By Vasco Cotovio, Fred Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN A US Navy SEAL jumps out of a Romanian helicopter and slides down a rope. He’s one of several American special forces units taking part in a military drill on the Black Sea, just 100 miles from Ukraine, where Russia continues to wage its war. Their
Continue Reading
By Anna Chernova, CNN, and Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered regional officials on Tuesday to do more to tackle fires raging in Siberia, after at least eight people were killed over the weekend and hundreds of buildings burned. Putin warned that there should be no repeat of last year’s fires, which were the biggest
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of 46th US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place: Hammonton, New Jersey Birth name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Father: Donald Jacobs, banker Mother: Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs Marriages: Joe Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Bill Stevenson (1970-1975, divorced)
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Pulitzer Prizes. The prizes are presented every spring in recognition of achievements in journalism, music, literature and drama. Other Facts May 9, 2022 – The Pulitzer Prizes are announced. June 11, 2021 – The Pulitzer Prizes are announced. Joseph Pulitzer, known as one of the greatest newspaper
Continue Reading
By Hannah Ryan, CNN There’s now a 50:50 chance that the world will surpass a critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the next five years, a new World Meteorological Organization report shows, warning of heating that could have devastating impacts on systems like coral reefs as well as Arctic ice. The
Continue Reading
By Brad Lendon, CNN A Russian bomber fired three hypersonic missiles at the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Monday night, Ukrainian officials said, as part of a barrage that leveled a number of civilian targets including hotels and a shopping mall. It is not the first time Moscow has deployed its Kinzhal hypersonic
Continue Reading
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN High winds and extreme heat are fueling dangerous wildfires across the Southwest. Four states — New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas — are battling a dozen large fires that have already burned more than 320,000 acres, and triple-digit temperatures are only making matters worse. Here’s what you need to know to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN High winds and extreme heat are fueling dangerous wildfires across the Southwest. Four states — New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas — are battling a dozen large fires that have already burned more than 320,000 acres, and triple-digit temperatures are only making matters worse. Here’s what you need to know to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN High winds and extreme heat are fueling dangerous wildfires across the Southwest. Four states — New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas — are battling a dozen large fires that have already burned more than 320,000 acres, and triple-digit temperatures are only making matters worse. Here’s what you need to know to
Continue Reading
By Mark Morales and Ray Sanchez, CNN Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty Tuesday at a bench trial on charges of indecent assault and battery related to the alleged groping of a star-struck patron at a Boston restaurant in 2017. Judge James Stanton noted Batali’s conduct was “not befitting of a public person
Continue Reading
By Rachel Ramirez and Michelle Watson, CNN More human remains were found at Lake Mead over the weekend, less than a week after a body in a barrel was discovered at the reservoir. National Park Service rangers responded to a call on Saturday afternoon that reported the remains in Callville Bay. The Clark County Medical
Continue Reading
By Travis Caldwell, CNN Investigators are looking for more information after a second set of human remains were found in Lake Mead, which is experiencing a plunge in water levels due to an ongoing megadrought. The remains — discovered Saturday afternoon in Nevada’s Callville Bay — were the second found in less than a week.
Continue Reading
By Jason Hanna, Amanda Watts and Miguel Marquez, CNN Recaptured Alabama fugitive Casey White intended to have a shootout with law enforcement, and would have done so had pursuing officers not forced him to wreck in a ditch Monday in Evansville, Indiana, a sheriff said Tuesday. The crash ended White’s 11-day run on the lam
Continue Reading
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Austin Williams likened the capture of Alabama fugitive Casey White, accused of killing Williams’ mother in 2015, to a “miracle,” saying Tuesday he did not expect White would be captured alive. Williams, 42, and his family had been hoping for the best for Vicky White, the jailer accused of helping
Continue Reading
By Iqbal Athas, Hannah Ritchie and Rhea Mogul, CNN Sri Lanka’s outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was rescued in a pre-dawn military operation Tuesday, hours after his resignation, as violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters left several people dead and hundreds injured. The military were called to the Prime Minister’s ‘Temple Trees’ compound after
Continue Reading
By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk Yeol promised an “audacious plan” to strengthen North Korea’s economy in exchange for denuclearization in his inauguration speech Tuesday. Yoon, a conservative from the People Power Party, gave the remarks after being sworn in as the country’s newest leader in a ceremony
Continue Reading
Alabama fugitive Casey White and corrections officer Vicky White are in custody, and she is hospitalized with injuries sustained in a chase, authorities said Monday at 5 p.m. They were taken into custody after a chase in Evansville, Indiana, and their vehicle crashed, officials said.
Continue Reading
By Helen Regan, CNN Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, is on the cusp of winning the Philippines presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary and unofficial results, potentially returning the Marcos dynasty to the Malacañang Palace 36 years after the family fled a mass uprising. With more than
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu, and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN In a small village Russian soldiers occupied as they tried and failed to take Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, at the beginning of the war, two women say they are living with the pain of multiple traumas: destruction, death and rape. One of the women — who said
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Iryna Danylovich’s family and friends have no idea where she is. The Crimean human rights activist and nurse disappeared on her way home from work in the Russian-annexed peninsula more than a week ago. She has not been seen since. Danylovich is believed to have been detained by
Continue Reading