By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on Wednesday. The powerful space observatory is capable of detecting the faint light of incredibly distant galaxies as they glow in infrared light, a wavelength that is invisible to the human
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Swarms of honeybees can generate as much electrical charge as a thunderstorm, new research shows. In a study published in the journal iScience on Monday, researchers from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom discovered this phenomenon by chance. Biologist Ellard Hunting, first author on the study, told CNN that
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs — and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 15 people were killed and 40 others were injured Wednesday in a “terrorist attack” at the Shahcheragh Shrine in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran, according to state-run media and Iranian officials. Two children were among the victims, according to state-run Press TV. Iranian security forces
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi, Adam Pourahmadi and Tara John, CNN Clashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said. Protests have swept through the Islamic
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Powerball jackpot soared to a whopping $800 million after Wednesday night’s drawing yielded no grand prize winning ticket matching all six numbers, the lottery agency said. The jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing was $700 million and the winning numbers were 19, 36, 37, 46, 56 with a Powerball of 24. The
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration did not comply with state public records laws and must turn over records relating to flights taking migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, a judge ruled Tuesday. On September 14, two planes picked up 48 migrants in San Antonio, Texas, and dropped them off in Martha’s
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs — and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Darrell Brooks was found guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide on Wednesday for driving his SUV into a crowd of Christmas parade attendees in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last November, killing six people and wounding dozens more. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Mick Krever, Scott McWhinnie and Dave Alsup, CNN The body of an American man killed in August while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military has been returned to Ukrainian custody by the Russian military. A CNN team witnessed the transfer in the Zaporizhzhia region on Wednesday. The American is 24-year-old Joshua Jones, who
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Radina Gigova, CNN Nations are still way off track to limit global warming below a dangerous threshold as catastrophic extreme weather events are already threatening the health and food security of people around the world, a pair of reports have found. The United Nations reported Wednesday that global warming will rise
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Radina Gigova, CNN Nations are still way off track to limit global warming below a dangerous threshold as catastrophic extreme weather events are already threatening the health and food security of people around the world, a pair of reports have found. The United Nations reported Wednesday that global warming will rise
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But much of it is now a river that has driven entire communities away from their homes. Desperate to survive, many locals fleeing raging floods which have wrecked their homes and livelihoods are also forced to
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But much of it is now a river that has driven entire communities away from their homes. Desperate to survive, many locals fleeing raging floods which have wrecked their homes and livelihoods are also forced to
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN An Iranian hermit known as “the world’s dirtiest man” has died at the ripe age of 94, just months after taking his first wash in decades, Iranian state media announced. “Amu Haji” — Uncle Haji — as he was referred to, died on Sunday in Dezhgah, a village in the country’s
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN Ukraine has asked refugees who fled the country in the wake of Russia’s invasion not to return home this winter, after Russian drone and missile strikes threatened to overwhelm the country’s fragile power grid. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, advised Ukrainians in a video message on Tuesday “not to come
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Los Angeles police have launched a criminal investigation into the recording of a conversation that included racist comments and was leaked online, leading to the resignation of two officials involved, the police chief said. The leaked audio, which was posted anonymously on Reddit and obtained by The Los
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Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korean authorities have launched an investigation after the decomposing remains of a North Korean defector were found in the capital Seoul last Wednesday. The defector was a woman in her 40s who escaped to South Korea in 2002, according to police and South Korea’s Unification Ministry. The
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN When family members of 19-year-old Orlando Harris grew concerned about his mental health, they seemed to do everything right, the St. Louis police commissioner said. “They contacted us, said that he had a firearm,” Commissioner Michael Sack said Wednesday. “The mother at the time wanted it
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