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City workers were cleaning the statue in Brooklyn on Thursday.

(UPDATED) DEREK CHAUVIN TO BE SENTENCED FOR GEORGE FLOYD MURDER (12pmET)

June 25, 2021 10:44 AM CNN

After being found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin now faces sentencing. Darryl Forges reports.

CNN correspondent: Bacot ‘lived an absolute nightmare’

June 25, 2021 10:01 AM CNN

A Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said. If confirmed, Bacot would walk free, as she has already spent a year in detention, the lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, explained to French media. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.

Meet ‘dragon man,’ the latest addition to the human family tree

June 25, 2021 5:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong to a new species of early human that researchers have called “dragon man.” The exciting discovery is the latest addition to a human family tree that is rapidly growing and shifting, thanks

Fire chief tells families of the 159 people unaccounted for after a Florida building collapse to have hope

June 25, 2021 6:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, Rosa Flores and Ray Sanchez, CNN The fire chief helping to lead search and rescue efforts at the South Florida building collapse that killed at least four people had a message Friday for the families of the 159 others unaccounted for. Have hope. “There’s always hope,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Andy Alvarez

The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working.

Universe, we have a problem: NASA’s investigating an outage on the Hubble Space Telescope

June 25, 2021 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Universe, we’ve got a problem: The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working. After the June 13 malfunction, Hubble’s payload computer stopped receiving the “keep-alive” signal that’s a “standard handshake between the payload and main spacecraft

Frenchwoman who killed abusive husband walks out free after sentencing

June 25, 2021 4:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Barbara Wojazer, Lorraine Poupon and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison,

Historic heat for parts of the Pacific Northwest

June 25, 2021 5:34 AM CNN

Record breaking hot tempertures are likely for the Pacific Northwest with cities like Seattle seeing temperatures well above 100 degrees. We are also monitoring severe storms and heavy rain in the Midwest. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the weekend forecast.

Video shows rescuers working to find people trapped under rubble

June 25, 2021 5:34 AM CNN

Video shows fire and rescue workers trying to save survivors after a condo building partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida.

5 things to know for June 25: Condo collapse, infrastructure, LGBTQ rights, Russia-UK

June 25, 2021 5:34 AM CNN Newsource

By AJ Willingham, CNN The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. William Barber II were among a handful of people arrested this week during a protest on Capitol Hill as more high-profile figures call for new voting rights action. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.

A woman walks past the debris of damaged buildings on June 25 in the village of Mikulcice in the Czech Republic after it was hit by a tornado.

Five people killed as tornado wreaks havoc in Czech Republic

June 26, 2021 1:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Tomas Etzler, CNN Five people have been killed after a rare tornado along with tennis ball-sized hailstones hit several villages in South Moravia, in the southeast of the Czech Republic, officials said. A local hospital in the town of Hodonin treated 83 injured people. Forty-five were admitted to hospital, six of whom were in

DEREK CHAUVIN TO BE SENTENCED FOR GEORGE FLOYD MURDER (6:00amET)

June 25, 2021 4:04 AM CNN

After being found guilty for the murder of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin now faces sentencing. Darryl Forges reports.

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd

June 25, 2021 4:26 PM CNN Newsource

By Ray Sanchez and Eric Levenson, CNN Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed, offering his “condolences to

California school board passes anti-racism resolution after tortilla-throwing incident at basketball game

June 25, 2021 3:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Meeks and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A school board in Southern California unanimously approved a resolution Thursday denouncing racism and racial discrimination after some community members flung tortillas at a predominately Latino high school basketball team. “I think this is a good start,” said Escondido Union High School District superintendent Dr. Annie Staffieri, who

Hungary "has no place" in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools

Dutch PM: Hungary has ‘no place in the EU’

June 25, 2021 2:31 AM CNN

Hungary “has no place” in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

Newlyweds ripped apart as husband detained by Chinese government

June 25, 2021 1:46 AM CNN

The Chinese government is accused of detaining Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in extralegal detention centers, which it claims are reeducation centers designed to prevent separatism and religious extremism. Researchers say there’s also evidence of a growing number of Uyghurs being jailed in formal prisons with lengthy sentences. CNN’s Ivan Watson speaks to families whose loved ones have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment.

Uyghurs in Xinjiang are being given long prison sentences. Their families say they have done nothing wrong

August 1, 2021 8:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Ben Westcott, CNN Newlyweds Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher were two days from leaving Xinjiang to start a new life in Australia when Chinese police knocked on their door in April 2017, seized Taher’s passport and threw him into detention. During the next four years, Taher was imprisoned in

An investigation is underway into the arrest of two siblings in South Carolina that was caught on video

June 25, 2021 4:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Chris Boyette and Joe Sutton, CNN After a video was shared on social media showing the arrests Wednesday of two siblings by police in Rock Hill, South Carolina, state law enforcement officials are looking into the circumstances which have sparked two nights of protests. Rock Hill Police Chief Chris Watts said at a press

The astronauts installed one new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array on June 20.

Astronauts installed a giant solar panel outside the space station

June 25, 2021 3:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, Megan Marples and Sarah Molano, CNN It’s the summer of new solar power on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency conducted their third spacewalk in just over a week and installed a second new solar array outside the space station on

NYPD investigating vandalism of the George Floyd statue in Brooklyn as a hate crime

June 25, 2021 8:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Mark Morales and Lila Watts, CNN A statue of George Floyd that was unveiled in New York on Juneteenth by Floyd’s brother was vandalized early Thursday morning and police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, a law enforcement official told CNN. Black spray paint was daubed on the face of the statue

Partial building collapse near Miami

June 24, 2021 9:35 PM CNN Newsource