By Paradise Afshar, CNN A soldier in Alaska died Tuesday after being attacked by a bear who wildlife officials say may have been trying to protect her cubs. After he was mauled, Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant was transported to the Army base hospital where he was pronounced dead, Army Alaska said in a news
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By Gawon Bae and Helen Regan, CNN North Korea has announced an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and infected more than 350,000, according to state media, prompting fears of an impending and deadly crisis in the isolated and impoverished nation. The announcement comes a day after the country reported its first
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By Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli military investigators have taken guns away from some Israel Defense Forces troops as part of an investigation into shooting incidents in Jenin on the day Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed there, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been taken so
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli military investigators have taken guns away from some Israel Defense Forces troops as part of an investigation into shooting incidents in Jenin on the day Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed there, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. The weapons have been taken so
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By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN Fugitive Alabama corrections official Vicky White died of suicide, an Indiana coroner’s office said Thursday, backing up authorities’ suspicions that she shot herself after a Monday car chase that concluded 11 days on the run with an inmate she’s accused of freeing. White, 56, who authorities
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By Omar Jimenez, CNN Back in March, an off-duty police officer was seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for more than 20 seconds in an attempt to break up a school fight. Now, the 12-year-old girl is being criminally charged with disorderly conduct, her family
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and plans were
Continue Reading By Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Tamara Qiblawi, Alex Platt, Victoria Butenko, Darya Tarasova and Maria Avdeeva Graphics by Henrik Pettersson and Connie Chen, Video editing by Oscar Featherstone As she fetched drinking water for her family on a sunny but cold afternoon in late February, Margarita Kiriukhina tried to ignore the
Continue Reading By Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Tamara Qiblawi, Alex Platt, Victoria Butenko, Darya Tarasova and Maria Avdeeva Graphics by Henrik Pettersson and Connie Chen, Video editing by Oscar Featherstone As she fetched drinking water for her family on a sunny but cold afternoon in late February, Margarita Kiriukhina tried to ignore the
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The volcanic eruption on an island near Tonga in January was as powerful as the 1883 Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia, one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events on record. Scientists have begun to piece together what happened during the January 15 eruption of the undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN We all make mistakes, but for a host of the Mega Millions lottery, it’s a potentially costly one: Prize payments for some Mega Millions tickets have been temporarily suspended after host John Crow incorrectly read the Mega Ball number during Tuesday’s lottery drawing. The first five numbers were called correctly: 15,
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It’s the first direct observation confirming the presence of the black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, as the beating heart of the Milky Way. Black holes don’t emit light, but the
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration has issued emergency orders grounding both pilots involved in last month’s botched and “unauthorized” Red Bull plane swap stunt. New documents shared first with CNN show the FAA has ordered stuntmen Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington to “surrender their pilot certificates immediately.” The FAA is also proposing
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By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Three North Korean cargo planes flew to China and back on Monday, as the country battles an fast-spreading outbreak of Covid-19, according to a South Korean government official with knowledge of the matter. The planes traveled to Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, in China’s northeast Liaoning province, the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN In a landmark first, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil using samples collected during the Apollo missions to the moon. This is the first time plants have been sprouted and grown on Earth in soil from another celestial body. The study could lay the foundation for growing plants that supply
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It’s the first direct observation confirming the presence of the black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, as the beating heart of the Milky Way. Black holes don’t emit light, but the
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By Stephanie Elam, CNN As California battles a historic drought and a water crisis looms, the state’s coastline protection agency on Thursday unanimously rejected the development of a $1.4 billion desalination plant in Huntington Beach that would have converted ocean water into municipal water for Orange County residents. Eleven members of the California Coastal Commission
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN Fugitive Alabama corrections official Vicky White died of suicide, an Indiana coroner’s office said Thursday, backing up authorities’ suspicions that she shot herself after a Monday car chase that concluded 11 days on the run with an inmate she’s accused of freeing. White, 56, who authorities
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Facts “Doping” by professional athletes has been acknowledged as a problem since at least the 1960s. The issue gained prominence as a result of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) investigation, tell-alls by former professional athletes, a 2007 report on drugs
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of actor Morgan Freeman. Personal Birth date: June 1, 1937 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. Father: Morgan Porterfield Freeman Sr., a barber Mother: Mayme Edna (Revere) Freeman, a teacher Marriages: Myrna (Colley-Lee) Freeman (June 16, 1984-September 15, 2010, divorced); Jeanette
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