By Christina Maxouris, CNN Local and federal authorities are looking for 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who was reported missing by her family over the weekend after she had been traveling with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. Laundrie returned to the pair’s North Port, Florida, home earlier this month without Petito and is now refusing to talk to
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By Sarah Dean, CNN Taliban co-founder and acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a television interview Wednesday to refute rumors he had been injured or even killed in a dispute last week at the presidential palace in Kabul. Rumors had been circulating — and widely shared on social media — that
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, Mirna Alsharif and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities searching for missing Florida woman Gabby Petito are hoping to talk with her boyfriend, who they believe was the last person to be around her before her family reported her missing, a police spokesperson said Wednesday. “He needs to talk to us,” Josh Taylor, a
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By Emma Tucker, CNN The Justice Department announcement Tuesday that federal law enforcement officers will be banned from using neck restraints during arrests and using no-knock entries while executing warrants except in rare cases is part of an ongoing focus on police accountability at local, state and federal levels. It’s a significant policy that addresses
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By Ella Nilsen and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden announced the United States and European Union have launched a global pledge to reduce emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — by nearly 30% by the end of the decade. Biden made the announcement Friday morning during the Major Economies Forum, a virtual,
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN This year has seen Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex take part in a groundbreaking interview with Oprah Winfrey and welcome their second child into the world, all while scandals have swirled around the royal family they left behind. Now, they can add another major moment to their 2021 diary
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By David Williams, CNN Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jacqui Webb was greeted by a familiar face after giving birth to her daughter, Ella, last month — one of the nurses who cared for her after the 2013 attack. Webb spent three weeks at Tufts Medical Center in Boston after suffering life-threatening wounds when a pair
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By Scott McLean, Bethlehem Feleke, Solomon Muingi and Fabien Muhire, CNN Kenya’s wide-open, postcard-perfect savannah is dotted with acacia trees in every direction as the early morning fog still clouds the air. Donart Mwakio is doing his rounds in a white pickup truck when it suddenly screeches to a halt. The ranger at Kenya’s Taita
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Bethlehem Feleke, Solomon Muingi and Fabien Muhire, CNN Kenya’s wide-open, postcard-perfect savannah is dotted with acacia trees in every direction as the early morning fog still clouds the air. Donart Mwakio is doing his rounds in a white pickup truck when it suddenly screeches to a halt. The ranger at Kenya’s Taita
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By Omar Jimenez, Brad Parks and Ray Sanchez, CNN Minnesota’s highest court on Wednesday vacated former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor’s third-degree murder conviction for the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk while responding to her 911. The court said there was insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction and ordered that he be sentenced on his
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By Jeevan Ravindran, Stephanie Halasz, Allegra Goodwin and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN More than 1,400 white-sided dolphins were killed Sunday night in the Faroe Islands, in what local authorities said was a traditional whaling hunt. The killing has been denounced by marine conservation group Sea Shepherd as a “brutal and badly mishandled” massacre, and the largest
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By Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Helen Regan, CNN Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said the best way forward for peace and stability in Afghanistan is to engage with the Taliban and “incentivize” them on issues such as women’s rights and inclusive government. Speaking to CNN from his private Bani Gala residence in Islamabad on
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By Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Helen Regan, CNN Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said the best way forward for peace and stability in Afghanistan is to engage with the Taliban and “incentivize” them on issues such as women’s rights and inclusive government. Speaking to CNN from his private Bani Gala residence in Islamabad on
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By Caroline Kenny, Angela Barajas and Rebekah Riess, CNN The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division on Wednesday announced it was opening a criminal investigation into the February 2018 death of Gloria Satterfield, a housekeeper for the Murdaugh family, and the handling of her estate. Satterfield died in 2018 in what was described as a “trip
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By Dakin Andone, CNN National Hispanic Heritage Month begins Wednesday and will run through October 15, giving the United States an opportunity to recognize and celebrate members of our communities and their ancestors who hail from Mexico, parts of the Caribbean, Central and South America and Spain. “The Latino community and Latino history is a
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Two of California’s many wildfires are threatening Sequoia National Park and the massive, iconic trees that grow there. And in Louisiana, Tropical Depression Nicholas could slow down recovery from Hurricane Ida, which just blew through two weeks ago. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Two of California’s many wildfires are threatening Sequoia National Park and the massive, iconic trees that grow there. And in Louisiana, Tropical Depression Nicholas could slow down recovery from Hurricane Ida, which just blew through two weeks ago. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Two of California’s many wildfires are threatening Sequoia National Park and the massive, iconic trees that grow there. And in Louisiana, Tropical Depression Nicholas could slow down recovery from Hurricane Ida, which just blew through two weeks ago. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Two of California’s many wildfires are threatening Sequoia National Park and the massive, iconic trees that grow there. And in Louisiana, Tropical Depression Nicholas could slow down recovery from Hurricane Ida, which just blew through two weeks ago. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Two of California’s many wildfires are threatening Sequoia National Park and the massive, iconic trees that grow there. And in Louisiana, Tropical Depression Nicholas could slow down recovery from Hurricane Ida, which just blew through two weeks ago. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
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