By Sophia Saifi, Tara John, Vasco Cotovio, Kathleen Magramo and Azaz Syed, CNN Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan greeted supporters outside his Lahore residence Wednesday, after police were ordered to suspend an operation to arrest him amid a violent standoff around the compound. Khan was pictured in one video wearing a gas mask as
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN A Vermont girls’ high school that withdrew from a basketball tournament last month after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player is no longer able to participate in future Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) activities and tournaments, the group said in a news release Monday. VPA, the state’s
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, Tara John, Vasco Cotovio, Kathleen Magramo and Azaz Syed, CNN Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan greeted supporters outside his Lahore residence Wednesday, after police were ordered to suspend an operation to arrest him amid a violent standoff around the compound. Khan was pictured in one video wearing a gas mask as
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN A Vermont girls’ high school that withdrew from a basketball tournament last month after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player is no longer able to participate in future Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) activities and tournaments, the group said in a news release Monday. VPA, the state’s
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a rare and tumultuous sight 15,000 light-years away from Earth. The space observatory captured a scintillating image of a Wolf-Rayet star called WR 124 in the Sagittarius constellation. Wolf-Rayet stars are some of the most luminous and massive stars in the universe. Some stars
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor and Eric Levenson, CNN A Louisville police oversight body will now have the power to interview police officers and to directly access body camera footage as part of an agreement with the Louisville Metro Police Department, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Tuesday. The memorandum of understanding between the city’s Office of Inspector General
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over last month’s toxic chemical derailment in East Palestine, Attorney General Dave Yost announced Tuesday. Yost outlined the 58-count complaint, saying that Norfolk Southern violated numerous state, federal and Ohio common laws and violated the state’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Continue Reading By Jeremy Grisham and Chris Boyette, CNN A 14-year-old was killed and two other teens were hospitalized Tuesday after a vehicle crashed into them while they were riding horses that the Dallas Police Department says were stolen. Two of the horses also died, Dallas Police said in a news release. Police responded to the crash
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Jennifer Henderson, CNN The former sheriff of a suburban Atlanta county was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison on civil rights charges related to his treatment of incarcerated people, according to the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Victor Hill, previously the Clayton County sheriff, was
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman, Aurore Laborie and Oliver Briscoe, CNN Three dogs have died from a suspected poisoning at a canine racing event in southern France, according to the local prosecutor. Police were called to the French Canicross championships in the Gard region on Sunday morning, where they found three dead dogs and another that was
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN A gunman races across the quad at a southern California university, spraying a barrage of bullets from the barrel of an assault-style rifle. Campus police arrive on scene and return fire as the suspect rushes toward the school’s library. As the officers give chase, throngs of screaming students and teachers flood
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, CNN A gunman races across the quad at a southern California university, spraying a barrage of bullets from the barrel of an assault-style rifle. Campus police arrive on scene and return fire as the suspect rushes toward the school’s library. As the officers give chase, throngs of screaming students and teachers flood
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN A 13-year-old girl reported missing in Dallas was found locked in a shed more than 1,000 miles away in North Carolina after she was abducted and raped by a man she met on a social media platform, authorities said. The girl was found in Lexington, about an hour’s drive northeast of
Continue Reading By Bethlehem Feleke, Larry Madowo, Duarte Mendonca, Nimi Princewill At least 190 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Freddy ripped through southern Malawi, local authorities said Tuesday as survivors continue to look for loved ones in badly hit areas. At least 584 have been injured and 37 people have been reported missing in the country.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Make sure you’re getting a long, restful night’s sleep before you head to the doctor’s office for a vaccination. A new study finds you should aim for at least six hours of quality slumber in order to maximize your body’s response to a vaccine. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Make sure you’re getting a long, restful night’s sleep before you head to the doctor’s office for a vaccination. A new study finds you should aim for at least six hours of quality slumber in order to maximize your body’s response to a vaccine. Here’s what else you need to know to
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Only 13 of the world’s countries and territories had “healthy” air quality last year, according to a new report, as air pollution surged to alarming levels in 2022. The report by IQAir, a company that tracks air quality worldwide, found that average annual air pollution in roughly 90% of the countries
Continue Reading By Michelle Lou, Saeed Ahmed and Katia Hetter, CNN If you’ve been using Pi Day as an excuse to just eat pie, that’s just peachy (or apple or chocolate cream). But there’s so much more to know about pi. Here’s why we care about pi and its day of celebration, which is March 14. What
Continue Reading By Eric Cheung, CNN A Taiwanese state-owned military weapons developer unveiled five new types of indigenous military drones on Tuesday, as the self-ruled island looks to boost its asymmetric warfare capabilities against China’s growing military threat. A CNN team was among reporters invited to the National Chung-shan Institute of Science and Technology, where the Taiwanese
Continue Reading By Melissa Bell and Saskya Vandoorne, and Maria Avdeeva, CNN The artillery fire gets worse at night, so Liuba and her husband hold hands. It keeps them safe, she says with a sad nod of her head. She’s standing in what’s left of her garden after it was hit during a particularly bad night a
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