By Rob Picheta, CNN US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that NATO would respond if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine, and has previously warned that Moscow would “pay a severe price” if it did so. The use of such weapons against Ukrainian people would mark a dramatic escalation to Russia’s invasion, and would
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By Nathan Hodge, CNN and Julia Presniakova in Lviv Ukrainian forces “continue to maintain circular defense” in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian general staff said early Tuesday, even as Russian forces consolidated control around the southeastern port city. On Monday, the mayor of Mariupol said that evacuation corridors had come largely under
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By Jason Hanna and Gregory Lemos, CNN A 14-year-old boy died after he fell Thursday night from a drop tower amusement ride that recently opened at the Orlando area’s ICON Park entertainment complex, authorities said. Tyre Sampson, 14, of St. Louis, Missouri, fell from the Orlando FreeFall ride, described by its operators as the world’s
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By Danya Gainor, CNN Egg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never imagined that their research would help scientists more than 100 years later understand how birds are affected by the changing environment. Using a modern and a Victorian-era collection of egg samples, researchers
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nearly 50 years after it was collected, a lunar sample from the Apollo 17 mission has finally been opened at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. It’s one of the last unopened samples from the final Apollo mission to land humans on the moon. “We have had an opportunity to open
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By Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN About 300 people are believed to have died in a Russian attack on a theater in Mariupol nine days ago, the city council has said, citing eyewitness reports. The March 16 bombing of Mariupol’s Drama Theater, where Ukrainian officials say up to 1,300 had sought refuge,
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By Simone McCarthy and Lizzy Yee, CNN The Solomon Islands is seeking to expand its security relationship with China, its government confirmed on Friday, after reports that such an agreement was in the works fueled concern from Australian officials. A Solomon Islands government statement said Friday that Honiara was in the process of “diversifying the
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By Aya Elamroussi and Joe Sutton, CNN Vanessa Bryant has reached a new deal with Nike which will create apparel honoring the legacy of her late basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Nike announced Thursday. The first sneakers to be released under the partnership will be the Kobe 6 Protro “Mambacita Sweet 16,” which
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By Taylor Romine, CNN The Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) is launching an investigation into “deputy gangs” or groups participating in gang-like activity at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department, the Commission said Thursday. The investigation, which will be conducted by pro bono attorneys and is expected to last up to six months,
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By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has confirmed it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first long-range test in more than four years and marking a potential new era of regional confrontation. North Korean state media said on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un had directly guided the launch of the
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters a new month, the wealthy elite close to Russian President Vladimir Putin are facing a radically changing set of circumstances far from the frontlines. The invasion prompted Western nations to impose restrictive sanctions on Russian individuals and banking institutions. And while a handful of oligarchs
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Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN The family of Edward Bronstein, a 38-year-old man who died while in custody of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in March 2020, called on Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón to charge the officers allegedly involved in his death. “What they did is sickening, really bad. Everybody wants justice, and
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By Joe Sutton, CNN Flames burned Thursday in a construction zone on the third level at Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver, the city’s fire department said in a tweet. No injuries were reported. “A small fire that occurred in a construction zone near the East Club Lounge at Empower Field at Mile
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Authorities are hailing the facilities manager at a Florida mosque as a hero who gave his life and potentially saved children at the center’s school and day care. Seminole County deputies responded early Thursday morning to the Husseini Islamic Center in Sanford after a woman called 911 and said there was
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By Mallika Kallingal, CNN The car driven by six high school-aged girls who died in a crash with a semitruck on Tuesday came to a “rolling stop” at a stop sign before entering the highway, witnesses said, according to an ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation, as the first victim was identified on Friday. The
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN For eight years, a school district in Texas has celebrated its LGBTQIA+ students, staff and families through a Pride Week. But this year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the activities are breaking state law. In a Tuesday letter to the Austin Independent School District’s superintendent, Paxton, a Republican, wrote, “The
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By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen and Byron Blunt, CNN Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko scratches his head after a conference call with another foreign leader, the bags under his eyes revealing the sleepless nights the Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital have afforded him. Nevertheless, he’s undeterred. “This is our homeland, we have to be here,” he told CNN, in an
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN Flames burned Thursday in a construction zone on the third level at Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver, the city’s fire department said in a tweet. No injuries were reported. “A small fire that occurred in a construction zone near the East Club Lounge at Empower Field at Mile
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