By Brian Fung, CNN TikTok updated its privacy policies for European users on Tuesday, adding explicit disclosures that personal data from the app may be viewed by employees in China. The update aligns with what TikTok executives have said publicly. But the addition reflects the intense scrutiny TikTok has faced over its international data flows.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Adele has shared how her name is actually pronounced. During a recent “Happy Hour with Adele” Q&A session, the singer noted that one of the women who asked her about songwriting “said my name perfectly!” Turns out while many people have been saying “Uh-dell” and she pronounces it “Uh-dale.” Duly
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride, largely because of Wall Street’s shifting expectations about whether the Federal Reserve is going to slow down the pace and size of its interest rate hikes. The Fed briefly excited investors last week when it acknowledged in its
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Anna Chernova, CNN Video has emerged purporting to show a man preparing and planting explosives on a Russian military helicopter at an airbase deep inside Russia. Subsequent satellite imagery shows several damaged helicopters at the base in Pskov region in northern Russia. The base is about 35 kilometers from
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Soaring inflation and the tumbling stock market have upended Patricia Strong’s retirement. The Scottsdale, Arizona, resident had hoped her husband could also retire so they could spend the winter in Mexico. But now, the couple hesitates to plan even a short getaway since the price of gas and groceries have increased
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Looks like Thanksgiving will be a lot pricier this year. Market research firm IRI predicts that your Thanksgiving meal will cost about 13.5% more compared to last year, based on how retail prices in the four weeks through October 16 compared to the same period in 2021. IRI measures items
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The stock market started the Biden era with a boom. But it heads into the midterm election looking more like a bust. Entering Monday, the S&P 500 advanced just 13.2% since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. That marks the second-worst performance during a president’s first 1,022 calendar
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Iranian police said they would investigate an incident caught on camera showing security forces attacking and shooting a man, as a leading rights group condemned what it called the “crisis of impunity” in the country. The video shows a number of security officers beating a man who lay on the ground
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and MJ Lee, CNN Two Washington power centers Wednesday laid bare the politically poisonous dynamics of the top economic issue threatening President Joe Biden’s congressional majorities with the midterm elections less than a week away. The Fed triggered another historic interest rate hike and, about a half-mile away at the White House,
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist A potent storm system moving in from Canada will deliver snow to all 11 Western states in the next 48 hours, as well as trigger a tornado threat in the South, as the cold Arctic air meets the autumn warmth. “A potent cold front will usher much colder air through
Continue Reading By Virginia Langmaid and Clare Foran, CNN David DePape — the man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, one week ago — on Friday waived his appearance in a San Francisco Superior Court. A status hearing was set for November 28 and a preliminary hearing was set for December 14. DePape
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Workers at a Home Depot in Philadelphia overwhelmingly voted against becoming the first store in the chain to be represented by a union. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union elections, reported that only 51 employees voted to join Home Depot Workers United, and 165 voted against it. The
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN David DePape, the man accused of violently attacking Paul Pelosi last week, was in the United States illegally and may face deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said late Wednesday. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an immigration detainer on Canadian national David DePape with San Francisco County Jail, Nov.
