By Christina Maxouris, CNN For more than three weeks, local and federal authorities have been combing through a 25,000-acre nature reserve searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito. On September 1, Laundrie returned in Petito’s van to the couple’s North Port, Florida, home from a cross-country road trip the couple embarked on
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party at the Fancy Pants strip club in Detroit when he and another patron got into a fight. “It’s because of you little motherf****** that we’re out of work,” a White autoworker named Ronald Ebens yelled at the 27-year-old Chinese American, as a dancer who
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By Faith Karimi, CNN His messages are a mix of uncertainty and terror — with glimmers of hope. He is gay, a convert to Christianity and a member of the Hazara ethnic minority — three groups that have been historically persecuted by the Taliban. The 32-year-old man went into hiding after the Taliban seized control
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By Sophia Saifi, CNN Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, has died in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, according to the country’s Ministry of Information. He was 85 years old. Khan was given a state funeral at Islamabad’s Faisal Mosque on Sunday. The funeral, attended by thousands of
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By Liam Reilly, CNN A childcare provider in New York was charged with second-degree murder Friday after prosecutors alleged she starved her boyfriend’s 7-year-old son to death earlier this year. Leticia Bravo, 39, potentially faces 25 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Peter Cuacuas, according to a statement from the Orange
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By Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan will not bow to pressure and nobody can force it to accept the path China has laid out for the self-governing democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said Sunday as the island celebrated its National Day amid heightened tensions with Beijing. During her speech in front of the presidential office in the
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By Scott McLean, Gio Prati and Charbel Mallo, CNN Spend a few hours wandering the manicured walkways of the Expo 2020 grounds and the world — or at least this sanitized version in the Dubai desert — feels at peace and in harmony. But, for many nations, it’s all a façade. A record 192 countries
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Gio Prati and Charbel Mallo, CNN Spend a few hours wandering the manicured walkways of the Expo 2020 grounds and the world — or at least this sanitized version in the Dubai desert — feels at peace and in harmony. But, for many nations, it’s all a façade. A record 192 countries
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN Flights of Afghan evacuees from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to the US resumed Saturday after pausing for weeks due to confirmed cases of measles amongst evacuees. One flight left the base Saturday with a few hundred evacuees headed for Philadelphia, a spokesman for the 86th Airlift Wing told CNN. Five
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A 50-mile race in the mountains of north of Salt Lake City, Utah, was cut short Saturday morning after more than 80 runners found themselves in dangerous winter conditions, the Davis County Sheriff’s Office said. “There were white-out conditions and 12 to 18 inches of snow,” Sheriff Kelly Sparks told CNN.
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN A North Carolina man won nearly $200,000 on a lottery ticket he forgot he bought — and is now planning to use the money to switch careers. Gregory Warren, a mechanic in Franklinville, picked up a Cash 5 lottery ticket for the September 29 drawing while filling gas one day after
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott and Jinky Jorgio, CNN A dictator’s son. A former actor. A champion boxer. A diverse field of candidates have put up their hands to succeed Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who is stepping down after a single six-year term in line with the Philippines constitution. Although the 2022 presidential election campaign is yet
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott and Jinky Jorgio, CNN A dictator’s son. A former actor. A champion boxer. A diverse field of candidates have put up their hands to succeed Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who is stepping down after a single six-year term in line with the Philippines constitution. Although the 2022 presidential election campaign is yet
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, David Williams and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, prompting the flight arriving at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to be deplaned on the tarmac, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez and Dakin Andone, CNN A 26-year-old police officer was shot and killed early Saturday morning while working his first shift for the Alamo Police Department in Wheeler County, Georgia, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is searching for a suspect, said spokesperson Natalie Ammons at a Saturday news conference. Officer
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, David Williams and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, prompting the flight arriving at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to be deplaned on the tarmac, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New
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By Stephanie Halasz, Martin Goillandeau and Niamh Kennedy CNN Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said he was stepping down from his office Saturday evening, days after his office was raided by Austrian prosecutors investigating him and close team members on suspicion of bribery and breach of trust. Kurz, speaking in a televised address on Austrian television
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By David Williams, CNN California public schools will be required to provide free menstrual products to students under a new law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The measure calls for public schools serving students in grades 6-12 to stock bathrooms with an adequate supply of tampons or pads. It goes into effect for the
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By Sara Sidner and Julia Jones, CNN At 14, Ashlee Thomas was in the grips of anorexia. She weighed 85 pounds. She was hospitalized. Her heart stopped twice. Doctors thought she would not survive. But she did. And now the resident of New South Wales, Australia, is dedicating her life to helping other girls. Her
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner and Julia Jones, CNN At 14, Ashlee Thomas was in the grips of anorexia. She weighed 85 pounds. She was hospitalized. Her heart stopped twice. Doctors thought she would not survive. But she did. And now the resident of New South Wales, Australia, is dedicating her life to helping other girls. Her
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