CNN Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On the morning of May 24, 2022, my then-editors at TODAY.com were ready to send me to Ukraine to cover Russia’s unprovoked war. I had done everything necessary to prepare: I completed a three-day hostile environment training; purchased tourniquets and other battlefield medical equipment to carry on my person at all
Continue Reading By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN (CNN) — Lewiston. Monterey Park. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino. Uvalde. Nashville. Louisville. Ubiquitous gun violence in the United States has left few places unscathed over the decades. Still, many Americans hold their right to bear arms, enshrined in the US Constitution,
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Eighteen people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in Lewiston, Maine, on the night of October 25, Gov. Janet Mills said – an attack that prompted a manhunt across the region as local, state and federal law enforcement officials searched for a gunman. After a two-day
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian police officer inspects a half-destroyed building when, suddenly, he rushes to the ground, ducking for cover. “Incoming,” he shouts to his partner, in body camera video seen by CNN, as a shell lands nearby. “There will be more.” There’s little to police these days
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ashkelon, Israel (CNN) — The lines of tanks, self-propelled artillery, armoured vehicles and army bulldozers stretch across the horizon near Israel’s border with Gaza. Pointing towards the enclave, they are ready to go. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) amassed huge number of troops and military hardware along the border almost immediately
Continue Reading CNN By Helen Regan, Eyad Kourdi and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — European Union leaders have stopped short of calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, instead appealing for humanitarian “pauses” to provide aid, as the UN warned its operations were being “paralyzed” by Israel’s bombardment of the besieged enclave. The communique, released after meetings Thursday in
Continue Reading CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Al Jazeera is grieving. The Qatari-funded news network said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had killed the family of its Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh — a devastating reality that Dahdouh learned on-air while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. “The Al Jazeera Media Network extends its sincere
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented trial will begin in Colorado next week to determine if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from returning to the White House because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Several pending lawsuits are trying to derail his candidacy based on the 14th Amendment, which
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It’s been almost nine months since Brexi Torres-Ortiz and her mom sang together – hitting every note, feeling every emotion with every word of a gospel tune that happened to be the 11-year-old’s favorite song. Take me to the King. I don’t have much to bring. My heart is
Continue Reading By Marc Stewart, Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN Gobi Desert, China (CNN) — When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in 2003, it was a history making moment that declared his country’s arrival as an emerging space power. Two decades on, China has become a major presence in space – a
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, John Miller and Eric Levenson, CNN Bowdoin, Maine (CNN) — A manhunt for a suspect accused of killing 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine surpassed 24 hours Thursday evening – on a day that saw law enforcement twice converge on the suspect’s last known address for searches.
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Tara John, Rob Picheta, Paul P. Murphy and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel’s military conducted a “targeted raid” overnight in northern Gaza and vowed on Thursday to continue ground raids in the coming days, as the United Nations General Assembly met to discuss a proposed resolution for
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s top court has ruled that a government requirement for transgender people to be sterilized before they could be legally recognized was unconstitutional, in a victory for the country’s LGBTQ community years in the making. Under a law enacted 20 years ago, transgender individuals who
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong is to pay new parents more than $2,500 for having a baby in a bid to boost its flagging birth rate, but many residents in the notoriously expensive city say it’s barely enough to cover a month’s rent. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu
Continue Reading By CNN Staff (CNN) — Israel has been at war with Hamas since October 7, after the Palestinian militant group launched surprise cross-border raids from Gaza. In response, Israel has been launching airstrikes on Gaza, and there are fears the crisis could escalate further. New satellite images released by Maxar show significant damage to sites
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, John Miller, Joe Sutton and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — At least 16 people are dead and dozens are injured following two shootings Wednesday night at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, sources say, and an intensive manhunt is underway for a person of interest. Robert Card, 40, of
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Declassified photos captured by United States spy satellites launched during the Cold War have revealed an archaeological treasure trove: hundreds of previously unknown Roman-era forts, in what is now Iraq and Syria. Many of those long-lost structures may be gone forever at this point, destroyed or damaged over recent
Continue Reading By Julia Chan, CNN (CNN) — From festive decorations to trick-or-treating, 18-year-old Reese Davis has always loved Halloween. But for him, dressing up was more than fun – it was a way to fit in. “Halloween was like the main time that I was just like everyone else,” the high school senior explains. “I just
Continue Reading By Kevin Flower, Tara John and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief returned to air less than 24 hours after his family was killed in what the television network said was an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday. Wael Al Dahdouh lost his wife, son, daughter, and grandson when a blast hit
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories witnessed a massive explosion in space that created rare chemical elements, some of which are necessary for life. The explosion, observed on March 7, was the second brightest gamma-ray burst ever witnessed by telescopes in more than 50 years of observations,
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