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business While investors, business leaders and some economic models continue to warn a recession is imminent, Wall Street’s most powerful investment bank remains cautiously optimistic. Goldman Sachs told clients on Monday it still sees a 35% chance of a US recession in the next 12 months. While that is double the
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Before the bison arrived, the tiny city of Quitaque, Texas, was on the verge of extinction. Empty storefronts and dilapidated buildings stood silently on Main Street, a short corridor that intersects with First Street at the city’s only traffic light. Truck drivers passed through as they transported cattle
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Ray Sanchez, CNN On the day of the Uvalde massacre, fourth graders Khloie Torres and Miah Cerrillo, surrounded by the bodies of classmates and their teacher at Robb Elementary School, whispered but managed to speak clearly and politely to a 911 operator. “Please hurry,” Khloie, who
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan and Geneva Sands, CNN When armed, masked men and people with long telescopic camera lenses showed up at ballot drop boxes last month in Arizona to stalk voters, many public officials were appalled. Voter intimidation complaints were filed and sent to the Department of Justice. But on the pro-Trump internet, plans for
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN With less than a week until Election Day, Democrats and Republicans are ramping up campaign efforts as the balance of power in both the House and the Senate is up for grabs. If you’d like to brush up on who is running for office — or if you need help navigating
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Alex Marquardt, CNN One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies is using dissent around the war in Ukraine to jockey for increased influence inside the Kremlin, US and European officials said, offering a rare glimpse at the brewing tension among Putin allies and how Russia’s
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN A mother working at an emergency dispatch center in New Orleans was shocked when she answered a 911 call about an armed robbery at a McDonald’s and realized her 16-year-old daughter was the one pleading for help. Teri Clark, an assistant operations manager at Orleans Parish Communication District, was helping staff
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN Stanford University is reviewing its safety procedures after a man was reportedly found illegally living on campus, the university said in a statement Tuesday. The man was “reported to be on campus several times since December of last year” but was most recently caught on October 27, according to Dee Mostofi,
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN A senior South Korean police inspector who was being investigated in connection with the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul has been found dead in his home. The inspector was found lifeless by his family at around 12:45pm on Friday, according to South Korean police. The
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Injured 4th-grader Miah Cerrillo was on the phone with a 911 operator when a burst of gunfire came from the shooter at Robb Elementary School. “He’s shooting,” she says simply at 12:21 p.m. “Stay quiet, make sure everybody stays quiet,” she is told by the
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN. Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN. Aaron Bethea says he has voted election after election for US presidents, governors and senators — and yet those lawmakers have done little to nothing to improve life for him, his family or his community. Bethea said he believes the issues he cares about,
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere Ted Cruz and Dave Matthews headlined campaign rallies within a short drive of each other in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week. Matthews peppered his hour-long set at a get-out-the-vote concert for Democratic Senate nominee Cheri Beasley with aphorisms like, “Sometimes when I look at the way things are right now, it’s the
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, Sara Murray and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a subpoena for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of an Atlanta special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. There were no public dissents from the order. The South
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN Anguished survivors of the Parkland school shooting and grieving relatives of victims faced the gunman in court before he’s sentenced to life in prison, testifying Tuesday about the loved ones and sense of security he stole from them, and expressing anger over a jury’s decision not to recommend he be put
Continue Reading By CNN Sport staff Tom Brady has opened up about his divorce from wife of 13 years Gisele Bundchen, saying that he’s focusing on his family and football in the midst of a “very amicable situation.” “I think there is a lot of professionals in life that go through things that they deal with at
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — a towering, three-pronged vehicle that is the most powerful operational rocket in the world — returned to the skies on Tuesday for the first time since mid-2019. The rocket launched at 9:41 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hauling satellites to space for the
Continue Reading By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Fans of Studio Ghibli have yet another reason to travel to Japan. A new theme park dedicated to the popular animation company’s productions is finally open in Aichi prefecture, less than an hour from Kyoto by train. Ghibli Park, which opened on November 1, brings some of the most beloved
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is wrestling with major disruption at its biggest iPhone assembly factory in China, as anxious workers reportedly flee the locked-down facility, according to social media videos. The Taiwanese company is racing to control a Covid outbreak at its campus in
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Rep. Liz Cheney returned to the campaign trail Tuesday night, receiving a standing ovation more than 1,600 miles from her Wyoming home — and a world away from the Republican politics that have been her family’s lifeblood. She will be leaving office in two months, following a resounding
