By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The Las Vegas Raiders released wide receiver Henry Ruggs III Tuesday night after he was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) resulting in a death after his car rear-ended another car and left one person dead, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD responded to
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s the space taco party of your dreams. The International Space Station hosted a taco bash for astronauts on Friday as they celebrated the harvest of the first chile peppers grown in space. The crew finally had a chance to taste test the peppers after initially kicking off the plant experiment
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By David Williams, CNN First responders in Alberta, Canada, made a daring rescue over the weekend after a BASE jumper slammed into a cliff face and was left dangling after his parachute got caught on a small bit of rock. The BASE jumper, who was not identified, suffered “multiple traumatic injuries” in Sunday’s accident, according
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By Peter Nickeas and Omar Jimenez The pledge to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department made by city councilors in Powderhorn Park after the murder of George Floyd has come to represent all manner of political and media aspirations over the future of policing in America. The nearly 18 months since Floyd’s death on Memorial Day
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By Emma Tucker, CNN The Department of Justice has charged 13 members of a Chicago street gang faction with racketeering conspiracy as part of a federal indictment related to dozens of murders, attempted murders and acts of violence spanning more than 20 years. A 21-count indictment alleges that the Wicked Town faction of the Traveling
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Saraciea J. Fennell remembers how normal it seemed for her, her siblings and cousins, to use bleaching cream on their elbows and knees every day growing up. As dark-skinned Latinos, that’s what they had been taught to do. “Once I got older, I realized it was an anti-Black practice because I
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By Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Seven Palestinian families facing the threat of forced eviction from their homes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah have rejected a proposal from Israel’s High Court that justices said could resolve the decades-long dispute. The court asked the families to submit their response by Tuesday to
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Eric Levenson, CNN A “customer disturbance” aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles resulted in the flight being diverted to Dallas on Monday, according to Delta. The incident occurred on Delta Flight 365 that took off from Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “Situations like these are rare and
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By Stephanie Busari and Sheena McKenzie, CNN It had been advertised as “Luxury in the Sky,” a glamorous residential high-rise in an upmarket area of Lagos, where apartments started at $1.2 million a unit. But on Monday, this more than 20 storey half-constructed building in Nigeria’s economic hub became the scene of tragedy, after the
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Families are spreading bulks of marigold petals, lighting up candles for their loved ones and some are even wearing colorful skull makeup. It’s Día de los Muertos. The Mexican holiday, also known as Day of the Dead, extends over the first two days of November and has nothing to do with
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By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN The US, UK, France, Germany and European Union will help fund South Africa’s transition away from coal, in a multilateral effort that could serve as a model for other developing nations to ditch the fossil fuel. The announcement on Tuesday provided a semblance of hope at the COP26
Continue Reading By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN The US, UK, France, Germany and European Union will help fund South Africa’s transition away from coal, in a multilateral effort that could serve as a model for other developing nations to ditch the fossil fuel. The announcement on Tuesday provided a semblance of hope at the COP26
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Dr. Aaron Beck, the pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), has died at the age of 100. CBT, which is used to treat depression, psychiatric problems and psychological disorders, is a psychological treatment that focuses on changing specific behaviors and thinking processes. Beck is credited with changing the field of mental
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse’s friend testified Tuesday that the armed teenager was “freaking out,” pale and sweaty after he fatally shot two people and wounded another during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. “He said he had to do it, it was self-defense, people were trying to hurt him,” Dominick Black, 20,
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN We’ve reached the end of our named list for the 2021 storms, even though there’s a whole month left to go in the Atlantic hurricane season. If more storms develop after the current Subtropical Storm Wanda, the naming will move to a new list — starting all over again at “A.
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By Carma Hassan, CNN A third giraffe has died at the Dallas Zoo in less than a month, the zoo reported. Jesse, a 14-year-old male giraffe died October 29, two days after he first showed signs of an illness, according to the Dallas Zoo. Results from a blood test showed Jesse had “abnormal liver enzymes,”
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