By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Biden administration said it has deployed federal medical experts to help assess what dangers remain at an Ohio village where a train carrying hazardous materials derailed this month — a ramp-up of federal support at the governor’s request as anxious residents point to signs of adverse effects. Ohio Gov. Mike
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, CNN Read Maria Lvova-Belova’s social media, and one might think Russia is selflessly delivering Ukrainian children from evil into the care of Russian families desperate to share their love. But according to American and European governments — and a new report by Yale investigators, backed by the US State Department — she
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran in 2007. Personal Birth date: March 10, 1948 Birth place: Flushing, New York Birth name: Robert Alan Levinson Father: name unavailable publicly Mother: name unavailable publicly Marriage: Christine (Gorman) Levinson Children: Douglas, Samantha, David, Daniel, Sarah, Stephanie, Susan Education: Attended New
Continue Reading By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Sam Sharf enrolled at New College of Florida two years ago because as a trans woman, she wanted to be at a school where she felt safe and accepted. The small public liberal arts college in Sarasota, Florida, offers an environment where LGBTQ students can freely express themselves, she said.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope just peered into a celestial Pandora’s box to see what lies beyond a megacluster of galaxies. The space observatory observed Pandora’s Cluster, also known as Abell 2744, where three massive clusters of galaxies are merging. The group of galaxy clusters acts as a magnifying glass for
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson, Laura Ly and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The 19-year-old White man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo last May apologized to the victims’ families and was sentenced to life in prison during an emotional court hearing Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Zahra Ullah and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Tensions are mounting at the border between Ukraine and Moscow-allied Belarus, as officials in Kyiv warn of a Russian spring offensive amid ramped-up military attacks from the Kremlin. In rare access since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, a CNN team visited Belarus’s southwest border near northwest Ukraine,
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Christina Maxouris, CNN An overwhelming stench of chlorine filled the air this week where Nathen Velez and his wife had been raising their two children, quickly burning his throat and eyes. The odor has lingered nearly two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania line,
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Nearly two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the eastern Ohio village of East Palestine and sparked a massive dayslong blaze, residents packed a high school gym Wednesday for a meeting with officials all demanding the same thing: answers. An odor of chlorine
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Debates are churning after a Florida college abruptly canceled an appearance by a prominent singing group due to at least one member’s sexuality. The King’s Singers are a highly regarded British a cappella ensemble with more than 50 years of history. The all-male group performs a range of songs, including pop
Continue Reading By Celina Tebor, CNN The criminal charges filed against the NewsNation reporter who was arrested while reporting at a news conference in East Palestine have been dropped, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Wednesday. Evan Lambert-McMichael was arrested after reporting live during a news conference last week held by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and other
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Dianne Gallagher, CNN The jury in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial saw footage Wednesday from a crucial interview he had with state investigators where he was asked for the first time if he killed his wife and son. The interview on August 11, 2021, was the third Murdaugh had with the
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The husband of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh will be forced to serve the rest of a five-year prison sentence, Sotoudeh told CNN on Tuesday. Reza Khandan was summoned to report to the judiciary within 30 days to begin serving out the sentence, which was initially handed down in
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez and Athena Jones, CNN A mother in Miami says she was shocked and outraged after the staff at her children’s day care shared photos with parents of students in blackface as part of Black History Month. “You’re a certified, established institutions, you should know better. I mean, ignorance on — about racism
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez and Athena Jones, CNN A mother in Miami says she was shocked and outraged after the staff at her children’s day care shared photos with parents of students in blackface as part of Black History Month. “You’re a certified, established institutions, you should know better. I mean, ignorance on — about racism
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” — nicknamed because its collapse could drive catastrophic sea level rise — is melting rapidly in unexpected ways, according to new research. The Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Florida and is located in West Antarctica. Part of what holds it in place is an ice shelf
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, CNN A Russian court has sentenced journalist Maria Ponomarenko to six years in prison for a Telegram post that the court said spread “false information,” state news agency TASS said on Wednesday. Ponomarenko was detained last April and charged with publishing “false information” on her Telegram channel about a Russian airstrike on
Continue Reading By Ryan Young and Devon M. Sayers, CNN The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a Shreveport, Louisiana, police officer has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the officer. The lawsuit filed Saturday in the Western District of Louisiana alleges the officer violated Alonzo Bagley’s Fourth Amendment rights.
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Eight days after a devastating earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, a relief plane touched down in the Syrian city of Aleppo, marking one of the biggest diplomatic feats for the country’s isolated regime in over a decade. The plane came from Saudi Arabia, one of the staunchest opponents of Syrian President
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, Chris Boyette and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Families of three men who died last month in custody at Houston’s Harris County Jail are calling on the US Justice Department to investigate what their attorneys call an “extraordinary number” of deaths and “a pervasive pattern and culture of death” at the facility. “No one
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