By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you shop at large retailers like Costco, Walmart, and Target, you’ve probably noticed that next to many name-brand products are cheaper in-house alternatives. Those store brands — like Kirkland Signature, Great Value, and Simple Truth — have never been more popular, especially among inflation-fatigued shoppers. But have you ever wondered
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN If you feel like there’s less time in the day, you’re correct. Scientists recorded the shortest day on Earth since the invention of the atomic clock. Our planet’s rotation measured in at 1.59 milliseconds short of the normal 24-hour day on June 29, according to the International Earth Rotation and Reference
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN Known for its sandy beaches, luxury resorts and duty-free shopping, the city of Sanya on China’s tropical Hainan island has long been a popular getaway for Chinese middle- and upper-class families. Since the weekend, however, what began as a leisurely escape has become a stress-filled travel nightmare for tens of thousands
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN Amnesty International said it “deeply regrets the distress and anger” caused by a report the group published on the Ukrainian military’s fighting tactics, but added that it “fully” stands by the findings, which concluded those tactics violated international humanitarian law. The human rights watchdog published a press release last week accusing
Continue Reading By Will Ripley, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s threat to Taiwan is “more serious than ever,” but the island will stand firm to protect its freedom and democracy — including by welcoming those who support it, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told CNN in an interview Monday. Wu’s defiant message came as China
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described recent artillery and rocket fire around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in central Ukraine as “suicidal,” further adding to fears of an accident at the plant, which is the largest of its kind in Europe. “Any attack on nuclear power plants
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Continue Reading By Ashley Killough, Holly Yan, Ed Lavandera and Nouran Salahieh, CNN When Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain looked outside his home, he used to see a safe, idyllic neighborhood. Now he’s haunted by the spot where his brother was ambushed and killed. “I see from the window, this is the place where my brother died,” said Hussain,
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, CNN The potentially linked ambush-style shootings of three Muslim men and the recent killing of a fourth in Albuquerque have alarmed the city’s Muslim community, leaving the community grappling with fear as police announce they have detained a suspect. The killings of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, Aftab Hussein, 41,
Continue Reading By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN An Arkansas judge was found dead at the bottom of a lake Sunday after he went missing during a trip with family and friends over the weekend, authorities said. Arkansas County Northern District Judge Jeremiah Bueker, 48, was in Jefferson County for “recreational travel” with his loved ones, but at some
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on Sunday making the
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, CNN The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is searching for an interim police chief as Chief Pete Arredondo is on unpaid leave while he awaits a termination hearing, school board Superintendent Hal Harrell said Monday. “We continue to search and talk to different organizations about an interim police chief or an interim
Continue Reading By Benjamin Schiller, CNN A group of masked men in New York made off with more than $2 million in jewelry Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Security camera footage released by NYPD Crime Stoppers shows a man in a white T-shirt and black hat peering through the glass door of Rocco’s Jewelry in the
Continue Reading By Benjamin Schiller, CNN A group of masked men in New York made off with more than $2 million in jewelry Friday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Security camera footage released by NYPD Crime Stoppers shows a man in a white T-shirt and black hat peering through the glass door of Rocco’s Jewelry in the
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown, Samantha Beech, Emily Chang and Alaa Elassar, CNN New York Mayor Eric Adams has claimed that some migrants are being “forced” on buses from Texas, as 14 more asylum seekers arrived in the city Sunday on another bus sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Fifty-four asylum seekers arrived in New York Friday
Continue Reading By Chuck Johnston and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin on the 1980s hit show “Magnum, P.I.,” died Sunday, his daughter announced. He was 83. Mosley died surrounded by family after being injured in a car crash last week that had left
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Andrew Carey and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN A ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza was holding on Monday after a weekend of hostilities left dozens of Palestinians dead. The truce, announced on Sunday evening by both sides, came about 50 hours after the escalation began, when Israel launched
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old British boy at the center of a long legal battle between his parents and doctors over the withdrawal of his treatment, died on Saturday, his mother, Hollie Dance, said. Archie died at 12:15 p.m. local time at Royal London Hospital, a few hours after doctors suspended the
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants using 16 different vessels were taken into custody after making landfall or reaching the US coast off Florida from Friday to Saturday, US Customs and Border Patrol said. In one dramatic incident, more than 330 migrants from Haiti were rescued after the
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