By Radina Gigova and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed. Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, was sentenced during a
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Uruguay, José “Pepe” Mujica, padece cáncer de esófago, informó este jueves su médica tratante Raquel Pannone en conferencia de prensa. El exmandatario fue sometido a una endoscopía digestiva y el resultado “mostró que tiene un tumor al nivel del esófago”, dijo Pannone. “Teníamos la alta
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By Darren Cunningham Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LYON, Michigan (WXYZ) — No Mow May is here and that means some lawns won’t be cut for another month. But no matter how you slice it, it’s a polarizing issue. Cities like Ferndale, Ann Arbor and Royal Oak support No Mow May, allowing
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By Michael Williams, Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday attempted to balance the right to free speech and his desire for law and order in his first extensive remarks on campus protests against the war in Gaza – but insisted he has not changed his
Continue ReadingWXYZ, HOSPITAL SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, CNN By Ross Jones Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court claims that staff at the Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital encouraged one young patient to attack another. The lawsuit is the second to be filed against the facility
Continue ReadingBy Ross Jones Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court claims that staff at the Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital encouraged one young patient to attack another. The lawsuit is the second to be filed against the facility after the same attorney filed
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — What do you need to pack for a cruise? When it comes to this upcoming cruise from tour and travel company Bare Necessities, the answer appears to be very little. The nudist cruise specialist is teaming up with Norwegian Cruise Line to launch an 11-day voyage from Miami to
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male Sumatran orangutan, treated a wound on his face by chewing leaves from a climbing plant named Akar Kuning and
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US military has finally acknowledged that it mistakenly killed a civilian man in an airstrike in Syria nearly a year ago after misidentifying him as a senior al Qaeda leader, according to the findings of an investigation ordered by US Central Command last summer. The
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — The chants, banners and tents announce the presence of the student protest camp at the University of Pennsylvania from several blocks away. Unlike other colleges witnessing demonstrations around the Israel-Hamas war, UPenn’s campus is open and accessible to all. Visitors may approach the
Continue ReadingCNN By Shimon Prokupecz, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — The chants, banners and tents announce the presence of the student protest camp at the University of Pennsylvania from several blocks away. Unlike other colleges witnessing demonstrations around the Israel-Hamas war, UPenn’s campus is open and accessible to all. Visitors may approach
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By Noah Chavez Click here for updates on this story COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon (KEZI) — The owners of Millie, a four-year-old Great Dane are lucky the canine is still alive after a cougar attacked her. Occurring in Linda Chmile’s backyard in the early afternoon, the attack has since gained attention on social media in Cottage
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KEZI, FAMILY HANDOUT, CNN By Noah Chavez Click here for updates on this story COTTAGE GROVE, Oregon (KEZI) — The owners of Millie, a four-year-old Great Dane are lucky the canine is still alive after a cougar attacked her. Occurring in Linda Chmile’s backyard in the early afternoon, the attack has since gained attention on
Continue Reading By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — An attorney discipline judge in California has rejected a request from ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman to reactivate his law license following her recent recommendation that he be disbarred, which rendered him unable to practice law for now. Eastman, who devised a multi-step plan for then-Vice President Mike
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Gosling says Burt Reynolds once had a crush on his mom. “The Fall Guy” star appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday, where he talked about working with Reynolds on the 1996 movie “Frankenstein and Me.” Gosling described Reynolds as friendly, but said he quickly figured out that’s
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jessica Pratt released her debut self-titled album in 2011, the singer-songwriter was critically praised for her austere guitar and hypnotic voice. She says it had virually no post-production. The album’s imperfections were a feature rather than a drawback. It should come as no surprise then
Continue ReadingSHERMAN, Texas (AP) — A Texas school board has accepted a voluntary separation agreement with its superintendent who was suspended after removing a transgender student from a role in the musical “Oklahoma!” The board did not reveal the terms of the settlement it agreed to Wednesday with Tyson Bennett. The board in November apologized and
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied the odds for a third time, surviving yet another long, frigid lunar night despite not being designed to endure such harsh conditions, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Temperatures during the lunar night can plunge to minus 208 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 133
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Carey Mulligan and husband Marcus Mumford have a very sweet meet cute. The “Promising Young Woman” actress revealed that she and her Mumford and Sons frontman husband met at the same summer camp when she was 12 and he was 10. She appeared on “Good Morning Britain,” where she
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN HAIGH and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a
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