By Nick Watt, CNN A couple of dozen men, women and children are silently reading books in the shade of apple trees one sunny morning in beautiful little Bonners Ferry, Idaho. But this is a protest. “We’re having a read-in in support of the library,” explains Billie Jo Klaniecki, a spry 70-something wearing a broad
Continue Reading By Nick Watt, CNN A couple of dozen men, women and children are silently reading books in the shade of apple trees one sunny morning in beautiful little Bonners Ferry, Idaho. But this is a protest. “We’re having a read-in in support of the library,” explains Billie Jo Klaniecki, a spry 70-something wearing a broad
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN You probably associate Labor Day with sales, family barbecues and the unofficial end of summer. For most Americans, the long weekend is a much-needed opportunity to reconnect with friends and family and provides a last hurrah before the start of fall. But Monday’s holiday holds a much deeper meaning, rooted in
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng and CNN’s Beijing bureau More than 70 Chinese cities have been placed under full or partial Covid lockdowns since late August, impacting more than 300 million people, as local authorities rush to stamp out infections at all cost in the final countdown to leader Xi Jinping’s expected third term. Since
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai, Sharon Braithwaite and Jonny Hallam, CNN A private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia on Sunday, hours after NATO jets were scrambled to follow the plane. The Austrian-registered Cessna Citation 551 departed Jerez, Spain at 12:56 UTC (8:56am ET) and its intended destination was Cologne, Germany, according
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Scientists have created mouse embryos in a dish, and it could one day help families hoping to get pregnant, according to a new study. After 10 years of research, scientists created a synthetic mouse embryo that began forming organs without a sperm or egg, according to the study published Thursday in
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Rescuers have evacuated survivors of a climbing expedition on Eurasia’s highest volcano that claimed eight lives, local authorities say. The deceased were part of a group of 12 individuals, including two guides, who have been climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka in the north eastern Kamchatka peninsula region of Russia since
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of thousands of acres in less than a week, and led to the deaths of at least two residents, officials say. In all, fires burning across the state have collectively burned more than 23,000 acres since
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, Kathleen Magramo, Philip Wang and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Aftershocks were still being felt on Tuesday, state media said, a day after the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said a 6.6-magnitude
Continue Reading By Hannah Ritchie, Kathleen Magramo and Jan Camenzind Broomby, CNN Water levels at Pakistan’s largest freshwater lake remain dangerously high despite efforts to release water and spare nearby cities further flooding, according to officials. It’s the latest challenge facing officials as the country grapples with an escalating disaster as heavy monsoon rains combine with melting
Continue Reading By Samantha Beech, Polo Sandoval and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The family of Jayland Walker, an unarmed man who was shot and killed by Akron, Ohio, police at the end of a high-speed chase, has called on the city to stop “re-traumatizing” them following the fresh release of police body camera video from the June 27
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of “syphoning” more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court filing this week. The suit is against executive Shalomyah Bowers, the foundation itself, Bowers’ consulting firm and unnamed individuals. Bowers was
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Amanda Musa, CNN The US Coast Guard said Monday it has suspended the search for nine people who went missing after a float plane crashed in Washington’s Mutiny Bay. Ten people, including a child, were on board the plane when it went down shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday, the US Coast
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN A 51-year-old woman from France is in critical condition after being bitten by a shark Saturday on the island of Maui, according to the Maui Police Department. The woman was reportedly seen swimming or snorkeling approximately 40 feet from the shore before the incident at Paia Bay, the police news release
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN’s partner channel CNN Portugal that he was “responsible that it doesn’t happen anymore.” In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Rome last month, the Pontiff said the church had “zero tolerance” for abuse
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN’s partner channel CNN Portugal that he was “responsible that it doesn’t happen anymore.” In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Rome last month, the Pontiff said the church had “zero tolerance” for abuse
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN A Denver woman fell 900 feet to her death Saturday while climbing one of Colorado’s most treacherous mountains, according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities received a call from a man just before 8 a.m. Saturday who said he and a hiking party saw the woman
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help identifying a possible suspect in the death of veteran newspaper journalist Jeff German, found dead outside his home on Saturday. In two surveillance images released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the possible suspect is seen wearing a
Continue Reading By Ralph Ellis, Hannah Sarisohn and Holly Yan, CNN Water pressure has been restored in Jackson, Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves and the city government said. “Today, the tanks are full. Water pressure is solid,” Reeves said during a Monday news conference. The governor said while “there may be more bad days in the future, we
Continue Reading By Yenny Sanchez, CNN A community revitalization group has uncovered forgotten Black barbershop and murals in an alleyway in Sparta, Georgia. Dream Streets Sparta was removing plywood from the front and back entrances of an alley between two buildings on Broad Street when they discovered an old African American barbershop and hand-painted murals. “The area
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