By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The end of the Thanksgiving weekend brings Cyber Monday, when retailers hype up what they claim are the best online deals of the year. Energized shoppers are filling up their virtual carts, industry analysts say, even after participating in the Black Friday splurge that broke a one-day holiday sales
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The end of the Thanksgiving weekend brings Cyber Monday, when retailers hype up what they claim are the best online deals of the year. Energized shoppers are filling up their virtual carts, industry analysts say, even after participating in the Black Friday splurge that broke a one-day holiday
Continue Reading CNN, WPTZ, WCAX By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The end of the Thanksgiving weekend brings Cyber Monday, when retailers hype up what they claim are the best online deals of the year. Energized shoppers are filling up their virtual carts, industry analysts say, even after participating in the Black Friday splurge that broke a
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come as no surprise to learn that Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “authentic.” The online dictionary says there has been a high volume of searches for the word’s definition for several years, but
Continue Reading CNN Words by Callum Sutherland, video by Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Cape Town an unusual resident can often be found rummaging through rubbish bins and around back yards. The chacma baboon, native to southern Africa, has become quite familiar with the urban setting. Most of these primates
Continue Reading Words by Callum Sutherland, video by Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — On the outskirts of Cape Town an unusual resident can often be found rummaging through rubbish bins and around back yards. The chacma baboon, native to southern Africa, has become quite familiar with the urban setting. Most of these primates spend
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of Americans of all ages streamed into Atlanta’s Jimmy Carter Presidential Library to pay respects to Rosalynn Carter, who laid in repose Monday evening. Many of those who came to bid the former first lady a final farewell paused briefly in front of her wooden casket, which was
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — A 15-year-old boy is facing charges of first-degree murder and other offenses after a homeless man was fatally shot in the face in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The victim, 39-year-old Jeremiah Hawkins, was shot Wednesday afternoon after the teen, Thomas James Niarhos, allegedly confronted the man in
Continue Reading By Polo Sandoval, Elizabeth Wolfe, John Miller, Dakin Andone and Steve Almasy, CNN Burlington, Vermont (CNN) — One of the three 20-year-old Palestinian college students who were shot Saturday night in Vermont has been released from a hospital, a source close to the families of the victims told CNN on Monday night. The identity of
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CNN By Nic Robertson and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — On the morning of October 7, Hamas fighters streamed into the quiet lanes of kibbutz Alumim, setting off on a rampage of killing and destruction. But most of their victims in the community weren’t Israeli, or even Jewish, they were Thai and Nepali farm workers,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Portland students will return to classrooms Monday after the Portland Association of Teachers signed a tentative agreement with Portland Public Schools on Sunday, ending a weeks-long strike that shut classrooms down, according to statements from both. “This contract is a watershed moment for Portland students, families, and
Continue Reading KPTV By Melissa Alonso and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Portland students will return to classrooms Monday after the Portland Association of Teachers signed a tentative agreement with Portland Public Schools on Sunday, ending a weeks-long strike that shut classrooms down, according to statements from both. “This contract is a watershed moment for Portland students, families,
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Mengchen Zhang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — For nearly 10 years, Jiang Hui has been searching for answers as to why the plane carrying his 70-year-old mother back from vacation in Malaysia vanished without trace. Jiang’s mother, Jiang Cuiyun, was one of 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 when it
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — As the bulldozers worked their way through the remains of the southern Gaza town of Al Qarara on Sunday morning, a group of people watched with anxiety. They were hoping the truce between Hamas and Israel would allow enough time for the bodies of their loved
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KTUU, ALASKA DOT & PF, CNN By Taylor Romine, Susannah Cullinane and Alberto Moya, CNN (CNN) — Search crews in southern Alaska have found the body of a missing 11-year-old girl following a landslide that killed three of her family members, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety announced Sunday. A K9 scent detection unit indicated an
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Three people are dead and two others were injured during a shooting early Sunday morning in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, law enforcement officials said. The Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release the shooting happened just after 4 a.m. nearly a mile west of the city’s downtown. Officers arriving
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CNN Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — After police say he repeatedly taunted an Arab immigrant food cart worker in his Manhattan neighborhood, former Obama-era National Security Council official Stuart Seldowitz was arrested last week by the New York Police Department. He now faces hate crime and aggravated harassment charges. The videos of Seldowitz’s rants — which went viral —
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After nearly 10 months of jury selection, one of the country’s highest-profile trials is finally set to begin this week in Atlanta. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has alleged Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug is the cofounder of a criminal street gang responsible for violent acts dating back
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CNN By Sophie Tanno and Elise Garofalo, CNN (CNN) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed the release of hostages, the likelihood of a longer truce and had some sharp words for the Irish PM in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday. When asked by Blitzer how meaningful it was to see Israeli hostages
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By Sophie Tanno and Elise Garofalo, CNN (CNN) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed the release of hostages, the likelihood of a longer truce and had some sharp words for the Irish PM in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday. When asked by Blitzer how meaningful it was to see Israeli hostages reunited
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