By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When wildfire ripped through Hawaii’s Maui last August, the impact was devastating: a whole town reduced to ashes, more than 100 lives lost. The inferno was described as the “largest natural disaster in state history.” But some on Instagram suggested, without evidence, there was something much more nefarious at
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Sania Farooqui, CNN (CNN) — A pigeon suspected of spying for China and held for eight months was released by Indian officials this week after intervention from animal rights organization PETA, the group said in a statement. “After learning that a pigeon was held at the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital
Continue Reading By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Antarctic Peninsula (CNN) — About 15 billion miles from where you sit, two 12-inch golden records are hurtling through outer space with multilingual greetings to the universe from 55 humans and one humpback whale. With a playlist curated by astronomer Carl Sagan and inspired by the way humpbacks
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police. The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving into California Sunday, bringing the potential for “life-threatening” flooding, mudslides and widespread power outages as it dumps heavy rain and snow. Follow our live coverage here. This is what’s happening: • Rare high risk for flooding: A rare Level
Continue Reading KABC, CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Many victims of the massive storms now battering Southern California about are to be hit with another heartbreak – discovering their insurance won’t cover the damage. The typical homeowners’ policy won’t cover loss from flood damage. That is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, a part
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82 at a hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was receiving medical treatment, according to a statement from Acting President Nangolo Mbumba. Geingob passed away just after midnight, around 12:04 a.m. ET on Sunday, at Lady Pohamba Hospital
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — As the President’s Office remained stum for another day over whether or not Ukraine’s commander-in-chief was out of a job, one of the men tipped possibly to replace him gave a short but clear-eyed assessment of the situation facing soldiers on the front line. Visiting troops
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, Marlon Sorto, Omar Fajardo, Michael Rio, Juan Paz and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Devastating wildfires tearing through swaths of Chile have killed more than 120 people, authorities said Monday, as they warned that the death toll was set to rise. At least 122 people have died so far, the Legal Medical
Continue Reading WDIV, WSJ, X, @AHAMMOUDMI, CNN, X/@AHammoudMI By Artemis Moshtaghian and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah H. Hammoud, said residents can expect an increased police presence “effective immediately” at “all places of worship and major infrastructure points” after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece referred to his city as “America’s
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah H. Hammoud, said residents can expect an increased police presence “effective immediately” at “all places of worship and major infrastructure points” after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece referred to his city as “America’s Jihad capital.” The increase of law enforcement in the
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, Raja Razek, Christina Maxouris, Rebekah Riess and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — An escaped 17-year-old inmate who was being held on attempted murder charges in Louisiana was turned in by his parents and is now back in custody, bringing a three-day manhunt to an end, authorities said Sunday. Kimmy Dauntain Jr., who
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Someone recently asked me what my “process” is for writing this newsletter. You get that question a lot in this line of work, and I assume people are waiting for a sophisticated answer like, “Oh, I pour myself a cup of decaf green tea and take notes in a
Continue Reading By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — New York City police no longer believe that four of the suspects arrested and subsequently released following an assault on NYPD officers in Times Square fled the city on a bus to California, a senior law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday. The same senior law enforcement official told
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — A number of people, including journalists from foreign press organizations, have been detained in Moscow after authorities cracked down on protesters at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s election headquarters, independent outlets reported Saturday. The protest was organized by the wives of mobilized men amid a growing movement of women who are demanding that their husbands
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The remains of a hiker who went missing in a Southern California park last year have been found nearly nine months after the man’s disappearance, according to the National Park Service. Staff members with the Joshua Tree National Park discovered the skeletal remains of Trammell Evans, 25, on
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — As a young person, Andrew Ritchie rarely had opportunities to connect with or even see other gay people. He certainly didn’t get many chances to discuss his interests in gardening and design with likeminded enthusiasts. “Growing up gay in the ‘80s and ‘90s meant living in a vacuum in a
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi and Azaz Syed, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Jailed Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to seven years in prison after a district court ruled their 2018 marriage violated the law. This is the third sentence for Khan and the second for his wife this
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales, Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Police in Florida have released the names of the three people killed Thursday night when a plane crashed into a mobile home in Clearwater. They were Martha Parry, 86, who lived in the mobile home; Mary Ellen Pender, 54, who was visiting; and pilot
Continue Reading CNN By Lamide Akintobi, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” — featuring some of Afrobeats’ global superstars. “By introducing these three new categories, we are
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