By Zoe Sottile, CNN A traveler at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was arrested after $450,000 worth of cocaine was discovered hidden in the wheels of her wheelchair. The traveler arrived in New York City from the Dominican Republic on November 10, according to a news release from US Customs and Border
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson, Nouran Salahieh and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The mother of University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins, who was hospitalized after a shooting that killed three football players last Sunday, says her son was trying to warn others before being struck by gunfire. Hollins, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is one of
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The family of a North Carolina woman found dead last month in a vacation rental property in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is still looking for answers more than two weeks after her death. Shanquella Robinson, 25, traveled to Mexico on a vacation with her college friends from Winston-Salem
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN The three major summits of world leaders that took place across Asia in the past week have made one thing clear: Vladimir Putin is now sidelined on the world stage. Putin, whose attack on Ukraine over the past nine months has devastated the European country and roiled the global economy, declined
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN An Alabama judge granted an emergency motion on Friday to preserve evidence filed by the attorneys of death row inmate Kenneth Smith after his execution was called off on Thursday night. In their motion, Smith’s attorneys asked the court to preserve evidence in Smith’s execution, which was called off Thursday around
Continue Reading By Tara John and Josh Pennington, CNN Imprisoned Russian dissident Alexey Navalny has been transferred into a solitary prison cell, according to tweets from himself and his staff, in what he described as a move designed to “shut me up.” Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, explained what happened in a Thursday
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN Malaysians will head to the polls on Saturday to vote for a new government following years of political turmoil. Three prime ministers have governed the Southeast Asian country since a febrile election with a record turnout was fought four years ago on the key issue of corruption. This time around, the
Continue Reading By Philip Wang, Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of “a new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, alongside his young daughter, whose existence had not previously been confirmed. Striking photographs released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) appear to show Kim hand in
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite numerous calls from astronomers to rename its powerful new telescope, NASA officials stood by the naming of the James Webb Space Telescope before its launch. With the telescope nearly a year into its stint in space, the agency has released its chief historian’s investigation into the namesake of the telescope.
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Veronica Miracle, CNN The four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed multiple times in their off-campus home were “likely asleep,” before they were attacked, Moscow, Idaho, police said in a Friday evening update. In the update, posted on Facebook, authorities released several new details about the gruesome killings that
Continue Reading By James Frater and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Finland, one of the few NATO countries sharing a border with Russia, has announced a proposal to spend 139 million euros ($143 million) on building barrier fences on its eastern border with Russia in 2023, the Finnish Border Guard said Friday. “In the assessment of the Finnish Border
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Ivana Kottasová, CNN With just hours left to go to reach an international climate agreement, US climate envoy John Kerry has tested positive for Covid-19 at the United Nations’ COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, his spokesperson Whitney Smith said. Smith said in a statement that Kerry is “experiencing mild
Continue Reading By Brian Vitagliano and Alaa Elassar, CNN A US District Judge has sentenced a former lawyer to 15 months in prison after she made a Molotov cocktail and threw it at an empty New York Police Department vehicle during a anti-Brooklyn police brutality protest in 2020. Urooj Rahman, 34, was sentenced on Friday by Judge
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova, Lauren Kent, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Hopes rose on Friday for a potential prisoner exchange between the US and Russia that could free two detained Americans, after a top Russian official said he foresaw the swap talks one day becoming “a concrete agreement.” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said
Continue Reading By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into “zombies.” The fungus is like something out of a horror movie: The organism hijacks the body and brain of its ant host, mind-controlling it into abandoning its nest and climbing a nearby tree. There, the infected ant clamps its jaws around a
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN Brenda Hollins, the mother of one of two students wounded in the shooting at University of Virginia last week, told ESPN that when her son learned his best friend was among those killed, she heard “a cry I never heard before in my life.” Mike Hollins is a UVA running back
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN A chimpanzee doesn’t hesitate to make it clear when it wants attention. The closest cousin of humans, this species of great ape has effective ways of communicating what it needs. Researchers have often observed captive chimps pointing to an object they want their caregivers to give them or young chimps in
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Josh Campbell, Alaa Elassar and Andy Rose, CNN Investigators believe the man suspected of driving a vehicle into a group of law enforcement recruits, injuring 25 of them, committed a “deliberate act,” and the case should go to prosecutors Friday, the Los Angeles County sheriff said in an interview. The news came
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, CNN Joseph Singiringabo has lost almost everything and everyone he held dear to Ebola. In a few short weeks, the 78-year-old lost his wife, his son, and a newborn granddaughter to the disease. He is left taking care of three grandchildren under 13 after their mother fled the village to escape the
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine’s pavilion at the COP27 UN climate conference in Egypt is built of austere, dark gray walls. It feels like a bomb shelter, a bit out of place among all the brightly colored structures erected by other countries that are showcasing climate solutions and celebrating natural beauty. The contrast is intentional.
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