By Dakin Andone, Mallika Kallingal and Sarah Moon, CNN Investigators say the pipeline which caused thousands of gallons of crude oil to spill into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Orange County, California, may have been displaced several months to a year ago. The pipeline was intact in October 2020 before it was deflected
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Dominic Rech, CNN An annual list of the world’s coolest neighborhoods has been revealed, based on local intel from more than 38,000 city-dwellers. Has your community made the cut? Here are the top 10. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Kristina Sgueglia and Melissa Alonso, CNN The search for Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming after the pair embarked on a cross-country road trip over the summer, continues in an inhospitable Florida nature reserve that may soon prove easier to navigate for teams trying to find him,
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal and Andy Rose, CNN The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed the aggravated murder conviction of a Black man who has been on death row for 17 years. The court said Jesse Lee Johnson did not receive an adequate defense. Johnson was convicted in 2004 of stabbing Harriet Thompson to death at
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By Mirna Alsharif and Alex Harring, CNN A New Jersey man arrested in July after a video showed him shouting racial slurs at a neighbor has been charged “with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim’s cars earlier this year,” as well as vandalizing the victim’s vehicle, according to a news release from
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By Taylor Romine, Eric Levenson, Leyla Santiago and Randi Kaye, CNN The Sarasota County Medical Examiner and a cadaver dog were called on Wednesday to a Florida park where authorities found several items belonging to Brian Laundrie, the missing fiancé of Gabby Petito. Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, informed the FBI and the North
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By Mallory Simon, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The Florida Board of Education on Thursday voted to sanction eight school districts that have instituted Covid-19 mask mandates without giving parents the ability to opt their students out. In doing so, the state board said that school districts in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade,
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A school district in Texas removed books by an award-winning author from its schools’ library shelves and postponed a virtual event he had been invited to because of a complaint that his books promote critical race theory. Jerry Craft, a New York Times bestselling and Newbery winning author and illustrator, was
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Brittany Walters made a promise to her mother the day she passed away from cancer: Brittany and her father would go to homecoming, where the high school senior was nominated for queen. Her mom, A.J. Walters, an administrator at Mississippi’s Forrest County Agricultural High School, never missed anything when she was
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame football player and coach Mike Ditka. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1939 Birth place: Carnegie, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Keller Dyczko Jr. Father: Michael Ditka Sr., steel mill worker and railroad union organizer Mother: Charlotte (Keller) Ditka Marriages: Diana (Trantham) Ditka (July
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By Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Special Forces soldier has been formally charged with the murder of his pregnant spouse, according to a news release from the military. Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Santiago, 33, a signal support systems specialist, was charged with the murder of Meghan Santiago and the injury of an unborn child following an
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Library fines can creep up suddenly — hold onto a book for too long, and you can face at least $10 or $15 in late fees. Sometimes, that’s all it takes to block someone’s access to books, the internet and the myriad other materials and programs public libraries offer. This week,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Clint Eastwood, a filmmaker, actor, producer, director and composer. Personal Birth date: May 31, 1930 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Clinton Eastwood Jr. Father: Clinton Eastwood Sr., corporate executive Mother: Margaret Ruth (Runner) Wood, homemaker Marriages: Dina Ruiz (1996-2014, divorced); Margaret “Maggie” Johnson
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As climate change fuels more extreme weather events, and environmental disasters like last weekend’s oil spill threaten wildlife and human health, more people are banking on clean, carbon-free energy to speed the world’s transition away from fossil fuels and usher in a net-zero future. Ending the planet’s reliance on fossil fuels
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