By Xiaofei Xu and Meredith Ruleman, CNN The decision by a major French dictionary to include a gender-inclusive pronoun in its online edition has triggered angry reactions from lawmakers and defenders of the nation’s language. French dictionary Le Robert decided to add the entry “iel” — a combination of “il” and “elle,” which means “he”
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By Dakin Andone, CNN The death sentence of Julius Jones was commuted by Oklahoma’s governor Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, stopping his impending execution. Jones had been scheduled to be executed Thursday afternoon for the murder of Paul Howell in 1999. Jones, however, says he is innocent. Gov. Kevin Stitt
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By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The defense teams for the three White men accused in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing rested Thursday after presenting their case for two days and calling seven witnesses, including Travis McMichael, one of the defendants, to the stand. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and
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By Nadine Schmidt and Tara John, CNN Germany reported its highest single day surge of Covid-19 infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel said the “dramatic” situation was the result of the fourth wave “hitting our country with full force.” The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s disease and control center, has reported 65,371 new cases within the
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Your next Disney cruise is going to require a little more than magic. Starting in January, Disney Cruise Line will require all passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Your next Disney cruise is going to require a little more than magic. Starting in January, Disney Cruise Line will require all passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Your next Disney cruise is going to require a little more than magic. Starting in January, Disney Cruise Line will require all passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Forget fetching sticks and chewing bones, that’s so last century. Today’s dogs have much more exciting options when it comes to hobbies — including video calling their owners. And who let the dogs online? That would be DogPhone inventor Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, a lecturer and assistant professor in Animal-Computer Interaction at the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The highly anticipated launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is facing yet another delay before it can lift off the launchpad. Heralded to be the premier space science observatory of the next decade, the telescope is now expected to launch on December 24 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Teams
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By Janelle Davis, CNN The most powerful telescope ever built is scheduled to launch on December 18. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. This mission has been decades in the
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN The most powerful telescope ever built is scheduled to launch on December 18. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. This mission has been decades in the
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN The most powerful telescope ever built is expected to launch on December 25. The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before. This mission has been decades in the
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By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah, Antonia Mortensen and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Makeshift migrant camps at a checkpoint on the Belarus-Poland border, where thousands had amassed in recent weeks, were cleared by Belarusian authorities on Thursday, ending a months-long standoff that has ratcheted up tensions in the region. The move comes just two days after a
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Photographs by Yagazie Emezi for CNN Standing on the sand next to a building hollowed out by the churning sea, Sheriff Elegushi points far out into the Atlantic Ocean to where his ancestral home once stood. “Over there was where we had our tarred road before,” Elegushi said. “We also had
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt and Tara John, CNN Germany reported its highest single day surge of Covid-19 infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel said the “dramatic” situation was the result of the fourth wave “hitting our country with full force.” The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s disease and control center, has reported 65,371 new cases within the
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new anti-rape legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose tougher sentences. It comes in response to a mass public outcry over a recent surge in rapes against women and children in the
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, CNN Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration in Pakistan after lawmakers on Wednesday passed new anti-rape legislation that aims to speed up convictions and impose tougher sentences. It comes in response to a mass public outcry over a recent surge in rapes against women and children in the
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By Chris Boyette, CNN A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and sexually assaulting her 12-year-old daughter was executed Wednesday, making him the first death row inmate put to death in the state since 2012. David Neal Cox was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after a mixture of three chemicals — midazolam,
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By Mark Morales and Steve Almasy, CNN The civil case involving White nationalists who organized a two-day rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 that saw one person killed and others injured in the chaos that ensued will be given to the jury Friday. In Thursday’s closing arguments, attorneys representing the plaintiffs told the jury
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to murdering his wife and sexually assaulting her 12-year-old daughter was executed Wednesday, making him the first death row inmate put to death in the state since 2012. David Neal Cox was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after a mixture of three chemicals — midazolam,
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