By Dakin Andone, CNN Nearly two months after receiving a deferred judgment for killing a man she said had raped her, Iowa teenager and sex trafficking victim Pieper Lewis walked away from the residential corrections facility where she was serving probation, prompting authorities to issue a warrant for her arrest. The teen, who garnered national
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych and Mick Krever, CNN Russian forces have stepped up their scrutiny of civilians in occupied areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, detaining locals to root out partisan resistance, according to the Ukrainian military. In the occupied city of Kherson, Russian troops are now largely wearing civilian clothing and living in civilian housing
Continue Reading By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Kremlin-linked oligarch known as “Vladimir Putin’s chef,” appeared to admit to Russian interference in US elections in a Telegram post on Monday. Prigozhin said that Russia has interfered, is interfering and will continue to interfere in the US democratic process, in response to a journalist’s question about Russia
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, CNN Before the war, kitted out in “Red Army” attire, Leonid Bondar re-enacted great Soviet battles of World War II — where they were fought, who won them and who fell where — all facts he knew intimately. His job at Ukraine’s museum of war history took him across the country as
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN You probably know that composting banana peels and eggshells can help reduce your negative impact on the environment. But did you know that, once you die, you can do that with your body, too? Human composting — also known as natural organic reduction or the reduction of human remains — is
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home country, with its dozens of beautifully
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN A billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person, a study has found. The report published by the British-founded charity Oxfam Monday based its findings on detailed analysis of the investments of 125 of the world’s richest billionaires. It found that, contrary to average people, the wealthiest
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo and Hilary Whiteman, CNN North Korean state media has released images purporting to show last week’s missile launches with a warning that the so-called “reckless military hysteria” of the United States and its allies is moving the Korean peninsula towards “unstable confrontation.” But it made no mention of the suspected failed launch
Continue Reading By Jack Guy and Olga Voitovych, CNN A branch of Ukraine’s Orthodox church has announced that it will allow its churches to celebrate Christmas on December 25, rather than January 7, as is traditional in Orthodox congregations. The announcement by the Kyiv-headquartered Orthodox Church of Ukraine widens the rift between the Russian Orthodox Church and
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they’re intended to protect. Unfounded rumors of an exit from the costly strategy had sent Chinese stocks soaring last week, but at a news conference Saturday, Chinese health
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN One person is dead and five others were wounded in three separate shootings reported within an hour across Boston neighborhoods Sunday night, prompting authorities to investigate whether the incidents are connected, police said. Boston police responded to the first shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood at 9:10 p.m. after receiving a radio
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Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Lottery officials announced late Monday night that the record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing is delayed because officials in one state need more time to complete security protocols. The delay is caused by one participating lottery that needs more time to process its sales, the Multi-State Lottery Commission told
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Aftab Khan felt helpless when torrential floodwaters submerged a third of Pakistan, his home country. Khan’s hometown was completely underwater. His friend rescued a woman who had walked barefoot, carrying her sick child, through stagnant floodwaters for 15 miles. And Khan’s own mother, who now lives with him in Islamabad, was
Continue Reading By Jennifer Deaton and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Iranian lawmakers have urged the country’s judiciary to “show no leniency” to protesters in a letter cited by state-run Press TV on Sunday, as thousands of people continue to rally on the streets despite the threat of arrest. The Islamic Republic is facing one of the biggest and
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy, CNN The deteriorating health of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah will dominate the upcoming COP27 summit if Egyptian authorities fail to intervene, Amnesty International has warned. Fears have mounted for the life of writer Abd El-Fattah, who escalated a more than 200-day hunger strike on Sunday by refusing to drink water.
Continue Reading By Yenny Sanchez, CNN The Oklahoma City Zoo is asking the public to help choose names for its new litter of African lion cubs. Lioness Dunia, Swahili for the Earth, gave birth to three female and one male on September 26 at the zoo’s Lion Overlook habitat. “Mom and her cubs are in good health
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Someone’s crime was that her hair was flowing in the wind. Someone’s crime was that he or she was brave and were outspoken.” These lyrics could cost Iranian rap artist Toomaj Salehi his life. In any other country he could have easily rapped about the day-to-day problems facing his countrymen without
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Someone’s crime was that her hair was flowing in the wind. Someone’s crime was that he or she was brave and were outspoken.” These lyrics could cost Iranian rap artist Toomaj Salehi his life. In any other country he could have easily rapped about the day-to-day problems facing his countrymen without
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN The newest addition to the Ocala Police Department in Florida is just two feet tall, has four legs, and is absolutely adorable. Magic the miniature horse is officially an “honorary police officer” in the department, according to a Facebook post from the Ocala police. Magic is the first mini horse to
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