By David Williams, CNN A California woman is recovering and says she feels lucky to be alive after being mauled by a black bear that broke into her Lake Tahoe cabin and rummaged through her kitchen. Laurel-Rose von Hoffmann-Curzi was woken up early on October 30 by a series of thumping sounds downstairs in her
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of award-winning singer, actress, comedian and activist Bette Midler. Personal Birth date: December 1, 1945 Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii Birth name: Bette Davis Midler Father: Fred Midler, house painter Mother: Ruth (Schindel) Midler, seamstress Marriage: Martin von Haselberg (1984-present) Children: Sophie Education: Attended the University
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By Taylor Romine and Alexander Harring, CNN A 14-year-old girl in New Jersey has been missing for more than 20 days after she walked to a local deli and never returned, officials said during a Friday press conference. Jashyah Moore disappeared on the morning of October 14 while visiting a neighborhood deli close to her
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By Nicole Chavez and Brandon Tensley, CNN The possibility that three White men accused of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery may be acquitted had Georgia residents tense and anxious when this week’s approval of a nearly all-White jury in the men’s trial became a reminder of why Black people mistrust the criminal justice system. Scholars
Continue Reading By Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt, Maria Cartaya and Tina Burnside, CNN The University of Florida on Friday announced that it will now allow three professors to testify as paid experts in a voting rights lawsuit, reversing its previous decision. In an email sent to the campus community on Friday, university President Kent Fuchs explained that
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By Judson Jones and Monica Garrett, CNN Water levels reached the major flood stage in Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday morning, according to a tidal gauge report. The gauge shows the tide reached 8 feet, the minimal level for major flooding, for a few minutes around 9 a.m. Saturday morning’s tide is forecast to be
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By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Young climate activists have poured into Glasgow and surrounded the site of the COP26 summit to demand action from global leaders, as the focus of the event turns toward the impact of climate change on future generations. Thousands of demonstrators covered the streets of the Scottish city on
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By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt and Zahra Ullah, CNN A Russian diplomat found dead on the sidewalk outside the embassy in Berlin last month is believed by German authorities to have been a secret agent for a Russian intelligence agency, Der Spiegel magazine reported Friday. The body of the 35-year-old diplomat was found on the
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By Carma Hassan, Ray Sanchez and Brad Parks, CNN The first man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during protests in Wisconsin acted “belligerently” and asked to be shot but was not perceived as a serious threat, a former Marine testified Friday. The testimony of Jason Lackowski, the state’s seventh witness, came after a second
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Greta Thunberg criticized world leaders and called the COP26 summit a “failure” on Friday, as she led a huge youth protest outside the venue of the climate summit in Glasgow. Young activists poured into the Scottish city to demand action from leaders, as the focus of the official
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By Sherry Liang, CNN An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah could be the first of its kind, researchers say. The exact species and classification have yet to be determined, but the fossil is a tetrapod — meaning animal with four legs — and could be an early ancestor
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the middle of a small border town in West Texas sits an unassuming dirt mound dotted with piles of rocks, with just some wire strung between posts separating it from the road. To the outside observer, the patch of land might easily be overlooked as part of the desert landscape.
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By Amir Vera, CNN After two and a half weeks of jury selection, the state trial for three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia begins Friday. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, along with William “Roddie” Bryan, did not face charges in the February 2020 incident until months later, when video surfaced
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Armed groups fighting Ethiopia’s central government are swelling in numbers as they advance on the capital, Addis Ababa, posing the biggest threat to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s rule since a bloody year-long conflict began in the country’s northern Tigray region a year ago. Nine groups opposing the government — a
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN This morning’s October jobs report is expected to contain good news. An estimated 450,000 jobs were added last month, more than in both September and August. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By Judson Jones and Monica Garrett, CNN Water levels reached the major flood stage in Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday morning, according to a tidal gauge report. The gauge shows the tide reached 8 feet, the minimal level for major flooding, for a few minutes around 9 a.m. Saturday morning’s tide is forecast to be
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN This morning’s October jobs report is expected to contain good news. An estimated 450,000 jobs were added last month, more than in both September and August. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN This morning’s October jobs report is expected to contain good news. An estimated 450,000 jobs were added last month, more than in both September and August. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN This morning’s October jobs report is expected to contain good news. An estimated 450,000 jobs were added last month, more than in both September and August. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN This morning’s October jobs report is expected to contain good news. An estimated 450,000 jobs were added last month, more than in both September and August. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
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