CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted a galaxy that closely resembles the Milky Way — and it’s changing scientists’ understanding of the beginning stages of the universe. Like our home galaxy, the system’s spiral structure is well-ordered and said to be the most distant of its kind ever observed. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — The Osage Ballet overlooks a creek in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian reservation. Before class, students can be found warming up with plies and battements, battering pointe shoes or learning about America’s first prima ballerina, who inspired the school’s founding: Elizabeth Marie Tallchief. Tallchief, an Osage woman who
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have initiated an internal affairs investigation after an incident captured on video that shows an officer repeatedly striking a woman, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement posted on X. In the video posted on social media, the woman is seen on the
Continue Reading WSOC, INSTAGRAM, @OUTSTANDINGANDREW, CMPD, CNN, Instagram/@outstandingandrew By Jamiel Lynch and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have initiated an internal affairs investigation after an incident captured on video that shows an officer repeatedly striking a woman, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement posted on X. In the video posted on social media,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — The UK’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court Wednesday, dealing a potentially fatal blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship migration policy and sparking a furious revolt from the right wing of British politics. The UK’s highest court ruled
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The United States and China have agreed to resume a working group on climate cooperation and pledged a major ramp-up of renewable energy, the two sides announced Wednesday ahead of a leaders’ summit in San Francisco, as the world’s two largest polluters seek to overcome their
Continue Reading By Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman was arrested and charged with murder and other offenses in the 2014 fatal shooting of her former son-in-law – a week after her son was convicted of the same charges in the case. Donna Adelson, 73, was arrested Monday night at Miami International Airport, FBI spokesperson
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Subrata Roy, the founder of Sahara, once one of India’s largest conglomerates, died on Tuesday, his company said in a statement. He was 75. Roy died in a Mumbai hospital following “an extended battle with complications arising from metastatic malignancy, hypertension, and diabetes,” the statement said. Roy was admitted
Continue Reading By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Shareeda Jones thought her daughter, Cristyonna, was doing well in third grade, getting mostly As and Bs at her elementary school in northeast Washington, DC. “I thought the child was on Honor Roll,” Jones told CNN. “No Ds, no Fs. Never.” Her lowest grade – a C – was
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, Elizabeth Wolfe and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — As an Ohio high school mourns three students, two parent chaperones and a teacher killed in a crash this week, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday called the 43,000 annual deaths on America’s roadways “a public health crisis.” More than 50
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The city of Anchorage, Alaska, could see its snowiest November ever – and the snowfall so far this month has already spelled misery for residents, quickly burying roads and prompting an emergency declaration. At least four people believed to be homeless have died outdoors so far this month in the
Continue Reading CNN, WJLA, WRAL By Donie O’Sullivan, Curt Devine and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Hate groups and far-right internet trolls have seized on the tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, while leveraging advances in artificial intelligence to further stoke antisemitism in the United States. The confluence of the conflict and the rapid development – and sheer
Continue Reading By David Shortell, Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Mostafa Salem and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Israel said its military launched a “targeted” operation against Hamas early Wednesday morning inside Gaza’s largest hospital, where thousands of Palestinians are believed to be sheltering. Conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital, which has run out of fuel and is no longer
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spied an intriguing phenomenon in the distant universe — a galaxy that closely resembles the Milky Way — and it’s challenging key theories on how galaxies evolve. The faraway system, called ceers-2112, was spotted by an international team using the James Webb Space Telescope. Like our home
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The climate crisis is carrying a mounting health toll that is set to put even more lives at risk without bold action to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels, a new report from more than 100 scientists and health practitioners found. The annual Lancet Countdown report, released Tuesday, found that
Continue Reading By Maija Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — The government of Belize will suspend diplomatic ties with Israel over its refusal to implement a ceasefire in Gaza, adding to the list of countries in the Western Hemisphere voicing anger over the Israeli government’s war conduct. “The Government of Belize has repeatedly condemned the actions of the IDF
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, Curt Devine and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Hate groups and far-right internet trolls have seized on the tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, while leveraging advances in artificial intelligence to further stoke antisemitism in the United States. The confluence of the conflict and the rapid development – and sheer accessibility – of
Continue Reading By Jessica Xing, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn fire over the weekend that left more than a dozen injured and killed a grandmother, her son and her grandson was ignited by a lithium-ion battery that exploded, New York City fire officials said Tuesday. This fatal blaze puts the city on track for a “staggering and
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a Mississippi man who was accidentally run over and killed by Jackson police is now saying she has been victimized a second time after her son’s body was exhumed without his family present. Dexter Wade’s body was scheduled to be exhumed on Monday at 12:30 p.m.
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Caroline Kennedy, former US ambassador to Japan and current US ambassador to Australia. Personal Birth date: November 27, 1957 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Father: John F. Kennedy, 35th US president Mother: Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy Marriage:
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