By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Something to consider as you search for happy hours to celebrate National Margarita Day: The delicious concoction’s main ingredient is threatened by changing weather and new strain on the agave plant’s vital pollinator — the bat. Agave-based liquor like tequila and mezcal was the fastest growing spirits category in 2022, according
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN A South Korean court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a same-sex couple seeking equal health benefits, overturning a lower court’s earlier decision in a ruling hailed by supporters and activists as the first recognition of the legal rights of such couples. The plaintiff, So Seong-wook,
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Scientists have long wondered what lies at the very center of the Earth, and the latest research is putting weight behind a theory that our planet has a distinct ball of iron within its metallic core. Beneath the outermost crust, the mantle and the molten-liquid outer core lies the Earth’s solid
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen, CNN Rahman, 3, has lived half his young life in Los Angeles — without his mother. They see each other, sometimes, via video chat from Kabul, Afghanistan. “I see my kids on camera, but I cannot touch them,” his mother said recently from a home she may not leave without a male
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By Dakin Andone, Randi Kaye and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Alex Murdaugh was “destroyed” by the fatal shootings of his wife and son, his surviving son testified in his father’s double murder trial Tuesday, as the defense worked to counter prosecutors’ allegations that Murdaugh is responsible for the killings. “He was heartbroken. I walked in the
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen, CNN Rahman, 3, has lived half his young life in Los Angeles — without his mother. They see each other, sometimes, via video chat from Kabul, Afghanistan. “I see my kids on camera, but I cannot touch them,” his mother said recently from a home she may not leave without a male
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Finding potential evidence of life on Mars may be more difficult than expected, according to new research. Missions such as the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers are each equipped with a suite of scientific instruments that can analyze rock and dust samples and collect data about the red planet. But those instruments
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the March 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Spain, which killed 193 people and injured more than 1,800. The bombings are the deadliest terrorist attack in Spain’s history. Facts On March 11, 2004, 10 bombs in backpacks and other small bags exploded on four commuter trains. One bomb
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 coal
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Maria Santana, CNN Genaro GarcÃa Luna, Mexico’s former public security secretary and architect of its deadly and protracted war on drugs, was found guilty in federal court in New York on Tuesday of taking bribes from the drug cartels he had sworn to combat, the US Attorney’s Office said. The former
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN Two people are dead and three injured after semi-trucks and other vehicles exploded and burned in Medley, Florida, Tuesday morning, police said. Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue units responded to an explosion at an address a fire department map showed as a truck dealer in the suburb of Medley. “Upon arriving to
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN While global car sales might have fallen in 2022, one type of car, with an especially large climate footprint, had a great year: The SUV. Last year sports utility vehicles accounted for nearly half of all cars sold, with particular growth in the US, India and Europe, according to the International
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Kelly McCleary, CNN Schools and parks in Doral, Florida, will reopen Tuesday after a fire at a waste-to-energy facility that has been burning over a week raised air quality concerns. Firefighters are still battling the flames, but smoke conditions in the area have improved, Miami-Dade County officials said in an update
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN Antarctic sea ice has reached record low levels for the second time in two years, with some scientists alarmed that dramatic drops are a signal the climate crisis may now be more clearly influencing this vast, complex and isolated region. The sea ice that fringes Antarctica dropped to just 737,000 square
Continue Reading By Claire Colbert and Amy Simonson, CNN An 85-year-old woman walking her dog was killed Monday when an alligator pulled her into a nearby retention pond in southeast Florida, according to wildlife officials. Gloria Serge was walking her small dog along the pond in her community in Ft. Pierce when the alligator attempted to take
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By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, Lauren Kent and Radina Gigova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is suspending his country’s participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, imperiling the last remaining pact that regulates the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Putin made the declaration in his
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, Lauren Kent and Radina Gigova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is suspending his country’s participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, imperiling the last remaining pact that regulates the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Putin made the declaration in his
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN’s Beijing bureau, Anna Chernova and Uliana Pavlova China’s top diplomat Wang Yi arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, in the first visit to Russia by a Chinese official in that role since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began nearly a year ago. Wang, who was named Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s top
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN Nigerians will head to the polls Saturday in a fiercely-contested presidential vote that analysts say is too close to call. It will be the largest democratic exercise on the continent as Africa’s most populous nation picks a new president. The crucial election comes as the country battles myriad
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last summer by a research team among ancient palace ruins in the Yueyang archaeological site in the central city
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