By Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring home from school. But Walter said a recent request from his daughter’s teacher caught him off guard. Earlier this month, Walter was among the parents at Coral Way K-8 Center, a Miami-Dade County public
Continue Reading By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — When Cathy Austrian’s then-14-year-old son came home from a Vermont gas station with stolen vape pens on May 15, 2021, she called the police to teach him a lesson. Austrian and her son, J.A., who has intellectual disabilities, had worked with the Burlington Police Department to peacefully resolve behavioral
Continue Reading By Janie Boschma, Curt Merrill and John Murphy-Teixidor, CNN The dangerous pace of mass shootings escalated in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and has persisted since then. Between 2019 and 2020, the total number of mass shootings each year jumped from 414 to 610. Then, 2021 became the worst year for mass shootings since GVA
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A missed deadline last weekend means someone in Florida lost out on $36 million. No one stepped up to claim the prize from the August drawing before the deadline, rendering the Mega Millions lottery ticket void. As a result, the winner has forfeited the winnings
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — At least nine Los Angeles city firefighters have been injured in a semi-truck explosion and two are in critical condition, fire officials said Thursday. The semi-truck was fueled by compressed natural gas and one of the two 100-gallon tanks aboard exploded as firefighters attempted to put out a fire, Los Angeles Fire Capt. Erik
Continue Reading
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A controversial plan agreed upon between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart in November to send boat migrants to Italian-run centers on Albanian soil has passed the Italian Senate. The plan passed on a vote of 93 to 61. It had previously passed the
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow and Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — A high school student in California was arrested and is facing attempted murder charges in a plot to carry out a shooting on campus that was uncovered after a classmate expressed concerns the teen was “fixated on school shootings and had access to weapons,” police
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life ended violently in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, researchers have used advanced genetic analyses to tell the unexpected story of “Vittrup Man,” the oldest known immigrant in Denmark’s history. Bog bodies, the uniquely preserved “accidental mummies” discovered in Northern Europe,
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych and Seb Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged air attacks on Thursday, with Moscow targeting cities across Ukraine and Kyiv striking the Russian border city of Belgorod, one day after Kyiv said it sank another Russian warship off the coast of Crimea. At least seven people were reported
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Security experts are raising concerns about artificial intelligence and how it can be used to spread misinformation ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Congress, however, doesn’t appear ready to pass any major legislation on AI before Americans head to the polls in less than nine months. Here’s what else
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Security experts are raising concerns about artificial intelligence and how it can be used to spread misinformation ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Congress, however, doesn’t appear ready to pass any major legislation on AI before Americans head to the polls in less than nine months. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Adie Vanessa Offiong and Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — On February 4, the Grammy awards announced the first-ever winner of the new Best African Music Performance, with South Africa’s Tyla taking home the title for her hit “Water.” Yet African artists have been honored at the Grammys since fellow South African Miriam Makeba won
Continue Reading CNN By Adie Vanessa Offiong and Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — On February 4, the Grammy awards announced the first-ever winner of the new Best African Music Performance, with South Africa’s Tyla taking home the title for her hit “Water.” Yet African artists have been honored at the Grammys since fellow South African Miriam Makeba
Continue Reading By Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso, Sana Noor Haq and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israeli special forces raided Nasser Hospital in Gaza, the largest functioning hospital in the enclave, after laying siege to the facility for days. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had detained a number of suspects in Thursday’s raid, which it
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Imagine eating a delicious, nourishing bowl of beef rice. No, not beef on rice – beef rice. That’s what a team of South Korean researchers are hoping to plate up with their newly developed hybrid rice, grown in a lab with cow muscle and fat cells inside the rice
Continue Reading By Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone, Shimon Prokupecz and Josh Campbell, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Two juveniles have been detained in connection with Wednesday’s shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration rally, which left one dead and more than 20 wounded, police said. At least 23 victims have been identified, including a
Continue Reading CNN By Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone, Shimon Prokupecz and Josh Campbell, CNN Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) — Two juveniles have been detained in connection with Wednesday’s shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration rally, which left one dead and more than 20 wounded, police said. At least 23 victims have been identified, including
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Three former police officers were sentenced in a Seoul court on Wednesday for destroying evidence related to the deadly Halloween crowd crush in the city’s Itaewon neighborhood in 2022. They are the first officers to be convicted of crimes related to the crowd crush, in which
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, has embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface — aiming to make the first touchdown of a US-made spacecraft on the moon in five decades. The launch follows closely on the heels of a separate US lunar landing mission
Continue Reading