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Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Amir Vera, CNN Houston officials vowed to deliver justice in the killing of rapper Takeoff, with the chief of police calling the 28-year-old Atlantan a “peaceful” man and urging any witnesses to the shooting to come forward. The rapper, part of the multiplatinum hip-hop trio Migos, was at a bowling
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu believes that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election but is supporting Don Bolduc — a GOP Senate nominee who has consistently pushed election falsehoods — because he is considering a “variety of issues” in making his choice on Election Day. “It is not just
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Fresh on the heels of breaking chart records, Taylor Swift has announced a new tour. The US leg of “The Eras Tour” kicks off in the spring. “I’m enchanted to announce my next tour: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, a journey through the musical eras of my career (past
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Iran has charged about 1,000 people in the Tehran province for their alleged involvement in nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, state news agency IRNA reported Monday. The trials of those accused will be heard in public over the coming days, IRNA said, citing
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters Monday that he believes the Michigan State University football players involved in a post-game fight at Michigan Stadium on Saturday will face criminal charges. Two Michigan football players, Gemon Green and Ja’Den McBurrows, have injuries from the fight, Harbaugh said. “There
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Hours before news broke on Thursday that he had completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk wrote an open letter to advertisers stressing that he doesn’t want the platform to become a “free-for-all hellscape.” But that attempt at reassuring the advertising industry, which makes up the vast majority
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Rosa Flores, Priscilla Alvarez and Gustavo Valdes, CNN Federal agents shot pepper balls at Venezuelan migrants who were protesting along the Rio Grande River International Boundary near downtown El Paso, Texas, on Monday after an agent was injured, according to US Customs and Border Protection. The agency issued a statement on the
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, CNN Iran is preparing to send approximately 1,000 additional weapons, including surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles and more attack drones, to Russia to use in its war against Ukraine, officials from a western country that closely monitors Iran’s weapons program told CNN. The shipment is being closely monitored because it would be
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman anticipated that his debate against Republican Mehmet Oz “wasn’t going to be easy” following a stroke earlier this year but “thought it was important that I show up,” he told CNN’s Don Lemon in an interview that aired Tuesday on “CNN This Morning.” Fetterman’s first
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN For all of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to defeat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp during the primary, the Republican governor is loath to criticize his party’s most influential figure ahead of next week’s general election. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins why he thinks Trump has steered clear of the state since
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, Angus Watson and George Ramsay, CNN Iranian soccer player Sardar Azmoun has been picked in the nation’s squad for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar despite public comments supporting anti-government protests. Azmoun, who plays for German club Bayer Leverkusen, is a star player for the Iranian side. The player has posted multiple
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi and Rebekah Riess, CNN An uninvited group opened fire on a Halloween house party after being asked to leave Monday night in Kansas City, Kansas, killing a 17-year-old and injuring six other teens, police said. One person is in custody, though police are not calling the person a suspect, and
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN With the holiday travel surge right around the corner, some pilots are intensifying their push for better pay by insisting they will strike unless they get a new contract. Some Delta pilots say their contract is years out of date, while pilots at other airlines — especially regional carriers — have
Continue Reading By Alasdair Howorth and Amanda Davies, CNN England manager Gareth Southgate has a lot on his plate as the World Cup in Qatar grows ever closer. He is trying to turn around an England football team enduring its worst run of form since 1992, while facing an ever-growing injury list. All this as he prepares
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Chief Justice John Roberts has at times staked out the middle ground on the conservative-dominated Supreme Court — as in June when he tried to prevent the majority from completely overturning federal abortion rights. But when it comes to race and such issues as school integration and
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN When President Joe Biden rallies Democrats in Florida on Tuesday for a final-stretch campaign stop, he will finally land in the state his advisers have long eyed as the ideal backdrop for his warnings against “mega-MAGA” Republicans. For months, Biden and his team have been hoping
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Continue Reading By René Marsh, CNN Miles of brittle, uprooted almond trees lay dead on their sides on parched farmland in Coalinga, California, as an intensifying drought, new restrictions and skyrocketing water prices are forcing farmers to sacrifice their crops. Roadside signs warn against watering front lawns as residents brace for higher water bills as the precious
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Scott Bronstein and Daniel A. Medina, CNN Prominent figures on social media, including some of the loudest voices on the political right, are pushing a salacious and false conspiracy theory about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in an apparent attempt to shift the narrative about the assault.
