By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Five words from famed daytime talk show host Maury Povich helped Denver Zoo officials solve the monthslong mystery of which orangutan fathered baby girl Siska: “Berani, you are the father!” When the pregnancy of Sumatran orangutan Eirina, Siska’s mother, was confirmed last spring, zoo officials weren’t sure who
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — As expectant mothers often realize, newborn babies don’t always arrive on schedule. That was the case for recent Ferris State University graduate Grace Szymchack, 24, who was pregnant with a baby girl scheduled to be delivered via C-section on December 18. Szymchack intended to graduate from the Michigan
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A jury in San Francisco has acquitted a man who was accused of assaulting a former city official with a metal pipe earlier this year, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and his public defender confirmed to CNN Friday. Garret Doty, 25, was found not guilty of three
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Bohemia, Czech Republic (CNN) — Czech Republic observed a national day of mourning on Saturday after the worst peacetime shooting in the history of the country left 14 dead and dozens wounded at Charles University in Prague. Among the victims were number of young students, a beloved lecturer and a respected department
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — There has been no shortage of bleak climate news this year: unprecedented global heat fueled deadly extreme weather events, scientists issued dire warnings that next year may be worse still, and the world’s carbon pollution kept rising. But amid the gloom, there have also been signs of progress. Renewable
Continue Reading CNN By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — There has been no shortage of bleak climate news this year: unprecedented global heat fueled deadly extreme weather events, scientists issued dire warnings that next year may be worse still, and the world’s carbon pollution kept rising. But amid the gloom, there have also been signs of progress.
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — No species lasts forever — extinction is part of the evolution of life. But at least five times, a biological catastrophe has engulfed the planet, killing off the vast majority of species from water and land over a relatively short geological interval. The most famous of these mass extinction
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Richard Quest, Anna Gorzkowska, Julia Puckette and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was again absent from two scheduled court hearings conducted via video link on Friday, according to a statement from his team. Navalny’s team say the prominent politician has now been missing for 17 days, with
Continue Reading By Nic F. Anderson and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Newly released footage from law enforcement in Maine shows officials were aware of growing concerns over the mental health state of the man accused of killing 18 people more than a month before the attack in October that became the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Dashcam
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli soldiers raiding a hospital in northern Gaza desecrated the bodies of dead patients with bulldozers, let a military dog maul a man in a wheelchair, and shot multiple doctors even after vetting them for terror links, according to allegations by staff and patients. The claims relate to
Continue Reading By Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Children in Ukraine have wishes beyond just toys this holiday season, as Russia continues to target cities and towns with drones and missiles. Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure have escalated over the past month, a winter uptick that has severely impacted kids. “These attacks have caused injuries among
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a responding deputy after calling for help in a domestic violence incident is seeking $30 million in a claim filed Thursday against Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Niani Finlayson died on December 4 after being shot
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — Two paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide Friday in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was subdued by police and injected with ketamine in Aurora, Colorado, in August 2019. Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec had pleaded not guilty to the
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A Seattle hospital filed a petition this month against the Texas Attorney General’s Office in an effort to halt a demand by the office for the hospital to turn over information on children who were Texas residents who sought gender-affirming care. According to the filing, which was made on
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — The Board of Aldermen of a Mississippi town voted nearly unanimously Thursday to reinstate a police officer who shot an 11-year-old boy inside his own home earlier this year, the officer’s attorney told CNN. On May 20, Sgt. Greg Capers mistakenly shot in the chest and seriously injured Aderrien Murry
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Sudan’s former leader, Omar al-Bashir. Personal Birth date: January 1, 1944 Birth place: Hosh Bannaga, Sudan Birth name: Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir Father: Name unavailable publicly Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriages: Fatima Khalid; Widad Babiker Omer Education: Sudan Military Academy, 1966 Military service:
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Maalim Ayman, a senior leader of the Al-Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia and Kenya, was killed on December 17 by a joint military operation between the Somali and US forces, Somali Minister for Information Daud Aweis announced Friday. “Ayman was accountable for planning multiple lethal
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who succeeded his half brother King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on January 22, 2015. Personal Birth date: December 31, 1935 Birth place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Father: King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman al Saud Mother: Hassa bint
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Science is revolutionizing our understanding of the past. Paleogenetics teases out astonishing secrets from DNA hidden in bones and dirt. Artificial intelligence decodes ancient texts written in forgotten scripts. Chemical analysis of molecular residues left on teeth, cooking pots, incense burners and building materials reveals details about past diets,
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Near Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) — Prague was in shock and mourning Friday after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 more at Charles University, the deadliest peacetime attack in the history of the Czech Republic. The brutal incident on Thursday was also the first-ever school or college shooting
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