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5 things to know for May 20: A building destroyed by a rocket launched from a Russian airplane in Bakhmur

5 things to know for May 20: Ukraine, Abortion, Covid-19, January 6, Saudi Arabia

May 20, 2022 5:37 AM CNN

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re planning to enjoy the outdoors this weekend, meteorologists say proceed with caution. An unrelenting, early season heat wave will reach the eastern and southern tiers of the US over the next few days — and nearly 60% of Americans are expected see temperatures at or above 90 degrees. Here’s

The Power of DIY: This CNN Hero helps women build new lives by training them for construction careers

May 19, 2022 7:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Toner, CNN There’s a flurry of construction activity outside Luvinia Williams’ one-story home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Some workers measure and saw lumber while others drill it into place, building a ramp to the front door. The busy scene is unremarkable except for one detail: None of the people doing the work

The Power of DIY: This CNN Hero helps women build new lives by training them for construction careers

May 19, 2022 7:43 PM CNN

By Kathleen Toner, CNN There’s a flurry of construction activity outside Luvinia Williams’ one-story home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Some workers measure and saw lumber while others drill it into place, building a ramp to the front door. The busy scene is unremarkable except for one detail: None of the people doing the work

Texas authorities released an image of the inmate

One of Texas’ most wanted criminals has been missing for more than a week. Here’s what we know

May 19, 2022 7:28 PM CNN

By Christina Maxouris, CNN A convicted murderer who was being transported in a Texas prison bus last Thursday allegedly cut through metal, attacked an officer and ran into woods nearby. He has not been seen since — prompting what officials say is one of the largest search efforts for an escaped inmate in the state’s

One of Texas’ most wanted criminals has been missing for more than a week. Here’s what we know

May 19, 2022 7:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Christina Maxouris, CNN A convicted murderer who was being transported in a Texas prison bus last Thursday allegedly cut through metal, attacked an officer and ran into woods nearby. He has not been seen since — prompting what officials say is one of the largest search efforts for an escaped inmate in the state’s

Ancient human poop was unearthed from Durrington Walls

Ancient poop reveals what the builders of Stonehenge liked to eat

May 19, 2022 6:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Ancient poop found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge revealed that the settlement’s inhabitants — who likely built the stone circle — feasted on the internal organs of cattle. Several pieces of fossilized poop, which scientists call coprolites, were unearthed from a refuse heap at a settlement known

This diagram shows how tiny the ghost fossils were compared with fossilized pollen.

Scientists discover ‘ghost’ fossils beneath a microscope

May 19, 2022 3:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The unexpected discovery of “ghost” fossils belonging to tiny, ancient organisms could provide insights about how life reacts to climate change in Earth’s oceans. Looking through a powerful microscope, researchers were stunned to see the impressions left by single-celled plankton, or fossilized nannoplankton, that lived millions of years ago — especially

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi accused Bennett's government of "harassing the society I come from."

Israeli lawmaker resigns over ‘harassment’ of Palestinians, plunging government into parliamentary minority

May 19, 2022 2:48 PM CNN Newsource

By CNN’s Rob Picheta, Kareem Khadder, and Amir Tal, and journalist Lauren Izso Israel’s fragile government lost its parliamentary majority on Thursday after an Arab-Israeli lawmaker resigned from the ruling coalition, accusing its leaders of fueling tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and condemning the violent intervention of police at the funeral of slain journalist Shireen

Extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country this summer

Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn

May 19, 2022 1:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Tyler Mauldin, CNN Extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country this summer, potentially leading to electricity shortages and blackouts, a US power grid regulator said Wednesday. NERC, a regulating authority that oversees the health of the nation’s electrical infrastructure, says in its 2022

Three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre receive $1 million donation

May 19, 2022 12:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN As the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre continue their fight for reparations, a New York philanthropist gifted them $1 million hoping it begins to account for the wrongs they have faced. Ed Mitzen, co-founder of the New York-based nonprofit Business for Good, presented the donation to Viola

Akaki Lekiachvili built the model spaceship in his Atlanta garage.

He built a moving, nearly life-sized ‘Star Wars’ X-wing fighter. Now, he wants to use it to help Ukraine

May 19, 2022 12:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Ryan Bergeron, CNN It might look like something from a galaxy far, far away but this “Star Wars” X-wing starfighter came from a very earthly garage. The out-of-this-world replica was the brainchild of Akaki Lekiachvili, who works as a physician at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. He spent about

A dolphin with a fungal infection on its dorsal fin. Rubbing against certain corals may protect dolphins against skin complaints.

Dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. A new study sheds light on the reasons behind it

May 19, 2022 10:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN In the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, bottlenose dolphins were spotted in 2009 doing something unusual. They lined up to rub their bodies against coral. They were choosy about which type of corals they rubbed against, noticed wildlife biologist Angela Ziltener, a guest researcher at the University of Zurich

The 18-year-old White man suspected of carrying out a racist mass shooting in a Buffalo

15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter’s Discord private chat shortly before the shooting

May 19, 2022 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

By Mark Morales, Eric Levenson and Samantha Beech, CNN At least 15 people joined suspected Buffalo shooter Payton Gendron’s private account on the communications app Discord shortly before the shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets store, a person with knowledge of Discord’s internal investigation told CNN. A Discord spokesperson previously confirmed that Gendron had sent

May 19, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

May 19, 2022 8:18 AM CNN

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