By AJ Willingham, CNN The term “incel” is everywhere. What was once a niche piece of internet slang now populates international headlines and is a frequent topic in discussions about gender, misogyny, violence and extremism. “Incel” is a portmanteau of “involuntary celibate.” In its most basic form, incel describes someone, usually a male, who is
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, Gawon Bae and Junko Ogura, CNN The leaders of South Korea and Japan promised to resume ties in a fence-mending summit — the first such meeting in 12 years — as the two neighbors seek to confront threats from North Korea and rising concerns about China. “From now on, I would like
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Authorities in Thailand are scrambling to locate a metal cylinder with dangerous radioactive contents that went missing from a power plant this week, warning the public of serious health risks should they come across it. The revelation comes just two months after Australia was forced to launch a
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, CNN A man who in 2021 was an Army trainee in South Carolina was found not guilty by reason of insanity last week in connection with an alleged hijacking of a school bus with 18 elementary students onboard. Jovan Collazo, who is now 25, had been accused of getting on a bus
Continue Reading By Hande Atay Alam, CNN Efforts are underway to find more than 2 tons of natural uranium reported missing from supplies held in Libya, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Wednesday. A spokesman from the nuclear watchdog told CNN in an email that “approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium” contained in 10 drums were found
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, Michelle Watson, Brian Todd and Eric Levenson, CNN Seven sheriff’s deputies in central Virginia were arrested and charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the death of a Black man who prosecutors say was fatally “smothered” while in custody. Irvo Otieno, 28, died on March 6 at a state mental health facility during
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile early Thursday, the same day leaders from the two US allies were due to meet in Tokyo for the first such summit in 12 years. The missile was fired into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula early Thursday morning local
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile early Thursday, the same day leaders from the two US allies were due to meet in Tokyo for the first such summit in 12 years. The missile was fired into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula early Thursday morning local
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A man who served more than 34 years of a 400-year sentence for an armed robbery was released from a Florida jail this week after prosecutors dismissed charges against the wrongly convicted man. “I never lost hope and always knew this day would come,” Sidney Holmes, now 57,
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth’s “twin.” The NASA Magellan spacecraft captured the images in the early 1990s as it circled our closest planetary neighbor, which is similar in size and composition
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Leaders of the Houston Independent School District, the largest school district in Texas and one of the biggest in the nation, will be replaced by a new board appointed by the state commissioner of education, the district said Wednesday, raising questions over whether the new leaders will reflect
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young and Kevin Conlon, CNN The family of a Black man found dead in Mississippi last year is calling for a more thorough investigation into his disappearance and death, alleging he was murdered after he told his mother he was being followed by White men in trucks. “What we have is
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Chris Boyette, CNN A one-time payment of $5 million to each eligible Black resident is among recommendations unanimously accepted by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors as part of a draft plan by a panel proposing reparations. The move Tuesday was an intermediate step, with a final report that includes board feedback
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday cited an “uptick” in recent aviation incidents and called on participants at a Federal Aviation Administration safety summit to help find the “root causes” of the problem. “We are particularly concerned because we have seen an uptick in serious close calls,”
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Move over, Labrador Retrievers. There’s a new top dog in town. For the first time in 31 years, the Labrador Retriever has been unseated as the most popular dog breed in the US, according to the American Kennel Club’s 2022 registration statistics. In its place sits the cute and compact French
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, Michelle Watson, Brian Todd and Eric Levenson, CNN Seven sheriff’s deputies in central Virginia were arrested and charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the death of a Black man who prosecutors say was fatally “smothered” while in custody. Irvo Otieno, 28, died on March 6 at a state mental health facility during
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN The Russian downing of a US drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday has prompted a diplomatic spat and a race to recover some highly classified technology. The White House slammed Moscow’s actions as “unsafe, unprofessional and reckless” while Russia’s defense ministry denied its aircraft came into contact with the drone.
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN The US has released footage of the moment a Russian plane dumped fuel on a US drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday — a confrontation that has sparked a diplomatic spat and led to a race to recover some highly classified technology. The White House slammed Moscow’s actions Moscow’s actions
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, CNN A viral video from late February showed a man decrying the incompatibility of Black African “values” with those of Tunisians. Asked by the interviewer if he had ever met any Africans, he retorted implying he knows them well “because my grandfather used to buy and sell them.” The video has garnered
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, CNN A viral video from late February showed a man decrying the incompatibility of Black African “values” with those of Tunisians. Asked by the interviewer if he had ever met any Africans, he retorted implying he knows them well “because my grandfather used to buy and sell them.” The video has garnered
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