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Scott Bronstein and Daniel A. Medina, CNN Prominent figures on social media, including some of the loudest voices on the political right, are pushing a salacious and false conspiracy theory about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in an apparent attempt to shift the narrative about the assault.
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The man alleged to have attacked Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to all state charges during his initial appearance in San Francisco court. David DePape, 42, is facing a litany of state charges, including attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon,
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN Paul Pelosi “is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Monday, following the announcement of state and federal charges against the man accused of attacking him. “Since the horrific attack on Paul early Friday,
Continue Reading By Drew Iden, HLN For nearly six years, Delphi, Indiana, a small town an hour north of Indianapolis, has been holding its breath. And Monday morning, when Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter stepped to the lectern to announce the arrest and charging of local resident Richard Allen with two counts of murder, it seemed
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN A previously little known fact about Julia Roberts is now more widely known, thanks to social media. It all started recently when a Twitter user shared a compilation video of Roberts, writing “Martin Luther King Jr. paying for her birth is still a little known fact that sends me.” A
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist While much of the country has been handed a bag of treats from Mother Nature this Halloween, a few semi-spooky spots will still loom as the witches, ghosts and ghouls come out under the Halloween moon. Temperatures are a treat this Halloween Here’s how some of the country’s spookiest cities
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN After nearly three years of the pandemic, national test scores for students aren’t where educators hoped they would be — does that mean it’s time to break out the math and vocabulary drills? Maybe not, experts say. The National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the US Department of Education,
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business European inflation has accelerated to a new record high as energy and food prices in the region continue to skyrocket. Prices across the 19 countries that use the euro increased at an annual rate of 10.7% in October, up from 9.9% in September, according to initial estimates released Monday. Energy
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In 2009, after Twitter was sued by then-St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa for being impersonated on the platform, the young company introduced a new feature: a blue and white check mark. The check indicated that Twitter had verified the accounts of artists, athletes, government officials and agencies and
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN After a week of financial fallout following antisemitic remarks on social media and in interviews, Kanye West is commenting on those thoughts, as well as what he’s said about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. In a rambling 16-minute video shared by WmgLab Records on YouTube Saturday and seemingly recorded at
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Elon Musk on Sunday gave credence to a fringe conspiracy theory about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi. The new Twitter owner tweeted a link to an article full of baseless claims about Pelosi. The article was posted on a website that purports to be a news outlet.
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN When Benjamin Netanyahu hits the campaign trail, he uses what’s been dubbed the Bibimobile — a converted truck turned into a travelling stage ensconced in bulletproof glass. Elevated like a king above his subjects — who fawn over him as the one and only savior to lead Israel. And with polls
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN When Benjamin Netanyahu hits the campaign trail, he uses what’s been dubbed the Bibimobile — a converted truck turned into a travelling stage ensconced in bulletproof glass. Elevated like a king above his subjects — who fawn over him as the one and only savior to lead Israel. And with polls
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sounds like Jennifer Coolidge had an interesting return to work for the second season of “The White Lotus.” The Emmy winner and co-star Jon Gries talked to “Access Hollywood” about filming a sex scene on their first day of shooting the new season. “You fly to Italy and then the
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Stop us if you’re heard this one before: On Tuesday, Israelis are going to the polls to elect a new Knesset, or parliament. It’s the fifth time in less than four years that voters are casting ballots. Holding elections that often is bound to prompt some questions.
