By Tina Burnside, Zoe Sottile and Nicole Chavez, CNN The Florida Department of Education announced Friday the state has rejected more than 50 math textbooks from next school year’s curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among reasons for the rejections. In a news release, the department stated 54 out of 132 of the textbook
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By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Tina Burnside, CNN A third suspect has been arrested in connection with last weekend’s mass shooting at a mall in Columbia, South Carolina, that injured 15 people, police said Thursday. Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith was arrested after turning himself in to law enforcement, the Columbia Police Department said on Twitter.
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By Jonny Hallam, Brad Lendon, Uliana Pavlova and Ivana Kottasová, CNN New photos and a short video clip emerged early Monday on social media showing Russia’s guided-missile cruiser, the Moskva, badly damaged and on fire in the hours before the ship sunk in the Black Sea on Thursday. The sinking of the Black Sea fleet
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN Despite pleas from members of Congress, advocacy groups and some members of the public, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will not face federal charges for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was sentenced in 2019 to nearly seven years in prison for killing McDonald and was
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By Rachel Ramirez The Colorado River — which provides drinking water, irrigation and electricity for more than 40 million people in the West — is the most endangered river in the United States this year, according to the nonprofit conservation group American Rivers. From the Pacific Northwest to Alabama, American Rivers ranked the top 10
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket will undergo some tweaks before NASA’s next attempt at a crucial prelaunch test. The NASA team is preparing to roll the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center
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By Jason Hanna, Kevin Conlon and Leyla Santiago, CNN A 14-year-old fell to his death from a Florida drop tower amusement park ride last month because he was not properly secured — primarily because a seat sensor had been adjusted to let the ride operate with a greater gap than normal between his harness and
Continue Reading By Jonny Hallam, Brad Lendon, Uliana Pavlova and Ivana Kottasová, CNN New photos and a short video clip emerged early Monday on social media showing Russia’s guided-missile cruiser, the Moskva, badly damaged and on fire in the hours before the ship sank in the Black Sea on Thursday. The sinking of the Black Sea fleet
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The fate of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is hanging on an unknown number of defenders making their last stand at an iron and steel plant. An ultimatum given by the Russian Defense Ministry to the last remaining Ukrainian troops still fighting in the port city has come and gone. The
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Lent, a season of prayer and penance for many Christians, and a period of preparation for the Easter season. Facts February 22-April 8, 2023 – Lent (Western church) The word Lent comes from the Old English word lencten, meaning spring. In the Western church, Lent begins on Ash
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of television, film and stage actress Carol Burnett. Personal Birth date: April 26, 1933 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Carol Creighton Burnett Father: Joseph Thomas “Jody” Burnett, movie theater manager Mother: Ina Louise (Creighton) Burnett Marriages: Brian Miller (November 24, 2001-present); Joe Hamilton (May
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By Eric Levenson, Jean Casarez and Brian Vitagliano, CNN Jurors in Ohio said Monday they are at an impasse and cannot reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of William Husel, the doctor accused of overprescribing the powerful opioid fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths. Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The fate of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is hanging on an unknown number of defenders making their last stand at an iron and steel plant. An ultimatum given by the Russian Defense Ministry to the last remaining Ukrainian troops still fighting in the port city has come and gone. The
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The fate of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is hanging on an unknown number of defenders making their last stand at an iron and steel plant. An ultimatum given by the Russian Defense Ministry to the last remaining Ukrainian troops still fighting in the port city has come and gone. The
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN John Henry Ramirez’s execution date was scheduled last week in south Texas for this coming October, but two days later, a Texas district attorney who doesn’t believe in the death penalty withdrew his death warrant. Ramirez was convicted of robbing and murdering Pablo Castro in 2004, stabbing him 29 times in
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN At least 10 mass shootings across the US this weekend left eight people dead and dozens injured, disrupting gatherings including an Easter celebration and a massive house party. The shootings add to the year’s increasing toll of mass shootings in the United States, which stands at 144, according to the Gun
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By Amy Cassidy, Mostafa Salem, Caroline Faraj, Obayda Nafaa and Jack Bantock, CNN Forty people have been injured in riots that broke out over Easter weekend in southern Sweden following a far-right anti-Muslim rally. Some 26 police and 14 members of the public were injured, the spokesperson said, adding that police had arrested 26 individuals,
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati is due to visit Saudi Arabia in the next two weeks, a first trip by a Lebanese premier to the Arab powerhouse in almost four years following an unprecedented rupture in relations. The last visit was in 2018 by then-Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who in 2021
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By Liam Reilly, CNN The City of Philadelphia was sued Saturday by a group of business owners and residents alleging its upcoming mask mandate is illegal, court documents show. Philadelphia is the first major US city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, which went into effect last week, with enforcement beginning today. The new mandate
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN The City of Philadelphia was sued Saturday by a group of business owners and residents alleging its upcoming mask mandate is illegal, court documents show. Philadelphia is the first major US city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, which went into effect last week, with enforcement beginning today. The new mandate
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