By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Within 24 hours of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the first cracks were forming in a carefully choreographed Australian response to the passing of its Head of State. During a televised match between Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) teams in Melbourne on Friday, players stood to attention to hear an
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN A New York City woman was recently sentenced to four months in prison for interference with flight crew members, according to a Department of Justice news release. Kelly Pichardo had previously pleaded guilty to the charge, which is a Class C felony offense. Pichardo also received 36 months of supervised release
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Jack Guy, David Wilkinson and Arnaud Siad, CNN Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, after being transported from west London’s RAF Northholt airbase by car. The Queen’s family received the coffin on its arrival at the palace, where it will rest in the Bow Room overnight. The coffin was
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Steve Almasy, CNN A Toronto police officer who was taking a lunch break during training was shot and killed in Mississauga by a suspect who later was taken into custody in Hamilton after a second deadly shooting, authorities said at a media briefing Monday night. Authorities said another person was wounded
Continue ReadingBy Etant Dupain and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Sunday announced a new hike in gas prices, despite weeks of anti-government protests over the cost of living and raging gang violence in the country. Speaking at the first anniversary of the formation of his coalition government, Henry said the price increase
Continue ReadingMarnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN For the second consecutive week, no destinations were added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “high” risk category for travel. A few destinations moved down a risk level, including Kenya, which is now in the “low” risk category. Kenya was previously listed at Level 2, along
Continue ReadingMarnie Hunter, CNN A retired nurse came to the aid of a baby who had stopped breathing on a Spirit Airlines flight last week from Pittsburgh to Orlando. Tamara Panzino told CNN affiliate WESH that she was reading a book with her earbuds in when she “heard a flight attendant say, ‘we have an infant
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Arnaud Siad, CNN King Charles III vowed to continue the Queen’s “dedicated service” to the British people in his first address to the UK Parliament on Monday. Camilla, the Queen Consort, accompanied Charles on his first visit to the Palace of Westminster since becoming King. In the ancient Westminster Hall, both
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Jack Guy, Max Foster and Arnaud Siad, CNN King Charles III was joined by his siblings — Princes Andrew and Edward, and Princess Anne — as they briefly held vigil around Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin on Monday evening. The royal family mounted their guard of the coffin at St. Giles’ Cathedral in
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Niamh Kennedy and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis will live with the Duke and Duchess of York, Andrew and Sarah, a source close to the Duke of York told CNN on Sunday. The pair, who divorced in 1996, both reside at the Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate. The source
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Niamh Kennedy and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Queen Elizabeth II’s corgis will live with the Duke and Duchess of York, Andrew and Sarah, a source close to the Duke of York told CNN on Sunday. The pair, who divorced in 1996, both reside at the Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate. The source
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Despite making up one quarter of the world’s population, Muslims are severely underrepresented on television — and when they are represented, they’re depicted as shallow stereotypes, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism analyzed over 200 TV series that aired
Continue ReadingBy Hamdi Alkhshali, Jennifer Deaton and Tara John, CNN The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda said the Caribbean country will hold a referendum on whether to become a republic and remove King Charles III as the head of state within the next few years. The former British colony gained its independence from the United
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Queen’s coffin has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, following a six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital. Crowds of mourners lined the streets of villages and cities, paying tribute to the monarch as her cortege made its way across
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN)–The death of Queen Elizabeth II has set into motion an intricate period of mourning which will culminate with a huge state funeral on September 19 honoring her lifetime of devotion and steadfast service. Codenamed “Operation London Bridge,” arrangements for Britain’s longest-serving monarch have been carefully pored
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Queen’s coffin has arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, following a six-hour journey from Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital. Crowds of mourners lined the streets of villages and cities, paying tribute to the monarch as her cortege made its way across
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson and Jake Kwon, CNN Australia formally installed King Charles III — the first new monarch in 70 years — as the country’s head of state in a ceremony Sunday. The proclamation was made by Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley at the nation’s parliament in Canberra. A series of proclamation ceremonies will also take
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The state funeral for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will take place a week from Monday at Westminster Abbey, and she will lie in state in Westminster Hall from Wednesday, Buckingham Palace has announced. Britain’s longest-serving monarch died peacefully Thursday at her Scottish country estate in Balmoral. Earlier Saturday,
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Amy Woodyatt, CNN King Charles III dedicated “what remains to me of my life” to “the heavy task that has been laid upon me” after he was formally confirmed as the new king of the United Kingdom in a ceremony steeped in tradition and pageantry at St. James’s Palace
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Amy Woodyatt, CNN King Charles III dedicated “what remains to me of my life” to “the heavy task that has been laid upon me” after he was formally confirmed as the new king of the United Kingdom in a ceremony steeped in tradition and pageantry at St. James’s Palace
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