By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The South and Southern Plains are bracing for a severe thunderstorm outbreak today that could possibly bring baseball-size hail and tornadoes packing winds of at least 111 mph. Officials in the region have issued strong safety warnings for the severe threat area, which encompasses 45 million people from Texas to Alabama. Here’s
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The South and Southern Plains are bracing for a severe thunderstorm outbreak today that could possibly bring baseball-size hail and tornadoes packing winds of at least 111 mph. Officials in the region have issued strong safety warnings for the severe threat area, which encompasses 45 million people from Texas to Alabama. Here’s
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, Chris Liakos, Lindsay Isaac and Eleni Giokos, CNN Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday, as authorities released audio in which a train driver involved in one of the country’s worst train crashes in recent years was told to ignore a red light. Demonstrators poured onto the streets
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, Nick Valencia, Holly Yan and Isabel Rosales, CNN University of Georgia football standout Jalen Carter surrendered to police in Athens, Georgia, Wednesday night on charges related to a crash that killed his teammate and a team staffer hours after they celebrated the Bulldogs’ national championship victory. Carter — who has been projected
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Scientists are puzzling over a strange feeding technique that they think whales recently began using: The creatures swim to the surface of the ocean, open their mouths into a gaping yawn with their upper jaw sitting just below the water’s surface, and wait for hoards of fish to swim in. The
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Japan has recounted its islands — and discovered it has 7,000 more than it previously thought. Digital mapping by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) recently found there to be 14,125 islands in Japanese territory, more than double the figure of 6,852 that has been in official use since a
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN A federal agency has issued a new advisory urging major freight rail companies “to take immediate safety measures to look at the performance of the protective coverings over the pressure relief valves,” a spokesperson for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said Thursday. The advisory,
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN A man paralyzed after being shot by a Hollywood, Florida, police officer who mistook his own gun for a Taser has filed a federal lawsuit, court records show. On July 3, 2021, police shot Michael Ortiz in the back while he was on the ground naked and in handcuffs, according to
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA launched a fresh crew of astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station, kicking off a roughly six-month stay in space. The mission — which is carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates — took off from NASA’s Kennedy
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN With Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial nearing its end, legal experts who have participated in some of America’s most high-profile cases joined CNN Wednesday night to examine key questions that have loomed over the proceeding, including whether Murdaugh’s admission of lying to investigators could help or hurt his case. Murdaugh, a once-prominent
Continue Reading By Paula Hancocks, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN After spending close to five months stuck inside an airport in South Korea, Dmitry is finally able to breathe fresh air. But he is yet to taste freedom — and his real wait may have only just begun. He is one of five Russian men who
Continue Reading By Paula Hancocks, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN After spending close to five months stuck inside an airport in South Korea, Dmitry is finally able to breathe fresh air. But he is yet to taste freedom — and his real wait may have only just begun. He is one of five Russian men who
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals is investigating a misconduct allegation against a federal judge who called a 13-year-old girl out of the spectator’s gallery at her father’s supervised release revocation hearing and had her handcuffed and placed in the jury box, according to court documents. US District Court Judge
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN After deliberating for less than three hours Thursday, the jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh found him guilty of murdering his wife and son, the grisliest and most severe of the allegations faced by the disgraced former South Carolina attorney. Murdaugh, the 54-year-old scion of
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN Indonesian security forces say they have surrounded armed rebels holding a New Zealand pilot captive in the restive Papua region but will refrain from taking any action that could endanger his life. Security minister Mahfud MD said Tuesday that New Zealand authorities have asked for there to be no violence in
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, Adam Pourahmadi, Niamh Kennedy, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Nick Thompson, CNN Concern is growing in Iran after reports emerged that hundreds of schoolgirls had been poisoned across the country in recent months. On Wednesday, Iran’s semi-official Mehr News reported that Shahriar Heydari, a member of Parliament, cited an unnamed “reliable source” in saying
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, Adam Pourahmadi, Niamh Kennedy, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Nick Thompson, CNN Concern is growing in Iran after reports emerged that hundreds of schoolgirls had been poisoned across the country in recent months. On Wednesday, Iran’s semi-official Mehr News reported that Shahriar Heydari, a member of Parliament, cited an unnamed “reliable source” in saying
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Phil Mattingly, CNN In the latest move to address the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Amit Bose, the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, met on Wednesday with leaders from 12 unions in Washington, DC. The discussion focused on potential
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA launched a fresh crew of astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station, kicking off a roughly six-month stay in space. The mission — which is carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates — took off from NASA’s Kennedy
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Steve Almasy, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was again denied parole Wednesday — more than a year after California’s governor shut down an earlier recommendation that he be released. California’s Board of Parole Hearings decided Wednesday to deny Sirhan parole for three
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