By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you saw a shooting star last night, it might have been from the Lyrid meteor shower — a collection of bright and fast meteors that reached its peak overnight. For those who missed the exciting moment, we have good news! You may have an opportunity to catch an even better
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Europe swung from unusually cold temperatures in the spring to its hottest summer on record last year, smashing temperature and daily rain records, while Mediterranean wildfires burned through land around the size of Cyprus. They are the main findings of the fifth European State of the Climate report, published Friday, which
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Philadelphia will lift its mask mandate, less than a week after it was reinstated due to a rising Covid-19 case count. The city’s Board of Health voted to rescind the mandate, which went into effect Monday, citing leveling numbers of cases and decreasing hospitalizations, the Philadelphia mayor’s office said in a
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By Emma Tucker, Kristina Sgueglia and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday demanded that authorities reveal the identity of the Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop earlier this month. “How dare you hold the name of a man who killed this man?” Sharpton said
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By Nathan Hodge, Julia Presniakova, Katie Polglase, Jennifer Hauser, Hira Humayun and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Ukrainian officials say they have identified mass graves outside the city of Mariupol, which they say adds to mounting proof of Russian war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. The claim is supported by photos collected and analyzed by US satellite imagery
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Philadelphia will lift its mask mandate, less than a week after it was reinstated due to a rising Covid-19 case count. The city’s Board of Health voted to rescind the mandate, which went into effect Monday, citing leveling numbers of cases and decreasing hospitalizations, the Philadelphia mayor’s office said in a
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By Tara John, Oleksandra Ochman and Sandi Sidhu, CNN When Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began closing in on its capital, Kyiv, Andrii Dereko begged his 22-year-old stepdaughter Karina Yershova to leave the suburb where she lived. But Yershova insisted she wanted to remain in Bucha, telling him: “Don’t talk nonsense, everything will be fine
Continue Reading By Tara John, Oleksandra Ochman and Sandi Sidhu, CNN When Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began closing in on its capital, Kyiv, Andrii Dereko begged his 22-year-old stepdaughter Karina Yershova to leave the suburb where she lived. But Yershova insisted she wanted to remain in Bucha, telling him: “Don’t talk nonsense, everything will be fine
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Hiba Latreche took a last gulp of water and reached for a date, her eyes flitting between the plates of food before her and her phone screen as it blinked toward 5:42 a.m., the beginning of her fast. This year, the month of Ramadan coincides with the presidential elections in France,
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By Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN Texas executed its oldest death row inmate by lethal injection on Thursday, shortly after the governor of Tennessee granted a temporary reprieve in what would have been the state’s first execution since the pandemic began. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was executed at 6:39 p.m. CT on Thursday, according
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN Texas executed its oldest death row inmate by lethal injection on Thursday, shortly after the governor of Tennessee granted a temporary reprieve in what would have been the state’s first execution since the pandemic began. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was executed at 6:39 p.m. CT on Thursday, according
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By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Amir Vera, CNN A few hundred migrants who have been waiting in Reynosa, Mexico, for the end of the US pandemic public health order, known as Title 42, were allowed to seek asylum this week, sources on the ground told CNN. The Biden administration is on track to end
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By Eric Levenson and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Friday that would eliminate the special legal setup that allows Disney to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme parks. The move comes as Florida’s Republican-led government has taken aim at Disney — the largest single-site employer
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By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Galina Nikolaevna is weeping in the wreckage of her home in the village of Kamyshevakha in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Two days ago, a couple of Russian shells landed on the house and the garage, making it uninhabitable. But Nikolaevna and her husband are
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Galina Nikolaevna is weeping in the wreckage of her home in the village of Kamyshevakha in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Two days ago, a couple of Russian shells landed on the house and the garage, making it uninhabitable. But Nikolaevna and her husband are
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Friday that would eliminate the special legal setup that allows Disney to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme parks. The move comes as Florida’s Republican-led government has taken aim at Disney — the largest single-site employer
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By Allie Torgan, CNN When Shirley Raines was named the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year in New York City last December, she wasted no time bringing the honor back to her Skid Row community in Los Angeles. “It’s just a really amazing opportunity for the homeless to be seen, helped … for people to
Continue Reading By Allie Torgan, CNN When Shirley Raines was named the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year in New York City last December, she wasted no time bringing the honor back to her Skid Row community in Los Angeles. “It’s just a really amazing opportunity for the homeless to be seen, helped … for people to
Continue Reading By Allie Torgan, CNN When Shirley Raines was named the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year in New York City last December, she wasted no time bringing the honor back to her Skid Row community in Los Angeles. “It’s just a really amazing opportunity for the homeless to be seen, helped … for people to
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Jacob Lev and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A junior college baseball pitcher in Texas is no longer on the team after he attacked an opposing team’s baserunner during a game, Weatherford College head baseball coach Jeff Lightfoot said Thursday. The opposing player had just hit a home run Wednesday and was rounding the
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