CNN, WSB By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This story contains disturbing content. A Georgia sheriff resigned and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge Monday after he grabbed TV’s Judge Glenda Hatchett’s chest in January 2022, his attorney said. Bleckley County Sheriff Kris Coody was sentenced to 12 months probation and
Continue Reading By Sugam Pokharel, Dalal Mawad and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The burned bodies of 18 people were found as wildfires ripped through Greece on Tuesday and countries across Europe sweltered under yet another extreme heat wave. The dead, found near a village in northern Greece, may have been migrants, the fire brigade said Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A Black FedEx driver who said he was shot at and chased by two White men while delivering packages in Mississippi last year tells CNN FedEx fired him after denying his request to work from home. D’Monterrio Gibson, 25, was fired because he did not accept a part-time, non-courier
Continue Reading By Kostyantin Gak, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — For Dima, the silence away from the horrors can be harder to bear. A fireman in what is perhaps currently the worst-bombed town on earth – Orikhiv, right in the throes of Ukraine’s counteroffensive – Dima’s daily job involves pulling the
Continue Reading CNN By Kostyantin Gak, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — For Dima, the silence away from the horrors can be harder to bear. A fireman in what is perhaps currently the worst-bombed town on earth – Orikhiv, right in the throes of Ukraine’s counteroffensive – Dima’s daily job involves pulling
Continue Reading CNN By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Irene Nasser, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Four children have been rescued from a chairlift dangling 900 feet over a mountainous region in Pakistan for at least 10 hours, a military source told CNN, as the race to save two other children and two adults stuck inside the
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Laura Studley and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — A power outage overnight at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of more than 200 patients from a building housing neonatal intensive care and OBGYN units, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department and hospital officials. All patients are safe,
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — An American dentist has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife of 30 years while the couple was on a safari in Zambia, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said in a news release. A jury last year found Lawrence Rudolph
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A Russian spacecraft malfunctioned over the weekend, sending the vehicle crashing into the moon. The failed landing attempt has experts questioning the future of the country’s lunar exploration ambitions and the geopolitical dynamics that underpin modern space exploration efforts. The spacecraft, Luna 25, lost contact with operators at Russia’s
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse. “The unfortunate reality is that the Archdiocese has neither the financial means nor the practical ability to litigate all of these abuse claims individually, and therefore, after
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The record-breaking film “Barbie” has been unseated from the top of the US box office, but many stores will be awash in pink for the rest of the year. Brands and retailers plan to stretch the “Barbie” excitement through the fall season, with an influx of themed products timed
Continue Reading CNN, WABC, WSB By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The record-breaking film “Barbie” has been unseated from the top of the US box office, but many stores will be awash in pink for the rest of the year. Brands and retailers plan to stretch the “Barbie” excitement through the fall season, with an influx of
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The record-breaking film “Barbie” has been unseated from the top of the US box office, but many stores will be awash in pink for the rest of the year. Brands and retailers plan to stretch the “Barbie” excitement through the fall season, with an influx of themed products timed
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The record-breaking film “Barbie” has been unseated from the top of the US box office, but many stores will be awash in pink for the rest of the year. Brands and retailers plan to stretch the “Barbie” excitement through the fall season, with an influx of themed products timed to
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday voted for real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin to be the country’s next prime minister, bringing an end to three months of political deadlock. Srettha, 60, was the sole candidate put forward by the populist Pheu Thai Party and received 482 votes out
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A Palestinian man was critically injured Monday after he was shot from behind by Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank, according to an eyewitness and video from the scene. The witness said the man was unarmed and video of the incident obtained by
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, Sara Smart and Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — A prosecutor is asking a judge to dismiss the felony charge against an unarmed Black semi-truck driver who was attacked by a police dog after a chase in Ohio on July 4. Jadarrius Rose, 23, was bitten by a K-9 after a lengthy vehicle
Continue Reading CNN By Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Taylor Romine and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California clothing store owner was shot and killed after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, police said, as the LGBTQ+ community continues to face violence and threats across America. Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton, 66,
Continue Reading By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Irene Nasser, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — After a 14-hour ordeal, all eight people, including six children and two adults, who were stranded on a cable car dangling hundreds of feet over a valley in northwest Pakistan have been rescued, the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
Continue Reading By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — On a stage more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) away from the small township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Mzansi Youth Choir was seeing their dreams come true before their eyes. Confetti rained down at the “America’s Got Talent” (AGT) audition as the young group received the
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