner Doss and Kane Daugherty are students at East Paulding Middle School outside Atlanta and were on a full bus when the incident happened, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV. “I come
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In late 2017, Facebook had a big problem: users were commenting on, “liking” and resharing posts less than they had in the past. The declines in engagement, visualized in charts on an internal document viewed by CNN Business, looked like wiggly black-and-blue frowns. Facebook decided to make a change —
Continue Reading By Isaac Dovere and Jeremy Herb, CNN “I am a hunter — and I think you should be hunted,” a woman can be heard saying in a voicemail left for Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in September. “You will never be safe in Arizona again.” Or there’s the man who spit, “Die you bitch,
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Now that the United States has started rolling out child doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, many parents are wondering when shots could be available for even younger kids. US health officials estimate that could be next year. “We’re probably a few more months off
Continue Reading By Julia Chatterley Calls for increased regulation of Facebook continue to grow louder after leaked internal documents became public and whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony showed that the social media platform has repeatedly failed to rein hate speech and misinformation. On Friday, a consortium of 17 US news organizations began publishing stories — collectively called “The
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Issues with the toilet on board SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will leave a group of four astronauts without a bathroom option during their hours-long trip back home from the International Space Station aboard the 13-foot-wide capsule this month. Instead, the crew will have to rely on “undergarments,” Steve Stich, NASA’s
Continue Reading By Eoin McSweeney and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Business A small group of ultra-wealthy individuals could help solve world hunger with just a fraction of their net worth, says the director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme. Billionaires need to “step up now, on a one-time basis”, said David Beasley in an interview on CNN’s
Continue Reading By Michelle Krupa, CNN Yosemite Falls is again hosting its famous deluge after record-shattering rainfall this week in California following an extremely dry summer and extensive drought. Water surged over the 2,425-foot falls Monday, just four days after the same majestic rock face appeared as only a dry canvas for the sun’s glow, Yosemite National
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