Continue Reading By Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Victoria Butenko and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Monday as it ramped up its attacks on infrastructure facilities across the country. Explosions and air raid sirens were heard in Kyiv early on Monday and 80% of residents were left without water
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN After a week of financial fallout following antisemitic remarks on social media and in interviews, Kanye West is commenting on those thoughts, as well as what he’s said about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. In a rambling 16-minute video shared by WmgLab Records on YouTube Saturday and seemingly recorded at
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Republicans are riding a wave of optimism into the closing week of the fall campaign, eyeing seats far deeper into Democratic terrain than party leaders imagined only weeks ago, with rising GOP confidence of winning a strong House majority amid signs that critical Senate seats are also increasingly
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN As trick-or-treaters gear up for their candy-collecting adventures tonight, safety is a top priority for parents and authorities alike. A number of states are imposing extra measures to protect young ones from harm this Halloween — including having law enforcement conduct home checks on offenders who are banned from having contact
Continue Reading By Jake Kwon, Sophie Jeong, In Jeong and Heather Chen, CNN ln a cavernous Seoul gymnasium Tuesday, grieving families inspected neat rows of belongings left behind at the scene of the deadly street crush in Itaewon. Shoes, bags, glasses, notebooks, wallets, cardholders and colorful hats were laid out on makeshift tables and exercise mats along
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Abdul Nasir, CNN Violent clashes broke out between security forces and student protesters at university campuses across Iran on Sunday, according to activist and human rights groups in the country. Students continued to protest in large numbers at some of the country’s main universities despite a warning from the head of
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN The Republican Senate nominee in New Hampshire shared at a Thursday event the hoax claim that children are being told they can identify as anthropomorphic cats and use litter boxes in schools. Don Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general who is challenging Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, made the comments while speaking
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Sara Weisfeldt, Hannah Sarisohn and Eric Levenson, CNN The multiple antisemitic messages that appeared in public spaces in Jacksonville, Florida, this weekend, including at the high-profile Florida-Georgia college football game, do not constitute crimes at this time, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. “At this time, the Sheriff’s Office has not identified any
Continue Reading By Kiely Westhoff and Samantha Beech, CNN Four people, including a 10-month-old baby girl, were killed in a fire at a home in the Bronx early Sunday morning, the New York Police Department said. New York Fire Department Assistant Chief Kevin Brennan said firefighters immediately began removing victims from the building after responding to a
Continue Reading By Swati Gupta and Hira Humayun, CNN The death toll has risen to 134 after a suspension bridge collapsed in India‘s western state of Gujarat on Sunday, as authorities revealed the structure had only recently reopened following repairs. Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi said Monday some 200 people are estimated to have been on the
Continue Reading By Andrew Millman, CNN Cheri Beasley, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in North Carolina, said Sunday her state needed a senator “who’s going to fight hard to lower costs” but avoided a question over whether she was satisfied with how President Joe Biden and national Democrats have handled inflation. “Folks want to know that
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN The man who is alleged to have attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been charged with assault and attempted kidnapping, the US attorney’s office announced on Monday. The federal charges against David DePape, 42, include one count of “attempted kidnapping of a US official,” according to
Continue Reading By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN Juan Ciscomani enthusiastically bounds toward potential voters, introducing himself by announcing that he is running for Congress. “Anything that I can do to earn your vote or your support? Any questions?” he asks over and over as he encounters new people at an outdoor mall here in Tucson.
