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
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman and Amir Tal, CNN A Palestinian man was shot and killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, naming him as Mithqal Suleiman Abdel Halim Rayan, 27. The ministry said he was shot in the head in Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit,
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and it’s shaping up to be a day of firsts: the first Super Bowl to feature two Black starting quarterbacks, the first mother to have two sons play against each other in the Super Bowl, and the first pregame flyover to be performed by an all-women crew.
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and it’s shaping up to be a day of firsts: the first Super Bowl to feature two Black starting quarterbacks, the first mother to have two sons play against each other in the Super Bowl, and the first pregame flyover to be performed by an all-women crew.
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 Sophie Tanno, CNN A baby began her life surrounded by chaos and devastation this week. Reportedly named Aya — meaning ‘miracle’ in Arabic — she was born under the rubble of Monday’s deadly earthquake, still attached to her mother’s lifeless body by the umbilical cord when rescue workers found her. Her story certainly seems
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN An infant in Kentucky became the first in the state to be dropped off safely in a “baby box” at a fire station last week, following the passage of a state law allowing anonymous surrendering of newborns at such devices. The “baby box” at a Bowling Green, Kentucky, fire station had
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Two former fighters of the Russian private military company Wagner have told CNN of their horrific experiences on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, and how anyone who faltered was immediately shot by their own commanders. The two fighters were captured by Ukrainian forces late last year. CNN is
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading By Andrew Raine, Rhea Mogul and Amarachi Orie, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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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
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
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