By Laura Paddison, CNN When US startup Make Sunsets released two weather balloons into the skies above Mexico’s Baja California peninsula last year, it kicked up a fierce debate about one of the world’s most controversial climate solutions. The plan was for the balloons, filled with helium and a small amount of sulfur dioxide, to
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Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, Isil Sariyuce, Eyad Kourdi and Chris Liakos, CNN More than 33,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday, as hopes of rescuing more survivors dwindle amid freezing conditions. The latest figures show that 33,181 have died across both countries. The death toll in
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Continue Reading By Taylor Ward, CNN New Zealand declared a National State of Emergency on Tuesday for the third time in its history as Cyclone Gabrielle inches closer to the country. The cyclone has lashed New Zealand’s North Island with relentless wind, rain and waves since Sunday evening, but conditions overnight Monday into Tuesday morning warranted that
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN The alleged gang rape of a woman in a park in Pakistan has enraged women’s rights activists who are protesting against what they see as “increasing sexual barbarism” in the country. The woman, 24, was with a male colleague in the capital Islamabad’s Fatima Jinnah park — known
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Six Raleigh, North Carolina, police officers are on administrative leave and an investigation is underway after a man died in their custody last month, according to statements and newly released videos from the Raleigh Police Department. Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died in a Raleigh hospital in the early hours of January
Continue Reading By Eddie Sun and Nicole Norman, CNN Parents across the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD), located in a Dallas, Texas, suburb, are reeling following a string fentanyl overdoses by nine students who attend schools in the district. The students, who range in age from 13 to 17 and are not identified by name in
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Kaya, a service dog who served as a beloved ambassador for PTSD treatment and veterans’ health, has died, according to her owner. The 8-year-old German shepherd was euthanized on February 4 after being diagnosed with cancer, her handler, Cole Lyle, told CNN in an interview. Kaya stood alongside Lyle as he
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi CNN A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against disgraced former film producer Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery, false imprisonment and other claims after he was convicted of raping her last December in Los Angeles. The model and actress, who is identified as Jane Doe 1 in
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Mark Morales, CNN Since the night Tyre Nichols was kicked, pepper-sprayed, punched and struck with a baton by Memphis police officers, six cops have been fired and five of them charged with murder. Seven others face internal disciplinary charges. Nichols died three days after the January 7 traffic stop and subsequent
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN Security risks put a handful of search and rescue operations on hold on Saturday, as the death toll of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey surpassed 25,000. Germany and Austria have suspended rescue operations in Turkey, citing security concerns. Meanwhile, rescue efforts in the rebel-controlled areas in north
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Kaylene Chassie and Melissa Alonso, CNN Energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan announced Saturday it has resumed operations after a leak was detected this week in a California gasoline pipeline that supplies unleaded and diesel fuel to storage facilities in southern Nevada. Kinder Morgan spokeswoman Katherine Hill said in a statement that “restart
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Instant noodles account for almost a third of childhood burn injuries, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Chicago. The study, published in the journal “Burns” by a group of researchers at the university’s burn center, examined data regarding all pediatric patients who were admitted with scald
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Buzz started to build about a decade ago around the meat-heavy paleo diet — an approach to eating that’s based on what our Stone Age relatives supposedly liked to consume. But the truth is that we know relatively little about what our earliest ancestors ate, and what we’ve learned in recent
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal, Rebekah Riess and Kaylene Chassie, CNN A Moab, Utah, teen fell to her death Friday afternoon while hiking the Moab Rim Trail in the Kane Creek Canyon area, the Moab City Police Department said. The 17-year-old slipped while hiking with a group of friends and fell about 30 feet off a sheer
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN In between star-studded advertisements and a whole lot of football, this year’s Super Bowl watchers are being taken to church. “He Gets Us,” a campaign to promote Jesus and Christianity, is running two ads during the game as part of a staggering $100 million media investment. To many, the spots will
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie and Nadine Schmidt, CNN The remains of more than 200 German soldiers who were buried alive in a tunnel in northeastern France during the World War I will not be recovered. The German government has instead decided to declare the burial site a war memorial and put it under state protection. Germany’s
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources came to the rescue of a bear-y unlucky bear after it became trapped in a ditch. The bear had hunkered down in a culvert alongside the road near Wannaska, Minnesota, according to a Facebook post from the department. But when the snow began to melt,
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN South Dakota is set to prohibit nearly all forms of gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors after a proposed law gained sweeping approval through its state legislature. The state Senate passed a House bill banning surgical and non-surgical gender-affirming treatment for minors on Thursday in a 30-4 vote, advancing the legislation to
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