By Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients battling a trifecta of respiratory illnesses — Covid-19, RSV and the flu. “We’ve seen a real increase in cases … particularly since Thanksgiving,” said Dr. Christopher Longhurst, chief medical officer at UC
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN “Woman” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year — a word so simple and so common but nonetheless, according to the site, “inseparable from the story of 2022.” This year’s pick is a reflection of the ongoing cultural conversations around gender, identity and language and how people turn to the dictionary to
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A Los Angeles jury met for an eighth day Tuesday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul accused of using his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. After about 32.5 total hours of deliberations without reaching a
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A towering whirlwind of dust passed right over the Perseverance rover as it explored the site of an ancient lake on Mars — and the rover recorded the first sounds of this Martian dust devil using its microphone. Dust devils, or dust whirlwinds, are common on Mars, and they’re part of
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN After making groundbreaking discoveries about the mysterious interior of the red planet, the InSight lander’s mission has officially ended. The stationary lander spent nearly 1,500 days on Mars. Mission managers declared the program’s end on Wednesday after the lander failed to respond to two messages from mission control at NASA’s Jet
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN Criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will be dismissed, a recent court order shows. Snyder was previously indicted in January 2021 on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect in connection to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, the court document said. The charges were punishable with up
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN Just days before he was supposed to come home for Christmas, an American college student studying in France is still missing as his father challenged the local prosecutor’s claims about his son. Kenny DeLand Jr., a senior at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, had been studying at the
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment. A so-called “net energy gain” is a major milestone in a decadeslong attempt to source clean, limitless
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh and Jill Martin, CNN The global soccer players’ union, FIFPRO, said it is “shocked and sickened” by reports that Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces the possibility of execution “after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.” “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh and Jill Martin, CNN The global soccer players’ union, FIFPRO, said it is “shocked and sickened” by reports that Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani faces the possibility of execution “after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.” “We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, CNN South African President Ramaphosa survived a move to start impeachment proceedings against him in a vote in parliament on Tuesday. The move was widely expected, after the top leadership ruling African National Congress (ANC) called on their parliamentary caucus to block the investigation. One by one, MPs were asked to articulate
Continue Reading By Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients battling a trifecta of respiratory illnesses — Covid-19, RSV and the flu. “We’ve seen a real increase in cases … particularly since Thanksgiving,” said Dr. Christopher Longhurst, chief medical officer at UC
Continue Reading By Stephanie Elam, CNN Across the country, overflow health care workers are struggling to catch their breath as hospitals fill with sick patients battling a trifecta of respiratory illnesses — Covid-19, RSV and the flu. “We’ve seen a real increase in cases … particularly since Thanksgiving,” said Dr. Christopher Longhurst, chief medical officer at UC
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Each year, the Arctic region goes through an annual health checkup — and the results are in: From a rapid decline in snow cover to an unprecedented late season melting event to another year of seabird die-offs, the Arctic has once again shown clear symptoms of an ailing planet. A report
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment. A so-called “net energy gain” is a major milestone in a decadeslong attempt to source clean, limitless
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN A mountain lion that attacked and killed a Los Angeles resident’s chihuahua last month has been captured, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service said in a news release. The male mountain lion, one of several the park service tracks in the area, was captured Monday
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A month after the gruesome killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home, authorities have yet to name a suspect or locate the murder weapon as hundreds of students take final exams before winter break. The students, Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle’s
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The best chance to see the strongest meteor shower of the year is on its way this week. The Geminids, known for bright, intensely colored meteors, have been streaking across the night sky since late November, and the shower will peak the night of December 13 through December 14, according to
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in place in almost a dozen US states and in many other countries around the world. And in many cases, these efforts have been successful at eliminating new sales of
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.” Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, was released Thursday from
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