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN Stanley Tucci transports viewers as he travels around Italy and indulges in the world’s most popular cuisine. In this season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” he invites you to a front-row seat as he and chefs, artisans and home cooks celebrate such specialties as the rich pesto Genovese in Liguria,
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” kicked off this week’s episode with Heidi Gardner leading a PBS NewsHour focused on three notable Republicans before the midterm elections in less than two weeks. First up was Herschel Walker, played by Kenan Thompson. “My name is Herschel Walker Texas Ranger,” Thompson as Walker said, kicking
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN In an ordinary Boston courtroom in April 2015, lawyers and activists at the first hearing of a challenge to race-based admissions practices at Harvard knew they would see each other again, eventually at the US Supreme Court. Attending that preliminary session before US District Judge Allison Burroughs were lawyers from the
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Chuck Johnston, CNN Two St. Louis schools will remain closed going into this week, just days after a 19-year-old gunman forced his way on campus and began shooting, ultimately leaving a 15-year-old student and a teacher dead. Central Visual and Performing Arts High School — where the shooting took place —
Continue Reading By Sophie Jeong, Gawon Bae, Paula Hancocks, Hilary Whiteman and Jessie Yeung, CNN Most weekends, the narrow alleys of Itaewon, the neon-lit nightlife district in South Korea’s capital Seoul, are busy with partygoers and tourists. Now it’s the site of one of the country’s worst disasters. On Saturday night, tens of thousands of people flooded
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, Paula Hancocks, Sophie Jeong, Jessie Yeung and Will Ripley, CNN South Korea is searching for answers after Halloween celebrations in the capital Seoul turned into one of the country’s worst disasters, with authorities declaring a national mourning period as they investigate how a chaotic crush left at least 151 people dead. Tens
Continue Reading By Dan Merica and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Former President Barack Obama described Herschel Walker as “a celebrity that wants to be a politician” during a speech Friday night in Georgia, lauding the Republican Senate nominee as “one of the best running backs of all time,” but someone who is not equipped to be a United
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An 8-year-old boy became the youngest person to finish climbing El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park on Friday, according to his father, who has been by his side and cheering him on since the pair began their journey earlier this week. Sam Adventure Baker achieved the feat
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovych and Nic Robertson, CNN As winter edges ever closer in Ukraine, Alla Melnychuk and her neighbors are racing against the time to save what little they have left. Their apartment building in Irpin was hit during some of the heaviest fighting in March. Most of the windows are still shattered,
Continue Reading By John Sinnott, Eoin McSweeney and Becky Anderson, CNN He turned 41 earlier this month and due to a serious knee injury won’t play until next year, but the last thing on Zlatan Ibrahimović’s mind right now is retirement. “I have a big passion for my game,” the AC Milan forward told CNN’s Becky Anderson
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said Friday afternoon that the social media company “will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.” That means suspended accounts like the one held by former President Donald Trump won’t immediately return to Twitter. “No major content decisions or account reinstatements
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN Paul Pelosi “is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Monday, following the announcement of state and federal charges against the man accused of attacking him. “Since the horrific attack on Paul early Friday,
Continue Reading By Brandon Griggs, CNN Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rock ‘n’ roll with hits like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” before marital scandal derailed his career, has died, according to a statement from his representative, Zach Farnum. He was 87. Lewis passed away at his
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Pininfarina Battista is an astonishing car. Its base price, $2.2 million, is shocking, but so are its capabilities. With a maximum output of 1,900 horsepower from four electric motors, Automobili Pininfarina claims it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds. It probably took
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN The man alleged to have attacked Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been charged with assault and attempted kidnapping following last week’s break-in at the couple’s San Francisco home, the US attorney’s office announced on Monday. David DePape, 42, was charged with one
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday announced new sanctions on the “15 Khordad Foundation” over the attack of author Salman Rushdie, due to the group putting a multimillion-dollar bounty on his head before the August stabbing. “In response to the attack on author Salman Rushdie, the United States is
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Heart pounding, I sit bolt upright in bed, flushed, sweaty and utterly panicked. My brain has snatched me from a nightmare — a dream so alarming I wake up. I’ve only had one or two such night terrors, but for people suffering from trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or anxiety, frightening
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Amid a surge of respiratory infections, children’s hospitals across the United States are so busy that some had to set up tents to handle patient overflow. The viruses are partly to blame for overwhelmed hospitals and packed emergency rooms, but for some, the problem is staffing: Many hospitals have empty beds,
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is declining to rule out a future presidential bid, offering only that he doesn’t “know what’s going to happen in the future” when asked about a potential White House run. In a wide-ranging interview on CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace” that will air at 7 p.m.
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Dow fell nearly 130 points, or 0.4% Monday, but it still ended October up 14% — its best monthly gain since January 1976. The blue chips remain off by almost 10% this year, though. Meanwhile, the S&P 500, which closed down 0.8% Monday, has dropped about 20%
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