By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Halloween is a time for families to carve pumpkin lanterns. It’s a time for people of all ages to passionately debate about the value of candy corn. And it is, of course, a time for children to go from house to house as they trick-or-treat for their favorite
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines before a jury was selected by reiterating his longstanding rule of not allowing prosecutors to refer to people as “victims” before juries in his courtroom. At the same time, Kenosha County Circuit Court
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines last week by reiterating his longstanding rule of not allowing prosecutors to refer to people as “victims” before juries in his courtroom. At the same time, Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder
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By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Clutching a page of notes, Bob Russo sat in the middle of the boisterous audience in the school gymnasium, reviewing what he wanted to tell the Douglas County School District board members. When it was his turn to speak, Russo stood and approached the microphone. “I don’t know
Continue Reading By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN Clutching a page of notes, Bob Russo sat in the middle of the boisterous audience in the school gymnasium, reviewing what he wanted to tell the Douglas County School District board members. When it was his turn to speak, Russo stood and approached the microphone. “I don’t know
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A woman was pronounced dead early Saturday morning after trying to swim across the US-Mexican border with a group of migrants, federal officials said. US Border Patrol agents were notified shortly before midnight Friday that a group of about 70 people were trying to swim around the barrier between Tijuana, Mexico,
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By Philip Wang and Helen Regan, CNN The South Pacific island nation of Tonga reported its first case of Covid-19 on Friday, spurring thousands of people to get vaccinated amid warnings of a national lockdown. Tonga was one of only a few countries that had not reported a single Covid case since the start of
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By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked residents in a news conference Saturday to “step up” and come forward with any information that will lead to the shooter or shooters that killed a 4-year-old boy on September 3. “We are committed as a city to do everything that we can to bring these
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By Carma Hassan, Melissa Alonso and Andy Rose, CNN The University of Florida told three professors hired to testify as expert witnesses in a voting rights case against the state that they cannot participate. The University of Florida told the professors “that they were not authorized to serve as experts on behalf of Plaintiffs in
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By Maya Brown and Emma Tucker, CNN When Philadelphia’s mayor signs landmark legislation as soon as this week, the city will become the first major US city to ban police from stopping drivers for low-level traffic violations — stops that studies show target Black drivers at disproportionately higher rates. The Driving Equality Bill, passed 14-2
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By David Williams, CNN It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, despite the steady rain, as Florida’s Rollins College unveiled an enormous statue of legendary children’s TV host Fred Rogers this week. The bronze statue is more than 7 feet tall, weighs more than 3,000 pounds, and depicts the “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” star and
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN Michael Johnson, son of TNT sportscaster Ernie “E.J.” Johnson, has died, his father said on social media Friday night. He was 33. “This guy we adopted from Romania in 1991 and diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy lived a miraculous life of 33 years,” the TNT anchor said in an Instagram post
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By Jason Hanna and Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two captive female California condors each produced a chick asexually years ago — the only such instances ever recorded for that endangered species, researchers reported Thursday. And while this has been seen in other vertebrates and even birds, these are believed to be the first recorded instances in
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were killed and another was injured early Saturday when an Amtrak train struck a vehicle at a South Carolina railroad crossing, fire officials said. A police officer reported the crash about 2:30 a.m., according to a statement from the North Charleston Fire Department. First responders found four people near
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By Yasir Abdullah and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating across Sudan in protest of Monday’s military’s takeover, marking the largest protest against the coup yet. The streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, were packed with protesters on Saturday morning, with demonstrators chanting anti-military slogans and waving anti-coup banners. “No for
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Commercial genetic tests can unveil surprising details about your roots. My Chinese mother-in-law, born in Hong Kong, found out she was a quarter Irish. The test results even pinpointed the county from where her previously unknown Irish grandfather originated. Extracting ancient DNA is much harder than sending off a swab, but
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By Kocha Olarn, Tim Lister, Scott McLean and Florence Davey-Attlee, CNN The CEO of a Thai company at the heart of a CNN investigation into fake and used medical gloves has been arrested in Bangkok. Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) told CNN Tuesday that Kampee Kampeerayannon, CEO of a company called SkyMed and a former
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN Gunshots rang out Friday as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was discussing gun violence prevention during a news conference — and she did not flinch. “My son and I fall asleep to the lullaby of gunshots in the distance every night,” Jones said, responding to a question on
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, Sonnet Swire and Christina Carrega, CNN Authorities in northern Virginia announced an increased police presence Friday amid warnings about a possible terror plot. Officials are determining the validity of the threat, according to a law enforcement source. As a precaution, federal and local law enforcement departments are investigating and moving to protect
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN A Maryland man just claimed his second $2 million lottery prize, after winning the first one several years ago. The retired utility worker from Salisbury bought two “$2,000,000 Richer” scratch-off tickets from a local Exxon gas station. On the first ticket, he uncovered a $100 prize. But the second ticket hit
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