By Jade Walker (CNN) — In recent years, corals across the world have been hit by mass bleaching events due to record-high ocean temperatures. Since corals support one-quarter of all marine life, reduce storm surge and protect against erosion, it’s important for humans to help them survive and thrive. So, researchers are looking for “super
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The US wasted 73.9 million tons of unsold or uneaten food — nearly one-third of the country’s total supply — in 2023, according to ReFED, a nonprofit focused on reform. Food markdown apps are a popular way to score cheap meals destined for garbage bins. Here’s
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, an alleged senior leader of the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Ten Most Wanted list. Known as “El Viejo,” the old man, Mosquera Serrano is the first member from the gang on the FBI’s top
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — An American Airlines jet returned to Las Vegas after reporting an engine issue on Wednesday. American flight 1665, operating on an Airbus A321, was heading to Charlotte Douglas International Airport at 8:20 a.m. local time when it had to return to Harry Reid International Airport in
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — American hospitals and utilities are on alert for the possibility of cyberattacks following the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites last weekend. So far, there haven’t been any new breaches, but hackers linked to Iran have reportedly been talking openly online about retaliation, one cybersecurity expert said. Here’s what
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — American hospitals and utilities are on alert for the possibility of cyberattacks following the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites last weekend. So far, there haven’t been any new breaches, but hackers linked to Iran have reportedly been talking openly online about retaliation, one cybersecurity expert said. Here’s
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By Karina Tsui, Ruben Correa, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a Salvadoran man deported last month to his native country just minutes after the same court ruled he shouldn’t be removed from the US. An order issued by judges
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Yumi Asada, Hanako Montgomery, CNN (CNN) — A US Marine has been sentenced to seven years in prison after he was convicted of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman in Okinawa, a Japanese district court told CNN. Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 22, was accused of choking a woman in her 20s while
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Iran, according to a new CNN poll. Sharp partisan divides cut through nearly every question asked in the survey. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5
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By Josh Campbell, Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Daniel Jongyon Park — a man federal authorities said provided chemicals to make explosives used to bomb a California fertility clinic in May — has died, according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. On Tuesday “at approximately 7:30 a.m., Daniel Park was found unresponsive
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — When the weather maps are colored in bright yellow, orange and red, you just know it’s going to be a scorcher. To avoid overheating on a hot summer day, here are 14 ways to stay cool — even without air conditioning. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue ReadingCNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — When the weather maps are colored in bright yellow, orange and red, you just know it’s going to be a scorcher. To avoid overheating on a hot summer day, here are 14 ways to stay cool — even without air conditioning. Here’s what else you need to know
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By Karina Tsui, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Florida this week started construction on a migrant detention facility the state is billing as “efficient” and “low-cost” – because Mother Nature will provide much of the security. “Alligator Alcatraz,” as Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier calls it, is being erected on a little-used airstrip in the
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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A teenager from central Tennessee is facing a federal firearms charge after allegedly brandishing a gun at a “No Kings’ protest in Nashville, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Elijah Millar, 19, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, attended the June 14 protest near Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in downtown Nashville,
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many nonworking holidays in America” costing the country “billions of dollars,” was no surprise. Harris said the comments coming on the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States
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By Cindy Von Quednow, Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — Roozbeh Farahanipour saw his name published in an Iranian newspaper — along with a reward for his body, and he knew he was no longer safe, he said. Elham Yaghoubian, a student activist in Iran who co-founded an underground party against the Islamic Republic with Farahanipour
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CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was beaten and arrested by masked federal agents while working at his landscaping job, caught up in one of the ongoing ICE workplace raids that advocates say have left immigrant communities terrified and on edge. Alejandro Barranco
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was beaten and arrested by masked federal agents while working at his landscaping job, caught up in one of the ongoing ICE workplace raids that advocates say have left immigrant communities terrified and on edge. Alejandro Barranco told
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By Pete Muntean, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Five people were transported to the hospital Sunday after their American Airlines flight experienced “unexpected turbulence.” American Airlines flight 1286, an Airbus A321, from Miami to Raleigh-Durham landed safely Sunday evening after experiencing the turbulence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A passenger on the flight
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Hiding deep inside the body, a dangerous type of fat wraps itself around vital organs such as the kidneys, liver and heart — triggering inflammation and possibly other health issues. Experts explain how to reduce it. Here’s what else you might have missed during your
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