By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet,” a former top Saudi intelligence official who is now living in exile in Canada has said. In an interview on CBS News program “60 Minutes,” which aired
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By Emmet Lyons and Claire Calzonetti, CNN The daughter of a former top Saudi intelligence official has told CNN that representatives of the Saudi government attempted to lure her to the same consulate where Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Istanbul, as part of a series of threats against her and her family. Hissah Al-Muzaini, the
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By Rebekah Riess Three decades after infant remains were found in a North Carolina beach town, police say they have arrested and charged a couple based on new DNA evidence. Scott Gordon Poole, 54, and his wife Robin Lynn Byrum, 51, were arrested last week and charged with concealing the birth of a child, a
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By Jenn Selva and Kelly McCleary, CNN The men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in August 2020 can potentially be referred to at his trial as “rioters” or “looters,” a Wisconsin judge said Monday while reiterating his long-held view that attorneys should not use the word “victim.” Defense lawyers maintain the young man acted in self-defense
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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 Aya Elamroussi and Sarah Moon, CNN A California police officer was convicted Tuesday of assault with a firearm, but the jury did not reach a verdict over a voluntary manslaughter charge in the 2018 killing of a man who was shot nine times during a low-speed chase. Danville police officer Andrew Hall was accused
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By John Keefe and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Nearly 200 countries have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis, but there is still a huge gap between what’s been promised and what scientists say is needed, according to a report by the UN Environment Programme. With just five
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By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court on Tuesday for the first time since she was overthrown in a military coup. Her courtroom testimony in the capital Naypyidaw, however, was not publicly available due to a gag order imposed on her legal team by the military junta.
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, CNN Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court on Tuesday for the first time since she was overthrown in a military coup. Her courtroom testimony in the capital Naypyidaw, however, was not publicly available due to a gag order imposed on her legal team by the military junta.
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A top-ranking New York Police Department official testified during a judicial inquiry on Tuesday there was “no coverup” in the internal investigation into officers who were on scene when Eric Garner was killed while in police custody but he questioned why Garner was charged with a felony for having five packs
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By Rebekah Riess and Amir Vera, CNN Attorneys for the estate of Gloria Satterfield, who spent more than two decades as the family housekeeper for embattled South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, say they’ve reached a settlement with his former law firm. “The Satterfields and the law firm have reconciled their differences,” attorney Eric Bland, who
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Tusks are a striking feature of many animals — elephants, hippos, warthogs, walruses — and are often sought-after by humans. But no birds, fish or reptiles today sport this extreme and ever-growing bit of anatomy. Only mammals do, even though they weren’t the first tusked creatures. It is an ancient trait
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By AJ Willingham, CNN There are only 100 days until the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but continuing Covid-19 outbreaks and growing boycott calls are putting a damper on preparations. 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 Know
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By Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, CNN Five young climate activists are on their seventh day of a hunger strike outside the White House, to demand government action on climate to match the severity of the crisis. Kidus Girma, 26, a climate activist and organizer, is one of the five. He told CNN a doctor
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Two middle school students are being praised for their quick action when their bus driver experienced a medical emergency. Conner Doss and Kane Daugherty are students at East Paulding Middle School outside Atlanta and were on a full bus when the incident happened, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV. “I come
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Two middle school students are being praised for their quick action when their bus driver experienced a medical emergency. Conner Doss and Kane Daugherty are students at East Paulding Middle School outside Atlanta and were on a full bus when the incident happened, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV. “I come
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By Amanda Jackson, CNN One of the rarest marine mammals in the world, the North Atlantic right whale, has declined 8% in population over the past year, which researchers call deeply concerning for the species’ survival. The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium announced Monday the whale’s population dropped to 336 in 2020. This is the
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By Raja Razek, CNN A 36-year-old Pontoon Beach, Illinois, police officer was shot and killed Tuesday morning after attempting to approach a suspected stolen vehicle, the Illinois State Police said in a news release. As officer Tyler Timmins approached the vehicle early Tuesday, a male suspect began firing at him, wounding the officer, the release
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By Elle Reeve, CNN About 9 p.m. on August 11, 2017, several hundred White supremacists, mostly young men, held tiki torches as they formed a line that snaked across Nameless Field at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Though they came from across the country, they’d organized in online chat rooms. White vans dropped them
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By Taylor Romine and Amir Vera, CNN A former Liberty University spokesman is suing the university for firing him after he allegedly spoke out on how the school was handling sexual misconduct allegations, according to a suit filed Monday. Walter Scott Lamb most recently served as the senior vice president of communications and public engagement
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