By Sana Noor Haq, Madalena Araujo, Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was concerned about recent “mixed messages” from Republican lawmakers on aid for Kyiv and told CNN that his top priority was preserving bipartisan support from the United States after the midterm elections, as Russia’s war on his
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Paradise Afshar, CNN After an independent report found an elementary school outside St. Louis had “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination, preliminary results of testing for radioactive materials by the US Army Corps of Engineers showed “no presence of radioactive material above the expected range of background levels,” the U.S. Army Corps
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, Madalena Araujo, Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was concerned about recent “mixed messages” from Republican lawmakers on aid for Kyiv and told CNN that his top priority was preserving bipartisan support from the United States after the midterm elections, as Russia’s war on his
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, Madalena Araujo, Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was concerned about recent “mixed messages” from Republican lawmakers on aid for Kyiv and told CNN that his top priority was preserving bipartisan support from the United States after the midterm elections, as Russia’s war on his
Continue Reading By Jessica Schneider, Eric Levenson, David Close and Jacob Lev, CNN DC Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit against embattled Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, the team and the NFL on Thursday, alleging they colluded to deceive DC residents about an NFL investigation into the team’s toxic workplace culture and allegations of sexual assault.
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Texas woman convicted of killing a pregnant woman and then taking her unborn baby, who also died, has been sentenced to death, court records show. A Bowie County jury last month after about an hour of deliberations found Taylor Rene Parker guilty of capital murder in the deaths of Reagan
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN An 18-year-old New Jersey man was arrested Thursday after sending a manifesto online with threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, federal prosecutors say. Omar Alkattoul, a Sayreville resident, is charged with a count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce earlier this month, according
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, Ingrid Formanek, Chris Liakos and Ivana Kottasová, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday defended his plan to raise cash for climate action by selling carbon emission offsets to companies, telling CNN there was “not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem.” Speaking to CNN
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, Anna Chernova, Tim Lister and Julia Kesaieva, CNN Ukraine’s military said it had retaken swathes of territory in Kherson on Thursday after Moscow ordered a partial withdrawal from the area, though officials in Kyiv warned that retreating Russian soldiers could turn the regional capital into a “city of death” on their way
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a large experimental heat shield inflated in space and faced the brutal reentry of Earth’s atmosphere last week, the aeroshell survived — and NASA officials have deemed it a “huge success.” The technology demonstration could be the foundation of landing technology that puts humans on the surface of Mars. The
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, Jennifer Henderson and Joe Sutton, CNN A man was arrested in connection with a series of arsons, including fires at two historically African American churches, early Tuesday in Jackson, Mississippi, authorities said. The suspect was identified as Devin McLaurin, 23, according to Capt. Crystal Houston of the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office. CNN
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Homes and buildings are collapsing into the ocean and authorities have issued warnings to evacuate some areas as Tropical Storm Nicole pushes a huge volume of ocean water onshore in southeast Florida. Video from Volusia County shows homes crumbling, reduced to wreckage, as Nicole’s waves erode the coastline. Separate video shows
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN Two TikTok comedians have been publicly whipped in Nigeria for making a video that a court in the northern Kano State ruled had defamed the state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, according to a judicial spokesperson. Mubarak Isah Muhammad, 26, and Nazifi Muhammad Bala, 23, each received 20 lashes for making defamatory
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN For some political detainees in Egypt, a second nationality can be a matter of life or death, especially when pressure from Western governments becomes the last hope for possible freedom. In Egypt, the plight of a prominent British-Egyptian activist currently on hunger strike in prison is the
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN The brother of two Black teenagers killed in Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE bombings is suing the city and the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, claiming his sisters’ remains were mistreated and hidden away for more than three decades, court documents show. The civil complaint, filed Friday by attorneys
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi and Sophie Tanno, CNN Leading Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti posted a picture of herself on Instagram without the mandatory hijab to show support for ongoing anti-government protests that kicked off in Iran nearly two months ago. In the photo, Alidoosti holds a sign that reads “Women, Life, Freedom” in Kurdish, a popular
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, Ingrid Formanek, Chris Liakos and Ivana Kottasová, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday defended his plan to raise cash for climate action by selling carbon emission offsets to companies, telling CNN there was “not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem.” Speaking to CNN
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US — even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. Here’s what else you
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US — even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. Here’s what else you
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US — even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. Here’s what else you
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