By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Maryna Marukhnych, and Brice Laine, CNN When Dasha and the other children emerged from their basement and into their newly occupied village it was for food. They were hiding from the Russians, who had fired shots into the air, at cars — and at people. But when the children
Continue Reading By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Maryna Marukhnych, and Brice Laine, CNN When Dasha and the other children emerged from their basement and into their newly occupied village it was for food. They were hiding from the Russians, who had fired shots into the air, at cars — and at people. But when the children
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By Kevin Conlon, CNN The judge in the sentencing of the shooter who pleaded guilty to killing 17 people in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, reversed course Wednesday, opting against starting over in selecting the jury that will decide whether Nikolas Cruz gets the death penalty or life in prison.
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By Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN A man who served 32 years in prison for murder walked free Wednesday when a Florida judge vacated his conviction and sentence after prosecutors found he never committed the crime. “We have determined that Thomas Raynard James is actually innocent,” Assistant State Attorney Christine Zahralban told the court Wednesday. James’ lifetime
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Russian tanks with their tops blown off are just the latest sign that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going to plan. Hundreds of Russian tanks are thought to have been destroyed since Moscow launched its offensive, with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on Monday estimating it had lost as many as
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By Amir Vera and Rebekah Riess, CNN Lily Peters, a 10-year-old girl who prosecutors say was killed by an eighth grader in Wisconsin, suffered strangulation and blunt force trauma, according to the Chippewa County coroner. The autopsy findings are preliminary, with the cause of death determined to be homicide, county coroner Ron Patten told CNN
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Seven residents in Llano County, Texas, are suing county officials, claiming their First and 14th Amendment rights were violated when books deemed inappropriate by some people in the community and Republican lawmakers were removed from public libraries or access was restricted. This county of 21,000 people in the Texas Hill Country
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By Stephanie Elam, CNN The West is in the grips of a climate change-fueled megadrought, and Lake Mead — the largest manmade reservoir in the country and a source of water for millions of people — has fallen to an unprecedented low. The lake’s plummeting water level has exposed one of the reservoir’s original water
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By Amir Vera, CNN Morris Brown College may have had the comeback of the year on Wednesday. The historically Black college in Atlanta received its full accreditation after losing it 20 years ago, according to a news release from the school. “Many thought that this feat was impossible, but due to our strong faith in
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN The Kenosha Police Department has asked the FBI to look into the case of an off-duty police officer seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl for more than 20 seconds to break up a school fight in March. “Chief (Eric) Larsen asked the FBI to
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN An “unknown yet highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease” has plagued a federal wild horse holding facility in Colorado, killing 67 horses. The Cañon City facility, located 115 miles south of Denver, is under voluntary quarantine due to the outbreak, the Bureau of Land Management said in a news release. The
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Crosley Green has received the news he didn’t want to hear — a federal appeals panel is reinstating his vacated 1990 murder conviction — but the fight to prove his innocence is not over, and he remains at peace knowing “everything’s going to work out as it should, as it’s
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Wildfires in the vast and pristine forests of Canada, Europe and the far Northern US could release an enormous amount of planet-warming emissions between now and 2050, putting the world’s climate goals in peril, scientists reported Wednesday. A study published in the journal Science Advances found that wildfires in the North
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By Katie Hunt, CNN One-fifth of all reptile species face the risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive new study, with crocodiles and turtles most threatened. It’s the first study of its kind for reptiles and involved 961 scientists in 24 countries across six continents and took 15 years to complete. Similar global assessments for
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Armed Forces Day, a holiday observed in some areas of the United States to honor all branches of the armed forces. Facts May 21, 2022 – Armed Forces Day. Is celebrated each year on the third Saturday in May. Other Facts Each year there is a theme. The
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta. Personal Birth date: May 14, 1984 Birth place: Dobbs Ferry, New York Birth name: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg Father: Edward Zuckerberg, dentist Mother: Karen (Kempner) Zuckerberg, psychiatrist Marriage: Priscilla Chan (May 19, 2012-present) Children: Aurelia, August, Maxima Education:
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By Rob Picheta, CNN A series of unexplained explosions have occurred in parts of Transnistria, a breakaway territory within Moldova that has housed Russian troops for decades, sparking fears that Moscow’s war could soon stretch beyond Ukraine and create a new theater of conflict in eastern Europe. Two radio towers in the territory were damaged
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN At least six different Kremlin-linked hacking groups have conducted nearly 240 cyber operations against Ukrainian targets, Microsoft said Wednesday, in data reveal a broader scope of alleged Russian cyberattacks during the war on Ukraine than previously documented. “Russia’s use of cyberattacks appears to be strongly correlated and sometimes directly timed with
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By Ray Sanchez and Omar Jimenez, CNN A state investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department launched after the Memorial Day 2020 killing of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer revealed a pattern of “discriminatory, race-based policing” by officers going back a decade, according to a report released Wednesday. State Human Rights Commissioner
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN When it comes to managing your finances, you may use an app on your phone or your computer to help rein in overspending. But personal finance experts say that even the most budget-conscious consumers are still falling for common money traps like sale items, subscription services and extended warranties. Here’s what
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