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An estimated $1.5 billion is in play after Wednesday’s Powerball drawing brings no winning tickets
By Travis Caldwell and Chris Boyette, CNN Powerball players — your chance at winning “Who Wants to Be a Billionaire” continues for another round. No winning tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing for a $1.2 billion jackpot. The winning numbers were 2-11-22-35-60 and the Powerball was 23. An estimated $1.5 billion is the new jackpot
Continue Reading ‘He was curious about the world’: Friends remember American student killed in Seoul Halloween disaster
By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Jake Kwon and Tom Booth, CNN When he arrived in the South Korean city of Seoul in late August, American exchange student Steven Blesi quickly developed a wide circle of friends from around the world. The 20-year-old from Atlanta was studying at the city’s Hangyang University, as part of a
Continue Reading ‘He was curious about the world’: Friends remember American student killed in Seoul Halloween disaster
By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Jake Kwon and Tom Booth, CNN When he arrived in the South Korean city of Seoul in late August, American exchange student Steven Blesi quickly developed a wide circle of friends from around the world. The 20-year-old from Atlanta was studying at the city’s Hangyang University, as part of a
Continue Reading ‘Compostable plastic’ doesn’t live up to its environmental claims. Here’s what you can focus on instead
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these materials emit enormous amounts of planet-warming gases, but they also can take centuries to decompose in a landfill. So as demand for climate action escalates and the dangers of plastics become
Continue Reading In newly liberated villages, Ukrainian investigators uncover horrific claims of Russian sexual violence
By Mick Krever, Clarissa Ward and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Day after day, in town after town, a police officer and prosecutor go door to door in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Treading muddy streets, past homes damaged by artillery strikes, they look for those left behind. The two men form a specialist unit that’s traveled from the
Continue Reading In newly liberated villages, Ukrainian investigators uncover horrific claims of Russian sexual violence
By Mick Krever, Clarissa Ward and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Day after day, in town after town, a police officer and prosecutor go door to door in Ukraine’s Kherson region. Treading muddy streets, past homes damaged by artillery strikes, they look for those left behind. The two men form a specialist unit that’s traveled from the
Continue Reading Queens man pleads guilty to manslaughter in the death of a woman who was found dismembered in a duffel bag, DA says
By Amir Vera and Zenebou Sylla, CNN A Queens man pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of first-degree manslaughter in connection with the “brutal slaying” of a woman found dismembered in a sports duffel bag, according to the district attorney. David Bonola, 44, is accused of fatally stabbing Orsolya Gaal, 51, more than 50 times
Continue Reading How the law enforcement response to the Uvalde massacre unfolded as children made chilling 911 calls from inside
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke and Ray Sanchez, CNN On the day of the Uvalde massacre, fourth graders Khloie Torres and Miah Cerrillo, surrounded by the bodies of classmates and their teacher at Robb Elementary School, whispered but managed to speak clearly and politely to a 911 operator. “Please hurry,” Khloie, who
Continue Reading Parents of second girl on 911 call as Uvalde gunman kept shooting want all responding officers to listen to the audio
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Injured 4th-grader Miah Cerrillo was on the phone with a 911 operator when a burst of gunfire came from the shooter at Robb Elementary School. “He’s shooting,” she says simply at 12:21 p.m. “Stay quiet, make sure everybody stays quiet,” she is told by the
Continue Reading North Korea blames ‘reckless military hysteria’ of US and allies for missile tests
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 North Korea’s suspected ICBM test fails, South Korean government source says
By Gawon Bae, Junko Ogura and Yoonjung Seo, CNN North Korea‘s suspected launch of its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) failed on Thursday morning, according to a South Korean government source, as Pyongyang intensified its battery of missile tests against a backdrop of US and South Korean military drills that had been scheduled to
Continue Reading Kanye West can’t sell ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts because two Black men own the trademark
By Justin Gamble and Nicole Chavez, CNN Two Black radio hosts in Arizona could be a potential roadblock if Kanye West ever decided to sell his “White Lives Matter” T-shirts in the United States. Ramses Ja and Quinton Ward, hosts of the weekly racial justice radio show Civic Cipher, became the legal owners of the
Continue Reading These glaciers are on track to disappear within the next 30 years, new report shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The climate crisis is touching nearly every region of the world. But perhaps one of the most visible indicators of its impact is its effect on Earth’s iconic glaciers, a major source of freshwater supply. Glaciers have been melting at a breakneck pace in recent decades, leading to around 20% of
Continue Reading Stone Age child’s grave site in Finland reveals surprises
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The burial site of a young child who lived 8,000 years ago has been discovered in Eastern Finland, providing a rare glimpse into how Stone Age humans treated their deceased. The Majoonsuo grave first drew the attention of researchers in 1992 in the municipality of Outokumpu when bright red ocher, a
Continue Reading Leaking gas line caused accidental explosion that killed 3 people and damaged 39 homes in Indiana, state officials say
By Laura Ly and Sheryl Lawrence, CNN A leaking gas line caused the accidental explosion that killed three people and damaged nearly 40 homes in August in Evansville, Indiana, the state Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. Investigators found the uncapped line’s valve in the open position in the basement of a home determined to
Continue Reading Sabotage of military helicopters deep inside Russia purportedly shown on video
By Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Anna Chernova, CNN Video has emerged purporting to show a man preparing and planting explosives on a Russian military helicopter at an airbase deep inside Russia. Subsequent satellite imagery shows several damaged helicopters at the base in Pskov region in northern Russia. The base is about 35 kilometers from
Continue Reading Charges dismissed in theft case against Marvel Comics patriarch Stan Lee’s former manager
By Stella Chan, CNN A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial and dismissed theft charges against the former manager to the late Marvel Comics pioneer Stan Lee. Keya Morgan had pleaded not guilty to three counts of grand theft from an elder after prosecutors alleged he stole more than $200,000 in proceeds of
Continue Reading Video shows Iranian security forces beating and shooting man as officials order investigation
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Iranian police said they would investigate an incident caught on camera showing security forces attacking and shooting a man, as a leading rights group condemned what it called the “crisis of impunity” in the country. The video shows a number of security officers beating a man who lay on the ground
Continue Reading Warring parties in Ethiopia agree on ‘permanent cessation of hostilities’
By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN The Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have agreed to permanently end hostilities, in a significant step toward ending the grinding war that has seen thousands of people killed, millions displaced, and millions more left in urgent need of food assistance. The two sides said on Wednesday evening
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