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Cornell student arrested in connection with antisemitic threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community

October 31, 2023 12:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Cornell University junior was arrested and charged in connection with a series of antisemitic online threats made against Cornell University’s Jewish community, federal officials said Tuesday, two days after the messages surfaced. Patrick Dai, 21, was arrested Tuesday on “a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats

El desencanto de los estadounidenses por el “candy corn”, en 2 gráficos

October 31, 2023 12:30 PM CNN Newsource

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los estadounidenses adoran los dulces de Halloween. Las ventas de dulces de Halloween crecieron un 14% entre 2021 y 2022 y este año va camino de ser igual. En 2022, los consumidores estadounidenses gastaron más de US$ 3.700 millones en caramelos durante las seis semanas previas a la festividad. ¿El dulce

Catastrophic damage after second Israeli airstrike hits Gaza refugee camp

October 31, 2023 12:27 PM CNN Newsource

By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Tara John, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli strikes targeting Hamas commanders and the militant group’s infrastructure in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza have left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics in the enclave. The devastation wrought by the

WATCH: Drinkwitz talks as Mizzou prepares for No. 1 Georgia

October 31, 2023 11:58 AM ABC 17 News Team

Mizzou has its biggest test this week when the Tigers travel to No. 1 Georgia.

Health care costs at work set to rise steeply in 2024

October 31, 2023 12:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — The cost of job-based health care coverage for 2024 is expected to rise at its fastest pace in years as inflation pervades insurance policies. Companies plan to shoulder most of the increase, but many workers could also feel the pinch in the form of higher premiums and

FBI director: Antisemitism reaching ‘historic level’ in US

October 31, 2023 11:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) – FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that antisemitism is reaching “historic levels” in the United States. “This is a threat that is reaching, in some way, sort of historic levels,” Wray said during a Senate hearing Tuesday. The FBI director said that was in part because “the Jewish community

Warming shelters open their doors as temperatures begin to drop

October 31, 2023 4:34 AM Marina Diaz

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Warming shelters around the City of Columbia opened their doors Monday night to welcome those in need as the temperature continues to drop. The Room at the Inn opened its doors on Sunday and announced that its doors will remain open throughout the year. The emergency shelter located on 1509 Ashley St.

Fiat, maker of Italian cars, is opening an apartment building in New Jersey

October 31, 2023 11:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Fiat, the Italian car brand best known in the United States for its tiny, retro-styled cars, is putting its name on an apartment building across the river from Manhattan. While Fiat isn’t the first car company to put its name on a residential tower, it’s a branding exercise more

Lake Como bursts its banks as violent storm pounds Northern Italy

October 31, 2023 11:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome and Milan, Italy (CNN) — A storm that brought heavy rain and violent winds to Northern Italy overnight and early Tuesday sent rapid floods through central Milan and caused Lake Como to breach its banks. Several waterside bars were flooded at the lake — a popular

Sam Bankman-Fried’s fourth day on the stand did not go well

October 31, 2023 10:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried has stepped down from the stand, after four days of testimony in his criminal fraud trial. “That concludes the presentation of evidence in this case,” Judge Lewis Kaplan announced just after noon ET on Tuesday as he sent the jury home from the Manhattan court.

Two Missouri men accused of assaulting officers during riot at the U.S. Capitol charged

October 31, 2023 9:39 AM Associated Press

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Federal charges filed Monday in Washington, D.C., accuse 41-year-old Jared Luther Owens of Farmington and 49-year-old

NASA missions spy a ghostly hand and creepy face in the cosmos

October 31, 2023 9:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The cosmos is full of mysteries waiting to be solved, and some of them appear especially eerie with the arrival of Halloween. A haunting “face” on Jupiter and a ghostly, skeletal hand-shaped nebula are just a couple of creepy celestial features recently spotted by NASA missions. Jupiter’s eerie ‘face’

A heavily armed man was found dead at a Colorado amusement park. Officials say he may have been planning a devastating attack

October 31, 2023 8:57 AM CNN

KUSA, BROADCASTIFY, UNSOURCED PHOTO, GARFIELD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, CNN By Raja Razek and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A man armed with guns and explosive devices was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Colorado amusement park, potentially averting “an attack of devastating proportions,” officials said. The 20-year-old’s body was found in

The Army said the Maine gunman ‘should not have a weapon’ months before the shooting rampage that left 18 dead

October 31, 2023 8:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Nouran Salahieh, Shimon Prokupecz and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — New details are emerging about the US Army reservist who authorities say killed 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, last week – including previous warnings about him from the Army and his family, and two attempts by law enforcement to check

Woman sues Gov. Lee, TBI director over violent sex offender status, without ever being convicted of a sex crime

October 31, 2023 8:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Caleb Wethington Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Tennessee woman is suing Governor Bill Lee and Director David Rausch of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation over her status as a registered violent sex offender, even though she says she was never convicted of a sex crime of any

Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped by Hamas from music festival, declared dead, Israel says

October 31, 2023 8:10 AM CNN

CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. “We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani (Louk) was found and

A heavily armed man was found dead at a Colorado amusement park. Officials say he may have been planning a devastating attack

October 31, 2023 7:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Raja Razek and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A man armed with guns and explosive devices was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Colorado amusement park, potentially averting “an attack of devastating proportions,” officials said. The 20-year-old’s body was found in a women’s bathroom Saturday morning before the scheduled opening

Bud Light sales keep sinking

October 31, 2023 7:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Bud Light continues to drag Anheuser-Busch InBev’s bottom line in the United States, but the world’s biggest brewer’s sales rose because of higher prices. The company reported a 13.5% decline in third-quarter US revenue per 100 liters, a key measure of beer sales, as an ongoing backlash

What to know about compassion fatigue and how to beat it, according to experts

October 31, 2023 5:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When tragedy takes the world stage, it can quickly become part of every conversation. But as much as it may feel imperative to stay fully engaged in the tragic updates and charged conversations about Israel and Gaza, doing so without boundaries may lead to compassion fatigue, said Dr. Rebecca

5 things to know for Oct. 31: Israel, Chilly weather, Strikes, Border wall, Artificial intelligence

October 31, 2023 5:26 AM CNN

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — If eating the entire pumpkin pie is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Happy Halloween, 5 Things readers! We hope your day is filled with ghoulish fun — and no tricks, just treats. Test your spooky savvy with CNN’s special Halloween quiz if you’re feeling festive. Here’s