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A ‘flower burial’ unearthed in 1960 reshaped the study of Neanderthals. A new discovery calls it into question

By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — A grave unearthed in 1960 led researchers to hypothesize that Neanderthals interred their dead with flowers — challenging the prevailing view that the ancient humans were dumb and brutish. Now scientists say a key piece of evidence from the site, which helped shape the study of Neanderthals, might have been

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Video shows murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison using same route as another inmate who broke out in May

By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt continued Wednesday for murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last week by thwarting newly installed razor wire put in place after another inmate briefly broke out a few months ago, authorities said at a Wednesday news conference. Cavalcante, 34, who was

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Nearly 5 decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape in New York, new DNA testing exonerates 72-year-old man

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the crime, prosecutors announced. Mack, 72, served more

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Russia is covering aircraft with car tires, potentially to protect them from Ukrainian drones

By Vasco Cotovio and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success in targeting Russian military airports. Satellite imagery from Maxar of Engels

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The videos ISIS didn’t want you to see: How grainy security footage could help hold abusers to account

By Mick Krever and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — The footage is mundane and revelatory all at once. The hallway, filmed from an unmoving closed-circuit camera, appears unremarkable. It’s the point in time, and the people in the former children’s hospital, that make the hours and hours of video from this

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The daughter of the woman killed by Pennsylvania prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante told police he said he was going ‘to do something bad’ to their lives

By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — The prisoner who is now the subject of a massive manhunt after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison late last month had killed his ex-girlfriend in a brutal 2021 stabbing in front of her two young children, authorities say. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old who was convicted in the killing

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Flamingo sightings are pouring in from states where the birds aren’t usually spotted. Hurricane Idalia may be the cause

By David Williams and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — When you think of flamingos, the images that come to mind are probably of African water holes, the Caribbean, Florida – or almost anywhere else other than Waynesville, Ohio. So, when Jacob Roalef saw Facebook posts about flamingos at Ceasar Creek State Park, near Dayton, last

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Authorities searching for convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison say they know how he was able to get away

CNN, KYW, WPVI By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Investigators believe convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania last Thursday by climbing onto the roof and fleeing from there, a law enforcement source told CNN. About 200 law enforcement personnel searching for Cavalcante in eastern Pennsylvania are

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