By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN Florida authorities announced an arrest Thursday in the fatal shooting of a University of Miami football player in 2006. Former teammate Rashaun Travon Jones, 35, was arrested for first-degree murder in the death of defensive lineman Bryan Pata in Miami, according to the state attorney’s office and Miami-Dade
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By Amy Wray, CNN A snake handler captures a 10-foot python at the grocery store, a zoo guest wrestles an alligator, and a 9-year-old opera singer impresses the “America’s Got Talent” judges. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Special surprise in the spice aisle Call it serendipity that a trained snake handler and
Continue Reading By Amy Wray, CNN A snake handler captures a 10-foot python at the grocery store, a zoo guest wrestles an alligator, and a 9-year-old opera singer impresses the “America’s Got Talent” judges. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Special surprise in the spice aisle Call it serendipity that a trained snake handler and
Continue Reading By Amy Wray, CNN A snake handler captures a 10-foot python at the grocery store, a zoo guest wrestles an alligator, and a 9-year-old opera singer impresses the “America’s Got Talent” judges. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Special surprise in the spice aisle Call it serendipity that a trained snake handler and
Continue Reading By Amy Wray, CNN A snake handler captures a 10-foot python at the grocery store, a zoo guest wrestles an alligator, and a 9-year-old opera singer impresses the “America’s Got Talent” judges. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Special surprise in the spice aisle Call it serendipity that a trained snake handler and
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Potri Ranka Manis says she was trying to handout free face masks on the New York City subway when she was assaulted and called a racial slur. “Mind your own business, c***k. You get out of this state, Chinese. Go home to your dirty country,” the 67-year-old Filipina nurse recalls being
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By Rob Picheta, Nadine Schmidt and Tim Lister, CNN Afghans are witnessing early glimpses of the true nature of Taliban rule, after the brutal repression of several protests and the murder of a journalist’s relative betrayed the militant group’s promises to lead an “inclusive” and restrained regime. The German news organization Deutsche Welle (DW) said
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By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, including environmental shocks such as cyclones and heatwaves, according to an index published Friday by UNICEF, the UN children’s agency. Among the 33
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to strengthen into a hurricane again as it makes a second landfall along the country’s Gulf coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to strengthen into a hurricane again as it makes a second landfall along the country’s Gulf coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace weakened to a tropical storm as it slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. But it’s still predicted to strengthen into a hurricane again as it makes a second landfall along the country’s Gulf coast. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
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By Sara Spary, CNN Baby bats babble just like human infants when learning to communicate, a new study has found. Scientists from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin eavesdropped on 20 baby bats — called pups — and found that, just like humans, they practice making noises before learning how to talk to others.
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By Lauren Kent, CNN Just like people, chimpanzees and bonobos aren’t ones for leaving without saying goodbye. Apes purposefully use signals to begin and end social interactions — behaviors not typically seen outside of humans until now, according to a new study published in the journal iScience. Researchers analyzed more than 1,200 interactions with groups
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are living in countries that face an extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, including environmental shocks such as cyclones and heatwaves, according to an index published Friday by UNICEF, the UN children’s agency. Among the 33
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The scene at the Jacksonville main public library was haunting, Louis Lopez recalled. As he waited for a Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, he saw people so sick they couldn’t even stand. “These people were in bad, bad shape,” he said. His experience Wednesday at the library, set up by the
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By Nilly Kohzad, CNN Since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, seizing provincial capitals at lightning speed, it’s been difficult to get a picture of what life is like for Afghans outside the capital, Kabul. Especially for women. On Thursday, CNN reached three women — all in their mid-20s and well-educated — to get
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese astronauts working on the country’s planned space station carried out their second spacewalk on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. Since they were sent into space in June, the three-man crew has been working and living on the Tianhe core module of the space station, the largest spacecraft
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two former officers with the Torrance Police Department were charged Thursday with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting an impounded vehicle with a swastika, authorities said. In addition, Torrance Police Chief Jeremiah Hart said that he has relieved 13 other officers of their duty because of an ongoing investigation into messages that he
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By Angus Watson and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand will extend a nationwide lockdown for four days after uncovering several locally transmitted Covid-19 cases. The lockdown began Tuesday over a single infection, the country’s first locally transmitted case since February. That patient had contracted highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus. Authorities have since uncovered
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By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN As the highly infectious Delta variant took hold in China last month, Zhang Wenhong, a well-respected infectious disease expert in Shanghai, told a concerned Chinese public to prepare to live with the coronavirus for the long haul — but his candor came at a price. For more than
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