At least eight school districts in the Kansas City, Missouri, area have canceled summer school activities on Wednesday after a local police department said it learned of a shooting threat, as communities across the US remain on edge following a series of high-profile mass shootings.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket is ready for its fourth attempt at a final prelaunch test, according to an update from NASA officials on Wednesday. The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket is ready for its fourth attempt at a final prelaunch test, according to an update from NASA officials on Wednesday. The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Karen Smith, CNN Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony where he was serving his term to a higher security prison facility. The jailed politician was relocated to a maximum-security prison in Melekhovo in the Vladimir Region, according to Russia’s state media outlet TASS citing Sergey
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Ray Sanchez, CNN Alleged mass shooter Payton S. Gendron faces multiple federal hate crime charges carrying the potential of the death penalty in the killing of 10 Black people last month at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. The charges against the White suspect came as
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN A coal mine in a remote part of Russia is spewing out huge amounts of a very potent greenhouse gas in what has been described as the “biggest” leak of methane ever detected from a single facility. The Raspadskya Mine in Kemerovo region in southern Russia is releasing nearly 90 tonnes
Continue Reading By Brandon Tensley and Nicole Chavez, CNN The recent arrests of 31 people accused of planning to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho might be perplexing to some, but White supremacy goes beyond just intolerance for certain racial groups. White supremacy has long been bound up with rigid views about gender, masculinity and sexuality.
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Bill Kirkos, Topher Gauk-Roger and Stella Chan, CNN Two beloved El Monte police officers were killed Tuesday while responding to a possible stabbing at a motel, officials in the Southern California city said. “They were essentially ambushed while trying to keep a family safe,” El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona said. The officers
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN A suspect who allegedly made a mass shooting threat that prompted the cancellation of summer school events in at least eight Missouri school districts Wednesday is in police custody, according to the Blue Springs Police Department. “There is no threat to the public and as in all threats
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted Tuesday to pass two reform measures to address how it deals with sexual abuse allegations within its churches, a statement on its communications website said. The move comes after an independent investigation commissioned by the SBC found that it mishandled
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at soldier on soldier attacks in the US military. 2009 Fort Hood Shooting November 5, 2009 – Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13 people and an unborn child and injures 32 more during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood military base in Texas. November 12, 2009
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The US could be vaccinating infants, toddlers and preschoolers against Covid-19 within days. Vaccine advisers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are meeting Wednesday to discuss extending the emergency use authorization of Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech’s shots to those aged six months and older. It comes a day
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The US could be vaccinating infants, toddlers and preschoolers against Covid-19 within days. Vaccine advisers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are meeting Wednesday to discuss extending the emergency use authorization of Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech’s shots to those aged six months and older. It comes a day
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Causes of the Korean War Under Japanese rule before and during World War II, Korea was divided into two parts after the Japanese surrender. The Soviet Union occupied the area north
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of George Pataki, former governor of New York. Personal Birth date: June 24, 1945 Birth place: Peekskill, New York Birth name: George Elmer Pataki Father: Louis Pataki, postman Mother: Margaret (Lagana) Pataki Marriage: Elizabeth “Libby” Rowland (1973-present) Children: Emily, Teddy, Allison and George Owen Education: Yale
Continue Reading By Sharif Paget, CNN Students at Seattle Pacific University handed their interim president rainbow pride flags during a commencement ceremony Sunday instead of shaking his hand in protest of a school policy that bars the hiring of LGBTQ+ people. About 50 students were given pride flags before arriving at the ceremony, Seattle Pacific University student
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The official start of summer is still six days away, but for many across the US, it feels like it’s been here for weeks — with unusual severity. On the heels of an intense heat wave, a large swath of the country is now bracing for extreme temperatures today, testing power
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The official start of summer is still six days away, but for many across the US, it feels like it’s been here for weeks — with unusual severity. On the heels of an intense heat wave, a large swath of the country is now bracing for extreme temperatures today, testing power
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The official start of summer is still six days away, but for many across the US, it feels like it’s been here for weeks — with unusual severity. On the heels of an intense heat wave, a large swath of the country is now bracing for extreme temperatures today, testing power
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The European Union on Wednesday launched new legal proceedings against the United Kingdom over its failure to implement parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the bloc. The British government published plans earlier this week to change the Northern Ireland Protocol, the part of the deal designed to keep the
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